User talk:Nick Carraway

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Resolved: A victim's deliberate use of deadly force is a just response to repeated domestic violence.

Affirmative Intro: US law disposes self-defense as justification for the use of deadly force.

Definitions: To add clarity to the round, I provide the following definitions: a victim is a person that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment; deliberate insinuates an intentional action; just means righteous; and domestic violence is the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member on another.

Value: Equality.

Criterion:

Negative Intro: Non-violence is necessary in every situation, including domestic violence. Using force against a partner who is harming you is not the answer. Every violent situation can be handled with peaceful conversion, as displayed by Mahatma Gahndi during the Indian independence movement.

Definitions: see above

Value: Ahimsa, Sanskrit for non-violence, or the complete renunciation of violence in thought and action

Criterion: Teachings of Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" Gahndi - Gahndi utilized conversion and self-suffering in order to advance his ideals defeat the tyranny of the British government.

Contention One: Conversion, not coercion. Violence is never the answer in any situation, even if a person is violent towards you. Acts of violence are acts of force and coercion.

Contention Two: Self-suffering rather than suffering of the tyrant. (hunger strike)

Contention Three: Embrace the enemy with love.

"True Ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill will and anger and hate and an overflowing of love for all."

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