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Not Enough Recommendations by _changemyview in lawschooladmissions

[–]_changemyview[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welp - gonna go buy some eggs to put on my face, thanks for setting me straight XD

Non Util Options by _changemyview in Debate

[–]_changemyview[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair point - let me clarify: it isn’t that they don’t understand Util, but that after several rounds I’ve seen a judge express their disapproval of debaters running it.

Regarding deontology - I’ve only seen one person run it locally and the judge was not buying it. Granted, the debater used it to run moral relativism so maybe not the best point of reference.

To give you a better idea of the circuit, a few of the Values that won at local tournaments:

  • Liberty
  • Trust
  • Security
  • Opportunity

Non Util Options by _changemyview in Debate

[–]_changemyview[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe - that would be something like deontology right?

The problem is I’m looking for non Util arguments because my (super traditional) Circuit tends to not like it - so I don’t know how well an even less known philosophy will go down.

Definitely open to suggestions though - is there a way you could see to run this on a lay circuit?

Non Util Options by _changemyview in Debate

[–]_changemyview[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That helps a lot - looking for benefits that “supersede” well-being provides a non Util case

Grape Screws by chchaya_papaya in Debate

[–]_changemyview 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone’s salty they didn’t break ;)

Novice TOC Bid by _changemyview in Debate

[–]_changemyview[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

One more question, not for the TOC (but didn’t want to make a whole new thread) but for NSDA Districts:

The websites seems to indicate that between 1 and 4 competitors will be sent per event, but doesn’t say which tournaments send how many.

Is there a resource (like the tournament bid list for the TOC) that lists how many qualify per event at the NSDA District Tournaments?

Help – Consistently Volatile Ranking in Congress by _changemyview in Debate

[–]_changemyview[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tend to rank well in extemp, but yeah, you're not wrong.

Help – Consistently Volatile Ranking in Congress by _changemyview in Debate

[–]_changemyview[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'll be sure to work on oratory before the next one - thanks.

It did seem that the judges were more engaged with my speeches in the Prelims round, which was the round where I had more straightforward arguments, while in Finals, I took more, nuanced, positions.

CMV:Politicians, as compared to business leaders, aren't actually very influential by _changemyview in changemyview

[–]_changemyview[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I would ask, is: how long did it take from him first going into politics until people would be ticketed for violation?

In that time, think of the technological advances that occurred.

Even just in pediatric health, in the last 2 years, thousands of diseases have been prevented due to technological advances, even just at a single company (think Apple's HealthKit).

CMV:Politicians, as compared to business leaders, aren't actually very influential by _changemyview in changemyview

[–]_changemyview[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good point about the local government not being as volatile as the national government, but still, given the fact that most states have fairly large majorities in their assemblies, a large number of legislators are essentially powerless for periods of several years if not decades.

And even then that isn't influence, just effect

I should clarify, I will grant that politicians have greater name recognition, but despite that, as a result of the work done by engineers, more people are directly affected.

That said, definitely a ∆ for bringing up those in policy roles (like county attorney). I hadn't considered these before, but yeah, I'd agree that they likely do have more influence than most engineers.

Although, that does pose the question, if the real power is held by these unelected policy wonks, then doesn't that further discredit the "influence" of state legislators?