Case: You’re Kruschev in 1958 during the Second Taiwanese Straights Crisis. China is launching a complete conventional assault on Taiwan. The United States has threatened to nuke China if China commenses the assault. China is non-nuclear at this time. We say, you should threaten to nuke the U.S. if the U.S. initiates a nuclear attack […]
Case: If the US is attacked by the USSR, ought it retaliate in kind with full knowledge that the US will be wiped out regardless? Government: Red Dawn A PM: David Reiss MG: Storey Clayton Opposition: Brown/Penn Sanders Take APDA LO: Sam Sanders MO: Beryl Sanders [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]Red Dawn A won.[/expand] Thanks to […]
Case: Do you grant King Henry VIII his divorce? Opp said no. Government: Brandeis Navajo Blanket PM: Keith Barry MG: Russell Leibowitz Opposition: BU MT LO: Alex Taubes MO: Alison Kennedy [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]BU MT won.[/expand]
Case: As a Catholic Cardinal and Lord Chancellor of England, do you annul the marriage of the King in order to help the King father an heir? Opp chose to annul the marriage. Government: Brandeis Navajo Blanket PM: Keith Barry MG: Russell Leibowitz Opposition: Stanford frid-A LO: Benjamin DeStein MO: Andrew Suciu [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” […]
Case: Brutus: Kill Caesar? Opp said no. Government: Fordham I Cured It With My Brain PM: Caitlin McElroy MG: Peter Morrissey Opposition: LMU CK LO: James Kilcup MO: Bobby Cashen [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]LMU CK won.[/expand] Thanks to Ashley Woods for recording.
Case: Free Prometheus? Opp said no. Government: Brown SR PM: Sam Sanders MG: Joe Rosner Opposition: Yale AC LO: Colin Etnire MO: Cat Djang [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]Yale AC won.[/expand] Thanks to Grace Rosinski for recording.
Case: In the movie “Dr. Strangelove”, the President should attack the Soviet Union with a full nuclear strike once the bombers get past their failsafe points. Government: Hopkins ST PM: Chris Tallent MG: Dave Silverstone Opposition: Princeton/Brandeis (“Fresno/Albuquerque”) LO: Storey Clayton MO: Emily Garin [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]Princeton/Brandeis (“Fresno/Albuquerque”) won.[/expand]
Case: Who should be Time Man of the Century? Opp chose Stalin, Gov chose Lenin. Government: Yale CL PM: Matt Longo MG: Jay Cox Opposition: Princeton/Brandeis (“Fresno/Albuquerque”) LO: Emily Garin MO: Storey Clayton [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]Princeton/Brandeis (“Fresno/Albuquerque”) won.[/expand]
Link to Audio Source Case: You are England in 1861. The Confederacy asks for military aid in fighting the North. Do you give it? Opp chose no. Government: Brown / Amherst EJ Harris for APDA Pope PM: Jen Tarr MG: Mason Bradbury Opposition: BU Scranton Branch LO: Jake Campbell MO: Alex Taubes [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” […]
Link to Audio Source Case: You are a black 8th grader, after Brown v. Board of Education was decided. Should you go to an newly-integrated white school or the black school? Opp chose the white school. Government: Hopkins MB PM: Michael Mayernick MG: Jon Bateman Opposition: Harvard ST LO: Georgios Theophanous MO: Alexander Schwab [expand […]
