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+====I value morality, as per the evaluative term, 'ought' in the resolution which is defined as used to express duty or moral obligation by Merriam Webster.==== |
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+====Experience is the source of epistemic knowledge as it is how we empirically ground our existence. We cannot derive truth from reason as conceptions of reason differ from person to person and reason is socially constructed and thus dynamic. Pain is universally bad and pleasure is universally good. ==== |
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+Thomas **Nagel '86** ~~"The View From Nowhere", 1986~~ //AG |
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+I shall defend the unsurprising claim that sensory pleasure is good and pain bad, |
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+such cases. There can be no reason to reject the appearances here. |
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+====Thus, the standard is maximizing societal welfare because the objectivity of pain requires that it must be reduced.==== |
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+====The role of the ballot is to vote for the debater that presents the best governmental policy option.==== |
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+**Nixon 2k**( (Makani,~~Executive Director of The Praxis Project, a nonprofit organization helping communities use media and policy advocacy to advance health equity and justice~~, "Changing the Rules: What Public Policy Means for Organizing" Colorlines 3.2, 2000) |
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+Getting It in Writing Much of the work of framing what we stand for takes |
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+should be. And then we must be committed to making it so. |
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+====Prefer my ROTB:==== |
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+analytic |
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+The educational skills we generate from role playing is key to being able to solve their impacts in the real world |
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+Policy views problems from multiple perspectives, so we can better tackle problems of oppression |
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+– only way we can propose policy in the future and make change. |
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+====Role playing as public actors shatters apathy and political alienation which is critical to check oppression ==== |
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+**Mitchell 2000**. Gordon Mitchell, Associate Professor of Communication at University of Pittsburgh, Winter 2000, "Stimulated Public Argument As Pedagogical Play on Worlds", Argumentation and Advocacy, vol 36, no 3, pq |
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+When we assume the posture of the other in dramatic performance, we tap into |
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+that highlight this component of students' self-identities carry significant emancipatory potential. |
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+==Plan== |
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+====Plan text: Countries should prohibit the production of nuclear power in the instance of nuclear powered submarines.==== |
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+**Kopte 97** ~~For many years was head of the Disarmament Campaign at Greenpeace. She is presently working as a freelance journalist. An earlier version of this paper was prepared as background paper for the Conversion Survey 1997. "Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning and Related Problems." BI C C I K B ONN NTERNATIONAL ENTER FOR ONVERSION NTERNATIONALES ONVERSIONSZENTRUM ONN. https://www.bicc.de/uploads/tx_bicctools/paper12.pdf.~~//roman |
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+There are problems to be solved in the short- and the long-term |
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+cost of nuclear submarines should be a sufficient incentive for further radical disarmament. |
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+====I have the right to clarify in CX==== |
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+Data is collected from ~~http://www.globalfirepower.com/navy-submarines.asp~~. Global Firepower (GFP) continues to provide its unique analytical display of data concerning modern military powers. Over 125 powers are considered in the ranking which allows for a broad spectrum of comparisons to be achieved concerning relative military strengths. This data has been updated throughout 2016. The US has 75; North Korea 70; China 68; Russia 60; Iran 33; Japan 17; South Korea 17; India 14; Turkey 13; Greece 11; Colombia 11; France 10; Great Britain 10; Egypt 8; Italy 6; Peru 6; Australia 6; Israel 6; Singapore 6; Algeria 6; Norway 6; Pakistan 5; Sweden 5; Poland 5; Vietnam 5; Germany 5; Brazil 5; Canada 4; Chile 4; Netherlands 4; Azerbaijan 4; Taiwan 4; Argentina 4; Spain 3; South Africa 3; Ecuador 2; Portugal 2. |
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+====Submarine collisions are likely, there are 523 currently and more are being developed. A catastrophe is waiting to happen, the prevalence of more submarines increases the likelihood of crashes. Prefer aff weighing, William McNeilly is a nuclear weapons engineer turned whistleblower.==== |
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+**Herald Scotland 2015** ~~The Herald is aScottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. "Trident whistleblower says nuclear subs are insecure, unsafe and 'a disaster waiting to happen'." 17 May, 5-17-2015. http://m.heraldscotland.com/news/13214174.Trident_whistleblower_says_nuclear_subs_are_insecure__unsafe_and__a_disaster_waiting_to_happen_/~~//roman |
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+The SNP's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson MP, is demanding a full explanation and |
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+repeatedly raised concerns with his superiors but they were ignored, he says. |
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+==Scenario 1: War== |
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+====Asia pivot means the US is building more submarines in Northeast Asia==== |
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+**JT 2016** ~~The Japan Times is Japan's largest English-language newspaper.~~1~~ It is published by The Japan Times, Ltd., a subsidiary of Nifco, a leading manufacturer of plastic fasteners for the automotive and home design industries. It is headquartered in the Japan Times Nifco Building in Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo. Feb. 26, 2016. "U.S. must deploy anti-ship missile in Asia soon, admiral says," Japan Times, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/24/world/u-s-must-deploy-anti-ship-missile-asia-soon-admiral-says/~~#.V8DrZZgrI3E.~~//roman |
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+WASHINGTON – The U.S. should deploy a new anti-ship missile |
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+-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft and ship-borne systems, he said. |
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+====Sub – bumping causes accidental US-China escalation. ==== |
