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Birmingham IV 2018 | TH opposes the ownership of pets |
Birmingham IV 2018 | TH regrets the romanticisation of art that is pursued for non-material gain (e.g. glorifying the ‘Starving Artist’) |
Birmingham IV 2018 | THW abandon African Union plans for a single currency |
Birmingham IV 2018 | In states with a significant ethnic minority population, TH supports the creation of political parties solely pursuing the interests of an ethnic minority group |
Birmingham IV 2018 | TH supports the use of mirroring in popular culture (eg. music videos, movies, art, literature, etc.) (Mirroring is the performance or reversal of stereotypically misogynist actions by women, often for feminist purposes: eg. reverse cat-calling.) |
Birmingham IV 2018 | TH believes that governments should oppose the formation of education hierarchies |
Birmingham IV 2018 | TH supports the full separation of religious and political activities in Muslim-majority States |
Birmingham IV 2018 | TH prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends) |
Riga IV 2018 | This house would require companies to hire a significant percentage of employees without university degrees across all levels of their organisation |
Riga IV 2018 | THBT the EU should cut structural funds to member states that undermine civil and political rights (e.g. restrict court independence, reduce media and academic freedom, etc.) |
Riga IV 2018 | Assuming the existence of empathy enhancement drugs, THW ban such drugs* |
Riga IV 2018 | THW make the weight of votes proportional to a person’s expected remaining lifespan* |
Riga IV 2018 | TH prefers a world in which people can’t lie |
Riga IV 2018 | THBT feminist movements should integrate religious messages and institutions into their advocacy |
Riga IV 2018 | THW ban private military contractors |
Riga IV 2018 | THW prefer a world where wealth is seen as shameful |
PAUDC Tanzania 2018 | THS the Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme in elementary schools in Africa. |
PAUDC Tanzania 2018 | THW reallocate revenues from such industries (e.g mining) to exclusively fund Universal basic healthcare for the poor. |
PAUDC Tanzania 2018 | THBT Liberal Democracies have an Obligation to declare all Major Cities in their Countries as Sanctuary Cities. #PAUDC2018 #Akofena19 |
PAUDC Tanzania 2018 | This House Believes that the AU should exclusively regulate the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa |
Brandeis IV | THW require all isolated religious communities (eg. Hasidic Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.) to give all 18-year-olds a 'Rumspringa'. |
Brandeis IV | THW significantly tax vacant homes |
Brandeis IV | THW ban media sources from taking institutional stances on the innocence or guilt of people who have been charged with a crime, but not yet convicted or acquitted |
Brandeis IV | THBT environmental organizations should start a campaign of sabotage and destruction against major pollution companies |
Brandeis IV | This house regrets South Africa's rainbow nation narrative |
Brandeis IV | THW pay politicians the median wage in their country |
Brandeis IV | TH prefers a world in which children are raised to aspire to be single rather than married |
Brandeis IV | This house believes that the southern african development community (SADC) should pursue political union |
Brandeis IV | TH regrets art that glorifies gaining material wealth |
Brandeis IV | THBT the ACLU should work to maximize civil liberties regardless of ideology. |
Seattle IV 2018 | After a speaker has been invited, THW allow university students to vote to reject the speaker from coming to campus. |
Seattle IV 2018 | This house regrets the rise of the gig economy. |
Seattle IV 2018 | THBT LGBT+ Pride campaigns should focus on direct protest rather than celebration |
Seattle IV 2018 | THBT it is in the interests of the four central Asian states to establish the CAU. (Infoslide: The Central Asian Union (CAU) was a tentative agreement to establish greater regional cooperation among Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan following the dissolution of the USSR. This included a collective peacekeeping force, closer economic integration (e.g. negotiating as a bloc in international trade agreements, a proposed common currency), and coordinating on foreign policy. The CAU was never fully realized.) |
Seattle IV 2018 | TH, as a western democracy, would prefer relations with a stable autocracy as opposed to an unstable democracy |
Seattle IV 2018 | THW require sporting teams that recruit internationally to pay recruits to compete in domestic leagues for a period of time before leaving to play abroad. |
Seattle IV 2018 | Assuming the technology to significantly alters the body exists (eg, changing memory capacity, limb reinforcements...) thw recognize a right to morphological freedom |
Seattle IV 2018 | THW release the Federal Reserve from the dual mandate. (Infoslide: Since 1977, the US Federal Reserve has operated under a "dual mandate" from Congress to pursue full employment and low inflation. Under traditional macroeconomic theory, there is a tradeoff between these states exemplified in the Phillips Curve. Other central banks have different mandates; e.g., the European Central Bank has a singular focus on price stability.) |
Seattle IV 2018 | TH, as an indvidual, W not consume works produced by immoral artists |
Seattle IV 2018 | This house would become a scientist. (Infoslide: You are a citizen in a state that issues a mandatory aptitude test. You are not required to pursue a career based on the results of the test. You scored the highest in your country on math and science, you are predicted to be one of the best scientists of your generation. You are also a very talented artist. Your true passion lies in art.) |
Seattle IV 2018 | Many food ethics movements (local foods, slow foods, farm to table) condemn corporate production. Such as Farm to Table (add examples) THBT food ethics movements should disavow sustainable consumption marketed by large corporations (eg, Starbucks, Chipotle) |
Seattle IV 2018 | This house would publicly fund all elections. |
Seattle IV 2018 | Assuming that no other life existed in the galaxy, THW prefer a humanity that collectively expands and colonizes other planets to one that preserves and adapts to the Earth. |
Seattle IV 2018 | THBT cities should not use investment incentives to attract businesses |
Seattle IV 2018 | This house would pardon all deserters at the end of major war campaigns. |
Seattle IV 2018 | TH, as the UN, would facilitate independence referendums when requested by semi-autonomous regions |
Seattle IV 2018 | In post-conflict societies, TH prefers the creation of art with an inspirational and unifying message over art that depicts the prior or current suffering. |
Seattle IV 2018 | You are presented with a choice before you are born. You can be born into this world, or you can be born into a world without any religion or spirituality. Regardless of your choice, once born, you will not remember having made such a choice. THW choose to be born in a world without religion |
Seattle IV 2018 | This house supports the creation of charter cities in developing nations. (Infoslide: "Charter Cities" are tracts of uninhabited land set aside by host nations that would be semi-autonomous and administered by a developing third-party government. Citizens of the host nation could move in and out as they so desire. In recent years, Honduras has explored the option of establishing a charter city administered by the Canadian government.) |
Cambridge IV 2018 | TH opposes the attempts by the feminist movement to redefine roles and behaviours traditionally associated with women (e.g. wanting to be a housewife, wearing make-up and heels) as empowering. |
Cambridge IV 2018 | THS countries withdrawing from the International Criminal Court in order to create their own regional replacements (e.g. an African Criminal Court, an InterAmerican Criminal Court). |
Cambridge IV 2018 | In areas of chronically low academic attainment, THBT the general approach of educational charities should be to focus resources on maximising the potential of exceptional students, over helping the lowest achieving. |
Cambridge IV 2018 | THS the rise of computational creativity (Infoslide: Computational Creativity' is a scientific field researching AI models that simulate or replicate human creativity. Projects in the field include but are not limited to using AI to script films, compose music, write poetry, and paint). |
Cambridge IV 2018 | THW give legislative veto power to a Future Generations Commission (Infoslide: For the purposes of this debate, a 'Future Generations Commission' is an independent body mandated with mapping the long-term impacts of governmental policy on the young, or unborn generations). |
Cambridge IV 2018 | Where resources are significantly limited, THBT states should actively promote religion in areas of high poverty. |
Cambridge IV 2018 | TH prefers a world in which all children are conceived with DNA from a global genetic database. |
Cambridge IV 2018 | THBT it is immoral for individuals who have met their basic needs to not donate any excess wealth to utility maximising causes. |
Cambridge IV 2018 | Actually, THW rather see one innocent man go to jail than see 100 guilty men walk free. |
Cambridge IV 2018 | THR 'Operation Car Wash'. (Infoslide: Operation Car Wash' is a broad investigation conducted in Brazil that revealed extensive corruption. As a result of the operation, the left-leaning Workers' Party have lost power, and far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been elected president) |
Cambridge IV 2018 | From behind a veil of ignorance, TH would choose to not be born. |
UCLA IV 2018 | Ban football for minors |
UCLA IV 2018 | Democrats should abandon identity politics as a central tenant of their campaigning strategy |
UCLA IV 2018 | Ban the use of persistent surveillance systems by police forces |
UCLA IV 2018 | Given the technology to grant immortality exists, it would be treated as a positive right |
UCLA IV 2018 | The dangers of fat acceptance outweigh the harms of fat shaming |
UCLA IV 2018 | The Trump administration should abandon its widespread use of tariffs as a tool to boost the US economy |
UCLA IV 2018 | The United States should cease all diplomatic and military operations in the Middle East |
UCLA IV 2018 | State governments should refuse to uphold mandates from the Supreme Court of the United States |
Oxford IV 2018 | Assuming feasibility, THW ban all research into the possible genetic origins of sex, race and sexuality. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THBT environmental advocacy groups should prioritise lobbying governments to change environmental policy (e.g. cap and trade policies, banning environmentally harmful chemicals) rather than convincing individuals to take responsibility for their contribution to environmental damage (e.g. reducing/recycling waste, taking public transport). |
