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1 -Part 1- Framing (1:40)
2 -The Standard is Maximizing Expected well being
3 -
4 -1. Extinction scenarios key to genuine power resistance- working within the system is key.
5 -back leads to
6 -AND
7 -where multitudes, and not governments, guide the fate of the planet.
8 -
9 -2. Non ideal theory good
10 -Mills 05 Charles W. Mills, “Ideal Theory” as Ideology, 2005
11 -I suggest that this spontaneous reaction, far from being philosophically naïve or jejune
12 -AND
13 -that the ideal-as-idealized-model will never be achieved.
14 -
15 -3. Moral uncertainty means we default to preventing extinction under any ethical framework.
16 -BOSTROM 11 (2011) Nick Bostrom, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford Martin School and Faculty of Philosophy
17 -These reflections on moral uncertainty suggests an alternative, complementary way of
18 -AND
19 -of value. To do this, we must prevent any existential catastrophe.
20 -
21 -4. No intent foresight or act omission distinction:
22 -1. The choice to omit constitutes an act in itself since when we intend an act we also must intend not to do anything else
23 -2. Willing foreseen effects are necessary to will the end as a whole,
24 -AND
25 -- Government action has to be held accountable for populations, omissions are illegitimate
26 -
27 -Fifth, Revisionary Intuitionism is true and leads to util
28 -YUDKOWSKY 08
29 -Eliezer Yudkowsky (research fellow of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute; he also writes Harry Potter fan fiction). “The ‘Intuitions’ Behind ‘Utilitarianism.’” 28 January 2008. LessWrong. http://lesswrong.com/lw/n9/the_intuitions_behind_utilitarianism/
30 -I haven't said much about metaethics - the nature of morality - because that has
31 -AND
32 -, because there are not many utilitarians, and many things left undone.
33 -
34 -6. Pain provides an objective for why oppression is bad.
35 -- anything else is abstraction and can’t be used to convince people for ethics
36 -Gray 09 Gray, James W. "An Argument for Moral Realism." Ethical Realism. N.p., 07 Oct. 2009. Web. 04 Sept. 2015. https://ethicalrealism.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/an-argument-for-moral-realism/. MA in philosophy from San Jose State University (2008)
37 -If we have evidence that anything in particular has intrinsic value, then we also
38 -AND
39 -attempt to show that the alternatives are less justified in the next section.
40 -
41 -7. Humanity has a right to exist— anything else excludes infinite future generations which outweighs their impacts on scope- the 1AC’s discussion is uniquely important
42 -Cerutti 14 Furio, Professor of Political Philosophy emeritus at the University of Florence and Adjunct Professor at the Scuola superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa. In the last fifteen years, Cerutti has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard, the University de Paris 8, the Humboldt University ¨at zu Berlin, the London School of Economics and Political Science,(China Foreign Affairs University), Beijing, and Stanford University in Florence. Beyond the publications quoted in this article, Cerutti has written widely on the political identity of the Europeans and the legitimacy of the European Union (last publication: Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union, ed. with S. Lucarelli and V. Schmidt, Routledge: London 2011), “Humankind’s First Fundamental Right: Survival,” Constellations, 2014
43 -I have explained elsewhere9 why survival rather than justice is the leading category of a
44 -AND
45 -everybody, not just to the practitioners of academic philosophy Schulphilosophie.
46 -
47 -Part 2- Squo (0:30)
48 -
49 -Civil reactors are Empirically used in weapons research and production in many countries including India and Pakistan- the link cant be ignored
50 -Green 15
“The myth of the peaceful atom - debunking the misinformation peddled by the nuclear industry and its supporters” Jim Green, Nuclear Monitor #804, 28 May 2015, Green is a regular media commentator on nuclear waste issues. He has an honours degree in public health from the University of Wollongong and was awarded a PhD in science and technology studies for his analysis of the Lucas Heights research reactor debates VV
51 -Ostensibly civil nuclear materials and facilities can be used in support of nuclear weapons programs
52 -AND
53 -with a nuclear weapons capability". (AAP, October 16, 2006.)
