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TopicalityGateway to the Future
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Purpose of a Topic
Topicality in Practice
Topicality on the Space Topic
Lecture Overview
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- Fair Starting point for the debate- Aff Ground- Neg Ground
Purpose of the topic
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Topicality as a Tactic Topicality as a Strategy
Topicality in Practice
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Topicality as a Tactic (Time-tradeoff) Disadvantages
◦ Annoys Certain Judges◦ Trades off with other better arguments
Advantages◦ Uses Aff Time◦ Possible 2NR option
Topicality as a Tactic
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Advantages◦ Directs aff towards your neg strats◦ Clear research
Disadvantages◦ Telegraph your strategy
Topicality as a Strategy
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Interpretation Violation Reasons to Prefer Voting Issues
Structural Overview
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Vision of the Topic◦ What should debate look like on this topic?◦ Examples of Cases that meet your interp.
Evidence Based◦ Contextual◦ Non-Arbitrary◦ Not Over-limited
Interpretation
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Specifically crafted (for the aff)◦ Based in your evidence
Don’t exclude Mainstream affs◦ Not Over broad
Violation
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Focus of Topicality Debate◦ Predictable (w/in the Lit)
- Preparation◦ Education (Topic Specific)
- External Benefit of Debate◦ Ground (Generic and Case Specific)
- Preserves competitive equity
Reasons to Prefer
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Why is Topicality a Voting Issue?◦ Jurisdiction
- Cart before the Horse◦ Procedural Burden◦ Competitive Enterprise of Debate
Voting Issues
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Most Objective?◦ Fairness
Deters Small Affs◦ Education
Purpose of Debate◦ Evolution of Argument (Truth)
Competing Interpretations
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Extra T◦ Whole Plan has to be Topical
FX T◦ What does it mean to be Topical by effects?
- Vacuum Test
Extra T and FX T
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We meet Counter-Interpretation Reasons to Prefer Reasonability
A2 Topicality
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Purpose of a we meet?◦ Defense to their offense
- IE, the Aff is predictable- Not Just “we meet their interp”
We Meet
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Mirrors Interp requirements Vision of the Topic
◦ What should debate look like on this topic?◦ Examples of Cases that meet your interp. (not just
yours) Evidence Based
◦ Contextual◦ Non-Arbitrary◦ Not Under-limited
Counter-Interpretation
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Aff Flex
Predictable Literature
Reasons to Prefer
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More accurately “Competing Interps Bad”◦ Good is Good Enough
Reasonability
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Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.
Key phrases◦ “exploration of space”◦ “development of space”◦ “beyond the Earth’s mesosphere”
Space Topic Topicality
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More limited than development◦“Exploration” refers to space activities
toward the Moon, Mars, or NEOs --- this excludes the outer Solar System and beyond and satellites in Earth’s orbit
Exploration of Space
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Aff Inclusive definitions◦ SBSP◦ Re-usable Launch Vehicles◦ Communication Satellites
Neg Limits◦ Not Military Affs (Peaceful)
Development of Space
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“Beyond” means outside the limits of Collins 9 (Collins English Dictionary Unabridged, “beyond”,
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/beyond)
-- prep 1. at or to a point on the other side of; at or to the further side of: beyond
those hills there is a river 2. outside the limits or scope of: beyond this country's jurisdiction
Mesosphere is 50 miles out WC 11 (Weather Channel – Weather Glossary, “M”,
http://www.weather.com/glossary/m.html)
MESOSPHERE The layer of the atmosphere located between the stratosphere and the
ionosphere, wheretemperatures drop rapidly with increasing height. It extends between 31 and 50 miles (17 to 80 kilometers) above the earth's surface.
Beyond the Earth’s Mesosphere