Drones Affirmative Breakdown

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​Good luck - Victoria Stafford

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I. Vocabulary

UAV - This stands for unpiloted aerial vehicles, which is just a fancier term for drones.

II. Plan: The United States federal government should prohibit the use of unpiloted aerial vehicles for domestic surveillance without a warrant.

Translation: The US can't fly drones without a warrant. (Yeah, it's pretty straightforward.)

III. Advantage 1: Privacy

Drone usage is here to stay, which means we need to develop rules to make sure drone usage doesn't infringe on our privacy rights. → Privacy rights are a crucial part of democracy, through preserving human rights and international law. → The human rights law and international law prevent conflicts and wars. Democracy can solve extinction, because democratic nations are more concerned about their people and therefore less likely to engage in conflict with other countries that could threaten their people's safety.

IV. Advantage 2: Agriculture

If we do not put down rules for drone usage, the public will view that this technology has a great chance of being misused by invading citizens' privacy. → By providing restrictions on drone surveillance, this will dissolve public concern about their privacy rights being taken away. → This allows for drones to be used for commercial purposes, like agriculture. → Drones are crucial for farming growth: Drones are able to take cheap aerial pictures of large amounts of land and monitor crops. But more importantly, it reduces the amount of pesticides put onto crops by applying pesticides only to crops that need it.

1) → Pesticide runoff can kill species that are important to the ecosystem. This causes a loss in biodiversity. → Biodiversity loss leads to extinction.

2) → Farming growth helps us maintain a stable food supply. → Food insecurity causes global wars.

V. Solvency

Drone surveillance should always have a warrant. → This allows drone usage to expand in other areas, like agriculture.