54 -
55 -Part 3- The Plan (:20)
56 -
57 -Plan Text: The Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power through decommissioning all existing reactors
58 -Surjeet 4 Harkishan Singh. " People's Democracy." Indo-Pak Take Some Strides Ahead. N.p., 3 Oct. 2004. Web. 25 Aug. 2016. http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2004/1003/10032004_surjeet.htm. Musharraf was a former 4- star general and president of Pakistan. Surjeet was an indian Politian from the 50s and was head of the Indian communist party. VV
59 -YET another important issue is that of Indian and Pakistani nukes, and so far
60 -AND
61 -countries decide to steer clear of the imperialist doctrine of a “nuclear umbrella
62 -
63 -Decommissioning will be issued through four steps
64 -Schmittem 16 Schmittem, Marc (Analyst for EU-Japan Energy Cooperation ). “Nuclear Decomissioning in Japan- Opportunities for European Companies”. EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation. Tokyo, March 2016. http://www.eu-japan.eu/sites/default/files/publications/docs/2016-03-nuclear-decommissioning-japan-schmittem-min_0.pdf NB
65 -Decommissioning is the responsibility of the operator of a nuclear facility. The NRA defines
66 -AND
67 -is not yet known if this strategy will be economically and politically feasible.
68 -
69 -Adv- The Winter (2:00)
70 -
71 -Pakistan is churning out Nuclear warheads due to its fear of India- Border War goes Nuclear and increases the risk of nuclear terrorism results in extinction
72 -Hundley 12
Tom Hundley, 9-5-2012, "Pakistan and India: Race to the End," Pulitzer Center, http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/pakistan-nuclear-weapons-battlefield-india-arms-race- energy-cold-war. Tom graduated from Georgetown University and holds a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also National Endowment for the Humanities journalism fellow at the University of Michigan. He has taught at the American University in Dubai and at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. He has also been a Middle East correspondent for GlobalPost and a contributing writer for the Chicago News Cooperative. VV
73 -Pakistan, with an estimated 90 to 120 warheads, is now believed to be
74 -AND
75 -territory creates the kind of atmosphere that greatly shortens the distance to apocalypse."
76 -
77 -Adv – Indochina Relations (2:00)
78 -
79 -China is helping Pakistan with nuclear power as a way to offset india and one up Pakistan in the Nuclear rivalry right now
80 -TIE 16 "China’s Supply of Nuclear Weapons to Pakistan Pose Threat to US, India, Obama Administration Warned." The Indian Express. N.p., 25 May 2016. Web. 31 Aug. 2016. http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/chinas-supply-of-nuclear-weapons-to-pakistan-pose-threat-to-us-india-obama-administration-warned-2817925/. VV
81 -This matter is being viewed seriously by the U.S. Congress, as
82 -AND
83 -the Democratic candidates, with each side seeking answers from the Obama administration.
84 -
85 -India- China Relations are deteriorating - the main reason is supply of nuclear technology to Pakistan, adds to arms race- can go nuclear, A ban would avoid this altogether
86 -Menon 13, Raja. "Not the Border, nor the Ocean - Indian Express." Not the Border, nor the Ocean - Indian Express. N.p., 12 Apr. 2013. Web. 31 Aug. 2016. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/not-the-border-nor-the-ocean/1101073/3. The writer, a former rear admiral in the navy, is author of ‘A Nuclear Strategy for India’. VV
87 -For India-China ties, China's nuclear assistance to Pakistan is the real problem
88 -AND
89 -China is alarming, but enough strategic options exist to confront the Chinese.
90 -
91 -This turns to war-China and India are armed with nuclear weapons and are easily pushed over the brink
92 -Malik 12 (Malik, Mohan. Professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. “China and India Today: Diplomats Jostle, Militaries Prepare”. World Affairs Journal. July/August 2012. http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/china-and-india-today-diplomats-jostle-militaries-prepare)
93 -Just as the Indian subcontinental plate has a tendency to constantly rub and push against
94 -AND
95 -great power, but these are perceived as challenging and threatening in China.
96 -
97 -India – China relations key to Asia stability – the only way we don’t go to war
98 -Madan 13 Tanvi. "India’s Relations with China: The Good, the Bad and the (Potentially) Ugly." Brookings. N.p., 8 Oct. 2013. Web. 31 Aug. 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/indias-relations-with-china-the-good-the-bad-and-the-potentially-ugly/. VV
99 -The governments of both countries have reasons for wanting stable ties: the desire for
100 -AND
101 -relations on its southern and southwestern flank would also help the Chinese leadership.
102 -
103 -Part 4- Underview
104 -Changes every round
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1 +Part 1- Framing (1:40)
2 +The Standard is Maximizing Expected well being
3 +
4 +1. Extinction scenarios key to genuine power resistance- working within the system is key.
5 +back leads to
6 +AND
7 +where multitudes, and not governments, guide the fate of the planet.
