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1		-===Framework===
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4		-====The role of the ballot and judge is to vote for the debater who best reduces structural violence through their side's respective policy option. I advocate progressive consequentialism is the method of weighing. ====
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7		-====1. Utopian ideal theory causes inaction making ethics impossible====
8		-**Vorobej 16** Mark Vorobej (Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University). "Structural Violence." The Concept of Violence. 2016. HW. https://books.google.com/books?id=c86jCwAAQBAJandpg=PA125andlpg=PA125anddq=consequentialism+structural+violenceandsource=blandots=Bftfu6pvrJandsig=zcoe6vllS7TRNG8p_aqvd7xbV7Iandhl=enandsa=Xandved=0ahUKEwjemuTC1f_NAhUF6yYKHbXTBcAQ6AEIKDAB~~#v=onepageandqandf=false
9		-Furthermore, because violence is virtually everywhere, it follows that we can never entirely
10		-AND
11		-strategy for reducing violence, and producing the greatest possible amount of good.
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14		-====And, alternative role of the ballots create unreciprocal layers where the round becomes about what we should be debating about. This kills clash due to structural barriers and causes prep disparities. Further, arguing over terms of the debate destroys topical education and incentivizes preclusion. Topic education outweighs – it's a prerequisite for understanding the violence that affects status quo groups. ====
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17		-====2. Focusing on action that attempts to maximize outcomes always fails to combat oppression – only through evaluating policies can solve====
18		-**Tessman 09** Lisa Tessman (Professor of Philosophy and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at Binghamton University). "Ethical Reasons and Political Commitments." Feminist Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy: Theorizing the Non-Ideal. 2009. HW. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781402068409
19		-One concern here has to do with the status of non-idealist work as
20		-AND
21		-and be ethically transformed by, the knowledge that such discoveries make possible.
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24		-====And, engaging in politics through progressive consequentialism is key to real world education, otherwise experiences of oppression are abandoned. ====
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27		-====3. Ethical viewpoints are always skewed by status quo forms of violence – progressive consequentialism is the only resolvable strategy to combat oppression ====
28		-**Vorobej 16** Mark Vorobej (Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University). "Structural Violence." The Concept of Violence. 2016. HW. https://books.google.com/books?id=c86jCwAAQBAJandpg=PA125andlpg=PA125anddq=consequentialism+structural+violenceandsource=blandots=Bftfu6pvrJandsig=zcoe6vllS7TRNG8p_aqvd7xbV7Iandhl=enandsa=Xandved=0ahUKEwjemuTC1f_NAhUF6yYKHbXTBcAQ6AEIKDAB~~#v=onepageandqandf=false
29		-Furthermore, given that we ourselves are mired in violence, it's likely that our
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31		-are the only thing that matters, from the moral point of view.
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34		-====Resolvability is a prerequisite – arbitrary disputes are complicit in violence because they allow oppression to continue. Root cause arguments negate understanding about broader structures, and causes irresolvable clashes where violence is arbitrarily assigned. True root causes are impossible because violence can be manifested in any structure. ====
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38		-===Plan===
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41		-====Plan Text: The Republic of China should prohibit the production of nuclear power. ====
42		-**Engbarth '16**, Dennis Engbarth, 8-12-2016, "TAIWAN: Polls Harken End of Nuclear Power," IPS News, http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/01/taiwan-polls-harken-end-of-nuclear-power/
43		-"The KMT is fond of stating that nuclear energy is cheap, but this
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45		-that the government will be compelled to revive nuclear power," Shieh warned.
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48		-====Prohibition is key – restrictions are too lax and lead to political uncertainty====
49		-**EDN '16**, Economic Daily News, 8-15-2016, "Leaving nothing to chance with Lungmen," No Publication, http://www.taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=201276andamp;CtNode=423
50		-However, Taipower's continuous mishaps and uncertainty over the construction progress has made all concerned
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52		-other considerations, there can be nothing left to chance. (SDH)
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55		-====German phase out model is normal means, but will shift what decommissioning mechanism we used if ask in cx to prevent friv theory debates which kill topic lit====
56		-**WNN '16**, World Nuclear News Source "Proposal for financing German nuclear phase-out." WNN, April 2016.
57		-Following the Fukushima accident in March 2011, the government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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59		-phase-out," said Vattenfall senior vice president for markets Stefan Dohler.
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62		-===Advantage One is Meltdowns===
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65		-====Taiwan gets hit by frequent earthquakes – reactor locations are in danger of being hit by Tsunamis====
