WHAT’S NEW & HOW TO USE THIS
BOOK 8
PART ONE :
ARGUMENT STATUS 9
Conditionality
Conditionality Bad 2AC 11
Conditionality Bad 2AR/1AR Overview 12
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : Negation Theory 13
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : Best Policy Option / Rational Decision 14
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : No Different Than Disadvantages 15
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : No Different Than Topicality 16
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : Most Real World 17
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : Time Skew Inevitable 18
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : No Time Skew (1AC Checks) 19
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : 2NR Will Be Consistent / Pick One 20
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : No Time Skew (Answer Theory Checks) 21
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : Reject the Argument Not the Team 22
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : No Time Skew (Permutations Check) 23
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : Conditionality Key to PICs 24
Conditionality Bad 1AR – A2 : Increases Strategic Thinking 25
Conditionality Good 2NC 26
Conditionality Good 2NC – A2: 2AC
Time Skew 27
Conditionality Good 2NC - A2 : 2AC Strategy Skew / Contradictions 28
Conditionality Good 2NC - A2 : Not Reciprocal 29
Conditionality Good 2NC - A2 : Infinitely Regressive 30
Dispositionality
Dispositionality
Bad 2AC 31
Dispositionality
Bad 2AR/1AR Overview 32
Dispositionality
Bad 1AR - A2: Straight Turn It / Like Any Argument 33
Dispositionality
Good 2NC 34
Dispositionality
Good 2NC – A2 : Strategy Skew 35
Dispositionality
Good 2NC – A2 : Time Skew 36
Unconditionality
Unconditionality
Bad 2AC 37
Unconditionality
Good 2AC 38
PART TWO: TOPICALITY AND
SPECIFICATION ARGUMENTS 39
Shells / Frontlines
Vagueness 1NC 41
Vagueness 2AC 42
Agent Specification (ASPEC) 1NC 43
Agent Specification (ASPEC) 2AC 44
Funding Specification (F-SPEC) 1NC 45
Funding Specification (F-SPEC) 2AC 46
Enforcement Specification (E-SPEC)
1NC 47
Enforcement Specification (E-SPEC)
2AC 48
‘As Per’ Bad 1NC 49
‘As Per’ Good 2AC 50
Definitions
Dictionary Definitions Good 51
Dictionary Definitions Bad 52
Field Context Good 53
Field Context Bad 54
Legal Definitions Good 55
Legal Definitions Bad 56
“Common Person” Definition Good 57
“Common Person” Definition Bad 58
Standards
Grammar Good 59
Grammar Bad 60
Limits Good 61
Limits Bad 62
Bi-Directionality Bad 63
Bi-Directionality Good 64
Effects Topicality Bad 65
Effects Topicality Good 66
Extra Topicality Bad 67
Extra Topicality Good 68
Framer’s Intent Good 69
Framer’s Intent Bad 70
Brightline
Good 71
Brightline
Bad 72
Probabalism
Bad 73
Probabalism
Good 74
Weighing Mechanisms
Depth Outweighs Breadth 75
Breadth Outweighs Depth 76
Competing Interpretations Good /
Reasonability Bad 77
Competing Interpretations Bad /
Reasonability Good 78
Voters
Education is a Privileged Voter 79
Jurisdiction is a Privileged Voter 80
Ground is a Privileged Voter 81
Fairness is a Privileged Voter 82
T is an RVI 83
T is Not an RVI 84
Mitigating Factors
Literature/Clash/Discourse Checks
Abuse 85
A2: Literature/ Clash / Disclosure
Checks Abuse 86
A2: Including Our Affirmative
Enhances Education 87
A2: Err Aff
on Topicalty 88
PART THREE: COUNTER-PLANS 89
General Counter-Plans
2NC Counter-Plans Bad 2AC 91
2NC Counter-Plans Good 1NR 92
Agent Counter-Plans Bad 2AC 93
Agent Counter-Plans Good 2NC 94
Conditioned Fiat Bad 95
Conditioned Fiat Good 96
Consultation Counter-Plan Bad 2AC 97
Consultation Counter-Plan Good 2AC 98
Counter-Plans / Negative Fiat Bad
2AC 99
Counter-Plans / Negative Fiat Good
2NC 100
Extra/ Artificially Competitive
Counter-Plans Good 2NC 101
Extra/ Artificially Competitive
Counter-Plans Bad 2AC 102
PICs Bad
2AC 103
PICs Good
2NC 104
International Counter-Plans Bad 2AC 105
International Counter-Plans Good
2NC 106
Multiple Actor Fiat Bad 2AC 107
Multiple Actor Fiat Good 2NC 108
Multiple Counter-Plans Bad 2AC 109
Multiple Counter-Plans Good 2NC 110
