Yup, that’s right folks, relativism. No, not just NORMAL relativism, but the argument of relativism in LD debate. The toughest thing to debate too, if you ask me. What the whole idea kind of boils down to is that excellence is extremely relative (duh). For example, in my case, I define excellence as a virtue. Most people argue that excellence/a virtue is relative. Say, a criminal might think that the ability to cheat convincingly is excellent, while the pastor of a church would probably (at least I would hope so) think exactly the opposite. Calvin and Hobbes kind of sums it up nicely.
(actually, whether it sums it up nicely or not, I just think it’s kind of cute) ANYWAY…since the resolution for LD debate this year is that “Competition is superior to Cooperation as a means of achieving EXCELLENCE”, when you go affirmative and the negative runs that argument, it is extremely hard to refute…because excellence kind of IS relative…so if anyone has any good ideas for what to argue against that, let me know ASAP. 