8 +
9 +2. Non ideal theory good
10 +Mills 05 Charles W. Mills, “Ideal Theory” as Ideology, 2005
11 +I suggest that this spontaneous reaction, far from being philosophically naïve or jejune
12 +AND
13 +that the ideal-as-idealized-model will never be achieved.
14 +
15 +3. Moral uncertainty means we default to preventing extinction under any ethical framework.
16 +BOSTROM 11 (2011) Nick Bostrom, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford Martin School and Faculty of Philosophy
17 +These reflections on moral uncertainty suggests an alternative, complementary way of
18 +AND
19 +of value. To do this, we must prevent any existential catastrophe.
20 +
21 +4. No intent foresight or act omission distinction:
22 +1. The choice to omit constitutes an act in itself since when we intend an act we also must intend not to do anything else
23 +2. Willing foreseen effects are necessary to will the end as a whole,
24 +AND
25 +- Government action has to be held accountable for populations, omissions are illegitimate
26 +
27 +Fifth, Revisionary Intuitionism is true and leads to util
28 +YUDKOWSKY 08
29 +Eliezer Yudkowsky (research fellow of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute; he also writes Harry Potter fan fiction). “The ‘Intuitions’ Behind ‘Utilitarianism.’” 28 January 2008. LessWrong. http://lesswrong.com/lw/n9/the_intuitions_behind_utilitarianism/
30 +I haven't said much about metaethics - the nature of morality - because that has
31 +AND
32 +, because there are not many utilitarians, and many things left undone.
33 +
34 +6. Pain provides an objective for why oppression is bad.
35 +- anything else is abstraction and can’t be used to convince people for ethics
36 +Gray 09 Gray, James W. "An Argument for Moral Realism." Ethical Realism. N.p., 07 Oct. 2009. Web. 04 Sept. 2015. https://ethicalrealism.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/an-argument-for-moral-realism/. MA in philosophy from San Jose State University (2008)
37 +If we have evidence that anything in particular has intrinsic value, then we also
38 +AND
39 +attempt to show that the alternatives are less justified in the next section.
40 +
41 +7. Humanity has a right to exist— anything else excludes infinite future generations which outweighs their impacts on scope- the 1AC’s discussion is uniquely important
42 +Cerutti 14 Furio, Professor of Political Philosophy emeritus at the University of Florence and Adjunct Professor at the Scuola superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa. In the last fifteen years, Cerutti has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard, the University de Paris 8, the Humboldt University ¨at zu Berlin, the London School of Economics and Political Science,(China Foreign Affairs University), Beijing, and Stanford University in Florence. Beyond the publications quoted in this article, Cerutti has written widely on the political identity of the Europeans and the legitimacy of the European Union (last publication: Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union, ed. with S. Lucarelli and V. Schmidt, Routledge: London 2011), “Humankind’s First Fundamental Right: Survival,” Constellations, 2014
43 +I have explained elsewhere9 why survival rather than justice is the leading category of a
44 +AND
45 +everybody, not just to the practitioners of academic philosophy Schulphilosophie.
46 +
47 +Part 2- Squo (0:30)
48 +
49 +Civil reactors are Empirically used in weapons research and production in many countries including India and Pakistan- the link cant be ignored
50 +Green 15
“The myth of the peaceful atom - debunking the misinformation peddled by the nuclear industry and its supporters” Jim Green, Nuclear Monitor #804, 28 May 2015, Green is a regular media commentator on nuclear waste issues. He has an honours degree in public health from the University of Wollongong and was awarded a PhD in science and technology studies for his analysis of the Lucas Heights research reactor debates VV
51 +Ostensibly civil nuclear materials and facilities can be used in support of nuclear weapons programs
52 +AND
53 +with a nuclear weapons capability". (AAP, October 16, 2006.)
54 +
55 +Part 3- The Plan (:20)
56 +
57 +Plan Text: The Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power through decommissioning all existing reactors
58 +Surjeet 4 Harkishan Singh. " People's Democracy." Indo-Pak Take Some Strides Ahead. N.p., 3 Oct. 2004. Web. 25 Aug. 2016. http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2004/1003/10032004_surjeet.htm. Musharraf was a former 4- star general and president of Pakistan. Surjeet was an indian Politian from the 50s and was head of the Indian communist party. VV
59 +YET another important issue is that of Indian and Pakistani nukes, and so far
60 +AND
61 +countries decide to steer clear of the imperialist doctrine of a “nuclear umbrella
62 +
63 +Decommissioning will be issued through four steps
64 +Schmittem 16 Schmittem, Marc (Analyst for EU-Japan Energy Cooperation ). “Nuclear Decomissioning in Japan- Opportunities for European Companies”. EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation. Tokyo, March 2016. http://www.eu-japan.eu/sites/default/files/publications/docs/2016-03-nuclear-decommissioning-japan-schmittem-min_0.pdf NB
65 +Decommissioning is the responsibility of the operator of a nuclear facility. The NRA defines
66 +AND
67 +is not yet known if this strategy will be economically and politically feasible.
