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1AC New TrierTournament: New Trier | Round: 2 | Opponent: GBS MB | Judge: Emie Rose InherencyContention 1 is Inherency:PEMEX failure and US demand has led to an increased development of renewable energy on the US Mexican border – however lack of integration means we cant access it.Wood 10~Duncan, Full Professor, Director of the Program in International Relations and Director of the Canadian Studies Program at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City, "Environment, Development and Growth: U.S.-Mexico Cooperation in Renewable energies," http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf~~ Renewable development will remain limited through 2030, but joint cooperation between the US and Mexico will boost the industryAl Sweedler et al, 2012, The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Progress and Challenges for Sustainability (eds., Erik Lee and Paul Ganster), "Chapter 11: Energy for a Sustainable Border Region in 2030," p. 321-322 Small scale connections exist now – they are nowhere close enough to solve but definitely non-unique your disadsEIA 13 ~United States Energy Information Association, May 17, 2013, "Mexico Week: U.S.-Mexico electricity trade is small, with tight regional focus," http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11311//MM~~ PlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should substantially increase its renewable energy integration with Mexico.WarmingContention 2 is Global Warming:Warming is real and anthropogenic – most qualified studies prove - 97 consensus on the issueNuccitelli 13 (Dana, environmental scientist and risk assessor, 5/16/13, "Survey finds 97 of climate science papers agree warming is man-made," The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/may/16/climate-change-scienceofclimatechange -http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/may/16/climate-change-scienceofclimatechange Bobby) Must act now – 2015 is the brink of irreversible climate changeSackett 09 (Professor Penny D. Sackett, PhD in theoretical physics from University of Pittsburgh, has held positions at Amherst College (USA), the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, USA), and the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (NL), has served on Australian, Dutch, European, and US science and advisory panels, including several committees for Next Generation Telescopes, appointed Director of the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories in 2002-2007, Elected International Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and has served on the AURA Board of Directors, which governs, among other astronomical centers, the Gemini Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, "Why we must act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions", http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2009/12/why-we-must-act-now-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions, 11-25-2009/-http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2009/12/why-we-must-act-now-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions, 11-25-2009/ evanrunburg) All scientific consensus goes aff - causes extinctionDeibel 7 - Professor of IR at National War College, Foreign Affairs Strategy (Terry L. Deibel, "Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today Anthropogenic – caused by CO2") It also exacerbates every conflict – warming accelerates global violenceClimate News Network 2013 (August 5th, "Is Climate Change Creating More World Violence?," Earth Techling, http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/08/is-climate-change-creating-more-world-violence/-http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/08/is-climate-change-creating-more-world-violence/ Bobby) Climate change comes first – it’s an existential risk – action NOW is keyMazo 10 (Jeffrey Mazo, PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA, Managing Editor, Survival and Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, 2003-10, "Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it," pg. 122, May 12, 2010) Emissions are key to warming – scientific consensus provesStern 7 (Nicholas Head of the British Government Economic Service, (Former Head Economist for the World Bank, I.G. Patel Chair at the London School of Economics and Political Science, "The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review", The report of a team commissioned by the British Government to study the economics of climate change led by Siobhan Peters, Head of G8 and International Climate Change Policy Unit, Cambridge University Press, p. 7-8) United States investment would create a new power grid using renewable energyRodriguez 12 ~Diana, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "Enhancing the U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership," 4/24/12, http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/1204EnhancingtheUS-MexicoEconomicPartnership.pdf~~ Renewable Energy Key to Solve WarmingAllAfrica 13 (AllAfrica.com, AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 2000 news and information items daily from over 130 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public, "Nigeria: High Usage of Renewable Energy Will Mitigate Global Climate Change Effects - AU