Conditionality

Question 1

what’s the interp on conditionality good?

Answer 1

The judge should consider any germane opportunity cost to the plan

Question 2

why do they destroy cost benefit analysis when they say conditionality bad?

Answer 2

Limiting the neg to 1 advocacy artificially insulates the aff from competitive options.

Question 3

why is conditionality key to tactical choices?

Answer 3

B) Key to tactical choices—forces the 2ac to recognize and respond to strategic interactions—critical skill for advocacy — strategic opponents are inevitable.

Question 4

why is conditionality key to advocacy construction?

Answer 4

forces the aff to defend their position from all sides— inability to simultaneously defend against a variety of proposals props up bad affs that should lose

Question 5

why should the judge Err neg on conditionality?

Answer 5

2ar persuasion, no Uniqueness for production DAs, aff picks the focus of the debate, the topic is huge, and the 2nr has to answer theory and substance

Question 6

why shouldn’t the judge vote on aff theory?

Answer 6

-causes substance crowd-out and incentivizes cheap-shot theory args based on marginal differentials—just because debate could be better doesn’t mean we should lose.

Question 7

what’s conditionality point A

good

Answer 7

A) They destroy cost benefit analysis —Limiting the neg to 1 advocacy artificially insulates the aff from competitive options.

Question 8

what’s conditionality point B

good

Answer 8

B) Key to tactical choices—forces the 2ac to recognize and respond to strategic interactions—critical skill for advocacy — strategic opponents are inevitable.

Question 9

what’s conditionality point C

good

Answer 9

C) Advocacy construction— forces the aff to defend their position from all sides— inability to simultaneously defend against a variety of proposals props up bad affs that should lose

Question 10

what’s conditionality point D

good

Answer 10

D) Err neg—2ar persuasion, no Uniqueness for production DAs, aff picks the focus of the debate, the topic is huge, and the 2nr has to answer theory and substance

Question 11

what’s conditionality point E

good

Answer 11

E) Don’t vote on theory—causes substance crowd-out and incentivizes cheap-shot theory args based on marginal differentials—just because debate could be better doesn’t mean we should lose.

Question 12

recite the conditionality good block

Answer 12

The judge should consider any germane opportunity cost to the plan
A) They destroy cost benefit analysis —Limiting the neg to 1 advocacy artificially insulates the aff from competitive options.
B) Key to tactical choices—forces the 2ac to recognize and respond to strategic interactions—critical skill for advocacy — strategic opponents are inevitable.
C) Advocacy construction— forces the aff to defend their position from all sides— inability to simultaneously defend against a variety of proposals props up bad affs that should lose
D) Err neg—2ar persuasion, no Uniqueness for production DAs, aff picks the focus of the debate, the topic is huge, and the 2nr has to answer theory and substance
E) Don’t vote on theory—causes substance crowd-out and incentivizes cheap-shot theory args based on marginal differentials—just because debate could be better doesn’t mean we should lose.