SECOND TEAM DRILLS
Alfred Snider, University of Vermont
http://debate.uvm.edu
TOPICS FOR SECOND TEAM WHO IS AFIRMATIVE/PROPOSITION:
MOTION:
THW ALLOW COMPANIES NOT TO HIRE SMOKERS.
MODEL: COMPANIES CAN USE THIS AS A REASON NOT TO HIRE, NO SUITS AGAINST COMPANIES ALLOWED ON THESE GROUNDS, INCLUDE CIGARETTE, PIPE, CIGAR, CHEWING TOBACCO.
AFFIRMATIVE ARGUMENTS:
1. SAVE LIVES – PEOPLE WANT JOBS, WILL QUIT
2. SAVE JOBS – COMPANIES SPEND LESS ON HEALTH, ABSENTEEISM
3. CULTURE OF HEALTH REINFORCED-FOLLOW ON EFFORTS OF PUBLIC SMOKING AND TAXES
WHAT WILL YOU, AS SECOND TEAM, SAY?
MOTION:
WOMEN SHOULD GET AN EQUAL POSITION IN WAR WITH MEN.
MODEL: WOMEN CAN TAKE PART ON COMBAT ALONGSIDE MEN AS LONG AS THEY CAN MEET EXISTING STANDARDS, LIKE CARRY X POUNDS TO BE IN INFANTRY, MAXIMUM SIZE TO BE A PILOT.
AFFIRMTIVE ARGUMENT:
1. WOMEN’S EQUALITY – EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
2. WOMEN CAN BE BETTER SOLDIERS – STRESS, ENDURANCE
3. PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH – IF WE WANT TO TELL OTHERS TO RESPECT WOMEN, WE MUST DO IT.
WHAT WILL YOU, AS A SECOND TEAM, SAY?
ALL CITIZENS OUGHT TO PERFORM A PERIOD OF NATIONAL SERVICE. MODEL: AFTER END OF EDUCATION, ONE YEAR SERVICE IN ONE OF SEVERAL AREAS – CONSERVATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CITIZEN ASSISTANCE, LITERACY TRAINING, ETC.
AFFIRMATIVE ARGUMENTS:
1. INCREASE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
2. PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
3. ALLOW YOUNG TO LEARN BY DOING, AND THUS FIND THEMSELVES
WHAT WILL YOU, AS SECOND TEAM, SAY?
NEGATIVE POLITICAL ADVERTISING SHOULD BE BANNED.
MODEL: NO ADVERTISING THAT ATTACKS AN OPPONENT SPECIFICALLY.
AFFIRMATIVE ARGUMENTS:
1. NEGATIVE POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS CAUSE REDUCED EMPHASIS ON POLICY ISSUES
2. SKEWS VOTER DECISIONS BASED ON TIMING – NEGATIVE ADVERTISING IS USED RIGHT BEFORE ELECTION, NO TIME TO RESPOND
3. CREATES A CULTURE OF POLITICAL CYNICISM – MAKES VOTERS NOT CARE, THEY ARE ALL CROOKS, WHY BOTHER VOTING, NOTHING TO VOTE FOR.
WHAT WILL YOU, AS SECOND TEAM, SAY?
MOTION:
THB THE UNITED NATIONS SHOULD PROTECT THE ANTARCTIC.
MODEL; UN TREATY GIVES THEM ALL AUTHORITY OVER ANSTARCTIC, SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES A DIRECTORATE TO PROTECT IT AS A COMMON RESOIURCE OF HUMANITY
AFFIRMATIVE ARGUMENTS::
1. ARCTIC ECOLOGY IS IMPORTANT AND MUST BE PROTECTED.
2. UN IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, SHARED RESOURCES FOR HUMANITY.
3. CURRENT NATIONAL JURISDICTIONS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO POLICE POLLUTING ACTIVITIES.
WHAT WILL YOU, AS SECOND TEAM, SAY?
TOPICS FOR TEAMS THAT ARE SECOND NEGATIVE/OPPOSITION:
TOPIC:
THIS HOUSE WOULD CLASSIFY CRIMES MOTIVATED BY A VICTIM'S HOMELESS STATUS AS "HATE- CRIMES".
MODEL: CRIME MOTIVATED BY HOMELESS STATUS OR CHARACTERIZED BY A FOCUS ON IT SHALL BE INCLIDED IN HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION, SUCH AS RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HATREDS.
FIRST OPPOSITION ARGUMENTS:
1. CONFLATION OF ECONOMIC SITUATION AND RACIAL-ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION IS BAD. IT DEVALUES RACE-ETHNICITY CRIMES.
2. FOCUSING ON REGULAR CRIMINAL PENALTIES IS BETTER, AS IT APPLIES BETTER TO STREET CRIME SITUATIONS.
3. COMPLEX NEW REGIME MAKES IT LESS LIKELY HOMELESS WILL REPORT CRIMES.
WHAT WILL YOU, AS SCOND OPPOSITION TEAM, SAY?
TOPIC:
THB THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD PROSECUTE WAR CRIMES IN GAZA.
MODEL: THE ICC TRIBUNAL IN THE HAGUE WILL APPOINT A PROSECUTORIAL TEAM TO INVESTIGATE WAR CRIMES BY ISRAELI FORCES IN GAZA AND PROWARD CHARGES FOR TRIAL.
ARGUMENT BY FURST OPPOSITION
1. WILL DESTROY ISRAEL PARTICIPATION IN ANY PEACE PROCESS
2. WILL STOP ISRAEL FROM RATIFYING THE ROME TREATY/ICC
3. WILL EMPOWER MILITANT ZIONISTS IN ISRAELI POLITICS
WHAT WILL YOU, AS SCOND OPPOSITION TEAM, SAY?
THW ADMIT TURKEY INTO THE EU ONLY WHEN THE TERRITORIAL DISPUTES ON CYPRUS ARE RESOLVED.
ARGUMENT BY FIRST OPPOSITION:
1. TURKEY HAS SHOWN GOOD FAITH IN NEGOTIATIONS ALREADY, 2005 AGREEMENT, SO THEY HAVE DONE ALL THEY CAN BE EXPECTED TO. THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT OF CYPRIOTS & GREEKS.
2. BENEFITS OF TURKEY JOINING THE EU OUTWEIGH THE TERRITORIAL ISSUE, SO CYPRUS SHOULD NOT HOLD IT UP.
3. BETTER TO LET THEM INTO EU AND THEN DEAL WITH IT.
WHAT WILL YOU, AS SCOND OPPOSITION TEAM, SAY?