Lincoln Douglas- Lesson 5

-The claim of the affirmative is that in no way is war good. Her warrant states that peace is what everyone seeks for and therefore peace has never been proven unethical or immoral. Her impact is seen when she explains that tons of damage has been done by only two having been used in the history of the weapon. Also she elaborates on her point of peace by saying that obtaining nuclear power has not been proven to be effective in gaining world power.
-The affirmative does not attack on the first round, because it is basically stating its case and the facts that it will use throughout the debate. Also because the negative has not stated its case yet, so the affirmative has essentially nothing to attack at this point.
-The claim of the negative is that Just Wars do exist and are necessary in preserving the rights of human beings.The support for the argument is that during the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War II, etc. pulling the trigger to defend your beliefs was not the crime, but not pull the trigger was. The only difference between the wars listed that are Just is that its one man pushing a button, not 500,000 pulling triggers. By keeping the nuclear weapons that the United States is in possession of, we would be preparing ourselves to defend what we believe, and if necessary participate in a Just War.
-The negative attacks the affirmative, and elaborated on its key points during its turn of the first round.
-The affirmative attacks the negative, and also expands on the key points that it made in the first round, during the first rebuttal.
-The affirmative is now really attacking the negative during the second rebuttal becuase it is now getting deeper into the debate and all points are being attacked at this time. Proving your points are really key now for the affirmative.
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