Oxford IV 2018 | TH, as Israel, would end compulsory military service. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THR the depiction of the everyday life of people with disabilities as inspirational. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THBT the South African government should incentivize the movement of people out of townships, rather than focus on policies that try to economically develop townships. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THBT the US should cut all political, economic and military ties with Saudi Arabia. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THBT social movements should reject the glorification of political violence. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THBT post-conflict states should actively promote a unifying national narrative in the history curriculum. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THBT the use of erotic capital by women does more harm than good. |
Oxford IV 2018 | THP a world where people believe you should maximize productivity to a world where people believe you should maximize leisure. |
Huber Debates 2018 | THW eliminate trial by jury and replace it with trial by judge |
Huber Debates 2018 | As an author of a non-colonial language (Inuktitut, isiXhosa, Gikuyu, etc) THW only write in one's native language. |
Huber Debates 2018 | Assuming the two are mutually exclusive, THW prefer wage subsidies over a raised minimum wage. |
Huber Debates 2018 | THW allow for free and open use of CRISPR technology in all medical research. |
Huber Debates 2018 | Other than a prospective student's net family income, THW remove all social factors (ie, race, gender, disability status) from university admissions' decision processes. |
Huber Debates 2018 | thbt the search for new, habitable planets should be prioritized in space exploration |
Huber Debates 2018 | THBT Canada should take the lead in seeking the diplomatic isolation Saudi Arabia |
Huber Debates 2018 | THW hold social media companies legally liable for content on their platform |
Huber Debates 2018 | TH prefers a world where romantic relationships are initiated by an algorithm that matches prospective partners to a near-perfect degree. |
Penguin Invitational 2018 | This House would create a military space force. |
Penguin Invitational 2018 | This House would require all voters to attend civic education classes. |
Penguin Invitational 2018 | THBT science is the key to human flourishing. |
Penguin Invitational 2018 | As the US Federal Government, THW significantly increase spending on foreign aid. |
Penguin Invitational 2018 | THBT social media is ruining democracy. |
Penguin Invitational 2018 | THBT affirmative action should be scrapped. |
Penguin Invitational 2018 | TH encourages fluidity in expressions of identity. |
Penguin Invitational 2018 | THW have elected representatives take an oath to pursue policies only if those policies are supported by a significant majority of their constituents. |
IUT Professionals 2018 | THW abandon the use of Hierarchical Diversity Targets |
IUT Professionals 2018 | TH as Israel would no longer label itself a Jewish nation state |
IUT Professionals 2018 | TH regrets the glorification of the pursuit of meaning of life |
IUT Professionals 2018 | TH, as European nations, would grant citizenship to refugees who would sign up for the military |
IUT Professionals 2018 | TH prefers a world in which individuals actively use their sexual equity for personal and professional gain |
IUT Professionals 2018 | THBT governments should require the portfolios of all multinational e-commerce companies (Amazon, Alibaba, Rakuten etc) to constitute of a minimum 50% of local products in value |
IUT Professionals 2018 | TH supports rainbow capitalism |
IUT Professionals 2018 | THW ONLY SELECT INDIVIDUALS WITH THE BEST CREDENTIALS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | THR the presence of “career politicians”. |
New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | THBT writers and owners of popular canons* have a moral obligation to follow the general and clear wishes of fans (e.g. JK Rowling (Harry Potter UNiverse), Disney (Star Wars), George RR Martin (Game of Thrones Universe)). |
New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | TH prefers sports leagues that are financially unregulated |
New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | TH embraces the collection by governments and corporate entities of a significant amount of data about individuals |
New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | THW disestablish all local councils and authorities in developed nations |
New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | THBT galleries and media outlets should not show content that is “of the time” but now considered offensive (e.g. racist stereotypes in the Simpsons, homophobic works of art). |
New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2018 | As the democrat party, THW nominate Hillary Clinton (assuming she makes herself available) as the democrat candidate for the 2020 presidential elections. |
Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018 | This House regrets the societal expectation of going to the University |
Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018 | This House would introduce quotas for women in League of Legends Esports teams |
Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018 | This House believes that the West should impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia |
Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018 | Assuming the technology existed, This House would allow the use of technology X. |
Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018 | In states with high rates of violent crime This House supports assassination of individuals credibly accused of participating in organized crime |
Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018 | This House regrets the demonization of Donald Trump |
Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018 | This House believes that the open immigration policy is not good for Germany |
Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018 | Assuming that a technology exists that can accurately measure and transfer intelligence This House would radically redistribute intelligence among the population |
Yale IV 2018 | This House would remove quarterly reporting requirements for publicly traded companies |
Yale IV 2018 | This House believes that prominent institutions in marginalized communities (churches, schools, community centres, etc.) should practice the politics of respectability |
Yale IV 2018 | This House supports the US's use of economic warfare (tariffs, targeted sanctions, etc.) against China in order to force compliance with the rules of the global neoliberal economic order (opening up its economy, protecting intellectual property, not engaging in currency manipulation, etc.) |
Yale IV 2018 | This House would remove all health restrictions for prospective adoptive parents |
Yale IV 2018 | This House believes that developing countries should never commit to having their sovereign debt disputes settled by courts in foreign countries |
Yale IV 2018 | In countries with vigorously contested campaign contribution regulations, this House believes that the political left should not contest the premise that money is speech and should, instead, contest how that speech is regulated |
Yale IV 2018 | This House believes that the horrors of history are incompatible with a belief in a Judeo-Christian God |
Yale IV 2018 | In a plurality of cases, this House believes that the "me too" movement should, on balance, prioritize a path towards redemption over retribution |
Yale IV 2018 | In legal systems where constitutional courts practice judicial review, this House would apply the "no precedential effect rule" to judgments by single judge margins |
Yale IV 2018 | This House would legalize and train sex workers specifically to work with disabled people |
Sofia Open 2018 | THW allow people to sue partners who cheated on them |
Sofia Open 2018 | THBT Putin is good for Russian power on the international stage |
Sofia Open 2018 | THBT the Bulgarian government should pay reparations to all those who were subjected to the Revival process |
Sofia Open 2018 | THBT the western companies and investors should pull out of the Saudi Arabia's Neom project |
Sofia Open 2018 | THR the increasing presence of nihilism in popular culture (eg. BoJack Horseman, Rick and Morty etc.) |
Sofia Open 2018 | TH prefers to be an averagely intelligent person to a genius |
Sofia Open 2018 | THBT it is NOT legitimate to shame public figures for non:criminal actions they did when they were young (eg. partying, alcohol consumption, soft drugs use, political views etc.) |
Rocky Mountain IV 2018 | THW mandate retirement from Congress at age 65. |
Rocky Mountain IV 2018 | This house, as a Palestinian, would advocate for a 1-state solution. |
Rocky Mountain IV 2018 | THBT universities that invite controversial speakers should be required, within a reasonable time frame, to invite a speaker that supports the other side of the controversy. |
Rocky Mountain IV 2018 | THBT the feminist movement should actively recruit conservative women. |
Rocky Mountain IV 2018 | Assuming Democratic control of the House, THBT the Democrats should prioritize the impeachment of President Trump. |
Rocky Mountain IV 2018 | TH supports ANTIFA. Good luck everyone. |
Rocky Mountain IV 2018 | “The premises of this mission should be inviolable. The agents of the receiving state may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission.” Motion: THW repeal Article 22 Subsection 1 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. |
Rocky Mountain IV 2018 | THW create specific zones where community members can legally participate in nonviolent, illicit behavior (e.g. sex work, drug use). |
Joensuu Mini 2018 | THR the decline of tightly integrated families |
Joensuu Mini 2018 | THBT governments should actively incentivice people to move away from areas with few viable economic activities |
Joensuu Mini 2018 | THW take the blue pill |
Joensuu Mini 2018 | THBT the United States should return to the policy of pressuring and sanctioning North Korea |
Joensuu Mini 2018 | THW ban the media from reporting on ongoing sex offence trials |
