Ramsey,+John

Ramsey, John

I debated 4 years at Ruston High School and have coached 3 years at Parkway High School. This is my fifth year to judge policy debate and I consider myself a tabula rosa (I think that's how you spell it) judge. Here are my viewpoints on different arguments. When reading fast, make sure I can distinguish between the tag and the card. I can handle speed as long as there are clear transitions between tags and from card to card. Courtesy is very important to me as well. I may dock speaker points for rudeness against your partner or opponent.

Framework: Althought I lean policy i will vote on kritical arguments (both affirmative cases and negative arguments) If Fiat is debated in the round, I need strong standards of why fiat is bad/good on both sides.

Topicality: I have voted Neg on topicality in the past. I believe however, that if the negative goes for topicality, they should have a wonderful in round abuse story. I find it almost impossible to vote an affirmative team down on potential abuse alone. Standards are incredibly important to me, so argue them well if you want to win a T debate.

Counterplans: This is my favorite negative argument! Conditionality doesn't bother me as long as you argue the theory well!

Kritiks: Make sure to outline an understandable link scenario! Explain the story to me well and I'm cool!