Nationals 2013 Semifinals: Brandeis Navajo Blanket v. Harvard SZ

Case: Given that an angel has come down to you individually, informing you of a swap of the requirements to go to heaven and hell, how should you live your life? Opp chose do evil.

Government: Brandeis Navajo Blanket
PM: Keith Barry
MG: Russell Leibowitz

Opposition: Harvard SZ
LO: Josh Zoffer
MO: Ben Sprung-Keyser

[expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]Harvard SZ won on a 5-2 decision.[/expand]

Thanks to Jordan Roth for recording.

8 Comments

  1. Bob

    Most bad-ass MO of all time?

  2. Anonymous

    ^I don’t know if this is the best, or the worst, MO I’ve ever heard.

    • Anonymous

      lol, this is easily a 27+.

  3. Anonymous

    I actually think gov won this. Opp had no response to the observation that the commandments pre-exist Heaven, that God could have made it explicit, and that self-sacrifice is a more meaningful test than “do you want to go to Heaven?” They never responded to MG’s rebuttal of the suicide point, and Zoffer’s “cosmological justice” argument was incoherent.

    • Anonymous

      If BSK, the greatest debater of all time, didn’t manage to convince you, there is no way an internet comment can, but needless to say you are dead wrong

      • Anonymous

        Also Chilton is the GOAT.

      • Anonymous

        Two national semi final judges thought gov won so maybe “dead wrong” goes a little far you think?? This is a classic round because you can see the RFDs on both sides. Thats what a good national semis should be between two of the very best teams.

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