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Sections Guantanamo 1ACTournament: Sections | Round: 1 | Opponent: all | Judge: all Contention 1 is Inherency: Guantanamo remains open indefinitely as Congress continues to block prisoner transfers to the U.S. and Obama drags his feet on review boards. Obama’s unimplemented plan is to release prisoners, or bring them to the U.S. Thus the plan: The United States federal government should return Guantánamo Bay to Cuba and pay all outstanding lease payments. Imperialism ? McClintock 09 (Anne McClintock is a writer, feminist scholar and public intellectual who has published widely on issues of sexuality, race, imperialism, and nationalism; popular and visual culture, photography, advertising and cultural theory “Paranoid Empire: Specters from Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib” March 2009, p. 53 Accessed via Project MUSE) Why paranoia? Can we fully … of violence that the state tries to conceal. Contention 3 is Torture: ? ? Zizek ’05 (Slavoj Zizek is a senior researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, “BIOPOLITICS: BETWEEN ABU GHRAIB AND TERRI SCHIAVO.” http://www.egs.edu/faculty/slavoj-zizek/articles/biopolitics-between-abu-ghraib-and-terri-schiavo/ ) At My Lai an American … an alternative frame of reference. We have an ethical obligation to take a stand against the tools of war. Acceptance of violence in the status quo leaves torture, racism, poverty, hunger, and fear of war unexamined. Kirk ’05 (Gwyn Kirk, Ph.D in political science from the London School of Economics, 2005, “Symposium: Women and War: A Critical Discourse: Panel One - Tools Of War,” Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice, 20 Berkeley J. Gender L. and Just. 322, lexis, ACC. 6-25-10) So before I get into the …current legal and political frameworks. ? Scenario 2 is Medical Doubling ? ? Framing Contention 5 is Framing: Threat to human survival is used to justify atrocities- focusing on survival as the utmost impact subordinates all other values, making the world not worth saving. ? Third, the characteristic …the same causal relationships. ? ? ? The ‘Ticking Timebomb’ justification of torture is misleading and distorts all forms of ethical decision-making. | 1/13/14 |
Valley 1ACTournament: Valley | Round: 6 | Opponent: Edina PH | Judge: Matt Casas Despite rhetoric, Obama has made no move to close and return Guantánamo Bay Ratner 9/24- (Michael- President Emeritus, Center for Constitutional Rights, in an interview titled “Is Obama Making Good on His Promise to Close Gitmo?,” by Jessica Desvarieux, the Real News Network, http://truth-out.org/news/item/19036-is-obama-making-good-on-his-promise-to-close-gitmo)// You know how …. Guantanamo will continue. Savage 9/23 (Charlie, “Guantánamo Hunger Strike is Largely Over, U.S. Says,” New York Times, September 23rd, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/us/guantanamo-hunger-strike-largely-over-us-says.html)// In a statement … according to the military. Contention 2- Imperialism Hansen ’12- (Jonathan M.- a lecturer in social studies at Harvard and author of a book on Guantanamo, “Give Guantanamo Back to Cuba,” New York Times, January 1- 2-12, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/opinion/give-guantanamo-back-to-cuba.html?_r=1and)// But after the … hands of American citizens.” Only returning Guantánamo resolves the imperialism and injustice imposed by US occupation Cavendish 5-30, (David, a New York City teacher “Let’s give Guantanamo Bay back to Cuba,” People’s World, May 30th 3013, http://www.peoplesworld.org/let-s-give-guantanamo-bay-back-to-cuba/)// Guantanamo will only be closed … a foreign country. Our imperial rule over Guantánamo taints all current and future US foreign engagements Kaplan ’05 (Amy- department chair in english at University of Pennselvania, with personal focuses including the culture of imperialism and prison writing, “Where is Guantanamo?,” p 833 ,American Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 3, September 2005, JSTOR) The question of empire … Constitution holds sway there. Attempts to maintain American superiority and security through detention of ‘terrorists’ are symptomatic of