Would an affirmative case that decreases starvation in Sub-Saharan Africa be topical?
What if I limited U.S. cattle: 1) Americans waste around 10% of beef. 2) They emit gases that are killing our ozone 3) Cut the amount of cattle one farmer can have by 5 percent 4) Send the extra grain to sub-Saharan Africa. 5)This will ultimately lead to the end to starvation and other diseases caused by malnutrition. ANSWER: There is little doubt that many people in Sub-Saharan Africa encounter episodic food shortages while other people suffer from chronic malnutrition. Lack of access to proper amount of nutritious food also undermines the general health, weakens the immune system, and therefore creates the conditions for the spread of communicable diseases. So some affirmative cases that take direct action to reduce malnutrition should be able to find arguments to prove that they address public health. The crucial issue in many topicality debates, however, is not the nature of the harm addressed by the affirmative but the action taken by the affirmative plan. The plan should be the f
