National Speech and Debate Tournament
2023 — Phoenix/Mesa, AZ/US
Peter Dong Paradigm
Policy
Policy Debate Judge Philosophy
Your experience with Policy Debate (check all that apply)
Occasionally judge Policy DebateHow many Policy rounds have you judged this year?
0-10Which best describes your approach to judging Policy Debate?
Stock issuesRATE OF DELIVERY
3/91 = slow and deliberate9 = very rapid
QUANTITY OF ARGUMENTS
3/91 = a few well-developed arguments9 = the more arguments the better
COMMUNICATION AND ISSUES
8/91 = communication skills most important9 = resolving substantive issues most important
TOPICALITY: I am willing to vote on topicality:
8/91 = often9 = rarely
COUNTERPLANS
3/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
GENERIC DISADVANTAGES
6/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
CONDITIONAL NEGATIVE POSITIONS
5/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
DEBATE THEORY ARGUMENTS
4/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
CRITIQUE (KRITIK) ARGUMENTS
3/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
Additional remarks:
Let me say up front that I have a Ph.D. in physics and that there there is no evidence that climate change will lead to human extinction, nor is that claimed by anyone with any authority on the subject. Climate change can be bad without leading to extinction. I am happy to vote on a plan that reduces climate change, but don't claim something that isn't true.
I am happy to follow the debaters in however they want to structure the debate, but I dislike arguments that would never be accepted by a reasonable person in a reasonable setting. This includes bizarre links from education policy to nuclear war or other means of total human destruction. I dislike generic disads and prefer Neg debaters give on-case rebuttals, even with limited evidence, than read a block about how the Aff will re-elect Donald Trump.
Please do not bring up topicality unless there is genuine ground for disagreement about it. Topicality arguments against obviously topical cases will be ignored.
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