Joensuu Mini 2018 | THW welcome the downfall of global capitalism |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | THW strip Khabib Nurmagomedov of his UFC lightweight title |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | THW require approval from local referenda for all major land development decisions (e.g. when building stadiums, highways, airport, extensions, railways). |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | THBT all elected politicians should be paid the middle class income of their country's citizens. |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | THBT the LGBTQIA+ movement should advocate for greater inclusion of heterosexuals in their spaces (e.g. organizations, parades, establishments, etc.) |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | TH prefers a world where all art is anonymous. |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | THBT liberals should support progressive reinterpretations of religious scriptures as opposed to actively denouncing religion as a whole. |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | THW replace existing welfare systems, excluding healthcare, with a UBI |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | THW break up digital congrlomerates (e.g. Google, Alphabet, Facebook, etc.) |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | TH, as an African-American queer person, would not support No Justice No Pride. |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | THS the political unification of Africa. |
Luzon Intervarsity 2018 | Assuming that everyone had perfect information about the implications of climate change, TH, as an individual in a developing country, would consciously choose to ignore climate change |
Roosevelt Open 2018 | THS an Opinio System of Education |
Roosevelt Open 2018 | THS recall elections for national leaders (i.e. presidents, prime:ministers, ministers) |
Roosevelt Open 2018 | TH as the EU would significantly increase sanctions on Russia as opposed to lifting them |
Roosevelt Open 2018 | THBT parents should teach morality to their underage children through religious context (e.g. “it is a sin to lie”; "help thy neighbor" etc.) |
Roosevelt Open 2018 | THW allow workers to sell their rights in exchange for higher pay (e.g. health and safety protections, right to maternity/paternity leave etc.) |
Roosevelt Open 2018 | THO rise of social media influencers |
Roosevelt Open 2018 | THBT music streaming services (e.g. Spotify, Apple etc.) do more harm than good |
Roosevelt Open 2018 | Given the choice, THBT US Supreme Court Justices should be elected by a vote among federal judges rather than a popular vote |
GV Debate | "In the context of the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship begun in 1964, This House would directly engage in armed struggle." |
GV Debate | "This House condemns the rise of the use of social networks as a vehicle for public debate." |
GV Debate | "This House would rather live in a world where globalization had not occurred so intensely." |
GV Debate | "Thanks to the hierarchy, this House believes that combating "class oppression" is more important than combating "oppression of identities"." |
GV Debate | "Forced to vote between Haddad and Bolsonaro, This House would vote for Haddad." |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | This House Would Not Consume The Art of People Who Have Engaged in Gravely Unethical Behavior |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | This House Regrets The Belief That Technology Firms Will Solve The Climate Crisis |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | This House, as the US, would stop all arms sales, military support, and other aid to Saudi Arabia |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | This House would prefer a world where memory is permanent and infallible. |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | This House opposes the continued progress towards deep global economic integration (e.g. very low tariffs and free movement of capital and labour across borders). |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | With the goal of improving representation in media, this House would create original characters who belong to underrepresented groups, rather than re-imagine existing characters |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | Provided that it wins control of Congress and the White House, this House believes that the Democratic Party should increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court. |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | This House believes that the liberalization of sexual behaviour prompted by the sexual revolution fails women today |
Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018 | This House opposes the propagation of Canadian exceptionalism |
China BP | This House Regrets narratives that glorify the elderly (e.g. "The old know better"; "The old deserve more" etc.) |
China BP | This House Believes That Supreme Courts should refrain from making decisions on controversial social issues (e.g. gay rights, abortion) |
China BP | During economic crises, This House Believes That states should prioritise fiscal stability (i.e. balancing budget) over increasing public spending |
China BP | This House Believes That international criminal tribunals should introduce the death penalty for individuals convicted of crimes against humanity |
China BP | This House Believes That academic journals should not publish articles that characterize colonialism as positive |
China BP | Assuming feasibility, in countries with conscription, This House Would forcibly delete all soldiers' memories of combat situations upon their discharge |
China BP | This House Believes That the deaf rights movement should disproportionately emphasize the positive experiences associated with being deaf |
China BP | This House, as Iran, Would resume its nuclear weapons program |
China BP | This House Would allow political parties to make binding electoral promises that, once broken, will immediately trigger reelection |
China BP | This House prefers a world with a dominant norm of not expressing strong emotions |
China BP | This House Would abolish constitutional monarchies |
China BP | This House opposes the dominant social norm in favor of monogamy |
China BP | This House Believes That President Vladimir Putin is good for Russia |
China BP | This House Believes That the Pope should be elected by Catholics around the world |
China BP | This House Believes That Asian education systems should actively promote the view that Asian culture is superior to Western Culture |
Denver IV 2018 | THW mandate retirement from Congress at age 65 |
Denver IV 2018 | TH, as a Palestinian, would advocate for a 1-state solution |
Denver IV 2018 | TBHT universities that invite congroversial speakers should be required, within a reasonable time frame, to invite a speaker that supports the other side of the controversy. |
Denver IV 2018 | TBHT the feminist movement should actively recruit conservative women |
Denver IV 2018 | Assuming Democratic control of the House, THBT the Democrats should prioritize the impeachment of President Trump |
Denver IV 2018 | THW repeal Article 22 Subsection 1 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations |
Denver IV 2018 | TH supports ANTIFA |
Denver IV 2018 | THW create specific zones where community members can legally participate in nonviolent, illicit behavior (e.g sex work, drug use) |
HWS IV 2018 | This House would consider politicians under oath when making public statements on political issues* (* thus making them criminally liable for perjury if they lie about facts) |
HWS IV 2018 | In countries where compulsory military service for men exists, this House believes that feminists should advocate for the conscription of women |
HWS IV 2018 | This House believes that the LGBT movement should embrace the message that sexuality is a choice |
HWS IV 2018 | This House believes that United States foreign policy should seek to significantly restrict Iran's influence over Syria |
HWS IV 2018 | This House opposes Consumerist Culture* (*Consumerist Culture is a culture where consistently purchasing goods is expected and considered a marker of social status) |
HWS IV 2018 | This House believes that in Western states with high rates of unemployment the state should act as an employer of last resort (i.e. the state should directly employ people who are unable to find a job elsewhere) |
HWS IV 2018 | This House would allow communities to reduce the amount of policing employed within their neighborhoods |
HWS IV 2018 | This House would allow the creation of Savior Siblings* (*a child who is born for the purpose of providing an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who is affected with a fatal disease) |
HWS IV 2018 | This House would allow individuals to sue religious institutions in their community for propagating beliefs that cause them significant harm |
HWS IV 2018 | This House believes that the Obama administration should have prioritized affordable tertiary education over affordable healthcare |
HWS IV 2018 | This House believes that the state should curb assortative mating* (*the phenomenon of people primarily entering relationships and building families with those of similar social and economic characteristics) |
Mehran Debating Championship 2018 | TH regrets the USA's decision to leave the UNHRC. |
Mehran Debating Championship 2018 | TH as Pakistan in 1979 would remain neutral in the Afghan War |
Mehran Debating Championship 2018 | THW ban violent video games. |
Mehran Debating Championship 2018 | THS quotas for women in parliament |
Mehran Debating Championship 2018 | THW outlaw plea bargaining |
Mehran Debating Championship 2018 | THW abolish private property |
Mehran Debating Championship 2018 | THW elect the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistani Military. |
Speak Up 2018 | THBT that the Academy Awards should be genderless |
Speak Up 2018 | THW consider ECO-terrorism as a mitigating circumstance in court trials |
Speak Up 2018 | TH prefers a global citizenship over national identity |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | TH supports the symbolized popularization of painful historical events in modern pop culture. |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | THW REPEAL ALL NON-COMPETE LEGISLATION |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | THW NOT ALLOW MEMBERS OF FAMILIES WITH OVERWHELMING SOCIAL INFLUENCE (e.g, The Adeleke Family in Osun State - Davido's family) TO CONTEST ELECTIONS |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | TH AS HOODIE WILL OPT FOR THE PIG’S VALVE |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | THW TOTALLY RESTRICT FUTURE COPYRIGHTING OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | TH AS NIGERIA WILL PURSUE ISOLATIONIST ECONOMIC POLICIES |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | The 2018 FIFA World Cup champions, France, won the tournament with an ethnically diverse team who could trace their origins to Guadeloupe, Algeria, Guinea, Mali, French Guiana, Dr Congo, Martinique, Morocco, and Senegal. Motion:THBT colonial states that directly benefit in sports from the integration of athletes with roots to former colonies, should actively pay dividends to these former colonies, separate from existing financial obligations. |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | THW ABOLISH COMPULSORY REPRESENTATION |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | THBT ethnic minorities and movements that seek to break their ceilings(e.g glass, bamboo, black) and eliminate their underrepresentation should prioritize notions of intersectionality over their actual objectives. |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | THR the practice of banking secrecy |
