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DEBATE. Prima Facie and Stock Issues. Prima Facie and Stock Issues. Prima Facie The term prima facie is Latin for “ first face. ”. It means that “at first glance” you can recognize something for what it is.

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  1. DEBATE Prima Facie and Stock Issues

  2. Prima Facie and Stock Issues Prima Facie The term prima facie is Latin for “first face.” • It means that “at first glance” you can recognize something for what it is. • Something that is prima facie has distinctive characteristics that distinguish it from all other things. • If something is prima facie, it has all of the components that make it uniquely what it is.

  3. Are these objects unique? Could they be considered anything else? If so, they are not prima facie Prima Facie Examples • This is a turtle. • Is it prima facie? No • Why not? It could be a tortoise. • This is a rooster • Is it Prima Facie? Yes • Why? The cockscomb. • This is a dog. • Is it Prima Facie? No • Why? It could be a toy.

  4. Prima Facie, cont. • Let’s apply that to Debate • If your football team arrived at a rival school for a game, & found that the goalposts were missing, you could not play competitive football. • The football field would not be prima facie. • In the same way, the first obligation of the Affirmative team is to present a prima facie case.

  5. Prima Facie Cont • “At first face” [during 1st Affirmative Constructive] the Affirmative case must appear to be prima facie for the game to continue, in theory • To be Prima Facie, an Affirmative case must have these three parts: 1. Reason to Exist This can be either harm in the present system, or an advantage over the present system. 2. A Solution or Plan Some method of changing the present system in such a way that we will do things under the Affirmative plan in a substantially different way than we do them now. 3. Produce a Result Eliminate the harm or produce an advantage.

  6. Prima Facie • When writing your Affirmative case, make sure you have these 3 parts, so that your case is prima facie.  • If an Affirmative case is missing any of these parts, you (on the Negative) should argue that the Affirmative case is not prima facie. • Explain to the judge that the penalty for not being prima facie is to lose

  7. Stock Issues • Okay, two men go to the auto parts store to get windshield wiper blades. • The first man is looking for blades for a 2010 Toyota Corolla. • The second man is looking for blades for a 1939 Bentley. • Which set is more likely to be in stock? Auto Part stores keep “in stock” items that are purchases regularly and often. The next set of arguments you will learn are called “stock issues”, because you will use them regularly and often, nearly every round.

  8. Stock Issues • You’ll remember from the last chapter involving affirmative burdens, that the affirmative team starts out with the advantage of knowing what they are going to say ahead of time. • How will we know when the affirmative team has met their burden of proof? • STOCK ISSUES!!!!

  9. Stock Issues • Stock issues are the criteria for whether or not the affirmative case and plan has met the required burden of proof. • Topicality means that the Affirmative does what the Resolution says to do, no more and no less. • Inherency means that the Affirmative proves that there is something in the status quo that would prevent the adoption of their plan, unless it was changed.

  10. Stock Issues Stock Issues • Justification (Harms) means that the Affirmative proves that there is a reason for their case and plan to exist. This can be some inadequacy within the current system, brought on by inaction or incompetence [harm], or it can be a goal in the current system that is not being met [goal]. It can also be simply that there is a more efficient system. • Significance means that the Affirmative proves that the problem being addressed by the Affirmative is a major force that affects a large number of people, or that the advantage to be gained by the adoption of the Affirmative plan will be substantial. • Solvency means that the evidence indicates that the Affirmative plan will overcome the inherent barrier in the current system & mitigate the harm cited in the Affirmative case, and achieve any advantages the Affirmative has claimed. Simply put, the plan will work, and get the results promised.

  11. Stock Issues • The minimum we expect the Affirmative to do to win the round is: • Do everything the resolution says to do [Topicality] • Prove we can’t do this now [Inherency] • Prove there is a reason to do this [Justification] • Prove it is a big thing [Significance] • Prove their plan will work [Solvency] • If they can’t do this, they shouldn’t win.

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