68 +
69 +Adv- The Winter (2:00)
70 +
71 +Pakistan is churning out Nuclear warheads due to its fear of India- Border War goes Nuclear and increases the risk of nuclear terrorism results in extinction
72 +Hundley 12
Tom Hundley, 9-5-2012, "Pakistan and India: Race to the End," Pulitzer Center, http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/pakistan-nuclear-weapons-battlefield-india-arms-race- energy-cold-war. Tom graduated from Georgetown University and holds a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also National Endowment for the Humanities journalism fellow at the University of Michigan. He has taught at the American University in Dubai and at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. He has also been a Middle East correspondent for GlobalPost and a contributing writer for the Chicago News Cooperative. VV
73 +Pakistan, with an estimated 90 to 120 warheads, is now believed to be
74 +AND
75 +territory creates the kind of atmosphere that greatly shortens the distance to apocalypse."
76 +
77 +Adv – Indochina Relations (2:00)
78 +
79 +China is helping Pakistan with nuclear power as a way to offset india and one up Pakistan in the Nuclear rivalry right now
80 +TIE 16 "China’s Supply of Nuclear Weapons to Pakistan Pose Threat to US, India, Obama Administration Warned." The Indian Express. N.p., 25 May 2016. Web. 31 Aug. 2016. http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/chinas-supply-of-nuclear-weapons-to-pakistan-pose-threat-to-us-india-obama-administration-warned-2817925/. VV
81 +This matter is being viewed seriously by the U.S. Congress, as
82 +AND
83 +the Democratic candidates, with each side seeking answers from the Obama administration.
84 +
85 +India- China Relations are deteriorating - the main reason is supply of nuclear technology to Pakistan, adds to arms race- can go nuclear, A ban would avoid this altogether
86 +Menon 13, Raja. "Not the Border, nor the Ocean - Indian Express." Not the Border, nor the Ocean - Indian Express. N.p., 12 Apr. 2013. Web. 31 Aug. 2016. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/not-the-border-nor-the-ocean/1101073/3. The writer, a former rear admiral in the navy, is author of ‘A Nuclear Strategy for India’. VV
87 +For India-China ties, China's nuclear assistance to Pakistan is the real problem
88 +AND
89 +China is alarming, but enough strategic options exist to confront the Chinese.
90 +
91 +This turns to war-China and India are armed with nuclear weapons and are easily pushed over the brink
92 +Malik 12 (Malik, Mohan. Professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. “China and India Today: Diplomats Jostle, Militaries Prepare”. World Affairs Journal. July/August 2012. http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/china-and-india-today-diplomats-jostle-militaries-prepare)
93 +Just as the Indian subcontinental plate has a tendency to constantly rub and push against
94 +AND
95 +great power, but these are perceived as challenging and threatening in China.
96 +
97 +India – China relations key to Asia stability – the only way we don’t go to war
98 +Madan 13 Tanvi. "India’s Relations with China: The Good, the Bad and the (Potentially) Ugly." Brookings. N.p., 8 Oct. 2013. Web. 31 Aug. 2016. https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/indias-relations-with-china-the-good-the-bad-and-the-potentially-ugly/. VV
99 +The governments of both countries have reasons for wanting stable ties: the desire for
100 +AND
101 +relations on its southern and southwestern flank would also help the Chinese leadership.
102 +
103 +Part 4- Underview
104 +Changes every round
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1 +Truth testing
2 +ANALITICS
3 +
4 +Next, The aff burden is to prove any right to free speech exists and the neg burden is to prove there is no right to free speech
5 +ANALITICS
6 +
7 +Part 2- FW
8 +Freedom must be apriori- Revisionist quantum mechanics goes aff
9 +KAKU 11
10 +Kaku, Michio. "Why Physics Ends the Free Will Debate." Big Think. N.p., 13 Apr. 2011. Web. 31 July 2016. http://bigthink.com/videos/why-physics-ends-the-free-will-debate.