All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018 | TH as a person appointed as a medical proxy will be held culpable by the patient upon recovery for decisions opposed to their preferred life choices (ideologies, medical choices etc) but crucial to their recovery |
McGill Central Novice Championship | THR the glorification of self-made success |
McGill Central Novice Championship | THBT state subsidization of art should be distributed through a random lottery |
McGill Central Novice Championship | THW eliminate the government's ability to enact back to work legislation for all education workers. |
McGill Central Novice Championship | THBT democratic governments should never be allowed to exercise prior restraint, even in cases of national security. |
McGill Central Novice Championship | In Canada, criminal court judges are appointed. In other countries, such as the US, Japan, and Switzerland, judges are elected. The methods and voting systems used to elect these judges varies based on country and municipality. In the US for example, judges run for local office in the same way as other politicians (eg, mayors, council people, etc.), and sometimes have a party affiliation for campaigning. Motion: THP elected over appointed judges in criminal courts |
Cedar College Debating Championship 2018 | THBT political representatives should deliberately seek to achieve the best political outcomes for their own local community or constituency, even at the expense of the national interest. |
Cedar College Debating Championship 2018 | TH prefers bail-ins to bail-outs |
Cedar College Debating Championship 2018 | THBT feminist movements should mobilise masculinity in service of feminist goals (e.g. "real men respect women") rather than deconstruct it (e.g. raising awareness to the issue of toxic masculinity) |
Cedar College Debating Championship 2018 | THBT India should actively oppose Chinese aggression in Asia |
Cedar College Debating Championship 2018 | TH does not regret internet piracy |
Cedar College Debating Championship 2018 | THW make rehabilitation the sole criteria for releasing criminals from prison |
Cedar College Debating Championship 2018 | TH, as a member of Pakistan's Economic Advisory Council, would resign. |
Jewell Debate Tournament | This house regrets the commercialization of social movements. |
Jewell Debate Tournament | This house would require companies to provide economic compensation & job retraining to those unemployed by the automation of their work. |
Jewell Debate Tournament | This house believes that the Democratic Party should move toward socialism in candidate selection and policy platform. |
Jewell Debate Tournament | Developing countries should ban the entry of charitable organizations that tie aid or services to religious conversion. |
Jewell Debate Tournament | This house believes that anonymous resistance from inside the Trump administration is a heroic act. |
Jewell Debate Tournament | In areas of high crime, this house would impose a curfew on men. |
Israel's English Cup 2018 | THW exclusively fund African NGOs instead of Western NGOs working in African countries. |
Israel's English Cup 2018 | THW strongly subsidize and promote feminist pornography. |
Israel's English Cup 2018 | TH would forbid western tech companies from accepting chinese standards in order to access the chinese market (e.g. Google accepting censorship, Apple moving servers to china etc). |
Israel's English Cup 2018 | THW ban ownership of 3D printers for personal use. |
Israel's English Cup 2018 | This House Opposes cultural and academic boycott. |
Joynt Scroll 2018 | This house would require all schools in New Zealand to become co-educational |
Joynt Scroll 2018 | THW replace the Māori seats in Parliament with a Māori upper house |
Joynt Scroll 2018 | This house regrets that President Obama did not enforce the 'red line' in Syria |
Joynt Scroll 2018 | TH, as a US Democratic presidential contender, would make repeal of the second amendment part of their core policy platform for 2020 |
Joynt Scroll 2018 | This house, as Inda, would embrace China's One Belt One Road Initiative |
Joynt Scroll 2018 | You are a relatively successful indie film-maker who has been approached by a major movie studio to direct a major film franchise. THW turn down the offer. |
Joynt Scroll 2018 | This house regrets the Obergefell decision |
Joynt Scroll 2018 | TH prefers a world where everyone believes in free will |
Diliman Debate Open 2018 | THR the glorification of tech magnates (e.g. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg) and their different tech ventures as pioneers of social change |
Diliman Debate Open 2018 | In post-conflict multi-ethnic societies, THW enforce quotas for minorities in prominent civil and military leadership positions |
Diliman Debate Open 2018 | THW relocate individuals away from remote and economically depressed areas rather than develop these areas |
Diliman Debate Open 2018 | THBT the sexual revolution has done more harm than good for women |
Diliman Debate Open 2018 | TH, as the Arab world, would exclude the US from participating in multilateral agreements between member nations until the US removes its embassy from Jerusalem |
Diliman Debate Open 2018 | THBT all Western states should cease selling arms to Saudi Arabia until it withdraws from Yemen |
Diliman Debate Open 2018 | Assuming its existence, THW reject the installation of non-medical information technology (such as enhanced memory, enhanced perception, and distance communication) within the human body |
The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018 | THW tear down gated communities in the developing world. |
The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018 | THBT education systems should actively teach sticking it to the man. |
The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018 | TH, as the international community, would support the BDS Movement in light of the Jewish Nation State Bill. |
The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018 | THW fabricate evidence in order to prove that historic icons had been gay. |
The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018 | THW give the Rohingya Arms. |
The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018 | THW require religious establishments to have female clergy in order to qualify for tax breaks |
The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018 | THBT the discovery of a means to stop the human aging process would be a curse to humanity. |
Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament) | THW require all schools in New Zealand to become co-educational |
Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament) | THW replace the Māori seats in Parliament with a Māori upper house |
Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament) | TH regrets that President Obama did not enforce the ‘red line’ in Syria |
Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament) | TH, as a US Democratic presidential contender, would make repeal of the second amendment part of their core policy platform for 2020 |
Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament) | TH, as India, would embrace China’s One Belt One Road initiative |
Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament) | You are a relatively successful indie film-maker who has been approached by a major movie studio to direct a major film franchise. THW turn down the offer |
Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament) | TH regrets the Obergefell decision |
Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament) | TH prefers a world where everyone believes in free will |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | This House Would end all state financial support to religion |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | This House Would create an international court to prosecute leaders adopting disastrous economic policies |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | Given a way to measure an individual's empathy, This House Would only allow individuals with high levels of empathy for people beyond their immediate circles, to vote in the election. |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | This House Supports the increased presence of the "intellectual dark web" on mainstream media |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | This House Believes That states formerly under the rule of the Soviet Union should NOT emphasize their history of struggle against Russian imperialism in constructing their national identity |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | This House Believes That Supreme Court justices should adopt 'original meaning' theories when interpreting constitutions |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | THW allow only women to be the heads of political parties |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | This House Believes That the state should strongly incentivise highly educated individuals to have children |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | This House Believes That the EU should employ similar tactics to those Russia used in the 2016 US election in order to undermine the Trump administration |
Macau Tournament of Champions BP IV | This House regrets the westernisation of the elites in post-colonial countries (e.g. speaking predominantly in English, going to schools/universities in the West, consuming predominantly Western Media). |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House Believes that the US Democratic Party should move to the left in candidate selection and policy platform |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House believes that State Health Services should allow private companies to run hospitals for profit |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House believes that the State should fund the creation of, and access to, realistic androids that simulate romantic relationships. |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House Regrets the glorification of the immediate postcolonial leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House Believes That South Korea should abandon the goal of, and all policies which aim at, Korean reunification |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House regrets the increasing trend of popular shows featuring neurodivergence* as the central theme. *Neurodivergence refers to those whose psychology is non standard, e.g. for reasons of mental health, mental disability, etc. |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House, as Colombia, would cease cooperation with the USA in the War Against Drugs |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House Believes That Artists should not participate in the ongoing interpretation of their art. |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This house supports first generation immigrants to Western Europe encouraging their children to fully assimilate and identify with the local culture |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | THBT the EU should decriminalise human smuggling*. * Human smuggling is the aiding of a willing person to illegally cross a border. It is distinct from human trafficking, in which the person does not consent. |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | THR the decline of labour union power in the West |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | This House supports the promotion of collective guilt after large scale crimes against humanity |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | THW prefer a religion which preaches that one's fate in the material world is predetermined rather than one which preaches that choices influence it |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | THBT the IMF should require direct control over a country's monetary policy as a condition of national bailouts. |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | THBT liberal democracies should constitutionally enshrine the right of regions to unilaterally secede |
