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Re: lexis2
> as a follow-up to my earlier message. i have a moral problem with any
> debater who tells me that he or she believes in "diversity" and then uses
> LEXIS cards in a round. debaters could choose not to use LEXIS cards. i
> have come very close to equating the use of LEXIS evidence with the use of
> sexist language (im not quite there yet. . . there are real, albeit
> shrinking, differences. . .) but i would have to say that i would welcome an
I do not understand this argument. What exactly constitutes a
"lexis" card? Lexis is just a repository for other sources of
information. If I quote the New York Times and I foundthe article at my
local library, how is that different from quoting the same article found
on lexis? Nothing changes except the source?
Is it the inaccessibility of the source that makes your upset? The
fact that many cannot access it? If so, why not vote against a team who
lives in the Seattle area (UW Library), the Washington DC Library
(Library of Congress), etc.? I am stuck in Walla Walla and have no
library worth speaking of. Is it fair for others to cut cards from such
fine sources of information if I can't?
I fundamentally fail to see the link between lexis articles (a
repository of other people's work) and sexist language (the content of
the language).
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