11 +Newtonian Determinism says
12 +AND
13 +of uncertainty in whatever we do.
14 +
15 +A. Resolvability – otherwise its impossible for the judge to make a decision because they can’t be free to vote for the better debater Willing that we should abide by their ethical theory presupposes that we own ourselves in the first place. Thus, denying self-ownership in the round automatically implies the truth of the aff framework. Ostrowski on Hoppe
16 +James, , A SYMPOSIUM ON DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION: THE MORAL AND PRACTICAL CASE FOR DRUG LEGALIZATION. SPRING, 1990 18 Hofstra L. Rev. 607
17 +"Argumentation is a conflict-free way of interacting ... a mutual
18 +AND
19 +opposite, i.e., the aforementioned principle of non-aggression.
20 +
21 +ANALITICS
22 +
23 +To say something is permitted is not to say that there is no possibility of a prohibition; rather it just matters that it is permitted under one locus of duty. A) This is true of obligations because the existence of an obligation doesn’t mean that there can’t be another obligation to do something else, as an obligation is just a locus of duty. B) Proving the resolution true under a specific index is sufficient to affirm regardless of any other type of index that negates. Rödl :
24 +This view is
25 +AND
26 +is so affixing myself to p.
27 +
28 +Self-consciousness requires us to will universal independence – realist goods are determined causally and rationality brings them into question
29 +KORSGAARD 96
30 +Christine Korsgaard. “The Sources of Normativity.” Lecture 3. The Tanner Lectures on Human Values. 1996. Gender modified. http://tannerlectures.utah.edu/_documents/a-to-z/k/korsgaard94.pdf
31 +Kant defines a free will as a rational causality that is effective without being determined
32 +AND
33 +fulfill or even receive the obligation of obedience you need to be an agent
34 +
35 +Part 3- Contention
36 +
37 +ANALITICS
38 +
39 +Part 4- Underview
40 +
41 +UV
42 +Variable
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3 +Presumption
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5 +
6 +1 Interpretation: On the 2016-17 Sep-Oct LD topic, the negative may not contest the aff’s ethical standard, and must link all offense back to the AFFs consequestlist ethical framework
7 +
8 +Violation- This is preemptive- Anything such as skep, util auto negates, util triggers presumption, permissibility, nc with framework or AFC bad, violates, death bad, or recontextualizations that appeal to external ethical theories violate. A recontextualization of framework would appeal to other ethical theories to weigh offense or argue for a different version of util violates AFC such as death good.
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10 +
11 +Standards
12 +
13 +1. Clash-
14 +
15 +Topical Clash o/w Phil Clash-
16 +
17 +A. Applied ethics is the only way ethics in this topic is used
18 +Parkins 11 Parkins, John Russell, and Randolph Haluza-DeLay. Social and ethical considerations of nuclear power development. University of Alberta, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Department of Rural Economy, 2011.
19 +A new urgency is emerging around nuclear power development around the world, and this
20 +AND
21 +way of understanding the social dimensions of nuclear power within any given context.
22 +
23 +B. Timeframe-
24 +C. Debate’s strategic incentives bastardize phil debate
25 +Nebel et Al 13 Teaching Philosophy 36:3, September 2013 271 Teaching Philosophy through Lincoln-Douglas Debate JACOB NEBEL Wolfson College, Oxford University RYAN W. DAVIS Harvard University PETER VAN ELSWYK Rutgers University BEN HOLGUIN New York University
26 +Another cause of poorly justified relativism and skepticism in LD debate comes from judge expectations
27 +AND
28 +inclined to accept a controversial philosophical view about morality for the wrong reasons.
29 +
30 +D. Phil debate creates unrealistic phil decisions
31 +Nebel et Al 13 Teaching Philosophy 36:3, September 2013 271 Teaching Philosophy through Lincoln-Douglas Debate JACOB NEBEL Wolfson College, Oxford University RYAN W. DAVIS Harvard University PETER VAN ELSWYK Rutgers University BEN HOLGUIN New York University
32 +The LD debate community is on the hyper-methodist end of the spectrum.
33 +AND
34 +Holocaust wasn’t morally wrong if the debater in question is defending moral nihilism.
