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The impact is extinction.David Diner, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army, Winter, 1994 (Military Law Review, ln) The prime reason… closer to the abyss. Terrorism 2nc:EU soft power is key to fighting terrorismJoseph S. Nye Jr. is professor of international relations at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and author of "The Power Game: A Washington Novel." , 11/15/04, “Tapping Soft Power: America Needs a Strong Europe”, International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/11/15/ednye_ed3_.php European soft power…coordinate their strategy Alexander MalthusAfrica’s carrying capacity is low – population growth is exceeding it because of declines in mortalitySai-04 - physician, long-time public health activist in Africa, and advisor to the president of Ghana on HIV/AIDS (Frederick, World Watch “Population, Family Planning, and the Future of Africa”, Vol 17, Issue 5; September/October, p g34) These are all…health care Death checks are the only way to forestall extinction – they are the only reason we’re currently aliveBrown, 06 professor of physiology at West Virginia University (Paul, Notes from a Dying Planet, p. xvi) This book is…soon enough Population is decreasing globally because of the perception of resource constraints – the provision of foreign aid reverses this and increases birth ratesAbernethy, Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt,-04 (Virginia Deane, World Watch- “Not Tonight, Sweetie; No Energy”, Washington Sept/Oct) Worldwide, the dynamics…fertility levels Population growth exploits natural resources, destroys the environment, increases terrorism, and increase mass migration spurring chaos worldwideCassils – Director of the population institute of Canada – 2004 (J. Anthony, “Overpopulation, Sustainable Development, and Security: Developing an Integrated Strategy,” Population and Environment, January) Population growth…people expect Conspiracy KAIDS conspiracy theories undermine real world prevention ross 6 - WHO center for health promotion and prevention research, "conspiracy beliefs about the origin of HIV/AIDS in four racial/ethnic groups" - www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerenderfcgi?artid=1405237 their conspiracy theory arguments prevent real world solutions dervarics 5, www.prb.org/articles/2005/conspiracybeliefsmaybehinderinghivpreventionamongafricanamericans.aspx a new national survey...prevention says thorburn aids conspiracy theory is based on faulty science - gilbert no date – mediafilter.org/caq/caq58/trackgenocide.html the most common...are not retroviruses the timing of aids conspiracy theories is off - empirically false gilbert no date - same there is another...proposed parent viruses their entire 1ac is based on conspiracy theory that prevents real world change gilbert no date - same in light of this...propel the epidemic 1nc K: their methodology is flawed - conspiracy theory relies on non falsifiable data, is self referential and anything used to disprove htem is part of a larger conspiracy -t his is a worldview that encourages witchunts against anyone that disagrees with them. vote neg on presumption because the aff hasn't advanced a warrant for their 1ac's truth value s silverstein 2 - "An Excess of Truth: Violence, Conspiracy Theorizing and the Algerian Civil War" Anthropological Quarterly, 75.4 - 2002, 643-74, ebsco generally speaking, communicative...neglecting the rest
berlet, 99 - www.publiceye.org/rightwoo/rwooz9-45.html#698_280450 investigative reporting and...than reagan or bush social change - conspiracy theory is so illogical that it discredits legitimate attempts to investigate how power operates and prevents developing effective strategies for resistance. we agree that the world needs changing and that power operates behind the scenes but its not due to the actions of a few powerful individuals but instead is a structural phenomenon that requires a focus on social justice to correct. focusing on conspiracy theory lets institutions responsible for inequality off the hook berlet, 4 - zmagsite.zmag.org/Sept2004/barsamian0904.html for millenia there's...would be heterosexism not only is their evidence not qualified it makes massive leaps in logic and evidence and employs racist scapegoating techniques to cover up its flaws - its the ultimate fascist worldview and promotes racism and totalitarianism berlet no date - www.publiceye.org/top_conspire.html every major traumatic...oppression can flourish alt - advocate resistance to oppressive governmental practicies through organized non cooperation and to question authority - this is the only check to coming totalitarianism, perm is impossible - refusing intellectual standards of analyzing truth claims makes it easy for the government to stamp out opposition bc the govt employs the logic of conspiracy theory as an excuse for the never-ending war on terrorism and destructuion of individual liberty shivani 3 - www.counterpunch.org/shivani02222003.html in recent days...enough to overcome more 2nc cites perm is political suicide - focus on conspiracy theory trades off w/ real attempts to combat structural violence berlet 4 - zmagsite cite, above with all the hard...diversity and equality args about political use of conspiracy theory dont reflect current us culture pasley 2k - conspiracy.pasleybrothers.com/CT_an%20American_Exceptionalism_web_version_Main.htm on one level...and professional scholarship
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