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PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!! Big Sky Debate is pleased to release its Spring 2012 UIL Lincoln-Douglas Debate resources on free trade!  The resolution, released by the UIL is:

RESOLVED: Access to drinking water ought to be valued as a human right instead of as a commodity.

The index for our resources appears below the fold.

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AFFIRMATIVE

• WATER IS INCREASINGLY SCARCE
• WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE AND CANNOT BE SOLD
• IMMORAL TO COMMODIFY WATER
• WATER IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
• TREATING WATER AS A RIGHT CRUCIAL TO DISTRIBUTION
• WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR OTHER RIGHTS
• COMMODIFICATION OF WATER LEADS TO INEQUALITY
• COMMODIFICATION UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY
• COMMODIFICATION WILL CAUSE CONFLICT
• COMMODIFICATION DAMAGES THE ENVIRONMENT
• COMMODIFICATION WILL NOT SOLVE SCARCITY OF WATER
• COMMODIFICATION OF WATER UNDERMINES THE COMMONS
• COMMODIFICATION IS LEADING TO CENTRALIZED CONTROL OF WATER
• COMMODIFICATION IS CORRUPT
• RIGHT TO WATER CRITICAL TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
• PUBLIC CONTROL OF WATER BETTER
• A/T: “NEED” TO WATER
• A/T: COST
• A/T: RIGHTS RHETORIC DOESN’T INCREASE ACCESS
• A/T: FREE OR WASTED WATER
• WORLD IS MOVING TOWARDS RECOGNITION OF RIGHT TO WATER

NEGATIVE

• MARKETS INCREASE ACCESS TO WATER
• MARKETS BEST PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
• MARKETS PREVENT SCARCITY/PROTECT WATER
• MARKETS ARE MORE EFFICIENT
• MARKETS HELP THE POOR
• MARKETS EMPIRICALLY SOLVE
• MARKETS PREVENT WAR
• MARKETS ARE NOT ANTI-DEMOCRATIC
• GOVERNMENTS FAIL
• RIGHT TO WATER IS DANGEROUS
• THE REAL PROBLEM IS LOW PRICES FOR WATER
• RIGHT TO WATER IS JUST RHETORICAL—NO INCREASED ACCESS
• NO LEGAL BASIS FOR WATER RIGHT
• RIGHTS ARE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH COMMODIFICATION