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answering machine problems Re: value and anthro -Reply
Being three blocks away from the explosion in OKlahoma City,
I thought I might share what went through my mind when the piece of earth
shook beneath my feet and a loud blast rang through my ears.
THAT WAS A BOMB!
All of those "crazy" arguments about skinheads and revolutionary
movements came to the forefront of my mind as I rushed to the windows on
the North side of the building to look up Robinson street.
My debate experience and research gave me the inclination that was a bomb
as soon as my building started dancing in the skyline with the others.
If the debaters want to debate policy topics that is their perrogative.
I know most coaches vote based upon what debaters want.
I am a believer in ecology arguments, and if you are a supporter of value
topics, the best thing to do now would be to make those anthro arguments
and deep eco arguments when these supporters of policy topics try to
make policy decisions to solve value problems! In order to solve these
environmental problems today, we must have some form of government
cooperation, and now is a good time to test creative and effective ways
of slowing the environmental deterioration of our planet. The community
must now work together to create the best policy topic that would bring
friendly academic competetion between CEDA and NDT.
Good Day,
Peace
Jackie Massey
The Old School
On Tue, 2 Jul 1996,
Glen Strickland wrote:
> Mark, what you write is probably true. (Anthro is very relevant, nuke
> war may not occur) However, no one thought the Oklahoma City
> bombing would ever occur either. And many of us in the community talk a
> good game about allow debaters real input into the activity. Perhaps the
> debaters who are still in touch with CEDA-L and NDT-L this summer
> would let us know what they want to debate. Do you debaters prefer to
> debate Deep Ecology, anthro, biocentric ethics, etc or pollution control,
> warming/cooling, acid rain, species impacts, etc? Can we hear from
> debaters on this issue?
>
> Glen Strickland
>
>
> >>> <WHITNEMR@snymorva.cs.snymor.edu> 07/02/96 09:11am >>>
>
> Let's see... Debaters don't want to defend what is happening in the
> world now (anthro), but they do want to argue about nuke wars that
> everyone in the room knows will never happen? HHHHHmmmmmmmm.
>
> There's A LOT more to the anthro position than going out and "destroying
> stuff."
>
> Mark Whitney
>
>
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