35 +
36 +E. Comparitive ethics debates are useless
37 +
38 +Education is a voter because it’s the reason schools fund debate and it’s the only portable impact
39 +
40 +2. Strat Skew
41 +
42 +A. 1AC speaks in the dark but the neg adapts. B. Reactive rebuttal
43 +C. Topic Side Bias-
44 +D. Ground-
45 +
46 +AFC solves-
47 +
48 +Fairness is a voter
49 +Drop the Debater:
50 +Competing Interps
51 +Thus the standard is maximizing Pleasure- This is a Util Standard
52 +
53 +Part 2 Squo
54 +
55 +Civil reactors are Empirically used in weapons research and production in many countries including India and Pakistan- the link cant be ignored
56 +Green 15
“The myth of the peaceful atom - debunking the misinformation peddled by the nuclear industry and its supporters” Jim Green, Nuclear Monitor #804, 28 May 2015, Green is a regular media commentator on nuclear waste issues. He has an honours degree in public health from the University of Wollongong and was awarded a PhD in science and technology studies for his analysis of the Lucas Heights research reactor debates VV
57 +Ostensibly civil nuclear materials and facilities can be used in support of nuclear weapons programs
58 +AND
59 +with a nuclear weapons capability". (AAP, October 16, 2006.)
60 +
61 +Part 3- The Plan (:20)
62 +
63 +Plan Text: The parliament of the Republic of India and the parliament of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power through decommissioning all existing reactors
64 +Surjeet 4 Harkishan Singh. " People's Democracy." Indo-Pak Take Some Strides Ahead. N.p., 3 Oct. 2004. Web. 25 Aug. 2016. http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2004/1003/10032004_surjeet.htm. Musharraf was a former 4- star general and president of Pakistan. Surjeet was an indian Politian from the 50s and was head of the Indian communist party. VV
65 +YET another important issue is that of Indian and Pakistani nukes, and so far
66 +AND
67 +countries decide to steer clear of the imperialist doctrine of a “nuclear umbrella
68 +
69 +Decommissioning will be issued through four steps
70 +Schmittem 16 Schmittem, Marc (Analyst for EU-Japan Energy Cooperation ). “Nuclear Decomissioning in Japan- Opportunities for European Companies”. EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation. Tokyo, March 2016. http://www.eu-japan.eu/sites/default/files/publications/docs/2016-03-nuclear-decommissioning-japan-schmittem-min_0.pdf NB
71 +Decommissioning is the responsibility of the operator of a nuclear facility. The NRA defines
72 +AND
73 +is not yet known if this strategy will be economically and politically feasible.
74 +
75 +Adv- The Winter (2:00)
76 +
77 +Pakistan is churning out Nuclear warheads due to its fear of India- Border War goes Nuclear and results in nuclear terrorism and causes extinction
78 +Hundley 12
Tom Hundley, 9-5-2012, "Pakistan and India: Race to the End," Pulitzer Center, http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/pakistan-nuclear-weapons-battlefield-india-arms-race- energy-cold-war. Tom graduated from Georgetown University and holds a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also National Endowment for the Humanities journalism fellow at the University of Michigan. He has taught at the American University in Dubai and at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. He has also been a Middle East correspondent for GlobalPost and a contributing writer for the Chicago News Cooperative. VV
79 +Pakistan, with an estimated 90 to 120 warheads, is now believed to be
80 +AND
81 +territory creates the kind of atmosphere that greatly shortens the distance to apocalypse."
82 +
83 +Indo-Pak nuclear conflict expands and causes global devastation and nuclear winter- extinction
84 +Robock 12Robock, environmental sciences prof @ Rutgers, 12
Robock, Alan, and Owen B. Toon. "Self-Assured Destruction: The Climate Impacts of Nuclear War." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 68.5 (2012): 66-74. Rutgers.edu. DOI: 10.1177/0096340212459127 Sage Pub. Web. 10 Aug. 2016. Alan Robock is an American climatologist. He is currently Professor II in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University VV
85 +A nuclear war between Russia and the United States, even after the arsenal reductions
86 +AND
87 +regional conflict has the potential to cause mass starvation worldwide through environmental effects.
88 +
89 +UV
90 +
91 +1. AFF gets RVIs
92 +
93 +
94 +2. Evaluate the debate through comparative worlds—we should compare a world where we ban Nucealr power in India and Pakistan vs the squo or a CP
95 +
96 +Truth testing kills fairness and real-world education. WE need a Post fiat advocacy .
97 +Nelson 8
98 +Adam F. Nelson, J.D.1. Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Lincoln-Douglas Debate. 2008.
99 +And the truth-statement model of the resolution imposes an absolute burden of proof
100 +AND
101 +know how the various options affect us and the world we live in.
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