Tournament: Holy Cross | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake LM | Judge: Devane Murphy
====Nuclear waste is stored but not wanted on Native lands- it’s a product of the Federal Government shoving it down their throats- causing health problems, land degradation, and risks causing a future genocidal wipeout for all Indian Americans====
Republic of Lakotah 10 "Native Americans Bear the Nuclear Burden." Republic of Lakotah Mitakuye Oyasin. Republic of Lakotah, A South Dakota Tribe, 10 Apr. 2010. Web. 05 Sept. 2016. http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2010/native-americans-bear-the-nuclear-burden/.
Native communities, primarily in the western US, have been chronically exposed to low 

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to our intelligence to say that we are natural stewards of these wastes."

====This practice is a way to turn the Native people and its lands into trash- these disposal sites would permanently poison the land and its people- this also robs them of their sovereignty====
Angel 92 Angel, Bradley. Greenpeace Activist The toxic threat to Indian lands. publisher not identified, 1992. http://www.ejnet.org/ej/toxicthreattoindianlands.pdf
Today, hundreds of Indian Nations (Tribes) are being approached by both the 

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in a business environment essentially free of environmental laws, regulation or enforcement.

Also proves that we are a discussion of the topic and its issues- means we are reasonably topical

Thus, I advocate the giving back of land to Native Americans.

Churchill 96 (Ward, Former Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Chicago, Boulder 1996, "I AM INDIGENIST," pgs. 520-30, Accessed 9/3/16)
I’ll debunk some of this nonsense in a moment, but first I want to 

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, sexist, classist, homophobic, militaristic order on non-Indians. 

This act of impossible realism solves—Colonization is the root cause of oppression, and exploitation. Only a return to indigenous politics can rectify colonialism.

Churchill 96 Ward Churchill 1996 (Former Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado, Boulder, BA and MA in Communications from Sangamon State, From A Native Son pgs 85-90)
The question which inevitably arises with regard to indigenous land claims, especially in the 

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"impossible realism." Isn’t it time we all worked on attaining it? 

Indigenous land return sparks global decolonization movements that are critical to averting environmental collapse and extinction.

Tinker 96 George E. Tinker, Iliff School of Technology, 1996 ~Defending Mother Earth: Native American Perspectives on Environmental Justice, ed. Jace Weaver, p. 171-72~
My suggestion that we take the recognition of indigenous sovereignty as a priority is an 

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is not simply just; the survival of all may depend on it.

The role of the ballot is to endorse the debater that best promotes Indigenous epistemology.

Indigenous epistemology is value driven, and a respect and openness to all beings is at the center of that value system.

Hester and Cheney 01 (Lee and Jim, American Indian Studies, University of Science and Arts, Oklahoma "Truth and Native American epistemology" SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY, 2001, VOL. 15, NO . 4, 319–334 accessed 7/7/14 .nt)
To use a phrase of Deloria's, we might call the idea that 'In formulating 

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of reality. (Deloria et al., 1999, p. 46)

====Indigenous Epistemology is more than a set of moral beliefs or assumptions- rather it is crafting the right orientation with the living world found in everything on Earth- this allows us to gain insights and knowledge to orient us on a truly moral, ethical life====
Hester and Cheney 01 (Lee and Jim, American Indian Studies, University of Science and Arts, Oklahoma "Truth and Native American epistemology" SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY, 2001, VOL. 15, NO . 4, 319–334, accessed 9/4/16, VM)
Native American epistemological style, as depicted by Deloria, is even more radical than 

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attitude of universal consideration discussed earlier as a feature of Native American worlds.

Refuse the false objectivity of debate. Theory is no longer used to ensure true fairness but rather to silence challenges to the status quo. Debate has become a training ground for policymakers using procedural concerns to allowed the continued exploitation of millions.

Spanos 4 (William V. Spanos, available online cross-x.com url: http://www.crossx.com/vb/showthread.php?t=945110andhighlight=Spanos+Email Nov. 18)
Dear Joe Miller, Yes, the statement about the American debate circuit you refer 

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blind arrogance of Bush Administration and his neocon policy makers is leading.

