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 thoughts on “Nationals 2013 Semifinals: Brandeis Navajo Blanket v. Harvard SZ

  1. 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.

      1. 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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