66		-**Mining Awareness '16**, Mining Awareness, "Taiwan 6.4 M Earthquake Reminder: Ring of Fire is Exceptionally Bad Location for Nuclear Power Station," Feb 2016, https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/taiwan-6-4-m-earthquake-reminder-ring-of-fire-is-exceptionally-bad-location-for-nuclear-power-stations/
67		-Like Japan, Taiwan is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is an
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69		-International Journal 09/2011; 5(3):403-407.)
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72		-====Taiwanese plants are not immune to natural disaster – they're worse prepared than Japan====
73		-**Lin '11**, I-Fan Lin, 3-12-2011, "Taiwan: Country's Nuclear Power Plants Are High Risk · Global Voices," Global Voices, https://globalvoices.org/2011/03/16/taiwan-countrys-nuclear-power-plants-are-high-risk/
74		-Indeed, the risk of nuclear power plants hit by an earthquake in Taiwan is
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76		-not immune to the natural forces that destroyed the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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79		-====They also store waste in their plants – Taiwan's plants are functionally dirty bombs waiting to be detonated by an earthquake====
80		-**Nunns '12**, Cain Nunns, 3-7-2012, "Taiwan's nuclear nightmare?," Public Radio International, http://www.pri.org/stories/2012-03-07/taiwans-nuclear-nightmare
81		-"All of our reactors are on the coast. We straddle the Ring of
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83		-be impossible to evacuate Taipei in time if an accident were to occur.
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86		-====Taiwan is small, the impact enormous – high impact and high probability ====
87		-**Taipei Times '15**, Taipei Times, 4-24-2015, "EDITORIAL: Quake should prompt energy rethink," Taipei Times, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2015/04/24/2003616641/2
88		-The strongest earthquake of the year, magnitude 6.3, struck on Monday
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90		-that occurred at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan.
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93		-====Nuclear disaster would kill millions – experts agree that evacuation is impossible====
94		-**Chan and Chen '11**, Chan, C. and Chen, Y. "A Fukushima-Like Nuclear Crisis in Taiwan or a Nonnuclear Taiwan?" East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal 5.3 (2011): 403-407. Project MUSE. Web. 13 Aug. 2016. https://muse.jhu.edu/.
95		-About 2 million people would have to be evacuated if a 20 km evacuation zone
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97		-one at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were to happen in Taiwan.
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100		-===Advantage Two is Natives===
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103		-====Taiwan dumps waste on its native ====
104		-**Marsh et al '93**, Duncan R. Marsh, Edgar (Jun-Yi) Lin, Pi-yao Lin, 3-28-1993, "Orchid Island: Taiwan's Nuclear Dumpsite," No Publication, https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-monitor/387-388/orchid-island-taiwans-nuclear-dumpsite
105		-The history of the Orchid Island nuclear waste depository is fraught with governmental deception of
106		-AND
107		-minority people. It is racial discrimination in practice on a national level.
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110		-====This is not a lone case – part of a continued history of violence against Natives where they are bought out with large sums of money making – kills sovereignty and perpetuates structural violence====
111		-**Adams '09**, Jonathan Adams, Global Post, 5-21-2009, "," Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/20/taiwan-nuclear-waste-stor_n_189110.html/span
112		-NANTIAN VILLAGE, Taiwan — They tried sending it to North Korea. They tried
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114		-just the small village that likely stands to profit most from the plan.
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117		-====Waste barrels are in terrible conditions – hurts local communities====
118		-**Chung '05**, Hui-Yun Chung, Dec 16 2005, "Hui-Yun Chung page,Orchid Island," American University, http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/orchid-waste.htm
119		-Taiwan's nuclear reactors are all threatened by natural disasters, such as earthquakes, typhoons
120		-AND
121		-deformed fish on the beach. The residents are scared and feel helpless.
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124		-====Empirics prove radiation is affecting Orchid Islanders====
125		-**Chung '05**, Hui-Yun Chung, Dec 16 2005, "Hui-Yun Chung page,Orchid Island," American University, http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/orchid-waste.htm
126		-Any nuclear leak from the nuclear waste will be a fatal damage to people who
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128		-this kind of deformed fish near the sea off Orchid Island as well.
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131		-====There's not enough room for nuclear waste in Taiwan – ban is key====
132		-**Ferry '15**, Tim Ferry, 9-15-2015, "Phasing Out Nuclear Power in Taiwan," Taiwan Business TOPICS, http://topics.amcham.com.tw/2015/09/phasing-out-nuclear-power-in-taiwan/
133		-The day of reckoning for Taiwan's nuclear power sector might actually come a good deal
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135		-term storage into effect, and long­term storage remains a dream.

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1		-2016-10-15 09:27:40.0

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1		-Lexington NB

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1		-Gilmour Williams Aff

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1		-1 - Republic of China 1AC

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1		-Bronx