Vote for the 2007 LD Topics!
RIPON, WI – I received this month’s Rostrum in the mail today. Enclosed inside is the ballot for the 2007 topics. I want to take a moment to encourage every single coach reading this site to vote for next year’s topics. Last year, only about fifty schools across the country registered. All too often coaches and students complain about the topics selected. This is your chance to influence the vote. I plan to send my ballot in soon, and I hope that many others will as well. The list is after the jump.
You can also find some initial discussion: HERE and HERE.
In United States courts, victim impact statements ought to influence sentencing.
The precautionary principle ought to guide environmental regulations.
The actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals.
On balance, violent revolution is a just response to political oppression.
The United States government ought to allocate humanitarian aid to foreign nations based on the need of recipients rather than its own interests.
A just society ought not use the death penalty as a form of punishment.
In the United States public university admissions, socioeconomic disadvantage ought to be a higher priority than race.
In the United States, the federal government ought not limit the autonomy of local school districts to determine their own curriculum.
The United Nations’s obligation to protect global human rights ought to be valued above its obligation to respect national sovereignty.
On balance, in its trade agreements the United States ought to value the welfare of workers in developing countries over its economic gains.
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Posted from: 71.160.56.34
September 5th, 2006 15:44
If I were voting, I would vote for the following (in no particular order):
The actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals.
On balance, violent revolution is a just response to political oppression.
In the United States public university admissions, socioeconomic disadvantage ought to be a higher priority than race.
In the United States, the federal government ought not limit the autonomy of local school districts to determine their own curriculum.
The United Nations’s obligation to protect global human rights ought to be valued above its obligation to respect national sovereignty.
Posted from: 4.240.12.235
September 5th, 2006 17:25
two things:
1. i am going to make sure my coach votes on the topics
2. i love voting in the polls, but i wish it didn’t take so long
can you make them go faster?
Posted from: 68.181.255.34
September 6th, 2006 07:17
I am going to say that these are actually well worded topics in my mind. Good job!
Posted from: 66.92.163.42
September 6th, 2006 08:53
Wait, Bietz doesn’t vote? You’re not considered head coach at Archer/Brentwood, or is it not an NFL school, or has your career progressed and I just miised it?
Too many of these sentences remind me of sentence diagraming.
So, pick five in order:
The United Nations’s obligation to protect global human rights ought to be valued above its obligation to respect national sovereignty.
A just society ought not use the death penalty as a form of punishment.
In the United States, the federal government ought not limit the autonomy of local school districts to determine their own curriculum.
On balance, violent revolution is a just response to political oppression.
The actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals.
Posted from: 71.193.135.106
September 6th, 2006 13:11
I was a little bit disappointed with all of the “ought to” topics out there. What’s the difference between “ought” and “should.” Frankly there is none, one is more archaic and that is all.
This makes a big difference in terms of debate theory because “ought” topics function exactly like “should” topics in policy debate. I see no theoretical reason why there shouldn’t be a plan, harms, inherrency, etc. in the AC.
The construction (Agent) should / ought to (do something) necessitates proof that the particular (do something) has benefits to (Agent [or others]). It also requires proof that (do something) is better than (do nothing) SQ.
In short, LD topics should be formulated differently from policy topics if the two are to remain theoretically separate.
Not much you can do with these topics, but I suggest submitting more “is” topics.
Posted from: 71.252.245.21
September 7th, 2006 17:29
vote for precautionary principle and death penalty!!!
just because those were NSD topics…