Novi Sad EUDC 2018 | THR the shift in the #MeToo movement from victims sharing their experiences to holding public figures to account |
Belgrade Open | "R1: In post-colonial societies, THW require all international media corporations to employ solely domestic journalists in reporting on national news. |
Belgrade Open | In disaster-prone areas, THW replace all state rebuilding and reconstruction efforts with direct cash transfers to affected citizens |
Belgrade Open | THBT feminists should attempt to mobilize masculinity in service of feminist goals (e.g. ""real men respect women"") rather than attempt to deconstruct it (e.g. raising awareness to the issue of toxic masculinity) |
Belgrade Open | TH, as Serbia, would develop closer ties with Russia and Turkey at the expense of ties with the EU |
Belgrade Open | THBT successful members of oppressed groups should adopt a narrative that predominantly attributes their successes to chance as opposed to merit. |
Belgrade Open | Assuming the US Democrats win the house in midterm elections, TH, as the US Democrats, would move to impeach Donald Trump |
Belgrade Open | THS an integrated energy market within the EU |
Belgrade Open | THO the narrative that history inevitably moves towards a particular end (e.g. Fukuyama's ""end of history"", Marx's ""global revolution"") |
Split Open 2018 | This House would mandate by law that all couples must equally share domestic work |
Split Open 2018 | TH opposes left wing media using mockery to cover the far right e.g. The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight |
Split Open 2018 | This House would prefer that US Supreme Court Justices were elected by popular vote |
Split Open 2018 | THBT Croatian Democratic Party (HDZ) should disassociate from Thompson including but not limited to not playing his songs on their rallies, not making public appearance at their rallies etc. |
Split Open 2018 | TH as the UK Conservative Party would hold a second Brexit referendum |
Split Open 2018 | THBT athletes should not be permitted to express political views during major sporting events |
KCL Open 2018 | THW censor any music which promotes derogatory attitudes towards women. |
KCL Open 2018 | THB the EU should offer automatic membership to any constituent member that leaves the United Kingdom. |
KCL Open 2018 | THR the self-commercialisation of indigenous culture. (For example, Maori “village tours”, Aboriginal art fairs, and Native American casinos). |
KCL Open 2018 | THW ban all forms of self-incrimination |
KCL Open 2018 | THB that the countries of former Yugoslavia should create a common history curriculum and textbook. |
KCL Open 2018 | THR the existence of caste-based political parties in India. |
KCL Open 2018 | THW welcome an isolationist America |
KCL Open 2018 | TH, as the survivor community, would choose not to. |
Newcastle Mixed Doubles | THW require all low wage employees of large corporations to be unionized |
Newcastle Mixed Doubles | THBT Ireland should allow individual doctors, practitioners and medical institutions the right to opt out of new laws permitting abortion on the basis of conscience |
Newcastle Mixed Doubles | THR the Philippines' decision to pivot towards China |
Newcastle Mixed Doubles | THBT universities should generally prioritise teaching expertise over research expertise when hiring and promoting faculty members. |
Newcastle Mixed Doubles | THS the rise of Lulu |
Newcastle Mixed Doubles | THBT people should be more optimistic about the state of the country than objective assessments would warrant |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT educational policies should be decided by a council of elected officials instead of an appointed Department Secretary |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THS the practice of mainstreaming students with moderate learning disabilities |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW allocate the best performing public school teachers to underperforming schools |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT Asian countries should increase economic ties with China at the cost of reducing Western market power in Asia |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT economic adjustments in response to automation (e.g. unemployment support, labor retraining, migration) should be the burden of companies rather than the state |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THR social consumerism |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW recentralise the Philippine Health System |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT the course of treatment for children suffering from extremely rare and severely understudied diseases should ultimately be decided by the state and not the parents |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT the state should invest in basic health infrastructure over investing in medical research |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT Pride events in conservative countries do more harm than good |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | TH, as a rich white gay man, would refrain from assuming prominent leadership roles within the LGBT movement |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW lift all age restrictions for gender reassignment surgery |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT the West should no longer lead the fight against terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | In light of Trump's statement towards North Korea, THBT South Korea and Japan should adopt increasingly aggressive military posturing in the region |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT Latin American countries should collectively impose economic restrictions on the U.S. until it reforms immigration and trade policies towards the region |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT the exercise of eminent domain should extend to the expropriation of land to private corporations for their development initiatives |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT tech companies should proactively share their data and technology with the government for law enforcement purposes |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW give taxpayers the power to direct a fixed portion of their taxes to a government institution of their choice |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW incentivise members of religious minorities to enroll in predominantly Catholic schools |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT people-of-color Evangelical churches should dissociate from their white Evangelical counterparts/leaders which are supportive of Trump |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT liberal rabbis should actively denounce Zionism |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW reduce income tax for women |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW not support any attempt to make Kris Aquino an opposition icon |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | TH, as a feminist, would not support BDSM practices that involve women as the submissives |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW break up cultural enclaves (e.g. Chinatown, Little India) |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | In response to Orientalism in Western academe, THS the use of Occidentalist frameworks by non Western academic circles |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW allow the privatisation of national heritage sites |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW abandon all attempts at peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT the Philippines should lift all restrictions on the foreign ownership of businesses |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | TH, as the party, would field Candidate A |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW prohibit advertising that portrays child models as sexually provocative |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW censor old media that portrays bigoted plotlines that were a product of their time (eg: Friends) |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THR Facebook's shift towards an algorithm that prioritizes "meaningful social interactions" over news and business content |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THR the prominence of privatization/private companies in addressing problems of public transportation and transport infrastructure |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THBT effective adoption and innovation of green technology is incompatible with consumerism |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW decrease funding to local government units that fail to meet gender quotas in public institutions (e.g. government bureaucracy, public schools, police force) |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | TH prefers the strategy of creating new sustainable cities in developing countries over upgrading cities in developed countries to be sustainable |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THW nationalise all housing |
Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018 | THR the granting of civil rights to corporations (e.g. Freedom of Religion, Right to Political Participation) |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House supports individuals publicizing the identity of people who attend far right protests and gatherings in the USA to their community (coworkers, employers, family etc.) |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House supports individuals publicizing the identity of people who attend far right protests and gatherings in the USA to their community (coworkers, employers, family etc.) |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House would privatize NASA |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House would privatize NASA |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House opposes Twitch's decision to ban sexually suggestive content on their platform |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House opposes Twitch's decision to ban sexually suggestive content on their platform |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House would allow victims (and families of deceased) of gun violence to sue the sellers of the gun used in the act for compensation |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House would allow victims (and families of deceased) of gun violence to sue the sellers of the gun used in the act for compensation |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House believes that prominent individuals outside politics (e.g. business leaders, celebrities) from developing countries should emphasize the positive aspects of their country, rather than the negative aspects when speaking on an international platform |
Novi Sad Open 2018 | This House believes that prominent individuals outside politics (e.g. business leaders, celebrities) from developing countries should emphasize the positive aspects of their country, rather than the negative aspects when speaking on an international platform |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT religious institutions should to take custody of children in street situations, even without the consent of their parents |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT religious institutions should to take custody of children in street situations, even without the consent of their parents |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | If it were discovered during an armed conflict that a population hides terrorists, THW not consider a war crime to attack civilians |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | If it were discovered during an armed conflict that a population hides terrorists, THW not consider a war crime to attack civilians |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT government must grant economic compensation to those unemployed by the automation of their work |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT government must grant economic compensation to those unemployed by the automation of their work |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT sovereign debt must be insured with the assets of that country, including, among others, land, natural resources and state enterprises, in case of non-compliance |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT sovereign debt must be insured with the assets of that country, including, among others, land, natural resources and state enterprises, in case of non-compliance |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | TH, as a public educational institution, would prohibit all school football programs due to the risks of CTE |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | TH, as a public educational institution, would prohibit all school football programs due to the risks of CTE |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THW punish natural or legal persons who are accused of cultural appropriation |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THW punish natural or legal persons who are accused of cultural appropriation |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT human beings must sow terrestrial life forms on other planets even if that destroys endemic life forms of those planets |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT human beings must sow terrestrial life forms on other planets even if that destroys endemic life forms of those planets |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THS the creation of similar groups to the Gulabi Gang in Latin America |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THS the creation of similar groups to the Gulabi Gang in Latin America |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT it should be prohibited all acts of election campaign with the exception of public debates |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THBT it should be prohibited all acts of election campaign with the exception of public debates |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THW choose China |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | THW choose China |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | Assuming it is legal, THW justify that federal states with high rates of violence, hire mercenaries (private armies) to fight organized crime. |
1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara | Assuming it is legal, THW justify that federal states with high rates of violence, hire mercenaries (private armies) to fight organized crime. |
MDX Open | This House would make voting power depreciate with age. |
MDX Open | This House would prevent the development of geoengineering techniques. |
MDX Open | THW abolish juries in all criminal trials |
MDX Open | Given the opportunity THW reject immortality |
MDX Open | This House believes that the Israeli government should grant citizenship to permanent Palestinian residents in Israeli-controlled areas. |
MDX Open | This House believes that the pursuit of social mobility is doing more harm than good. |
Nottingham Trent Open 2018 | THW take the Blue Pill (to forget) |
Nottingham Trent Open 2018 | This House believes that the rise in illegal downloading and streaming services has been beneficial to the world of music. |
Nottingham Trent Open 2018 | This House believes that the Poor of the Developed World are entitled to vote for policies which protect their own economic interests at the expense of those of the Global Poor. |
Nottingham Trent Open 2018 | This House would make having a women‘s football team a requirement for playing in the English premier league (EPL). |
Nottingham Trent Open 2018 | Supposing feasibility, This House Supports the establishment of a Queer Republic |
Athens Open 2018 | TH opposes the portrayal of criminal lifestyles as “cool” in popular entertainment (e.g. Narcos, Breaking Bad, Scarface) |
Athens Open 2018 | THBT Greece should ban Sharia law in Western Thrace. |
Athens Open 2018 | THB that it is in China’s interest to not retaliate to the imposition of tariffs by the Trump Administration |
Athens Open 2018 | THO the buying and selling of emotional services |
Athens Open 2018 | THBT social media platforms should aggressively prioritise content from the mainstream media over less established media outlets |
Athens Open 2018 | THP a world in which this machine exists |
Athens Open 2018 | THW ban individuals credibly accused of corruption from running for public office. |
Athens Open 2018 | THBT the general approach of states should be to repatriate refugees once they no longer have a well-founded fear of persecution or violence. |
Maynooth Open 2018 | THR The Rise of Far Left Politics in Western Countries |
Maynooth Open 2018 | THR The Rise of Far Left Politics in Western Countries |
Maynooth Open 2018 | Open Motion |
Maynooth Open 2018 | Open Motion |
Maynooth Open 2018 | THB Women Are Legitimate in Using Erotic Capital |
Maynooth Open 2018 | THB Women Are Legitimate in Using Erotic Capital |
Maynooth Open 2018 | Open Motion |
Maynooth Open 2018 | Open Motion |
Maynooth Open 2018 | THBT African states should extend dual citizenship status to members of their diaspora, including the right to vote in elections, and right of return, as part of the AU's diaspora initiative. |
Maynooth Open 2018 | THBT African states should extend dual citizenship status to members of their diaspora, including the right to vote in elections, and right of return, as part of the AU's diaspora initiative. |
Maynooth Open 2018 | THW Pull the Switch |
Maynooth Open 2018 | THW Pull the Switch |
Maynooth Open 2018 | TH, As the EU, would trigger Article 7 if Hungary failed to commit to democratic reform |
Maynooth Open 2018 | TH, As the EU, would trigger Article 7 if Hungary failed to commit to democratic reform |
Maynooth Open 2018 | Open Motion |
Maynooth Open 2018 | Open Motion |
NLUO BPD 2018 | This house prefers leaderless movements. |
NLUO BPD 2018 | This house would allow plaintiffs to sell their right to sue to third parties. |
NLUO BPD 2018 | This house regrets Oxford University's decision to provide more time in their exams. |
NLUO BPD 2018 | This house would disallow the practice of Instantaneously Naturalizing foreign athletes to serve on national sports teams. |
NLUO BPD 2018 | This house prefers bail-in over bail-out. |
NLUO BPD 2018 | Assuming the switch will never be discovered, this house will tell the poor couple their baby died and hand the surviving baby over to the wealthy couple. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that we should exclusively fund political parties through public funding. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house regrets written constitutions. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that, in highly populated urban areas, the government should set a maximum rent that may be charged for residential tenancies. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house would abolish income tax in favour of consumption taxes. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house would prefer a world where it is commonly believed that free will does not exist. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house supports a movement towards granting human rights to AI. |
NZ Easters 2018 | A Western democratic nation has recently been the target of a relatively large terrorist attack. That nation has elections scheduled in a week. This house would cancel those elections. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that social media companies should aggressively exclude extremist political content from their platforms. |
NZ Easters 2018 | You are one of New Zealand's top historians and have been asked by the Waitangi Tribunal to provide a record of harm borne by an iwi. You are confident your report will be accepted as true. This house would alter the historical documents to increase the iwi's likely Treaty settlement. |
NZ Easters 2018 | You are an innkeeper. It is approximately 0BC. The King has issued an edict requiring all newborns to be handed to his soldiers in pain of death. You know of such a newborn, he is in your inn’s stable. You suspect the child may be sacred to your God. This house would hand over the child. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that feminists should criticise decisions made by women that seem to entrench patriarchal norms even where women claim it is their choice (e.g. foregoing careers to raise children, having cosmetic surgery). |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house would enforce surrogacy contracts, even if the surrogate mother refuses after giving birth. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house regrets the Truth and Reconciliation amnesty process. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that in post colonial countries, land confiscated by colonial powers should be seized by the state without compensation. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that the criminal law should not distinguish an attempt to commit a crime from successfully committing a crime. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that juries, not judges, should be entirely responsible for sentencing decisions. |
