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hansonjb@whitman.eduA Counterplan to deconstruct the entire government is competitive with any plan, right?
A counter plan for example that claims, lets deconstruct the government it makes it mutally exclusive to all perms and plans. its net beneifit is Normativity. Now because it has a net benifit and its mutally exclusive does that mean it competes?
RESPONSE
The answer is no. Just because it says it should be mutually exclusive with perms doesn't mean a perm couldn't and shouldn't be done.
Perm: deconstruct the government except the portion needed to implement the affirmative plan. The perm gets all the "deconstruct government" is good benefits while also achieving the affirmative advantages. The negative then, is obligated to show:
1. this perm is illegitimate theoretically (tough to do in my opinion)
2. maintaining the government for just the plan would not achieve the deconstruct government benefits/affirmative advantages
3. maintaining the government for the plan would be bad (new disads to the perm; or point out how other disads already presented apply to the perm but not the counterplan alone)
Absent this, the counterplan is not competitive. That's because the counterplan needs to be an argument against the affirmative plan to be competitive. since the perm shows the plan is still good--the counterplan isn't an argument against the plan; its an argument to do something in addition to the plan.
Thanks to Alex for asking this question.
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