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topics-race

While I think that racism would be an excellent idea for a topic, and one
well worth debating, I also believe that without a good topic paper that
explores what is in the literature and how it would leave fair ground for
a good debate, it would be a bad topic.  Not intending to offend the
author of the topic paper, but a good topic paper should look like the one
Stacey and Richard did this year or Kate and company did last year.  They
both looked like they really worked to explore the topic possibilities and
worked hard to create a good debate on the resolution.  I do think that it
is about time that this community stops avoiding these issues, but to say
that we ought to have a racism topic (or any other topic for that matter)
just because it should be discussed, without working to make it a good
debate, where there is some negative ground is counterproductive,
especially in today's reality, where the aff wins such a high percentage.  

	I have seen the disad argument, but any race topic will have a
deontological impact that gains priority over the disad, and there are
plenty of good ones out there, thus, teams will start ignoring the disads
to say that is a form of oppression (and I think they might be right), so
it is a topic that must be well thought out to leave ground.  But those
who say it should be debated are right, it should, as long as it is
properly phrased in the resolution to leave fair ground for debatability.
I and the rest of my teammates are planning to have a good year, but to go
4-4 and have outrounds decided on a flip for sides would be very
frustrating.  I know most of this may have been posted before, but I
thought that it would be worth restating.  Peace.

Tony King
Chico

"Rather than sheltering her young, the female Fungusaur often injures her
own offspring, thereby ensuring their rapid growth"
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