TOPICALITY AND DEFINITIONS

Here are definitions for defending the topicality of any given affirmative case and for attacking the topicality of a wide variety of cases. Special thanks to Steve Dolley of the Nuclear Control Institute for his excellent assistance in acquiring some of the more interesting definitions.

Pay special attention to the list of links provided at the end for further research on the definition of weapons of mass destruction.

Established

Foreign Policy

Limiting

Use

WMD Narrow Definitions

WMD Broad Definitions

WMD definiton must be flexible

WMD — anything that kills a lot of people

WMD — specific case areas

WMD — links to many more definitions

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