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+The role of the ballot is to evaluate the simulated consequences of the topical aff policy. Prefer this |
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+1. The state is inevitable- speaking the language of power through policymaking is the only way to create social change in debate. |
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+Coverstone 5 Alan Coverstone (masters in communication from Wake Forest, longtime debate coach) “Acting on Activism: Realizing the Vision of Debate with Pro-social Impact” Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference November 17th 2005 JW 11/18/15 |
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+An important concern ... in America today. |
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+Unfairness denies effective dialogue on kritikal issues which turns your impacts. |
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+Galloway 7 Ryan Galloway, Samford Comm prof, Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, Vol. 28, 2007 |
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+Debate as a ... time and power (Farrell, 1985, p. 114). |
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+Critique is useless without a concrete policy option that solves for your harms. |
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+Bryant 12 Levi Bryant (Professor of Philosophy at Collin College) “A Critique of the Academic Left” 2012 https://larvalsubjects.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/underpants-gnomes-a-critique-of-the-academic-left/ JW |
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+Unfortunately, the academic ... distribution of medicines, etc., etc., etc. |
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+Excessive focus on discourse and representations kills the liberal movements you seek to promote. |
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+Chait 15 Jonathan Chait “How the language police are perverting liberalism.” NY Magazine January 275h 2015 http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/01/not-a-very-pc-thing-to-say.html JW |
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+Or maybe not. ... suggest new ideas. |
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+Phenomenal introspection is reliable and proves that util is objectively valid. |
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+Sinhababu Neil (National University of Singapore) “The epistemic argument for hedonism” http://philpapers.org/archive/SINTEA-3 accessed 2-4-16 JW |
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+The Odyssey's treatment ... not egoistic hedonism. |
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+Thus, the standard is maximizing happiness. |
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+Inherency |
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+Armenia has plans for new nuclear reactors but they’ve been postponed –they’re stuck with Metsamor for the foreseeable future. |
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+Sahakyan 4-27-16 Armine (Human rights activist based in Armenia) “Armenia Continues to Gamble on Aging Nuclear Plant in a Quake-Prone Area” Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/armine-sahakyan/armenia-continues-to-gamb_b_9788186.html JW |
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+Armenia was supposed ... hasn’t even begun. |
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+Armenia has existing legislation that vows to build new nuclear reactors. |
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+Adamyan 14 Mane “THE CLOSURE OF METSAMOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: COSTS AND BENEFIT” AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA, A MASTER’S ESSAY SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FOR PARTIAL FULFILLEMENT OF THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF ARTS May 2014 https://dspace.aua.am/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/615/Mane_Adamyan.pdf?sequence=1 JW |
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+In October 2009 ... the new NPP. |
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+Plan Text |
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+Resolved: the Republic of Armenia ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power. |
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+Meltdown Adv. |
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+The Metsamor power plant – Armenia’s only form of nuclear power – is incredibly dangerous. Uses old tech and lies on earthquake territory. |
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+Lavelle et al 11 Marianne Lavelle and Josie Garthwaite (National Geographic News) “Is Armenia's Nuclear Plant the World's Most Dangerous?” National Geographic News April 14th 2011 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/04/110412-most-dangerous-nuclear-plant-armenia/ JW |
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+In the shadow ... mitigation at all." |
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+Armenian Meltdown kills agriculture and threatens four other countries. |
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+Sahakyan 4-27-16 Armine (Human rights activist based in Armenia) “Armenia Continues to Gamble on Aging Nuclear Plant in a Quake-Prone Area” Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/armine-sahakyan/armenia-continues-to-gamb_b_9788186.html JW |
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+So Armenia continues ... holding their breath. |
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+New reactors won’t solve – can still melt down and causes increased cancer rates. |
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+Idayatova 5/20/16 Anakhanum “Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear plant can cause major radiation accident” Trend News Agency http://en.trend.az/world/turkey/2536379.html JW |
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+Armenia's Metsamor nuclear ... reactor is built. |
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+Harms to Armenian agriculture cause mass increases in poverty. |
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+McKinley et al 2 Terry (Senior Policy Adviser on poverty and macroeconomic policies in the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP, New York. He is the editor of UNDP’s global poverty report, Overcoming Human Poverty. He is the author of The Distribution of Wealth in Rural China, coauthor of Implementing a Human Development Strategy and editor of Macroeconomic Policies, Growth and Poverty Reduction. Much of his work in recent years has centered on China, Mongolia, Central Asia, Vietnam and the transition economies of the former Soviet Union and eastern and central Europe.) (this report is published with others, but the part I cut is just by Terry McKinley) “Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Armenia” A Report Commissioned by the Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme August 2002 http://www.ipc-undp.org/publications/reports/Armenia.pdf JW |
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+In order to ... a propoor impact. |
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+Generic statements allow for specification of definite singulars, i.e. a specific group. |
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+Leslie Sarah Jane Leslie (Professor of Linguistics at Princeton University) “Generics” https://www.princeton.edu/~sjleslie/RoutledgeEncyclopediaEntry2.pdf |
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+Generics are statements ... this practice here.) |
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+Armenia has zero plans to acquire nuclear weapons and they don’t even make weapons domestically anyways. |
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+NTI 15 Nuclear Threat Initiative “Armenia” http://www.nti.org/learn/countries/armenia/ JW |
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+When the Soviet ... ballistic missiles domestically. |