Noriko Satsume

"Congress shall make no law

abridging the freedom of speech
- U.S Constitution, 1st Amendment

To be read if there is a fan in the room. DO NOT READ IF THE DOOR IS NOT CLOSED OR IF
YOU CLOSED THE DOOR. DO NOT ASK FOR THE DOOR TO BE CLOSED. THIS APPLIES TO
WINDOWS AS WELL.

1AC C1: Having a fan on in a closed room can kill you

(Robin. Fandeath.net, 2012)
If a fan is blowing in a sealed room then it may cause the body temperature to cool down enough to
cause hypothermia. Severe Hypothermia can cause death.
Another [theory] suggests that fans use up oxygen and create fatal levels of carbon dioxide in the room.
I think a

sealed room without a fan will eventually have high levels of carbon dioxide if someone is breathing
in the room.

C1 Evidence
(Kang Yoon-seung. The Korean Herald, July 4th, 2011)
A man reportedly died on Monday morning after sleeping with an electric fan running.
The 59 years-old victim, only known by his surname Min, was found dead with the fan fixed directly at
him.
The police revealed that although Min used to suffer from relatively high blood pressure, it was not
serious enough to require medication. They are still investigating the cause of death.
Meanwhile, deaths near electric fans happen occasionally during summer, which leads people to
propagate myths about danger of sleeping with them on.
Every summer, as well as seasonal typhoons attention is drawn to fan death. One of Koreas bestknown urban legends, the fan death myth is based on the idea that turning on electric fans in a closed
room can cause people to die.
Although professionals say the rumors are baseless, many Koreans are still worried about the safety of
leaving a fan on in Summer.
The theories which believers support include that fans distract air respiration, cause hypothermia,
or convert oxygen into carbon dioxide.
Scientists point out that fans can never cause hypothermia or lack of oxygen. Some [scientists],
however, have postulated other theories, including that dehydration of skin may cause [a] hearth attack.
Although there is no evidence that fans kill people, most Koreans still try to open doors or windows
when turning on fans.

Noriko Satsume

"Congress shall make no law

abridging the freedom of speech
- U.S Constitution, 1st Amendment

THEREFORE, BECAUSE THIS DEBATE DEMANDS THAT WE CONDUCT OURSELVES IN A

SEALED ROOM WITH A FAN, WE MUST REJECT THIS DEBATE ON ACCOUNT THAT
WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE, WHETHER IT BE THE JUDGE OR WHOEVER IS IN THE TAB
ROOM, IS BLATANTLY ATTEMPTING TO KILL US.
1NC - Link if the judge closed the door The aff, by engaging in this debate, accepts this fate and
obviously wishes to allow whoever is trying to kill us to succeed in their motives. We must reject the
Aff's blatant suicidal or potentially homicidal tendencies by voting negtive.
1NC -Link if the aff is the one who closed the door - The aff is the one who closed the door, so he is
obviously trying to kill both the judge and the neg, so that he can steal the ballot and write his own
name on it to win the tournament. Let's not give him the satisfaction by voting for the neg and rejecting
his homicide.
2NR - If the aff rejects C1 the aff is only telling us this so that we're fooled into believing we are
safe. Judge, please, we are quickly running out of oxygen and freezing to death simultaneously
2NR Aff closed door, If the aff opens the door or turns off the fan this is an admission of guilt
and concedes of my contention that having a fan on in the room will kill you. You must take this as the
aff admitting defeat and trying to undo his plans and cover up the evidence before he can be brought to
justice.
2NR Judge closed door, aff opens door, shuts off fan This is an admission of defeat. The aff
recognizes my first contention, and having been shown the error or his suicidal ways, wishes to save
his own life and ours. This means he has just rejected the debate and instead has chosen his own life.
The just must negate.
2NR Aff closed door, Leaves door closed Judge, we need to be quick. We are rapidly losing
Oxygen and freezing to death simultaneously. If we don't act fast, the aff will succeed in his goals and
will steal the tournament. Not just for us, but for future debaters that he may murder, we must negate.
2NR Judge Closed door, Aff leaves door shut, shuts off fan The aff, fearing for his own life, has
chosen it over the round, and concedes the ballot to me. By shutting off the fan/opening the door, they
accept that fans may actually kill us