paranoia manifesting itself throughout politics – the inevitable result of which is flashpoint imperial violence. McClintock 09 (Anne McClintock is a writer, feminist scholar and public intellectual who has published widely on issues of sexuality, race, imperialism, and nationalism; popular and visual culture, photography, advertising and cultural theory “Paranoid Empire: Specters from Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib” March 2009, p. 53 Accessed via Project MUSE) Why paranoia? … state tries to conceal. Perez 8 (Pepito Perez published Semptember 2008 “A short essay on the overall negative consequences of 19th century European imperialism.” http://www.scribd.com/doc/6289110/The-Consequences-of-Imperialism Imperialist ambitions pushed … colonized and subjugated territories Contention 3- Torture Unlawful detention and torture by force-feeding robs prisoners of agency, dignity, and right to life RT 8/24- (“200 days of Guantanamo hunger strike,” RT(Russian Today), August 24th 2013, http://rt.com/news/guantanamo-200-days-strike-948/)// Out of the 166 Gitmo … what it will bring.” KTVU and AP Wires 8/20- (“California considers force-feeding inmates,” KTVU News, http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/california-considers-force-feeding-inmates/nZTd9/)// "This approach, much like Guantanamo… inmates to end their strike. This exclusion of prisoners from law and society normalizes torture and violence, ensuring its use forever Piotukh ’08 (Volha, Edinburgh, 6 June 2008, PhD student, School of Politics and International Studies, (POLIS) The University of Leeds, Supervisors: Dr. Deiniol I would suggest that … endless suffering” Zizek ’05 (Slavoj Zizek is a senior researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, “BIOPOLITICS: BETWEEN ABU GHRAIB AND TERRI SCHIAVO.” http://www.egs.edu/faculty/slavoj-zizek/articles/biopolitics-between-abu-ghraib-and-terri-schiavo/ ) The fate of Terri Schiavo … alternative frame of reference. We have an ethical obligation to take a stand against the tools of war. Acceptance of violence in the status quo leaves torture, racism, poverty, hunger, and fear of war unexamined. Kirk ’05 (Gwyn Kirk, Ph.D in political science from the London School of Economics, 2005, “Symposium: Women and War: A Critical Discourse: Panel One - Tools Of War,” Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice, 20 Berkeley J. Gender L. and Just. 322, lexis, ACC. 6-25-10) So before I get into … and political frameworks. Contention 4- Framing Last is Framing: Rescher ’83 – (Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh Professor of Philosophy, “Risk: A Philosophical Introduction to the Theory of Risk Evaluation and Management” 1983 ) A probability … gravity of a situation of hazard. The ‘Ticking Timebomb’ justification of torture is misleading and distorts all forms of ethical decision-making. APT 07 (Association for the Prevention of Torture, 10/17/2007, “Diffusing the Ticking Timebomb Scenario”) In June 2007… act of torture. War scenarios promulgated by politicians are constructed and only serve to mask the underlying causes of violence. Cuomo ’96- (CHRIS J. CUOMO is assistant professor of philosophy and women's studies at the University of Cincinnati. She teaches courses in ethics, feminist philosophy, social and political philosophy, environmental ethics, and lesbian and gay studies, fall 1996 “War is not just an event… agents of the state. ? Callahan 73 (Daniel Callahan, professor of philosophy at Harvard, 1973 Co-founder and former director of the Hastings Institute, “The Tyranny of Survival” p 91-93) The value of survival … succeeded in not doing so. Linear predictions are impossible- solving the underlying causes of problems is best. Sa ’04- Deug Whan Sa, 04 Dong-U College, South Korea, (“CHAOS, UNCERTA I N T Y, AND POLICY CHOICE: UTILIZING THE ADAPTIVE MODEL,” International Review of Public Administration, vol. 8, no. 2, 2004, scholar) Third, the characteristic …. same causal relationships. Plan Text Thus the plan: The United States federal government should return Guantánamo Bay to Cuba and pay all outstanding lease payments. | 10/3/13 |
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