Adviser", http://allafrica.com/stories/201308010298.html-http://allafrica.com/stories/201308010298.html, DanTheMan) Cooperation with Mexico on climate change gets modeled globallySelee, Vice President for Programs and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute, and Wilson, associate with the US EconContention 3 is the US Economy:Absent the plan, a dependence on fossil fuels will lead to economic declinePollock 12 (Ethan Pollock, writer for the Economic Policy Institute, "Green-energy investments are necessary", http://www.epi.org/publication/green-energy-investments-fossil-fuel-subsidies/-http://www.epi.org/publication/green-energy-investments-fossil-fuel-subsidies/**, October 4th 2012, mg) Economic decline causes warZalmay Khalilzad 2011, ( was the United States ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations during the presidency of George W. Bush and the director of policy planning at the Defense Department from 1990 to 1992, 2-8-2011, "The Econom and National Security" www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/259024) Prefer our model - its empirically provenJedediah Royal 2010 (Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises, in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215) And independently, growth solves the incentives for conflict Mexican EconContention 4 is the Mexican Economy:Domestic Mexican energy production is falling. Mexico needs a new, sustainable energy source to avoid economic stagnation. Economic decline will destabilize and collapse MexicoBarnes 11 Joe Barnes, the Bonner Means Baker Fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, written extensively on international economics, with a focus on the geopolitics of energy, April 29, 2011, "The Future of Oil in Mexico", http://bakerinstitute.org/publications/EF-pub-BarnesBilateral-04292011.pdf-http://bakerinstitute.org/publications/EF-pub-BarnesBilateral-04292011.pdf. Mexican collapse causes American isolationismHaddick 8 (Robert, Managing Editor, Small Wars Journal, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, advisor for the State Department and the National Intelligence Council on irregular warfare issues, former Director of Research at the Fremont Group, http://westhawk.blogspot.com/2008/12/now-that-would-change-everything.html-http://westhawk.blogspot.com/2008/12/now-that-would-change-everything.html, MH) Hegemony prevents multiple nuclear conflictsBrooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth ’13 SolvencyContention 5 is Solvency:US-Mexico grid expansion is key – the plan creates pilot projects that spill over to developing countries and make renewable energy successful Mexico says yes – This guy would knowNieto, 12 ~Enrique, The President of Mexico, 11/23/12, "U.S., Mexico should build on their economic ties," http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-11-23/opinions/35511831_1_energy-independence-renewable-energy-energy-resources~~ | 10/11/13 |
Crystal HighwaysTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harker SM | Judge: Stephanie Garrett Clean GridContention 1 is a clean gridTwo scenarios for blackoutsFirst is extreme weatherKennedy 8/14 (Bruce Kennedy was a professor at numerous colleges but is now a Reporter and Editor for MSN, "Aging US power grid faces game-changing threats," MSN Money, 8/14/13, http://money.msn.com/now/post—severe-weather-power-outages-cost-the-us-billions-http://money.msn.com/now/post~-~-severe-weather-power-outages-cost-the-us-billions Bobby) Second is cyber terrorismMcClam 13 (Erin 2/19, Staff Writer for NBC News, Successful hacker attack could cripple U.S. infrastructure, experts say, NBC News, http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/19/17019005-successful-hacker-attack-could-cripple-us-infrastructure-experts-say?lite Bobby) Even a slight power grid downage means widespread nuclear meltdown – that outweighs global nuclear war and causes immediate extinctionIBT Science 11("Solar Flare could unleash nuclear holocaust across planet earth forcing hundreds of nuclear power plants into total meltdowns" September 14, 2011 (NaturalNews) http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/213249/20110914/solar-flare-could-unleash-nuclear-holocaust-across-planet-earth-forcing-hundreds-of-nuclear-power-pl.htm Bobby) EDITED FOR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE US transmission assistance is key to black-out proof energy transfersBawa 12 (Harmeet, Head of Communications – ABB’s Power Products and Power Systems, "Strengthening the electricity bond between the US and Mexico," http://www.abb-conversations.com/2012/12/strengthening-the-electricity-bond-between-the-us-and-mexico/) PlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should develop cross-border and interconnected grid, transmission, and distribution infrastructure with Mexico.Green TechContention two is green techScenario one is leadershipThe US is falling behind now in green tech innovationLiebrich et al, 10 - Chairman and Chief Executive of the New Energy Finance ~World Economic Forum, "Green Investing 2010: Policy Mechanisms to Bridge the Financing Gap," January 2010, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_IV_GreenInvesting_Report_2010.pdf SJE~ Reducing emissions and spurring green tech is key to US leadershipEizenstat, 8 – has held