Re: SE Asia Topic Wording

[ross12@MARSHALL.EDU]

Yeah, but I like case specific competition cards whenever possible-they 
can at least give me a specific link to the kritik:)

Mike

On Fri, 30 May 1997 FPIRIZAR@VPA.syr.edu wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> Why does the neg need predictive ground.  There's always the Anarchy or 
> W.O.M.P. option/strategy regardless of the affirmative right?  Just 
> playing around man.
> 
> Frank Irizarry
> Syracuse Debate
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Date:          Thu, 29 May 1997 22:22:53 -0400 (EDT)
> Reply-to:      ross12@MARSHALL.EDU
> From:          ross12@MARSHALL.EDU
> To:            Issues concerning CEDA Debate  <CEDA-L@cornell.edu>
> Subject:       Re: SE Asia Topic Wording
> X-To:          JimHaefele@aol.com
> 
> Let me echo Jim's suggestion on the topic wording, without a "one or 
> more 
> of the following nations:" phrase, I think the topic is far, far to 
> huge, 
> and predictive ground for the neg is screwed.  I'm just having 
> horrifying 
> visions of "give money to clean up the rice patty" affirmatives, and 
> while listing countries will notprevent that, it will at least will 
> provide a limit on how many different rice patty files we have to cut.
> 
> 
> Mike Ross
> Marshall
> 
> On Thu, 29 May 1997 JimHaefele@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I'm rereading the topic paper right now, and I'd like to beg the topic
> > committee to include a country listing; PLEASE do not just say 
> "Southeast
> > Asia".  Let me quote the topic paper:
> > 
> > "Other countries that might be included in this list [of SE Asian 
> nations]
> > that are not discussed in this paper, because they do not COMMONLY 
> appear in
> > the Southeast Asian literature, are: CHINA, Hong Kong, Macau, 
> Micronesia,
> > Papua New Guinea, THE SPRATLEY ISLANDS, and TAIWAN."  [Emphasis is all 
> me.]
> > 
> > Um....not commonly in literature will not translate into "never 
> defined as SE
> > Asia in debate".  I think limiting China out of the affirmative ground 
> on the
> > topic isn't such a bad idea.  A specific listing will accomplish this
> > objective.
> > 
> > Adios,
> > 
> > Jim Haefele
> > 
> 
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