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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the 2021 NSDA Nationals topic, Resolved: A public health emergency justifies limiting civil liberties. They discuss some thoughts about how to improve the topic voting system before talking about their general thoughts on the topic, not particularly positive in nature; background information and interpretational issues, such as definitions, examples, and thoughts about burdens; and common affirmative and negative arguments and strategies, such as quarantines, libertarianism, the trust disadvantage, and democratic backsliding. They also discuss some tips and tricks for succeeding at NSDA Nationals. They conclude with some recommendations for content and fun facts about Nails’ hometown.
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Episode Links:
The Victory Briefs for this topic: https://classroom.victorybriefs.com/briefs
Topic voting statistic: https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/
Public health definition: https://www.who.int/hac/about/definitions/en/
NYTimes op-ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/opinion/racism-public-health-emergency.html
Justify definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justify
“Reconciling civil liberties and public health in the response to COVID-19”: https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2020-0070
“When libertarianism goes bad”: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/opinion/coronavirus-masks.html
China censorship of COVID: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/technology/china-coronavirus-censorship.html
Singapore robot dog: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/singapore-using-robotic-dog-enforce-proper-social-distancing-during-covid-19-180974912/
Israel anti terror technology and COVID: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-to-use-anti-terror-tech-to-counter-coronavirus-invisible-enemy-idUSKBN21113V
China facial recognition with masks: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55573802
Debating traditionally by Lawrence Zhou: https://youtu.be/dhLK7zbhi7U
Last year’s Next Off NSDA Nationals episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-86431574/episode-4-nsda-nationals-with-jake-nebel
Only Connect with Tom Scott: https://youtu.be/c_Fa_fucl1o
Tom Scott golf carts video: https://youtu.be/pcVGqtmd2wM
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