NZ Easters 2018 | You are a humanitarian charity operating in a conflict-zone and have been instructed that to remain working in the country you must provide 50% of your donations to the government or else all access to the country will be forcibly cut off. This house would remain in the conflict-zone. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that charities should not accept money from donors they consider immoral. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house supports student unions who disaffiliate controversial student groups. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that we should recognise a right to be free from intentionally offensive speech. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that Western democratic countries should unilaterally evacuate relics of historical or cultural importance located in unstable countries and take possession of them. |
NZ Easters 2018 | This house believes that the International Criminal Court should use private military contractors to arrest people wanted by the Court. |
KUET IV 2018 | THBT Indigenous Communities should form their own professional sports teams |
KUET IV 2018 | THW abolish out of court settlements for crimes related to sexual harassment of any kind |
KUET IV 2018 | THS the rise of Roseanne in mainstream media |
KUET IV 2018 | TH regrets universalization of western liberal values |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THBT states should not prosecute members of terrorist organisations (e.g. ISIS, Al-Qaeda) who surrender to those states. |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THW anonymize the funding, display, and sale of art |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THW, as a billionaire who opposes Artificial Intelligence, fund violent and destructive action against companies that aim to create strong Artificial Intelligence |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THBT NATO should end all political, economic, and military support for the Russian Commonwealth. |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THW ban religious institutions from asking for donations from their followers. |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THBT former colonial powers should drastically increase the number of immigrants from their ex-colonies. |
Shanghai International Debate Open | Countries with declining populations should abandon policies that aim to increase the birth rate (ex. incentivising citizens to marry and have children) |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THBT environmental advocacy groups should prioritise individual-centric actions (e.g. recycling, not eating meat etc.) at the expense of policy-level changes |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THBT WLDs should introduce 'youthocratic' voting. |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THBT states without the death penalty should never extradite individuals to countries where they may face the death penalty (info slide: extradition) |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THBT the IMF should not make financial support conditional on recipient states adopting austerity measures |
Shanghai International Debate Open | TH, as a parent, would teach their female children to adopt traditionally masculine personality traits (e.g. self-promotion, assertiveness) |
Shanghai International Debate Open | THR the glorification of hard work |
The Beacon Debating Club 2018 | THW privatise the water supply. |
The Beacon Debating Club 2018 | THW compensate workers for the loss of jobs resulting out of automation. |
The Beacon Debating Club 2018 | THW ban religious political parties in secular states. |
The Beacon Debating Club 2018 | TH regrets the rise of call out culture. |
The Beacon Debating Club 2018 | THBT states should construct data based profiles of their citizens (China social credit for example) |
2018 Empire Debates | THR the choice by gun control activists to focus on mass shootings as the primary consequence of gun violence |
2018 Empire Debates | THP the English Rule to the American Rule* *Info Slide: The English Rule requires that the loser in a lawsuit pays the winner's legal fees, and is observed by nearly every Western democracy. In the United States, however, the both sides pay their own attorney fees unless otherwise specified by the judge (this is rare). |
2018 Empire Debates | THBT political parties should actively prohibit candidates with radically different beliefs from running under the party name |
2018 Empire Debates | TH, as a major news agency, would only publish positive reviews of minority-focused media (Queer Eye, Moonlight, Call Me By Your Name) |
2018 Empire Debates | THR the prominence of religious rehabilitation programs in prisons |
2018 Empire Debates | THBT all national economic policy (taxation, monetary policy, tariffs, etc) should be set by an appointed panel of economists rather than by elected officials |
2018 Empire Debates | TH, as an emerging economy, prefers supporting domestically-based banks to the exclusion of multinational financial institutions (for example, providing support to Banco de Mexico and the businesses and individuals who use BdeM in Mexico, but not those who bank at HSBC Mexico). |
2018 Empire Debates | THP a conception of human rights which derives its authority from a divine being rather than a secular source. |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THP antiheroes as the dominant female archetype in literature and film |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THBT the left should publicly support the violent suppression of alt-right speech |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THS the seizure and redistribution of land owned by the descendants of former colonizers in post colonial states |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THP a world where nobody can lie |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THW nationalize pharmaceutical research |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THBT having children is immoral |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THBT successful minority activists have a duty to donate their effects to schools that represent their community (eg: women's universities, HBCUs, Tribal Colleges, etc) |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THW ban non-disclosure agreements in the private sector |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | a 2014 study reported that 19% of trans* people were denied health care by their provider due to their gender identity; 28% experienced harassment in a medical setting; 28% postponed care due to discrimination. Currently,there are approximately 6 doctors in the US and 2 in Canada that perform genital reconstruction surgery. Trans* people may have transition-related needs that create dependency on the healthcare system. Motion: THW establish and fund separate health clinics to provide accessible and comprehensive care to trans*gender people |
North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018 | THBT the media should portray mass shootings as exclusively the result of social narratives of masculinity and systemic misogyny |
Pan Pacific Debate Championship 2018 | This house believes that companies should publish compensation information for all employees |
Pan Pacific Debate Championship 2018 | This house supports the brave new world |
Pan Pacific Debate Championship 2018 | This house believes that Hollywood should blacklist anyone credibly accused of sexual misconduct |
Pan Pacific Debate Championship 2018 | This house would require all debaters to pass a course in geography before debating foreign policy motions |
Pan Pacific Debate Championship 2018 | TH, as the European Union, would create a joint military force |
Pan Pacific Debate Championship 2018 | This house would criminally prosecute payers and recipients of sports bounties |
Pan Pacific Debate Championship 2018 | This house would regulate Google as if it were a public utility |
Pan Pacific Debate Championship 2018 | THW not inform the public |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house prefers a world in which social media costs money to use, but users do not give up the rights to their data, to the current world |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house welcomes the production of art by artificial intelligence |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house would place a tax on meat |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house believes that the West should engage in covert efforts to overthrow Vladimir Putin |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house believes that Cabinet appointees should be protected from firing once they are approved by Congress |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house believes that comedians should not be held to modern standards of political correctness |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house would classify catcalling as a felony |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house believes that Black Lives Matter should push for black separatism rather than inclusion |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house would abolish the Second Amendment |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house regrets the rise of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | This house would abolish the Second Amendment |
US Western Regional Championship 2018 | Assuming we had the technology to be able to perfectly simulate physical and psychological pain (without killing someone), this house would allow convicted criminals to choose to feel the pain of their victims rather than serve their prison sentence |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house prefers a world in which social media costs money to use, but users do not give up the rights to their data, to the current world |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house welcomes the production of art by artificial intelligence |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house would place a tax on meat |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house believes that the West should engage in covert efforts to overthrow Vladimir Putin |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house believes that Cabinet appointees should be protected from firing once they are approved by Congress |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house believes that comedians should not be held to modern standards of political correctness |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house would classify catcalling as a felony |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house believes that Black Lives Matter should push for black separatism rather than inclusion |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house regrets the rise of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman |
