The Disadvantage
The Disadvantage
A. Uniqueness
This argument says that the disadvantage is NOT going to occur in the status quo. It’s like inherency for the DA.
Example: Oil prices are high, but STABLE in the Status Quo.
B. Link
This argument says that the affirmative case does something to change the direction of the status quo.
Example: The affirmative plan reduces the demand for oil which reduces the price of oil.
C. Internal Link
This argument says that the change explained in the link will cause something else to happen.
Example #1: When the price of oil goes down, Russia’s economy collapses because it is propped up by oil revenues now.
Example #2: When the price of oil goes down, Saudi Arabia’s economy collapses because it is entirely based on oil.
D. Impact
So, the US has stopped buying oil, which hurts the Russian economy. So the Impact talks about why the result of the internal link is bad. You can read more than one card here if you want to make a bigger (terminal) impact.
Example #1a: Russian economic collapse increases the risk of nuclear terrorism.
Example #1b: Nuclear terrorism could result in extinction.
Example #2a: Saudi Arabian economy is the key to the global economy.
Example #2b: Global economic collapse results in war.
(Courtesy of John Boyer, Lafayette College)
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