Below are the topics that will be debated during the May 11th NYDL tournament that we're hosting at Hunter.

1) Human genome sequencing does more harm than good.

2) Mayor Bloomberg is good for NYC.

3) Ban Energy Drinks.

4) The US Senate should abolish the filibuster.

5) The FDA should increase the frequency with which they inspect meat.

Completed prep (5 DARE-I arguments for each side of each topic) is Due May 1st and should be submitted to hccsdebate@gmail.com

The United States is justified in intervening in the internal political processes of other countries to attempt to stop human rights abuses.

Define the following words and phrases:

justified:

intervening:

internal political processes:

human rights abuses:

What are some examples of human rights abuses?

What are the ways that one country can intervene in another country’s internal political processes?

How has the United States intervened in the internal political processes of other countries in the past? Was the United States justified? Why or why not?

Come up with 3 assertions for the proposition and the opposition:

Assignment:

Turn the 3 assertions for each side into full DARE-I arguments and come prepared with them next week to debate!

One thing that will help this process is researching some real examples of the United States intervening in the political processes of countries with human rights abuses.

Additionally, since this has been taken from an LD topic you can check out what other people are saying about what arguments might be made on each side and how to go about ascertaining the scope of the topic. Here is a HUGE (158 page) file on the matter and while I don't expect you to read the whole thing, you should check out the first couple of pages after the index that do the work of interpreting of the topic:

http://classroom.libertychristian.com/ClassDocuments/18078/12NFL4-Humanitarian%20Intervention.pdf