Western Regionals 2018 | This house would abolish the Second Amendment |
Western Regionals 2018 | Assuming we had the technology to be able to perfectly simulate physical and psychological pain (without killing someone), this house would allow convicted criminals to choose to feel the pain of their victims rather than serve their prison sentence |
Manchester IV 2018 | THS charter schools |
Manchester IV 2018 | In addition to maternity pay and leave, THW make companies finance their female employees freezing of eggs and in vitro fertilization, if they so wish to |
Manchester IV 2018 | THR the abandonment of the Sunshine Policy |
Manchester IV 2018 | THW not give religious identity the same level of anti discrimination protection as other protected attributes (race, gender, sexuality) |
Manchester IV 2018 | THW ban political opinion polls |
Manchester IV 2018 | THR the decision to let the FARC run as a political party |
Manchester IV 2018 | THS states prioritizing the alleviation of poverty within their own borders at the expense of support of international aid programmes |
Manchester IV 2018 | THBT there is no significant moral difference between the life of a human and the life of a pig |
USC IV 2018 | THW make athletes widely believed to have used performance enhancing drugs eligible for their sport's Hall of Fame |
USC IV 2018 | THR the rise of choice feminism |
USC IV 2018 | THS the creation of a governing body for the English language |
USC IV 2018 | THBT former colonial powers have an obligation to promote economic development in their former colonies |
USC IV 2018 | THBT federal and state governments should prioritize funding for early childhood care to the exclusion of funding for post-secondary education |
USC IV 2018 | THP a world in which identity based movements are not compartmentalized |
USC IV 2018 | TH regrets commercialization of counter-cultural or oppositional sub-genres of music |
USC IV 2018 | THR the Arab Spring |
USC IV 2018 | THW grant legal personhood to strong AI |
UBC IV | This House Would subsidize large scale geoengineering such as massive carbon sequestration (capture of atmospheric co2 out of the atmosphere and into storage) rather than environmental adaptation (eg: cleaner fossil fuels, ethanol, recycling technology, etc) |
UBC IV | This House believes that states should seek to participate in multinational currency unions |
UBC IV | This House regrets the glorification of entertainers by the LGBTQ+ community |
UBC IV | In the event of the development of a technology that makes the recipient unable to knowingly commit any crimes, This House Would ban the research, production, and use of this technology. |
UBC IV | This House would ban people whose net worth is in more than the 90th percentile from running for office |
UBC IV | This House believes that the US should make aid to Israel conditional on the establishment of peace talks with Palestine |
UBC IV | This House believes that regions with extremely high rates of gendered violence should grant amnesty to women for violent crimes they commit |
York IV | In school districts in France where Arabic is the majority language, THW make Arabic the language of primary instruction in schools. |
York IV | TH supports filial responsibility laws. |
York IV | If sometime in the future the opportunity arose, she'd be the one to run for president. The first woman president, Ivanka entertained, would not be Hillary Clinton; it would be Ivanka Trump." Motion: TH, as Ivanka Trump, would publicly distance herself from her father. |
York IV | TH believes that provocation should not be a consideration in legal sentencing |
York IV | TH, as an agnostic, would take the pill. |
Inner Temple IV 2018 | THS the increasing use of technology in the sex industry. (e.g. sex robots, virtual reality porn) |
Inner Temple IV 2018 | THW work for Don-Roberts Holgerrson. |
Inner Temple IV 2018 | THBT South Korea should re-open the Kaesong Industrial Region. |
Inner Temple IV 2018 | THW impose legal obligations on major online media companies (YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc.) to censor the Manosphere. (e.g. blocking accounts, taking down content) |
Inner Temple IV 2018 | THW Prefer a world without lying |
Inner Temple IV 2018 | TH prefers common law legal systems |
Inner Temple IV 2018 | THB in the right to bear arms. |
Northams 2018 | This House would not allow serving politicians or their immediate families to use private services where public ones are available (i.e. education, healthcare) |
Northams 2018 | This House prefers a world where individuals believe salvation stems from faith alone, rather than a world where individuals believe salvation stems from a combination of faith and good works |
Northams 2018 | This House believes that feminists should not engage in sex strikes |
Northams 2018 | This House would lift bans on payday lending |
Northams 2018 | When restoring works of art, this House would restore to appear as close as possible to how they appeared when they were originally produced, rather than appeal to contemporary aesthetic tastes |
Northams 2018 | This House believes that prominent individuals outside politics (e.g. business leaders, philanthropists) from emerging market countries with mixed international reputations (e.g. China, India, Iran) should focus on emphasizing the positive aspects of their country, rather than the negative aspects, when speaking on an international platform |
Northams 2018 | This House believes that marginalized groups seeking equal treatment should convey their struggle to the public by emphasizing its similarity to the struggles of more prominent oppressed groups, rather than by emphasizing the unique conditions of their own oppression |
Northams 2018 | This House believes that in wartime, there is no material moral difference between civilian and non-civilian casualties |
Northams 2018 | In aging societies, this House would provide extensive financial incentives to couples to have multiple children |
Northams 2018 | The House would add a "notwithstanding" clause to the Constitution of the United States and allow Congress to override decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court by normal legislative processes. |
Northams 2018 | Assuming it would be possible to do so, this House would ban the creation of strong artificial intelligence |
Northams 2018 | This House, as Mexico, would end all security cooperation with the United States aimed at limiting illegal immigration into the US |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house would ban all communication tech companies (such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Whatsapp, etc.) from encrypting their users data, including the content of their communications, in such a way that the company cannot retrieve that data even under a court order. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house supports job security legislation. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house would redefine the criterion for excessive force in the US to be any use of beyond what is reasonable given all the facts of the case, including the benefit of hindsight (e.g. whether the individual had a gun, not whether it was reasonable to believe he had a gun). |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house would limit the amount of time that a museum can display a given piece of art to 3 months out of every 10 year period, rather than allow museums to display their works as long as they choose. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house would allow citizens to vote on individual bills in place of their representative, with the representative retaining the voting power of those of their constituents who did not directly vote on that specific bill. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house believes that all states should mandate that research on and use of CRISPR technology be exclusively carried out by institutions funded entirely by the state. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house, as Iran, would cease all support for military groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.). |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house prefers a world in which all individuals who have achieved a middle class standard of living choose to pursue the highest level of achievement in their chosen career, rather than a wold in which those individuals priorities day-to-day enjoyment over work. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house would not allow out of court settlements for workplace discrimination and harrasment. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house believes that Catholic religious officials in Mexico should not make statements in support of governmental policies, political parties, or candidates. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house believes that it is better for the general population to be more optimistic about the current and future state of the nation (including societal cohesion, peace processes, the state of the economy) than an objectively accurate judgement. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house, as the Chinese Communist Party, would lift all restrictions on foreign investments in China, except restrictions critical to national security. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house prefers a non-adversarial legal system |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | In democratic post-colonial states, This house believes that opposition parties to the party of independence should claim and use the legacy of anti-colonial resistance. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house believes that ASEAN should negotiate all investment deals with Chinese government entities as a bloc (with decisions made by majority vote of its members), so that no member state can enter into investment deals without the rest of the world. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house supports the court's decision to acquit Tehlirian |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house, as a parent of a child with ASPD, would enable and support that child given that child’s aims based on their current psychological makeup, instead of trying to make them more empathic. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This house would create an international court with the ability to classify national debt as “Odious Debt” at the debtor nation’s request and remove the obligation of that nation to pay. |
Mexico WUDC 2018 | This House would rather save the live of a single child over extending the life of 5 adults by 10 years |