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Why we can't vote for SE Asia

I have nothing negative to say about the SE Asia topic.  In fact, none
of us can say a darn thing.  Civil rights has been debated back and
forth for months.  Its advocates have forwarded specific wordings, disad
ground, likely counterplan strategies, philosophical and practical
defenses of ground and reasons of social relevance.  The advocates of SE
Asia have done none of these things.  There has been, other than the
original topic paper, no fleshing out of the SE Asia topic.  In fact,
imagine if CR had been as underdeveloped as SE Asia and think of all the
criticisms it would have avoided:  I could have spent the last week
defending "North America," without reference to specific issues.  No
charges of unequal ground distribution would have been leveled at me
because no one had any idea what the ground would have looked like.
    This is the state of the SE Asia topic.  Before voting for it and
ranking CR below it, ask yourself if it has met the same burdens as CR.
Ask yourself if you know what your voting for, other than faith that
this foreign policy topic will be handled because all of the other
foreign policy topics have always worked out OK.  That's not a topic
choice, that's a default setting.  CR has been criticized, and those
criticisms have been answered.  It is the topic we have examined most
carefully as a community.  All of the topics should be judged on their
merits, but we should demand an accounting of those merits before we
buy, lest we get a product we didn't plan on.

Things the SE Asia advocates should explain prior to voting:

Likely Topic Wording
Disad Ground
Counterplan Ground
Defense of Relevance

These are burdens which have been met by CR.  Thanks in advance for
reading another of my incessant posts.  If you find them horrible,
please back channel me.  If I get more than three back channels (other
than from regular opponents ;) ) I'll stop.

Sincerely,

Rob Tucker
CSU Fullerton
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