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+The Aff links into the K by advocating for a ban in an effort to accomplish an underlying agenda. Visvanathan writes: |
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+“Why the ban culture threatens democracy and diversity in India,” March 15, 2016. The Economic Times. |
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+Shiv Visvanathan, public intellectual and social scientist |
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+http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-15/news/60137536_1_law-and-order-dirt-ideas |
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+Liminal ideas are … get banned easily. |
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+The Aff’s trigger happy censorship prevents us from even experimenting with nuclear power, even though it is a new technology with untapped potential. de Poel writes: |
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+“Morally experimenting with nuclear energy,” August, 2015. The Ethics of Nuclear Energy: Risk, Justice, and Democracy in the post-Fukushima Era, Cambridge Books Online. |
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+Dr. Ibo van de Poel, Professor in Ethics and Technology at Delft University of Technology. |
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+By calling nuclear energy ... with nuclear energy. |
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+This prohibition prevents us from even experimenting with it both morally and physically when it has the potential to be the future of energy. Brook writes: |
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+“Why nuclear energy is sustainable and has to be part of the energy mix,” Sustainable Materials and Technologies Volumes 1–2, December 2014, Pages 8–16. |
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+Barry W. Brook, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of Tasmania, 7109, Australia; Agustin Alonso, Politecnica de Madrid, Spain; Daniel A. Meneley Univ. OIT, Ontario, Canada; Jozef Misak UJV-Rež, Prague, Czech Republic; Tom Blees Science Council for Global Initiatives, USA; Jan B. van Erp Consultant, energy technologies, USA |
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+http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214993714000050 |
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+Humanity will have … zero-carbon energy source. |
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+Aff uses bans to forcibly control human behavior, while ignoring underlying problems. Wedler writes: |
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+“Why Banning Things Almost Never Works,” June 27, 2015. Anti-Media. |
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+Carey Wedler, independent journalist and senior editor for Anti-Media; Anti-Media - a media group opposed to the “current mainstream paradigm” of media |
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+http://theantimedia.org/why-banning-things-almost-never-works/ |
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+Bans are almost ... Drugs and racism. |
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+This censorship in turn leads to the impact of limiting freedom. Strain writes: |
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+“Reload: Rethinking Violence in American Life,” January 5, 2011. Vanderbilt University Press. |
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+Dr. Christopher B. Strain, Associate Professor of History and American Studies |
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+The difficulty in … distinctly un-American. |
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+The loss of freedom stated above leads to governments restricting people’s lives. Rizvi writes: |
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+“Freedom, Power and Capitalism: From Disciplines to Biopower,” October, 2012. Pakistan Business Review. |
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+Ali Muhammad Rizvi, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei |
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+http://philpapers.org/archive/RIZBGA |
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+There are various ... of techniques available. |
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+Governments taking control of their citizens’ lives - as evidenced by both of the above cards - is biopolitics, the process in which human lives are controlled by their governments. Koljevic writes: |
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+“Biopower and government techniques,” BIOMETRICS, SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS, September 2008. |
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+Bogdana Koljević, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Media and Communications, Research Associate at the Institute for Political Studies and Counselor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade |
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+From Foucault’s point ... of the political. |
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+Biopower leads to dehumanization. Dehumanization is the root cause of all other impacts in the round, so weigh it over any other impacts as they don’t matter if society is dehumanized. Berube writes: |
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+“Nanotechnological Prolongevity: The Down Side”, NanoTechnology Magazine, June/July 1997, p. 1-6 |
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+David Berube, Ph.D. in Communications |
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+www.cla.sc.edu/ENGL/faculty/berube/prolong.htm |
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+Assuming we are ... most powerful weapon. |
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+The role of the ballot is to oppose the ban culture and censorship that is being perpetuated by the Aff so that the judge, as an educator, can be conducive to an environment that encourages students to participate in political discourse and not fall victim to the biopower promoted by the Aff. West writes: |
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+“Censorship 101: What schools are really teaching students when we let them censor their speech, “December 6, 2013. Slate. |
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+Sonja R. West, University of Georgia School of Law |
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+http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/12/when_you_censor_student_speech_you_re_mostly_teaching_kids_to_live_with.html |
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+The attitudes of … and political discourse. |