Tournament: Holy Cross | Round: 2 | Opponent: St Andrews JM | Judge: Diane Maisel

Framing

I value morality, defined as the sense of right and wrong because the word ought in the resolution is defined as a moral obligation.

Utilitarianism, maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain, allows us to choose in a real world situation between two hypothetical choices, in this case, the resolution.

Harsanyi 76 (John C. Rule Utilitarianism and Decision Theory. ~Berkeley~: Center for Research in Management Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1976. Print).
It proposes to exlain our multifarious and seemingly logically rather disconnected moral value judgments in 

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and any alternative moral code we may wish to consider for possible adoption.

Death should be avoided at all costs.

Jonas 96 (Hans, Former Alvin Johnson Prof. Phil. – New School for Social Research and Former Eric Voegelin Visiting Prof. – U. Munich, "Morality and Mortality: A Search for the Good After Auschwitz", p. 111-112)
With this look ahead at an ethics for the future, we are touching at 

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confession of faith we come to the end of our essay on ontology.

Thus, the criterion, or way to reach morality, is minimizing death.

Contention 1 is Terrorists

Nuclear plants will be attacked by terrorists. It’s try or die, empirics prove.

Early et al. 13 (Bryan R., Matthew Fuhrmann, and Quan Li, Faculty Expert in Economic Sanctions and Foreign Policy @ Auburn University, Associate Professor of Political Science @ TAMU, Professor of Political Science at TAMU, Atoms for Terror? Nuclear Porgrams and Non-Catastrophic Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism, 2013, http://people.tamu.edu/quanli/papers/BJPS'2013'nrterrorism.pdf, p. 12, Accessed 8/9/16)
Table 1 presents the results from four statistical models. The baseline model (Model 

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with an average sized program (Nuclear Program Size 5 0.79). 

Nuclear terrorism is a threat to humanity itself.

Ayson 10 (Robert, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington, 2010 "After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 33, Issue 7, July, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions via InformaWorld)
A terrorist nuclear attack, and even the use of nuclear weapons in response by 

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the terrorists. This might not help the chances of nuclear restraint.

Contention 2 is the Grids

The electrical grid is under stress and on the brink of failing

Trivella 08 (Anthony J., Executive Vice President at The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, One of the world's leading equipment breakdown insurers. "Mitigating Equipment Breakdown Risks," June 4, 2008, Industry Week, http://www.industryweek.com/articles/mitigating'equipment'breakdown'risks'16446.aspx Accessed 8/10/2016)
What's the most vulnerable part of many businesses? For most, it's the equipment 

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sometimes impossible, to restore the information due to rapid changes in technology.

Nuclear plants are dependent on the electrical grid.

Adams 11 (Mike, outspoken consumer health advocate, award-winning investigative journalist, internet activist and science lab director, "Solar flare could unleash nuclear holocaust across planet Earth, forcing hundreds of nuclear power plants into total meltdowns", 7/13/11, Accessed 8/10/2016)
Why does all this matter? To understand that, you have to understand how 

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, zirconium-clad rods and sparking fires that would release deadly radiation." 

A solar flare will collapse the grid and push it over the brink

Heyes 14 (J.D., Seasoned writer, journalist and columnist specializing in politics, national security issues, healthcare, healthy living and technology coverage., "FEMA document admits solar flare could collapse U.S. power grid for years", 12/21/14, Accessed 8/11/2016)
Tens of millions of Americans face years of loss of electrical power if major solar 

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in comparison to the devastation that an EMP attack could perpetrate on Americans."

Mass nuclear power plant meltdown causes loss of life

Adams 11 (Mike, outspoken consumer health advocate, award-winning investigative journalist, internet activist and science lab director, "Solar flare could unleash nuclear holocaust across planet Earth, forcing hundreds of nuclear power plants into total meltdowns", 7/13/11, Accessed 8/10/2016)
Fukushima was one power plant. Imagine the devastation of 100+ nuclear power plants

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planet? It's a very, very small fraction of the total population.

Only through the prohibition of plants can we stop meltdown

Thus, I urge an affirmative ballot.