Red Book 2005

Resolved: That the media's right to protect confidential sources is more important
than the public's right to know.

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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements........................................................................................................5
Student Contributors ....................................................................................................5
Chapter 1 .......................................................................................................................7
The Value Resolution ....................................................................................................7
Setting Your Compass: Resolutional Analysis .............................................................8
Picture a Destination, Plan a Route: Choosing a Value ..............................................10
Human Life ...........................................................................................................11
Justice....................................................................................................................12
Privacy ..................................................................................................................12
Truth .....................................................................................................................12
Free Press ..............................................................................................................12
Democracy ............................................................................................................12
Scouting the Route: Research ....................................................................................13
Photos & Testimonials: Evidence in Value Debate ....................................................14
Discussion & Training...............................................................................................15
Chapter 2 .....................................................................................................................17
Mapping your Quest: Creating the Affirmative Case................................................17
Introduction ...........................................................................................................17
Body – Definitive Issues........................................................................................18
Body – Application Issues .....................................................................................21
Conclusion ............................................................................................................21
Alternative Case Models............................................................................................22
ValueDriven
Cases...............................................................................................22
Basic or Core Value...............................................................................................22
ValuePlus
.............................................................................................................23
Value Systems .......................................................................................................23
Value Standards.....................................................................................................24
ResolutionDriven
Cases .......................................................................................24
2 / LincolnDouglas
Debate
Philosophical Criteria ............................................................................................24
Unified Analysis....................................................................................................25
Discussion & Training...............................................................................................25
Chapter 3 .....................................................................................................................27
The Diverging Road: Creating the Negative Case .....................................................27
Negative Philosophy..................................................................................................27
Negative Strategies....................................................................................................29
Negating by Refutation..........................................................................................29
Negating by CounterValue
...................................................................................30
Negating on Value Balance....................................................................................31
PolicyModel
Negative (FlexNeg)
........................................................................31
Discussion & Training...............................................................................................33
Chapter 4 .....................................................................................................................34
Challenge! ....................................................................................................................34
The Art of CrossExamination....................................................................................
34
Preparing Your Challenge .........................................................................................35
Before the Debate ..................................................................................................35
Bolster your own arguments ..................................................................................35
Prepare a challenge for opponents..........................................................................36
The Primrose Path: Clarify, Probe, Prompt Admission...........................................38
Practice Makes Perfect...........................................................................................40
During the Debate .....................................................................................................40
Informal Logical Fallacies .........................................................................................41
Slippery slope ........................................................................................................42
Fallacy of Composition..........................................................................................42
Fallacy of Division ................................................................................................42
Circular reasoning (Begging the question or petitio principii) ................................42
Equivocation/Amphibology ...................................................................................42
Appeal ad populum (to the crowd).........................................................................43
Appeal ad misericordiam (to pity)..........................................................................43
Appeal ad hominem (to the man) ...........................................................................43
Appeal to authority ................................................................................................43
Tu quoque (you're another) ....................................................................................43
Non sequitur (accident)..........................................................................................44
Straw man .............................................................................................................44
False dilemma .......................................................................................................44
Appeal ad baculum (to force).................................................................................44
Complex question..................................................................................................44
Receiving CrossExamination....................................................................................
45
Discussion & Training...............................................................................................45
Chapter 5 .....................................................................................................................47
Champion! ...................................................................................................................47
Rebuttals......................................................................................................................47
Crystallize conflicts ...................................................................................................48
Accentuate advantages...............................................................................................49
Rivet the resolution....................................................................................................50
Guidebook for Debating the 20042005
Value Topic / 3
Christian Etiquette.....................................................................................................50
In the World….......................................................................................................51
…But Not of It ......................................................................................................51
Discussion & Training...............................................................................................53
Chapter 6 .....................................................................................................................55
Checkpoints for Destination Victory ..........................................................................55
Flowing a Value Debate ............................................................................................55
Traditional Flowing ...............................................................................................56
Value Round Responsibilities....................................................................................58
Burden of Proof & Presumption in Value Debate.......................................................60
Discussion & Training...............................................................................................60
Chapter 7 .....................................................................................................................62
Judging & Coaching....................................................................................................62
Coaching Value Debate .............................................................................................62
Weeks 13
Topic Research ....................................................................................62
Week 4 Topic Research .........................................................................................62
Weeks 56
Topic Research ....................................................................................62
Week 7 Draft Affirmative Constructives................................................................63
Week 8 Draft Negative Constructives ....................................................................63
Week 9 Crossex
Intensive ....................................................................................63
Weeks 1012
Round Robin Debates.......................................................................63
Week 13 Host a Round Robin with another club....................................................63
Remember, Value is Different from Policy ................................................................63
Encourage Christlike
Behavior .................................................................................64
Judging Value Debate................................................................................................64
Affirmative & Negative Responsibilities................................................................65
Burden of Proof & Burden of Rebuttal...................................................................65
Prima Facie............................................................................................................65
Structure of the Round...........................................................................................66
Timing...................................................................................................................67
Chapter 8 .....................................................................................................................68
The Marco Polo Club ..................................................................................................68
Advanced Debaters’ Section......................................................................................68
Resolving Resolutional Roadblocks...........................................................................68
The Terminator..........................................................................................................69
Magic Words.............................................................................................................70
National Competitors Speak: Theories on LD theory .................................................70
1. What is Lincoln Douglas Debate? ......................................................................71
2. Case Structure Strategy – Can you do that?.......................................................72
3. Criterion ...........................................................................................................72
4. The Place of an Application – where does it fit?.................................................74
5. Conclusions .......................................................................................................75
Where does all the time go?...................................................................................76
General Strategies..................................................................................................76
CX
Strategies .......................................................................................................77
Affirmative Strategies............................................................................................77
4 / LincolnDouglas
Debate
Negative Strategies ................................................................................................78
Conclusion ............................................................................................................78
Brief History of Confidential Sources and the People’s Right to Know......................78
Bibliography ................................................................................................................81
Topic Resources in Print............................................................................................81
Topic Resources Online.............................................................................................81
Other LD Resources ..................................................................................................82
Appendix I ...................................................................................................................83
ValueDriven
Cases .....................................................................................................83
Basic or Core Value (Negative Case).........................................................................83
Coach's Commentary:............................................................................................86
ValuePlus
(Affirmative case) ...................................................................................87
Coach's Commentary:............................................................................................90
Value System (Negative Case) ...................................................................................90
Coach's Commentary:............................................................................................92
Value System (Affirmative Case) ...............................................................................92
Coach's Commentary:............................................................................................95
Value Standard (Negative Case)................................................................................95
Coach's Commentary:............................................................................................98
Evidence Blocks for Smokin’Justice..........................................................................98
Appendix II................................................................................................................100
ResolutionDriven
Cases ...........................................................................................100
Philosophical Criteria (Negative case) ..................................................................... 100
Coach's commentary:........................................................................................... 102
Unified Analysis (Affirmative case) ........................................................................ 102
Coach's Commentary:.......................................................................................... 105
Evidence Blocks for “Oppressing the Press, Oppressing the People” ....................... 105