Jones,+Logan


 * Logan Jones **


 * Round 1: Logauch (AFF) vs. Ellalen (NEG) – Judge Thorn Chen **

1AC, CX. Your explanation of Heg should cite the warrants/data of Barnett, who talks about historical examples

1AR – (LOGAN) Extend arguments on the kritik (and all off case positions) in 2AC order (while narrowing down to your strongest arguments). Some very good analysis on the K, but should be better structured. GENERAL

This was a very good first debate. A lot of the problems that I cited above were stylistic, but argumentation was remarkably in-depth. The AFF should stick closer to the specific claims made by the 2AC evidence, which argues, essentially, for engaging in capitalist institutions to destroy the system from within. I think the neg ends up framing this debate (and the aff consents to it) as a question of “purity,” e.g. “aff engages in some capitalist mechanisms, is hence impure, and hence should be rejected.” If you take a look at the Grossman evidence, it specifically indicts this “purist” critique of capitalism. Gibson-Graham also argue that it is exactly this view of capitalism as an all consuming monster that actually disables resistance. See how this evidence directly clashes with how the neg frames the debate. This gives you a basis on which to say that the aff, even if “impure,” is necessary; and that, as Mao said, revolution is not a dinner party, which means that sometimes you have to get your hands dirty. Which is all support for the permutation.

7/1/12 - 2NC overview - tell me a one or two sentence summary of the disad, followed by Mag/Prob/TF/Turns Case analysis before you do line-by-line - Too much time reading cards, especially on the impact. Do more evidence comparison - Have a vision of what you need to win on the flow while you're prepping - don't just find answers and cards   Round 7—July 3rd—Logan/Anna v. Ruby/Cole—Baxter Logan—need some more analytical argumentation, don’t just read the evidence in the 2AC—start the 2AR with an overview, if it is about the permutation, it needs to be in the meta level of the debate—you need to explain how the permutation escapes the links and why it is net beneficial—besides just the permutation what is the function of your timeframe argument—you should make a specific argment about the specific transition bad impacts or what specifically results in the failure to do the plan, try to compare the world of the alternative to the tangible changes that are made by the aff  tourney rd 1 edstrom  2n logan-logan! it’s kind of sweet the way you are all starry eyed about the collapse of capitalism, but you aren’t actually answering their warrants as to why capitalism is good, more ranting about utopia. the case debate is really good, but you should point out that a lot of their answers were non responsive and read some more evidence to support your dropped arguments. I think that could be devastating in this debate if you end up going for DA/case. stop talking about inconsequential bs. idk if you can kick out of the k considering there is only offense and a perfcon/condo bad argument, but we’ll see how nice the aff is. there is no framing of the round here. just saying fuck doesn’t make an argument persuasive. I don’t really know why next gen is a net benefit other than it might solve better than high speed rails…there isn’t a whole lot of impact. if the 2a does beat the cp (which I think she will) it will be very difficult to weigh this against the impacts of the affirmative. think about strategy next time, and don’t rely on your partner framing the round nearly as much.  7/10  - Go line-by-line on case. It will help immensely, in terms of strategy and organization. You dropped dedev. - Try to read 2 advantages of in the 1AC instead of extending one and reading 2 add ons. Something as generic as an economy advantage is really susceptible to impact turns or advantage counterplans. - Diversify answers on the K’s. You even said in cx that two of your answers on Virilio were the same. Read perm cards, impact turns, no alt solvency cards, theory, etc. - I like this press on their in-round use of speed in the 2NC cross-x. Her spreading and flash drive (even the term “flash drive”) does seem to contradict the method first claims. Don’t harp on this, though, without a specific way you’re going to use the argument. Think: how is this argument going to help me win this debate. - Do impact calc in the 2AR. Why is collapse now worse than collapse later? Why does economic decline matter? - Be more specific in the explanations of your turns.