Multiple International Agents Bad
2AC 111
Multiple International Agents Good
2NC 112
Object of the Resolution Fiat Bad
2AC 113
Object of the Resolution Fiat Good
2NC 114
Private Actor Fiat Good 2NC 115
Private Actor Fiat Bad 2AC 116
Topical Counter-Plans Good 2NC 117
Topical Counter-Plans Bad 2AC 118
Utopian Fiat Bad 2AC 119
Utopian Fiat Good 2AC 120
Specific Counter-Plans
Administrative / Bureaucratic
Compliance Fiat Bad 121
Administrative / Bureaucratic
Compliance Fiat Good 122
Courts Counter-Plans Bad 2AC 123
Courts Counter-Plans Good 2NC 124
Delay Counter-Plan Good 2NC 125
Delay Counter-Plan Bad 2AC 126
Executive Order Counter-Plan Good
2NC 127
Executive Order Counter-Plan Bad
2AC 128
Lower Court Compliance Fiat Bad 129
Lower Court Compliance Fiat Good 130
Referendum Counter-Plan Bad 2AC 131
Referendum Counter-Plan Good 2NC 132
States Counter-Plan Bad 2AC 133
States Counter-Plan Good 2NC 134
Test Case Fiat Good 135
Test Case Fiat Bad 136
UN Counter-Plans Bad 2NC 137
UN Counter-Plans Good 2NC 138
Veto-Cheato
Counter-Plans Bad 2AC 139
Veto-Cheato
Counter-Plans Good 2NC 140
Counter-Plan Competition
Text Comp Good / Functional
Competition Bad 141
Text Comp Bad / Functional Competition Good 142
Plan-Plan is Good 143
Plan-Plan is Bad 144
PART FOUR: PERMUTATIONS 145
Intrinsic Permutations
Intrinsic Permutations Good 2AC 146
Intrinsic Permutations Bad 2NC 147
Conditionality Justifies Intrinsicness 2AC 148
Conditionality Does Not Justify Intrinsicness 2NC 149
PICs
Justify Intrinsicness 150
PICs Do
Not Justify Intrinsicness 151
Counter-Plans Justify Intrinsicness 152
Counter-Plans Do Not Justify Intrinsicness 153
2NC Counter-Plans Justify Intrinsicness 154
2NC Counter-Plans Do Not Justify Intrinsicness 155
Severence
Permutations
Severence
Permutations Good 2AC 156
Severence
Permutations Bad 2NC 157
Kritiks
Justify Severance / Discursive Severance Good 158
Kritiks
Do Not Justify Severance / Discursive Severance Bad 159
Timeframe Permutations
Timeframe Permutations Good 2AC 160
Timeframe Permutations Bad 2NC 161
Multiple Permutations
Multiple Perms Bad 2NC 162
Multiple Perms Good 2AC 163
Status of Permutations
Advocating Perms Good 2AC 164
Advocating Perms Bad 2NC 165
PART FIVE :
DISADVANTAGES 166
Politics Disads
Bad 167
Politics Disads
Good 168
Normal Means = Top of the Docket 169
Normal Means = Bottom of the Docket 170
PART SIX: KRITIKS 171
Policy/Fiat Framework
Fiat Good 172
Fiat Good - Coverstone 173
Fiat Good – Rawls 174
A2 :
Discourse & Kritiks Excluded / Irrelevant in You
Framework 175
A2 : Real Wold Education / Kritik Good For
Activism 176
A2 :
Predictability is A Practice / Fiat is Arbitrary 177
A2 :
Resolved is On the Left Side of the Colon 178
A2 : Your
Ground is ____ 179
A2 :
Encourages Racist and Sexist Language 180
A2 :
Mitchell 181
A2 : Kulynych 182
Kritik/No
Fiat Framework
Fiat Bad 183
Fiat Bad - Mitchell 184
Fiat Bad - Kulynych 185
A2 :
Education 186
A2 :
Undermines Aff Ground 187
A2 : Can’t
Debate Politics 188
A2 :
Predictability / Predictable Ground 189
A2 : Not
In the Literature 190
A2 : Need
Real World Skills 191
A2 : Do It
Outside The Round 192
A2 :
Undermines Clash 193
A2 : Topic
Specific Education 194
A2 :
Undermines Strategic/Critical Thinking 195
A2 :
Allows Advocating Truisms 196
A2 :
Allows Bi-Directionality 197
A2 : Coverstone 198
Multiple Frameworks
Multiple Frameworks (Kritik & CP) Bad 199
Multiple Frameworks (Kritik & CP) Good 200
Kritik
Alternatives
No Text to the Alternative Bad 201
No Text to the Alternative Good 202
Plan Inclusive Kritiks
Good 203
Plan Inclusive Kritiks
Bad 204
Vague Alternatives Bad 205
Vague Alternatives Good 206
PART SEVEN: VOTERS 207
Reject the Team Not the Argument 208
Reject the Argument Not the Team 209
Potential Abuse Good 210
In-Round Abuse Good 211
Time Skew is a Voter 212
Time Skew is Not a Voter 213
Strategy Skew is a Voter 214
Strategy Skew is Not a Voter 215
Abuse is A Voter 216
Abuse is Not A
Voter 217
PART EIGHT: META-DEBATE & MISC 218
Speed Good (1/2) 219
Speed Good (2/2) 220
Speed Bad 221
Author Advocate Good 222
Author Advocate Bad 223
Modifying Evidence Good 224
Modifying Evidence Bad 225