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+**Cimbala 15** ~~ Stephen J. Cimbala is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Penn State Brandywine, an American Studies faculty member and is the author of numerous books and articles in the fields of international security studies, defense policy, nuclear weapons and arms control, intelligence and other fields. He is a graduate of Penn State, having received his B.A. in Journalism in 1965. He received an M.A.in 1967, and his Ph.D. in 1969, both in Political Science, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He serves on the editorial boards of various professional journals, has consulted for a number of U.S. government agencies and defense contractors, and is frequently quoted in the media on national security topics. Dr. Cimbala has taught courses in international relations, comparative politics, national security policy, U.S. intelligence, political thought and other topics. He has team-taught courses in philosophy and communications with professors in those fields. He is a past recipient of Penn State's Eisenhower Award for excellence in teaching. Cimbala is a member of Penn State's graduate faculty. "Indian Strategic Studies: Chinese Military Modernization: Implications for Strategic Nuclear Arms Control." 6-17-2015. Indian Strategic Strategies. ~~//roman |
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+The problem of keeping nuclear-armed states below the threshold of first use or |
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+that the two states could stumble into a mutually unintended process of escalation. |
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+====The time is now, US China Escalation goes nuclear.==== |
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+**Symonds 16** ~~The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the leadership of the world socialist movement, the Fourth International founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938. The WSWS aims to meet the need, felt widely today, for an intelligent appraisal of the problems of contemporary society. It addresses itself to the masses of people who are dissatisfied with the present state of social life, as well as its cynical and reactionary treatment by the establishment media. "The danger of nuclear war between the US and China." 5-30-2016. No Publication. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/05/30/pers-m30.html~~//roman |
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+The reality of these dangers was underscored last week by the release of a report |
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+fearing imminent attack, unleash the submarine's missiles against pre-determined targets. |
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+====Radiation dispersal from nuclear war leads to genetic mutations and extinction==== |
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+**Caldicott 96** ~~Nobel prize winning physicist, Nuclear Madness p. 46-48, 1996~~ |
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+The anti-nuclear lobby argues that, since the nuclear power industry is increasing |
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+environmental damage if we take immediate action and close down all nuclear reactors. |
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+==Scenario 2: Ocean Radiation== |
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+====Explosions release radioactive waste.==== |
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+**Miasnikov 3** ~~Eugene Miasnikov was graduated from the Department of Aerophysics and Space Research of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 1985. In 1989 he got his Ph. Degree in Physics from MIPT. His dissertation was devoted to the problem of polarized laser light propagation in ocean water. Subsequently, until the end of 1991, he worked in the Scientific Production Association "ELAS" (Zelenograd) as an expert in remote sensing of the ocean from airborne and space platforms. In 1992-2016 Eugene Miasnikov was with the Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies, as Senior Research Scientist and subsequently as the Center's Director (since 2011), and he was an active participant of the Center's research projects. He is an author of numerous publications. In particular, he launched STAR Site Internet project in 1997 and he was directing that project till May 2003. Currently Eugene Miasnikov is an independent expert and administrator of the http://www.armscontrol.ru web site. He is also an Associated Editor of Science and Global Security journal, a Member of the Advisory Board of PIR Centerand a Commissioner of the Deep Cuts Project. "Preventing Submarine Collisions." 8-21-2003. Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at MIPT. http://www.armscontrol.ru/subs/collisions/debates.htm.~~//roman |
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+The danger of a collision is conventional explosion which results in break up of submarine |
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+Disposal of Nuclear Submarines", produced by the U.S. Navy. |
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+====Waste hurts marine mammals and other important species==== |
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+**Grossman 11** ~~I'm a journalist and writer specializing in environmental and science issues. I've been a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a science journalism fellow at the Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute and the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory. I've also received fellowships from the Leonard C. Goodman Investigative Reporting Project, Fund for Environmental Journalism, the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, Global Investigative Journalism Network, COMPASS, Fund for Investigative Journalism and Society for Conservation Biology. "Radioactivity in the Ocean: Diluted, But Far from Harmless by Elizabeth Grossman: Yale Environment 360." Environment 360. April 7 2011. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/radioactivity_in_the_ocean_diluted_but_far_from_harmless/2391/.~~//roman |
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+"Given that the Fukushima nuclear power plant is on the ocean, and with |
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+health until the flow of radioactive water into the sea can be stopped. |
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+====Marine Mammals are essential to the ocean ecosystem==== |
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+**Bohle 8** ~~Robert Bohle, 25 years of experience writing for professional publications specializing in Oceanography. "The Effects of Ocean Pollution on Marine Mammals". Blue Voice Organization. March 2008, http://www.bluevoice.org/news_issueseffects.php)~~//roman |
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+What the study didn't cover directly may be even more disturbing: marine mammals are |
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+draw fish from, or pay a very high price in human lives. |
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+====Biodiversity decline causes extinction ==== |
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+**Mmom 8** ~~Dr. Prince Chinedu, University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), "Rapid Decline in Biodiversity: A Threat to Survival of Humankind", Earthwork Times, 12-8, http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachArticle.aspx?ci d=0andcodi=51543~~//roman |
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+From the foregoing, it becomes obvious that the survival of Humankind depends on the |
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+==Underview== |
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