Plan inclusive counterplan
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In policy debate
, a plan inclusive counterplan (or PIC) is a counterplan
presented by the negative team which incorporates some of the affirmative's plan either functionally or textually. Most judges consider PICs theoretically legitimate although it is possible for the affirmative to defeat them on the grounds that they are illegitimate. Because they moot much of the 1AC offense
, they are considered one of the deadliest negative strategies.
PICs include agent counterplan
s which propose to do the affirmative plan with a different agent, and exclusionary counterplans which exclude part of the affirmative plan. For example, if the affirmative plan was to "Pass the farm bill" a PIC would be to "Pass parts A and B of the farm bill". Additionally, PICs include Word PICs. First read in 2002 by Jonathan Paul, a Word PIC does the affirmative but changes a word in the plan text e.g. use Nihon instead of Japan because Japan is an imperialist term. A well-worded PIC cannot be permed
without severance because it is plan minus.
Policy debate
Policy debate is a form of speech competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government or security discourse...
, a plan inclusive counterplan (or PIC) is a counterplan
Counterplan
A counterplan is a component of debate theory commonly employed in the activity of parliamentary and policy debate. While some conceptions of debate theory require the negative position in a debate to defend the status quo against an affirmative position or plan, a counterplan allows the negative...
presented by the negative team which incorporates some of the affirmative's plan either functionally or textually. Most judges consider PICs theoretically legitimate although it is possible for the affirmative to defeat them on the grounds that they are illegitimate. Because they moot much of the 1AC offense
Offense (policy debate)
In policy debate, offense refers to arguments that make a definite value judgment about an advocacy.For example, "Ice cream is bad for your health" is an offensive argument, while "Ice cream doesn't make you healthier" is a defensive argument....
, they are considered one of the deadliest negative strategies.
PICs include agent counterplan
Agent counterplan
In policy debate, an agent counterplan is a counterplan that proposes to do affirmative's plan with another agent. For example, if the affirmative plan were: "The USFG should send troops to Liberia" an agent counterplan would be "France should send troops to Liberia." Like most mainstream...
s which propose to do the affirmative plan with a different agent, and exclusionary counterplans which exclude part of the affirmative plan. For example, if the affirmative plan was to "Pass the farm bill" a PIC would be to "Pass parts A and B of the farm bill". Additionally, PICs include Word PICs. First read in 2002 by Jonathan Paul, a Word PIC does the affirmative but changes a word in the plan text e.g. use Nihon instead of Japan because Japan is an imperialist term. A well-worded PIC cannot be permed
Permutation (policy debate)
In policy debate, a permutation is an argument made by the 2AC to test the competition of a counterplan or kritik testing the comparative desirability of the plan and all or part of the counterplan or kritik against the counterplan or kritik by itself...
without severance because it is plan minus.