Negative Strategies
The negative has several options for refuting the affirmative's plan that relate to the man on the cliff:
- The man is not in fact walking towards the cliff, but perhaps away from it. Or, he is not moving at all. (Inherency)
- Walking off the cliff will actually have positive consequences for the man (Harms)
- The affirmative plan will not be sufficient to push the man away from the cliff, and he will fall off anyway. (Solvency)
- The affirmative plan will push the man away from the cliff, but towards a greater peril (such as another, steeper cliff). (Disadvantages).
- Even if the man falls off the cliff, it doesn't matter (Significance)
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