Dallas Urban Debate League December, 2007

DataClaim Warrant

DataClaim Warrant

 Fact – Verifiable Assertions “25 million Africans suffer from AIDS”  Value – Qualitative Assertions “PHA to SSA is a moral imperative”  Policy – Assertions that action is required “The USFG should increase PHA to SSA” Claim

DataClaim Warrant

DataClaim Warrant

 The evidence supporting the claim Testimony Statistics Observations “The president's AIDS initiative, like his invasion of Iraq, is a go-it-alone affair that ignores the clear global consensus on how to fight AIDS. In launching his own initiative, Bush has shifted the bulk of U.S. money away from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international organization that has funded projects in 128 countries and is widely recognized as the best way to distribute AIDS funds. "Bush is starving the fund," says Dr. Paul Zeitz, executive director of the Global AIDS Alliance. "It's despicable, frankly." - Geraldine Sealey, 2005 Data

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 The inferential leap that connects the Data to the Claim or the “Because” in an argument C: Us approach to AIDS preventions in Africa is hindering efforts to fight HIV spread. D: US is starving international donor groups of funds and assistance. W: Increasing US support for donor groups in SSA increases coordination and helps fight AIDS. Warrant

 Explains the reasoning for the Warrant Analogy, generalizations, authority, example, etc. “Experts agree gag rule increases AIDS” “Empirically, prevents finds from going to effective NGOs” “Makes coordination impossible” Backing

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