numerous senior positions in government as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to the EU ~Stuart Eizenstat, "The U.S. Role In Solving Climate Change: Green Growth Policies Can Enable Leadership Despite The Economic Downturn," Energy Law Journal, http://www.felj.org/docs/elj301/1_-_eizenstat.pdf SJE~ Only federal action spurs international action on climate changeIvanova and Esty 8 (Assistant Professor of Government and Environmental Policy at The College of William and Mary and the Director of the Global Environmental Governance Project at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University, 2008, "Reclaiming U.S. Leadership in Global Environmental Governance " Vol 28 No. 2. http://mxivan.people.wm.edu/IvanovaandEsty-SAIS20Review-2008.pdf evan) Two impacts – first, the crunchLack of ecologically sustainable policies causes extinctionJulien Jowit 8 –The Guardian, World is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/29/climatechange-endangeredhabitats Second, soft power –Failure to take the lead on climate change collapses American soft powerRomm 12 (Joe Romm, Fellow at American Progress and the editor of Climate Progress, "U.S. Global Warming Denial Will Help China Overtake America, Experts Warn" 4-5-12 http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/04/05/456978/us-global-warming-denial-will-help-china-overtake-america-experts-say/ evanrunburg) That’s key to deter escalatory war and genocide and solves all of their impactsNye 96 (Joseph Nye, Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1996, W. Q., p ln evan) Scenario two is warmingRenewable development on the border will remain limited through 2030, but joint cooperation between the US and Mexico will boost the industryAl Sweedler et al, 2012, The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Progress and Challenges for Sustainability (eds., Erik Lee and Paul Ganster), "Chapter 11: Energy for a Sustainable Border Region in 2030," p. 321-322 Mexican renewable energy development is modeled globally – that solves warming, but will fail now without sufficient investmentW.W.F., 6/4/13, (World Wildlife Fund), "WWF welcomes Mexico’s 2050 Climate Vision; now global funding must be made available to implement such strategies," A modernized grid would use renewable energyRodriguez 12 ~Diana, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "Enhancing the U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership," 4/24/12, http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/1204EnhancingtheUS-MexicoEconomicPartnership.pdf~~ Emissions are key to warming – scientific consensus provesStern 7 (Nicholas Head of the British Government Economic Service, (Former Head Economist for the World Bank, I.G. Patel Chair at the London School of Economics and Political Science, "The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review", The report of a team commissioned by the British Government to study the economics of climate change led by Siobhan Peters, Head of G8 and International Climate Change Policy Unit, Cambridge University Press, p. 7-8) Must act now – 2015 is the brink of irreversible climate changeSackett 09 (Professor Penny D. Sackett, PhD in theoretical physics from University of Pittsburgh, has held positions at Amherst College (USA), the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, USA), and the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (NL), has served on Australian, Dutch, European, and US science and advisory panels, including several committees for Next Generation Telescopes, appointed Director of the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories in 2002-2007, Elected International Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and has served on the AURA Board of Directors, which governs, among other astronomical centers, the Gemini Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, "Why we must act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" 11-25-2009, http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2009/12/why-we-must-act-now-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ evanrunburg) EDITTED FOR POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE GENDERED LANGUAGE Warming is real and anthropogenic – most qualified studies prove - 97 consensus on the issueNuccitelli 13 (Dana 5/16, writing about a survey that The Guardian did, "Survey finds 97 of climate science papers agree warming is man-made," The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/may/16/climate-change-scienceofclimatechange Bobby) Warming ensures extinction – all scientific consensus is on our sideDeibel, Professor of IR @ National War College, 07 (Terry L. "Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft", Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today) Independently, emissions acidify the ocean – that causes extinctionRomm 12 (Joe Romm is a Fellow at American Progress and is the editor of Climate Progress, "Science: Ocean Acidifying So Fast It Threatens Humanity’s Ability to Feed Itself," 3/2/2012, http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/02/436193/science-ocean-acidifying-so-fast-it-threatens-humanity-ability-to-feed-itself evan) It also exacerbates every conflict – warming accelerates global violenceClimate News Network 2013 (August 5th, "Is Climate Change