Affirmative Answers to the ________________ Disadvantage
The
worksheet below can be used to help answer disadvantages on the
affirmative. You should carry
extra copies of this form to rounds and fill in the blanks. These answers only work if you add
explanations of why these arguments apply. See your Emory Policy Manual or a coach for explanations of
what these arguments are.
No Link:______________________________________________________
N/L: No specific evidence on our plan:_______________________________________________
N/L: Their evidence is weak (unqualified, not supported by the tag)________________________
Not Unique:___________________________________________________
N/U: Recent events disprove: _______________________________________________________
N/U: Inherency evidence in 1AC: ___________________________________________________
N/U: Other negative cards disprove/Neg. U ev weak:____________________________________
Empirically Denied: _______________________________________________________________
No internal link: ___________________________________________________________________
N/i/l: They canŐt connect the link to the impact:_________________________________________
No Brink: There is no reason why now is the critical time. ____________________________________
No Threshold: They canŐt prove the Affirmative causes enough of the link to trigger the impact_____
No Time Frame: They canŐt prove when the DA happens.__________________________________
No
Impact: ____________________________________________________
No impact: the DA is unweighable:__________________________________________________
No impact: Their evidence is weak:__________________________________________________
The case outweighs:______________________________________________________________
Link Turn: We donŐt cause the impacts. Voting affirmative will actually stop the disadvantage.
Turn: [insert add-on
advantage]___________________________________________________________
**WARNING: DO NOT READ LINK
AND IMPACT TURN IN SAME DEBATE!!
Impact Turn: the impact to the DA isnŐt bad—itŐs good._____________________________________