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Replies & POIs by Papat Lozano
Replies & POIs by Papat Lozano
in this deck
I. case strategy
II. replies
III. points of information
case strategy
case strategy
■ effectiveness of a POI and a Reply rely
on the strategy you prep
■ time is limited, don’t waste your time
saying things that doesn’t tie back to
the core strategy
case strategy
main types
■ battle cry
- stand alone ideas that you want to “champion”
- burdens you will explicitly and strategically take
- what you will prove against all odds and will prove
to be the most important
■ defense
- responsive ideas that rely on what opponent says
- pre-emption against opponent’s battle cry
- goal is to, at worst, mitigate/downplay value
case strategy
assume gov side
■ THW prevent the media from speculating and
reporting on criminals’ mental illnesses
- battle cry: contributes to misunderstanding of
mental illnesses
ex.
■ contributions - we said these major ideas - they only said this much
■ responses - this is how we effectively took down their main ideas - this
is how they respond and why it’s insufficient
■ major clash 2
- their contribution, our responses, how we weighed
- our contribution, their responses, how it was weighed
ex.
■ principles
- They said the right to life is important but we proved how they don’t fulfill the
principle in their paradigm, the principle isn’t even important because...
■ pragmatics
- they promised this outcomes, but they don’t get the outcome, outcome
doesn’t matter anyway
reply
structure 3 (defensive)
■ opponent’s major point 1
- how they proved it - why it’s incomplete - our points
don’t fall into the same error
- how we responded to the idea - how they tried to
rebuild and why it is ineffective (missed nuances, etc.)
- how the point compares to our point in terms of
relevance/meta
poi etiquette
;)
receiving
■ take at least 1
■ 15-second rule
■ don’t interrupt speaker until 15s is
up, no you don’t “already get” the
POI
poi etiquette
raising pois ■
■
raise POIs, look alive people
usually the team members not
speaking next raises
■ person speaking next must bring
up the relevance of the POI
$trat3-g raising to first speakers
■ 2 broad types
■ clarifications - goal is to set traps
■ policy exclusions and inclusions
■ extents
■ defenses
■ start mitigating their important
points - forced comparatives
■ poi should depend on how deputies adjust the case to the speaker
before them
■ battle cry
■ don’t do: what’s your response to blah?
■ in highlighting, show comparative impact of
case left standing
■ defenses
■ trade off opponent’s main point against a
battle cry from your team
■ THBT unconditional direct cash transfers to poor
sample 1
sample cases only, not saying these are
people are preferable to the public distribution of food,
fuel, fertiliser, and other welfare-in-kind goods.
the best cases to run :)
What does the debate call for?
■ An assessment of which economic policy benefits the poor the
most: cash or welfare-in-kind
GOV OPP
1. Flexibility - only people know what they 1. People are not fit to make decisions on
truly need their own
POI: Do people need drugs and POI: Governments are also made of
alcohol? (Defense) people who don’t know what other
2. Reduce unnecessary cost for sales and people need (Battle cry)
distribution 2. Increased risk of corruption
3. Vulnerable to inflation
◼ THBT the imposition of broad economic sanctions as
sample 2
sample cases only, not saying these are
a response to increasingly authoritarian regimes has
done more harm than good.
the best cases to run :)
GOV OPP
1. Further incapacitating citizens 1. Mobilise people against
against authoritarian regimes authoritarian regime
2. Breeding ground for more support POI: Speculative against the
for authoritarian regimes - regime certain suffering of people on the
ground (Trade-off).
control’s media narrative
POI: Sanctions reduce the amount 2. People lose faith in the capacity
of resources regime can use to of the regime to provide needs
maintain control (Unlikely). POI: People will just blame the
3. Rapid increase in suffering international community for their
POI: Worth it in the long run as we suffering (Battle cry).
stop the regime’s future abuses 3. Reduce resources regime can
(Defense). use to exploit people
answering pois - TPA
■ answer at least one, around 4min
■ maintain grace under pressure
■ tips:
■ don’t spend too much time with a POI,
the goal is to get over it