Creating More World Violence?," Earth Techling, http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/08/is-climate-change-creating-more-world-violence/ Bobby) Don’t evaluate the negative’s evidence—they’re paid off by special interests and are just hoping that the impact isn’t that bad.NAS 10 (National Academy of Science, "CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE INTEGRITY OF SCIENCE," http://www.pacinst.org/climate/climate_statement.pdf) Climate change comes first – it’s an existential risk – action NOW is keyMazo 10 (Jeffrey Mazo, PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA, Managing Editor, Survival and Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, 2003-10, "Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it," pg. 122, May 12, 2010) SolvencyContention 3 is solvencyMexico says yes to the planAmanda Maxwell, 11/30/2012, "US Mexico presidential meeting highlights opportunity for climate cooperation across the border," Switchboard, http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/amaxwell/us_-_mexico_meeting_highlights.html Growth in energy demand and generating capacity is outpacing growth in the transmission and distribution When it comes to renewable energy investments, Mexico is at the forefront for foreign | 11/23/13 |
New Trier Part IITournament: New Trier | Round: 5 | Opponent: Niles West TA | Judge: John Voss InherencyContention 1 is Inherency:PEMEX failure and US demand has led to an increased development of renewable energy on the US Mexican border – however lack of integration means we cant access it.Wood 10~Duncan, Full Professor, Director of the Program in International Relations and Director of the Canadian Studies Program at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City, "Environment, Development and Growth: U.S.-Mexico Cooperation in Renewable energies," http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf~~ Renewable development will remain limited through 2030, but joint cooperation between the US and Mexico will boost the industryAl Sweedler et al, 2012, The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Progress and Challenges for Sustainability (eds., Erik Lee and Paul Ganster), "Chapter 11: Energy for a Sustainable Border Region in 2030," p. 321-322 Small scale connections exist now – they are nowhere close enough to solve but definitely non-unique your disadsEIA 13 ~United States Energy Information Association, May 17, 2013, "Mexico Week: U.S.-Mexico electricity trade is small, with tight regional focus," http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11311//MM~~ PlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should substantially increase its renewable energy integration with Mexico.WarmingContention 2 is Global Warming:Warming is real and anthropogenic –scientific consensus and peer-reviewed lit goes aff, only 23 out of 14000 articles dissentJames Lawrence Powell-http://thecontributor.com/author-posts/James+Lawrence+Powell**, science author college and museum president and was a member of the National Science Board for 12 years, appointed first by President Reagan and then by President George H. W. Bush, 2/25/13, "Consensus: 99.84 of Peer-Reviewed Articles Support the Idea of Global Warming," http://thecontributor.com/why-climate-deniers-have-no-scientific-credibility-one-pie-chart-http://thecontributor.com/why-climate-deniers-have-no-scientific-credibility-one-pie-chart Must act now – 2015 is the brink of irreversible climate changeSackett 09 (Professor Penny D. Sackett, PhD in theoretical physics from University of Pittsburgh, has held positions at Amherst College (USA), the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, USA), and the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (NL), has served on Australian, Dutch, European, and US science and advisory panels, including several committees for Next Generation Telescopes, appointed Director of the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories in 2002-2007, Elected International Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and has served on the AURA Board of Directors, which governs, among other astronomical centers, the Gemini Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, "Why we must act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions", http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2009/12/why-we-must-act-now-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions, 11-25-2009/-http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2009/12/why-we-must-act-now-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions, 11-25-2009/ evanrunburg) All scientific consensus goes aff - causes extinctionDeibel 7 - Professor of IR at National War College, Foreign Affairs Strategy (Terry L. Deibel, "Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today Anthropogenic – caused by CO2") It also exacerbates every conflict – warming accelerates global violenceClimate News Network 2013 (August 5th, "Is Climate Change Creating More World Violence?," Earth Techling, http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/08/is-climate-change-creating-more-world-violence/-http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/08/is-climate-change-creating-more-world-violence/ Bobby) Climate change comes first – it’s an existential risk – action NOW is keyMazo 10 (Jeffrey Mazo, PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA, Managing Editor, Survival and Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, 2003-10, "Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it," pg. 122, May 12, 2010) Extinction is the trump card—math proves it comes before ALL elseNick Bostrom, Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy 26 Oxford Martin School, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, and Director of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at the University of Oxford, recipient of the 2009 Eugene R. Gannon Award for the Continued Pursuit of Human Advancement, holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the London School of Economics, 2011 ("The Concept of Existential Risk," Draft of a Paper published on ExistentialRisk.com, Available Online at http://www.existentialrisk.com/concept.html-http://www.existentialrisk.com/concept.html, Accessed 07-04-2011) Emissions are key to warming – scientific consensus provesStern 7 (Nicholas Head of the British Government Economic Service, (Former Head Economist for the World Bank, I.G. Patel Chair at the London School of Economics and Political Science, "The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review", The report of a team commissioned by the British Government to study the economics of climate change led by Siobhan Peters, Head of G8 and International Climate Change Policy Unit, Cambridge University Press, p. 7-8) United States investment would create a new power grid using renewable energyRodriguez 12 ~Diana, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "Enhancing the U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership," 4/24/12, http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/1204EnhancingtheUS-MexicoEconomicPartnership.pdf~~ Renewable Energy Key to Solve WarmingAllAfrica 13 (AllAfrica.com, AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 2000 news and information items daily from over 130 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public, "Nigeria: High Usage of Renewable Energy Will Mitigate Global Climate Change Effects - AU Adviser", http://allafrica.com/stories/201308010298.html-http://allafrica.com/stories/201308010298.html, DanTheMan) Cooperation with Mexico on climate change gets modeled globallySelee, Vice President for Programs and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute, and Wilson, associate with the US EconContention 3 is the US Economy:====The economy is low now – bank revenues prove==== We’ll isolate three internal linksFirst, Absent the plan, a dependence on fossil fuels will lead to economic declinePollock 12 (Ethan Pollock, writer for the Economic Policy Institute, "Green-energy investments are necessary", http://www.epi.org/publication/green-energy-investments-fossil-fuel-subsidies/-http://www.epi.org/publication/green-energy-investments-fossil-fuel-subsidies/**, October 4th 2012, mg) Second, Investment in renewable technology boosts tradeJha ’09 ( Veena Jha, a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Advanced studies, University of Warwick, UK, and a research fellow at the International Development Research Centre, Canada, "Trade flows, barriers and market drivers in renewable energy supply goods: The need to level the playing field", http://ictsd.org/i/news/bioresreview/64027/-http://ictsd.org/i/news/bioresreview/64027/, December 2009, mg) Mexican trade is crucial to the US economyNegroponte 5/3 (Diana Villiers Negroponte, analyst for realclearpolitics.com, "Obama’s Mexico Trip: Putting Trade and Investment at the Top of the Agenda"http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/03/obamas_mexico_trip_putting_trade_and_investment_at_the_top_of_the_agenda_118245.html~~23ixzz2cT4nYscu, May 3 2013, mg) ====Third, Investment in renewable energy key to the economy==== Economic decline causes warZalmay Khalilzad 2011, ( was the United States ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations during the presidency of George W. Bush and the director of policy planning at the Defense Department from 1990 to 1992, 2-8-2011, "The Econom and National Security" www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/259024) Prefer our model - its empirically provenJedediah Royal 2010 (Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises, in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215) SolvencyContention 4 is Solvency:US-Mexico grid expansion is key – the plan creates pilot projects that spill over to developing countries and make renewable energy successful Mexico says yes – This guy would knowNieto, 12 ~Enrique, The President of Mexico, 11/23/12, "U.S., Mexico should build on their economic ties," http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-11-23/opinions/35511831_1_energy-independence-renewable-energy-energy-resources~~ | 10/12/13 |
ResponsibilityTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Dowling ZW | Judge: Buzzelli, Joseph Plan: Jazeth and I advocate that the United States federal government should remove its economic sanctions towards Cuba.Contention one is genocideThe United States’ economic sanctions against Cuba are an illegal tool of unilateral violence which lay destruction upon the most vulnerable sections of Cuban society – this strategy not only fails but hides its coercively exploitative nature under the guise of ’human rights’Reisman 09 (W. MICHAEL REISMAN, Professor of International Law @ Yale Law School, and Recipient of the First Annual Human Rights Award from the Intercultural Human Rights Law Review, "SANCTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: Keynote Address, The Cuban Embargo and Human Rights", Intercultural Human Rights Law Review Annual Symposium, 4 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 9, LexisNexis, Evan) This is enforced through an arbitrary interpretation of "dual use" – the US blocks access to fundamental goods and services through a destructive lens of risk analysis that treats critical supplies as military, magnifying humanitarian damageGordon 06 (Joy Gordon, Professor of Political Philosophy at Fairfield University, Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale University and law degree from Boston, "Accountability and Global Governance: The Case of Iraq," Ethics and International Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 1, Spring 2006, Evan) This will only continue in the status quo – a federal removal of our illegal sanctions against Cuba is necessary and a prerequisite to peaceManchak 10 (Benjamin Manchak, Staff Writer, Boston College Third World Law Journal, "COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTITUTIONALLY IMPERMISSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW", 30 B.C. Third World L.J. 417, 2010, LexisNexis, Evan) This direct violence is a form of economic terrorism, but is concealed by an ethically bankrupt form of consequentialism that excuses any violence in the name of national securityKauzlarich, 01 (David Kauzlarich, prof @ Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and Rick A. Matthews, prof @ Ohio University, and William J. Miller, prof @ Carthage College, "TOWARD A VICTIMOLOGY OF STATE CRIME", Critical Criminology, Volume 10, Issue 3, pp. 183-186, Evan) This is a form of American sponsored genocide on Cuban citizens that uses them as a means to an endSimons, 99 (Geoff, freelance author, "Imposing Economic Sanctions", Pluto Press, 12-13, chip) That outweighs warDalecki, 12 (Maggie, October 1st, The Ethics Blog, "Are Economic Sanctions Ethical?" http://ethicsblog.ca/archives/44, accessed 7/6/13, VJ) We control the scale of violence – imposition of structural violence is necessary to psychologically prime people for large-scale conflict – our responsibility to fight peacetime genocide is a prerequisite to solving warScheper-Hughes and Bourgois, 04 (Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Professor of Anthropology at Cal-Berkeley, and Philippe Bourgois, Professor of Anthropology at UPenn, Introduction: Making Sense of Violence, in Violence in War and Peace, pg. 19-22) This genocidal logic of disposability underlies all security impacts and makes extinction inevitableSantos 03 (Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Distinguished Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. "Collective Suicide?" March 28, 2003 online http://www.ces.fe.uc.pt/opiniao/bss/072en.php) Placing blame on the Cuban regime is a psychological defense mechanism used to evade responsibility for an ongoing genocideSimons, 97 (Geoff Leslie Simons, former chief editor at the National Computing Centre, The Scourging of Iraq : Sanctions, Law and Natural Justice, p. 210) Contention two is responsibilityThe 1ac demonstrates our individual ethical responsibilities to the other – absent that politics degenerates into nihilism – our ethical standpoint is necessary to halt ongoing violence against the world and is a prerequisite to true politicsKappeler 95 (Susanne Kappeler, Associate Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University, The Will to Violence: The Politics of Personal Behavior, ISBN 0-8077-6281-4, pp. 10-11 eR) Ethics come first – you should never commit a sure evil to avoid a possible one – consequentialist logic can be manipulated, and other actions can be taken to mitigate or avoid their disadsGewirth, 84 (Alan, Professor of Philosophy @ The University of Chicago, Absolutism and its Consequentialist Critics, ed. Haber, p. 138-139) Sole focus on survival destroys value to life and is used to justify the worst atrocitiesCallahan, 73 (Daniel, Fellow at the Institute of Society and Ethics, The Tyranny of Survival, pp. 91-93) Great power conflict is over – interdependence, MAD, and deterrence ensure it – the only question now is of the war we wage on innocent civilian populationsDeudney and Ikenberry, 09 (Daniel and G. John, MA and PhD in Political Science, Professor, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University; PhD, Professor, International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, January/February 2009, "The Myth of the Autocratic Revival: Why Liberal Democracy Will Prevail," Foreign Affairs Volume 88, Issue 1, ProQuest) Don’t evaluate their process counterplans —- Their focus on perfecting governmental structures as a means rather than actually helping others results in interpassivity, indifference and political withdrawalVan Oenen 2006 (Gijs, A Machine That Would Go of Itself: Interpassivity and Its Impact on Politic al Life, Theory 26 Event, 9:2) | 11/23/13 |
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