Noriko Satsume

"Congress shall make no law

abridging the freedom of speech
- U.S Constitution, 1st Amendment

A/T Fan death K by Tiger Li (Grady)

More circulation of fan air means more circulation of FAN DEATH!
Save Energy 1231
Largerceilingfanscanmovemoreairthansmallerfans.A36or44inchdiameterfanwillcoolroomsupto225squarefeet,whilefansthatare52
inchesormoreshouldbeusedinlargerrooms.Multiplefansworkbestinroomslongerthan18feet.Smallandmediumsizedfanswillprovideefficientcoolingina4to6footdiameterarea,whilelarger
fansareeffectiveupto10feet.

Alargerbladewillalsoprovidecomparablecoolingatalowervelocitythana

smallerblade.Thismaybeimportantinareaswhereloosepapersorotherobjectswillbedisturbedbyastrongbreeze.Thefanshouldalsobefittedtotheaestheticsoftheroomalargefan
mayappearoverpoweringinasmallroom.

So we should be seeing the most death from the largest fans.

Windfarm illness confirms
Rourke 132
The findings run against the claims of the Waubra Foundation, a national group that opposes windfarms and says
serious medical conditions have been identified in people living, working or visiting within six miles (10km)
of wind turbine developments. The group says the onset of conditions including sleep deprivation,
hypertension, [and] heart attacks and depression correspond directly with the operation of the
windfarms. Waubra's chief executive, Sarah Laurie, said illnesses resulting from exposure to windfarms [are] were "an
inconvenient truth" "There's been an attitude that the people who are getting sick are collateral damage," she said.
However, an Australian study proved that these ill effects were directly caused by the knowledge of the
effects; if you tell someone they might contract fan-related conditions, they will.
Rourke 23
Sicknessbeingattributedtowindturbinesismorelikelytohavebeencausedbypeoplegetting
alarmedatthehealthwarningscirculatedbyactivists,anAustralianstudyhasfound.Complaintsofillnesswerefarmoreprevalentincommunitiestargetedbyanti
windfarmgroups,saidthereport'sauthor,SimonChapman,professorofpublichealthatSydneyUniversity.Hisreportconcludesthat illnessesbeingblamedon
windfarmsaremorethanlikelycausedbythepsychologicaleffectofsuggestionsthatthe
turbinesmakepeopleill,ratherthanbytheturbinesthemselves...Complaintsofillnesswerefarmoreprevalentincommunities
targetedbyantiwindfarmgroups,saidthereport'sauthor,SimonChapman,professorofpublichealthatSydneyUniversity.Hisreportconcludes thatillnessesbeingblamed
onwindfarmsaremorethanlikelycausedbythepsychologicaleffectofsuggestionsthatthe
turbinesmakepeopleill,ratherthanbytheturbinesthemselvesChapmancitedarecentNewZealandstudy
thatexposed60healthyvolunteerstobothrealandfakelowfrequencynoise,similartowhatisproducedbywind
turbinesandissometimesknownasinfrasound.Halfofthevolunteerswereshowntelevisiondocumentariesabouthealth
problemsassociatedwithwindturbinesbeforetheylistenedtothelowfrequencynoise;theotherhalf
werenot.Theywerethenplayedamixtureofnoises.Thosewhohadseenthevideosabouttheadverseaffectsreported
higherlevelsofsymptomswhetherexposedtothegenuineorfakeaudiosamples.
This turns the K. Because my opponent pointed out that the fan is on and warned us of the potential
effects, we are now infinitely more likely to actually be killed by the fan death. In reading his K, he has
effectively doomed us all to the horrid onslaught of fan death. This turns the K. Vote Aff.

1 http://www.saveenergy123.com/common-configurations-of-fans.html
2 Allison Rourke, journalist for the Guardian, Windfarm sickness spreads by word of mouth, Australian study finds, published by the Guardian on 3/15/13.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/15/windfarm-sickness-spread-word-australia

3 ibid.