Prove it!

The evidence assignment is underway, the hardest and most challenging assignment of our class--Next we'll try and form resolutions around each topic that we can agree on within each debate group--Our final topics included: Facebook, Somalian Pirating and the Egyptian political crisis--we eliminated everything else, right? For this blog we'll explore how one topic is open to a variety of cases as each of you tries your hand at a version of the resolution. Remember you want a prima facie case, or case that can stand on its own merrit.

--So please post your name, the topic that you signed up for (if absent, claim a topic from the list above here) and then declare a resolution, (or proposition, same thing, basically the 'thesis of your debate) in the affirmative (worded on the side of the govt) which you think would lead to a good, hearty, lively debate --I want you to avoid getting into much detail here as we are so early in the "discovery" process, as they refer to 'evidence gathering' in courts of law--try to stay open to all sorts of possiblities and let your research guide you towards a case, ok? If you find yourself planning details already, such as what to say and how to debate your topic....WHOA!!!! ----you are jumping ahead SMARTY! Back up, just read and absorp as much info on your topic as you can without evaluating it or categorizing it just yet...Please read all the other entries to be sure your reslotuion is different than your classmates--for extra credit, please offer constructive feedback on the topics you DID NOT sign up for, using our COMM 311 course vocabulary.

EXAMPLE POST:
My topic: Legalizing Pot (just an example topic)

My Resolution: Resolved: The City of Sacramento should only open weGROW marijuana dispenseries located right next door to or inside of hopitals and doctors' offices in order to regulate traffic and allow for optimum policing

SAMPLE  ex cr feedback on resolution: Good job Sandra (if that is your REAL name....???) Legalizing pot in Sacramento has been so controversial, I would reword your resolution by adding a "reservation" (according to Toulmin in our book,  these are "exception" or "unless" clauses that show your willingness to accomodate the opposition a bit.) I'd reword your resolution like this: Sac should restrict weGROW pot dispensaries to hospital and medical settings except those within 1 mile of public and private schools.