{"id":650,"date":"2009-10-06T14:43:30","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T18:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/archives\/650"},"modified":"2009-10-06T14:43:30","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T18:43:30","slug":"enron-and-the-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/archives\/650","title":{"rendered":"Enron and the Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 6 in an 8-part series regressing through the Stanford 2002 APDA tournament.<\/p>\n

Last week: Round 4 (re: Stalin vs. Lenin)<\/a><\/p>\n

Today’s round<\/a> is the only time in my career where I remember someone running a counter-case against an opp-choice case. Traditionally this practice is considered illegal, so that it’s possible to have rounds between two bad scenarios (e.g. opp-choice, would you rather eat a banana slug or a cockroach, where it would be unfair to counter-case with eating an ice-cream sundae). Nevertheless, this round matched us up with a NPDA team, from the rival circuit to APDA, and they have a slightly unconventional approach.<\/p>\n

The round was about a case we wrote specifically for the tournament, whose theme was the Enron scandal and its associated corruption. It was a rather simple case about an Enron executive dropping their wallet and whether they deserved it back or you should keep the money. Because of the counter-case, it ended up being more about police and their role in society.<\/p>\n

My MG features one of my few uses of props in a round which, while technically barred, could have very persuasive effect. Sadly, my chalk-eating round was never recorded, so this is probably the best documented use of a prop from my days on the circuit.<\/p>\n

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Stanford 2002 APDA Round 3<\/a> from Storey Clayton<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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