Team Name Aff Newburgh Free
Round # 1
vs Team: Westminster
Judge: Brian Manuel
Vote Neg
Plan Text
Text: The United States Federal Government should give medical assistance to land mine explosion victims. Furthermore it should establish a comprehensive mine action program which de-mines and provides mine risk education necessary for mine clearance in the topically designated area.
1ac w/ cites
Contention One is Inherency
Africa is the most heavily mined continent in the world
"It cost between 3 and 30 US dollars to manufacture... the charity of the industrialised countries"
1AC- Death and Destruction
Africa is devastated by two persistent problems in the status quo
The first is Death and Destruction
Landmines cause immense physical injury and impede assistance in other areas of public health- 12,000 Africans die a year due to landmines and these impediments
"One million people have been killed ... may be necessary to activate it."
Landmines have killed more people than nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons combined
Willerman – Landmines survivors network– 2004 (Raquel, Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and War’s Hidden Legacy, ed. by R. Matthew, B. McDonald, K. Rutherford, p. 103)
"There are an estimated 300,000 landmine survivors ... an affront to basic human rights."
We have an obligation to eliminate the legacy of landmines- it should not be allowed to threaten another generation of children and civilians
Cahill 1995 (Publication Information: Book Title: Clearing the Fields: Solutions to the Global Land Mines Crisis. Contributors: Kevin M. Cahill - editor. Publisher: Basic Books. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1995. Ch 7. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=99867891 )
"The challenge of land mines should, however, evoke a moral critique... another generation of children and civil
Round # 1
vs Team: Westminster
Judge: Brian Manuel
Vote Neg
Plan Text
Text: The United States Federal Government should give medical assistance to land mine explosion victims. Furthermore it should establish a comprehensive mine action program which de-mines and provides mine risk education necessary for mine clearance in the topically designated area.
1ac w/ cites
Contention One is Inherency
Africa is the most heavily mined continent in the world
Nachón 99 (Claudio Torres, President State Council of Environmental Protection Mexico, environmental aspects
of landmines, http://www.icbl.org/resources/document/lm_environment.php3)
"Since World War II, landmines have been extensively used... in the world."
African countries do not have the funds nor the pace to de-mine, causing a dependency on other countries
PANT 99 (Pan African Network Trust March 21, 1999 BIG BUCKS IN DE-MINING http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/navarino/212/postcard/99-03-21demining.html)
"It cost between 3 and 30 US dollars to manufacture... the charity of the industrialised countries"
1AC- Death and Destruction
Africa is devastated by two persistent problems in the status quo
The first is Death and Destruction
Landmines cause immense physical injury and impede assistance in other areas of public health- 12,000 Africans die a year due to landmines and these impediments
Sarah B. Taylor 2002, “Upsetting Lives: The Public Health Impact of Landmines in Africa,” December 2002 Journal of Mine Action, Issue 6.3, http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/6.3/focus/taylor/taylor.htm
"Landmines are an immense problem... disabling over 12,000 African people per year."
Landmines kill one person every 15 minutes, those who live by minefields live in constant
fear of dismemberment and death
Bus 99(“What You Should Know about Landmine Victims” Margaret S. Bus Senior Associate Information Journal
Volume 3, No.3 Fall 1999 http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/3.3/focus/how_many_victims.htm)
"One million people have been killed ... may be necessary to activate it."
Landmines have killed more people than nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons combined
Willerman – Landmines survivors network– 2004 (Raquel, Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and War’s Hidden Legacy, ed. by R. Matthew, B. McDonald, K. Rutherford, p. 103)
"There are an estimated 300,000 landmine survivors ... an affront to basic human rights."
We have an obligation to eliminate the legacy of landmines- it should not be allowed to threaten another generation of children and civilians
Cahill 1995 (Publication Information: Book Title: Clearing the Fields: Solutions to the Global Land Mines Crisis. Contributors: Kevin M. Cahill - editor. Publisher: Basic Books. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1995. Ch 7. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=99867891 )
"The challenge of land mines should, however, evoke a moral critique... another generation of children and civil