Tournament: Usc | Round: 1 | Opponent: Kentucky Geldof-Vargason | Judge: Kirk
Sloterdijk 09 (Peter Sloterdijk, kind of a big deal. President of the State Academy of Design at the Center for Arts and Media in Karlsruhe. Terror from the Air. ISBN: 978-1-58435-072-9 . P. 9-11)RJG

If asked to say in a single sentence and as few words as possible what
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severe damage to the lungs and respiratory tracts after long periods of exposure.

Sloterdijk 09 (Peter Sloterdijk, kind of a big deal. He is the most Teutonic man I have ever seen, and he has a brilliant moustache. Terror from the Air. ISBN: 978-1-58435-072-9 . P13-17)RJG

While the disastrous 20th century prepares to go down in history books as the "
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recorded cases of any servicemen openly opposing this new "law of war." 

Sloterdijk 09 (Peter Sloterdijk, kind of a big deal. He’s wandered the world and seen many things. Terror from the Air. ISBN: 978-1-58435-072-9 . P 52-53)RJG

Airquake: the explication of air, climatic and atmospheric situations calls into question the
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an apposite commentary on the reality of air warfare in the 20th century.

Sloterdijk 09 (Peter Sloterdijk, kind of a big deal. He has a PhD from the University of Hamburg, and studied Philosophy, German Studies, and History. Terror from the Air. ISBN: 978-1-58435-072-9 . P. 22-30)RJG

From its inception, gas warfare combined all three of the 20th century's operative criteria
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northeast, fled the frontline in panic, coughing and screaming in retreat.

Sloterdijk 09 (Peter Sloterdijk, kind of a big deal. He has a voice that can truly be described as sonorous. Terror from the Air. ISBN: 978-1-58435-072-9 . P. 37-42)RJG

If the year 1924 plays an eminent role in the drama of atmosphere explication,
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'death, but more so of ensnarement in the lethal trap of air. 

Sloterdijk 09 (Peter Sloterdijk, kind of a big deal. Studied under Osho, so he has to know a thing or two about poisoning people. Terror from the Air. ISBN: 978-1-58435-072-9 . P. 62-69)RJG

With these references to the unfolding question (itself set into motion by gas warfare
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the democratic response to the explicit when it can no longer be denied. 

Sloterdijk 09 (Peter Sloterdijk, kind of a big deal. He has the most magnificent eyes. Terror from the Air. ISBN: 978-1-58435-072-9 . P. 107-111)RJG

In modernity's campaign against the self-evident not only air and the atmosphere,
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the years of non-devotion begin.

Sloterdijk 88 (Peter Sloterdijk, kind of a big deal. Starts shit wherever he goes. Critiqiue of Cynical Reason.  ISBN: 978-0816615865. P. 539-541)RJG

In view of these developments, the claim of classical philosophy to be more "
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itself "be given to think" what is thinkable by being itself.

The 1AC is given preformatively, we argue that we are answering Sloterdijk call for a demarcation within a hostile environment and through this demarcation we create a sphere where new knowledge production and identity expression can occur.