Re[2]: topics

["Scott Titsworth *** Northeast Missouri State" <LL81%NEMOMUS.bitnet@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU>]

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>
>On Wed, 12 Apr 1995, Greg Sage wrote:
>> A suggestions for a topic:
>>
>> R:  that the United States Government should significantly increase
>> foreign aid to one or more of the following countries:  Mexico, Peru,
>> Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, Colombia.
>I don't really think it's a great idea to list
>specific countries.  This goes back to what I had posted RE:
>quantifiers.  take out the section "...one or more..." on to the end and
>replace it with "Latin America"
>
>Just my two cents...
>
>scott
>From a topic wording standpoint, I disagree.  The listing of specific
countries serves to limit affirmative ground.  By specifying that aid
must go to a _country_, it excludes cases which would give aid to non
government actors in LA.  It also excludes giving aid to regional
organizations.  If you replace the "quantifiers" with just "LA" the
negative counterplan ground is substantially decreased.  One criteria
for a properly worded resolution is that it hints at a fair division
of ground.  The wording with the countries specified provides a clearer
division of ground than the wording without.
I up your two cents to three and call...

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