A rant about Lincoln-Douglas Debate

[troldtog]

Resolved: The United States is justified in using private military firms abroad to pursue its military objectives.

Seriously, NFLfolk? Seriously, seriously

Comments

[hungrytiger11]

Oh, the irony of reading this just before I'm about to go take my team to debate this for the first time. It is, admittedly, a lame resolution, though its more value-ish than the last resolution. Not that that's saying much..... I feel badly for our one girl who is learning LD this year, but honestly, I can also say that no matter what the topics are, this year would always have been a learning year. I think my little freshmen needed a year. She just doesn't quite get debate yet, but loves it to death. :D

[troldtog]

This was actually going to be a much longer rant that mentioned the last resolution. But then I looked at the clock and realized I'd stayed up long past my bedtime. I actually didn't think the last one was less-valuesish at all, though I found topic briefing the NFL posted to be awful, though, at highlighting how you could start going about supporting a position from a value standpoint. (I don't think they even used the word "justice" until two paragraphs into their single-page exposition