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Re:Civil Rights and Sarcasm

To: CEDA-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re:Civil Rights and Sarcasm
From: mgremillion@selu.edu
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:07:03 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:02:20 -0500 (CDT)
Apparently-To: <CEDA-L@listproc2.mail.cornell.edu>29 Apr 1997 07:06:49 CDT@
Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University

Of course my previous post concerning impact turns to civil rights was 
meant to be a joke and sarcasm. However, it does point out the overwhelming
bias inherent in the topic. There are people out there who write that
genocide against Native Americans is a good thing--something about Darwanism and Westward Expansion crap. I too would find it hard to vote for. But that is the whole point. When the most straight-forward approach to a case becomes closed of to the negative from the very start, you have another topic that is biased toward the affirmative.
My suggestion--I fwe must debate Civil Rights--then frame the topic so it forces the affirmative to do something distasteful like abolish affirmative action or take away a minorities rights. Then you have a debate on your hands.
Scott Elliott

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