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== NIBs == | == NIBs == | ||
NIBS are “Necessary but Insufficient Burdens”, which are offense for one debater, but not the other. For example if the neg says “the resolution is impossible”, proving that the resolution is impossible is a reason to vote negative, but the aff proving the resolution is possible is not a reason to vote affirmative. | NIBS are “Necessary but Insufficient Burdens”, which are offense for one debater, but not the other. For example if the neg says “the resolution is impossible”, proving that the resolution is impossible is a reason to vote negative, but the aff proving the resolution is possible is not a reason to vote affirmative. They are strategic because they require the other debater to answer the argument, which wastes their time, but they are not turnable. | ||
== Burdens == | == Burdens == |