Seven Lakes Cy Park TFA IQT Swing
2023 — Katy, TX/US
Topics - Debate and Extemp
*UPDATED 2/8*
CX will use the NSDA 2023 topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.
LD will use the NSDA Jan/Feb 2023 topic: Resolved: Justice requires open borders for human migration.
PF will use the NSDA February 2023 topic: Resolved: In the United States, right-to-work laws do more harm than good.
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Congress will follow the TFA Scaffold for Spring 2023 and use the following items of legislation:
7L Congress (online): Prelims 26-30, Finals 1-5
Park Congress (in person): Prelims 6-10, Semis 1-5, Finals 26-30
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7L WSD (online) will follow the below schedule of topics --
R1: This House would ban lethal autonomous weapons.
R2: This House regrets the rise in popularity of the True Crime genre (e.g. Netflix's Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the My Favorite Murder podcast).
R3: impromptu
R4: This House believes that rehabilitation should be prioritized over retribution in criminal sentencing.
Semifinals: This House supports mandatory voting in national elections.
Finals: impromptu
2/8 UPDATE - THIS MOTION WILL NOT BE DEBATED: Elim 3 (if needed - Finals): This House regrets the rise of slum tourism.
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Park WSD (in person) will follow the below schedule of topics --
R1: In art and popular culture, This House believes that creating new lead characters for minorities (e.g., Black Panther, Shang-Chi, and Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) is preferable to recasting them in existing roles already played by other actors/communities (e.g., Ghostbusters, The Little Mermaid).
R2: impromptu
R3: This House, as the United States, would publicly recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation.
**UPDATED 2/8 R4: This House would remove veto power from permanent members on the UN Security Council.
Semifinals: impromptu
Finals: This House supports privatized asteroid mining.
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Extemp topic areas:
Domestic Extemp on both sides of the swing:
R1: U.S. Economics and Business
R2: Environment and Energy
Semifinals: Election Politics
Finals: US Foreign Policy
International Extemp on both sides of the swing:
R1: Europe
R2: International Economics
Semifinals: Central and South America
Finals: International Diplomacy
Novice Extemp will use a mix of both topics. Questions will be different for each side of the swing, but will fall under the same topic areas.