1. An introduction to Asian Parliamentary and Australs-Style Debating
Brett Frazer
October 16, 2014
Cheongna Dalton School

2. But First… A few things:
Cell phones are strictly forbidden in class. Seriously, you can wait like an hour before checking to see who’s hitting you up on KakaoTalk.
All future speeches must be printed out or handwritten. You are not allowed to read from your computer. If you are unable to print out your speech, it to me at least two hours before class begins and I will print it out for you
I strongly prefer you don’t use laptops in class.
a. laptops are strictly forbidden in competition b. I can’t tell if you’re actually paying attention
If you use a laptop during class, please me your notes before the start of the next class so I know you weren’t just Facebook creeping during class
The class blog is up and running: You have an assignment due on the blog by Friday My

3. Speeches in the Debate Proposition/Government 1. Prime Minister (PM)
3. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM)
5. Proposition Whip (GW/PW)
8. Proposition Reply Speech (given by PM or DPM)
Opposition
2. Leader of the Opposition (LO)
4. Deputy Leader of Opp (DLO)
6. Opposition Whip (OW)
7. Opposition Reply Speech (given by LO or DLO)

4. Speaking Order Prime Minister 5-8 minutes
Leader of the Opposition 5-8 minutes
Deputy Prime Minister 5-8 minutes
Deputy Leader of the Opposition 5-8 minutes
Government Whip minutes
Opposition Whip minutes
Opposition Reply minutes
Government Reply minutes
In Asian Parliamentary Debate, Points of Information are allowed after the first minute and before the last minute of the first six speeches. There are no POIs allowed in Australs-Style Debating.
There are no POIs allowed during the reply speeches

5. Speaker Responsibilities: Satisfying “Role Fulfillment”
Prime Minister
Define Terms/Create Model
2-3 Constructive Arguments
Leader Opposition
Accept/Reject Gov model (rejections are very rare)
Counter-model (very rare)
Rebuttal
Deputy Prime Minister
Rebut the arguments made by the LO
Rebuild PM’s arguments
Introduce 1-2 new arguments
Deputy Leader Opposition
Rebut the arguments made by the DPM
Rebuild LO’s arguments
Government Whip
Rebut arguments made by DLO
Summarize the government case by identifying “clashes” or “points of stasis”
*It is almost always inappropriate to introduce new arguments in the GW speech
Opposition Whip
Rebut any remaining government arguments
Summarize the opposition case by identifying “clashes” or “points of stasis”
*It is absolutely forbidden for the OW to introduce new arguments
Government Reply
“Meta Debating”
Explain to the judge any strategic errors or role fulfillment failures committed by the opposition
Explain to the judge why your team won the debate
Opposition Reply
Explain to the judge any strategic errors or role fulfillment failures committed by the government

6. The Secret Listen carefully to all speeches.
Respond to what happens in the round.
Don’t get married to a strategy or speech that’s no longer relevant

7. The Prime Minister Speech
“THB (This house believes) the media should show the full horror of war”
What terms need to be defined?
“THB the media should show the full horror of war”
What does it look like when “the media” shows “the full horror of war?”

8. The Prime Minister Speech (cont.)
Definitions
This House: “Western Liberal Democracies”
Model:
Governments should not censor graphic media that has non-strategic value ex) Pictures of caskets returning from Afghanistan ex) A journalist drawing troop movements in the sand conveys strategic information and is therefore acceptable to ban
The Media should not self-censor ex) The Daniel Pearl Beheading (other examples, more relevant today might the IS beheading incidents: James Foley, Steven Sotloff, David Haines, Alan Henning)
The motion is not limited to graphic images or video, but also documents and other media that may display the horror of war ex) Documents that described abusive practices at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib

9. Homework, Part 1 Go to the blog: www.cdisdebate9.wordpress.com
Reply to the most recent post (HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FROM OCTOBER 16TH, PART 1) with the following information:
1) Your name
2) The address you check most regularly
3) Why you joined the debate class
4) A debate topic you are interested in

10. Homework, Part 2
You will be given a link to a debate video (about 40 minutes). You are to watch this debate video and take notes. On Tuesday, October 21st, you must bring to class a a completed worksheet that will be sent to the you provided. I will send out the worksheet on Saturday morning: Don’t worry about reply speeches. We’ll get to those at a later date. If you do not have access to a printer, then you are responsible for ing me your assignment at least two hours before the start of class (5:30 pm KST on Tuesday, October 21st)