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All Debate Motions PDF
All Debate Motions PDF
EUDC, WUDC
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EFL FINAL:
THW hold parents legally responsible for the criminal actions of their children
ESL FINAL:
THW make smokers pay for their own medical expenses
EFL SEMI FINALS :
THB that the minority religious practices should be exempt from the national laws
ESL SEMI-FINALS :
THW close its doors to the immigrants
QUARTER-FINALS :
THW reform the UN security council
THB that the USA is right to tie its foreign aid to the support in war against terrorism
THB that the cost of space exploration is not worth it
THB that the EU should start immediate accession talks with Turkey
THB that the state should tax the graduates to cover the costs of their education
TH supports compulsory drug testing in the workplace
THB that parents have the right to choose the sex of their children
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EFL FINAL
"THW Allow the Use of Racial Profiling By Police Forces." ESL Final
"THW make failure to render reasonable assistance to a person in distress a criminal offence"
Semi Finals
"THW withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning the sale of land mines."
ESL Semi Finals
"THW remove the Arms Embargo on China"
Quarter Finals "THW condemn companies that seek to avoid first world regulations on human drug testing
by conducting their trials in the developing world."
Preliminary Round Motions
1. "THW make the post-mortem donation of organs compulsory without exception"
2. "THW support the right of Chechnya to secede"
3. "THBT popular referenda should not be used to ratify the EU constitution"
4. "THW prosecute the perpetrators of domestic violence
without the consent of the victim" 5. "THW grant immunity from prosecution to dictators who step down"
6. "THBT the state should assist healthy people commit suicide"
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EFL FINAL
"This house believes that the state should publish deliberate mistruths during times of war."
ESL FINAL
"This house would withdraw the right to veto the accession of new members to EU."
EFL Semifinal
"This House would grant the state the exclusive right to make decisions on behalf of the mentally ill."
ESL Semifinal
"This House believes that the state should not fund any fertility treatments."
EFL Quarters
"This House would forcibly settle the Roma."
ESL Quarters
"This House would distribute development aid through religious organizations rather than the state."
Preliminary rounds:
R1: "This House would take lifestyle choices into account in the allocation of scarce medical resources."
R2: "This House believes the state should prohibit all items of clothing which cover the face."
R3: "This House believes that democracy is a necessary condition for economic growth and stability
(ANALYSIS)"
R4: "This House believes that Turkey should invade Northern Iraq to fight Kurdish terrorist organisations."
R5: "This House would require prescription for the 'morning-after-pill'"
R6: "This House would introduce a time limit on bringing prosecutions for genocide."
R7: "This House would prosecute parents who take their children to another legal jurisdiction in order to carry
out an act which is illegal in their home country."
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Round 1: This House would require people to work in return for welfare payments.
Round 2: This House believes that sporting bodies should penalise teams when their players commit criminal
acts off the field.
Round 3: This House would use military force where necessary to deliver emergency aid.
Round 4: This House would make fines relative to wealth
Round 5: This house would ban the physical punishment of children by parents.
Round 6: This House believes developed countries should not accept skilled migrants from developing
countries.
Round 7: This House would pay morbidly obese people to lose weight.
"Main break" quarter final:This House would ban the broadcast of recordings produced by terrorists
ESL quarter final: This House would require all schools to teach safe sex to children from age 10 regardless
of parental consent
"Main break" semi final: This House would abolish income tax
ESLsemi final: This House believes the European Union should declare thatenergy security is a legitimate
reason for military action
"Main break" finals: This house would ban Nazi and Soviet symbols
ESL finals: This house would allow soldiers to opt out of individual conflict for personal reasons
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First Rounds
1. This house believes that violence is legitimate political expression
2. This house believes that the developed world has failed the underdeveloped
Final This House regrets living in the nuclear age.
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First Rounds
1. This house would support positive discrimination.
2. This house would support the right to strike.
3. This house believes that sex kills romance.
4. This house believes that freedom of the individual is a myth.
5.Short men cast long shadows while the sun sets. (enforced humour round)
6. This house reveres the memory of the British Empire.
7. This house would out-closet homosexuals.
8. This house rejects consensus.
9. This house would abolish capital punishment.
Octo Final: The problems of the nation are better solved by the private sector than by government.
Qtr Final: This house would give land for peace.
Semi Final: A Federated Europe will protect the weak from the strong.
Final: Nationalism is a hangover from history.
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First Rounds
1. This house believes that right is more important than peace.
2. This House believes that political correctness is the new McCarthyism.
3. This House believes that space exploration can no longer be justified.
4. This House believes that Islam has had a bad press.
5. This House believes that the blood of East Timor is on Australia's hands.
6. This House believes that there is in this age a dearth of heroes.
7. This House believes that feminism should give way to multiculturalism.
8. This House believes that the West will regret free trade.
9. This House believes that cricket is to sport as Rolls-Royce is to motorcars. (enforced humour round)
Octo Final: This House believes that the state of the union is stuffed.
Qtr Final: This House would support affirmative action.
Semi Final: This House believes that the Pope should get married.
Final: This House believes that Machiavelli is the way to go.
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First Rounds
1. This House would plan for peace by preparing for war.
2. This House has more to fear than to hope from genetic engineering.
3. This House would open its doors to the world.
4. This House believes that the separation of church and state has gone too far.
5. This House believes that the United Nations belongs on the ash-heap of history.
6. This House believes that American culture is an oxymoron. (enforced humour round)
7. This House believes that capitalism is a dead end.
8. This House believes economic sanctions should not be used to influence domestic policy.
9. This House believes that the government that governs least, governs best.
Octo Final: This House supports the statement, "Yankee Go Home!"
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First Rounds
1.This house would put pragmatism before its principles.
2. This house would test nuclear weapons.
3. This house would rebuild the Berlin Wall.
4. This house would sacrifice economic growth for the good of the environment.
5. This house would give racists a platform.
6. This house would make the blood of the patriarchy run in the streets. (enforced humour round)
7. This house would heed its priests.
8. This house believes that developing nations should adopt Western feminism.
9. This house would in trial by jury.
Octo Final: This house would reject big government.
Qtr Final: This house believes that the melting pot has failed.
Semi Final: This house would let the language die.
Final: This house believes that strong dictatorship is better than weak democracy.
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First Rounds
1. This house believes that developing nations need strong dictatorship.
2. This house would legalize prostitution.
3. This house has an unhealthy obsession with sport.
4. This house believes that the U.S. is more sinned against than sinning.
5. This house would let the information superhighway run free.
6. This house believes that fanaticism works.
7. This house would allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
8. This house will regret the trade bloc.
9. This house believes that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a weak response.
Octo Final: This house supports privatization
Qtr Final: This house would adopt quotas.
Semi Final: This house believes that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Final: This house would legalize all drugs.
ESL Final: This House believes that there is no such thing as universal human rights
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First Rounds
This house believes in Economic policy before social policy
This house would look to the East
This house would put an immediate ban on land mines
This house believes he who controls information technology controls the world
This house believes that the glass is half full
This house believes that marriage is an outdated institution
This house believes that environmentalism is mostly hot air
This house believes that liberty should be rationed
This house would protect the rights of smokers
Octo Finals: This house believes we should leave nation states to the scrap yard of history
Qtr Finals: This house believes that the olympic games should come home for good
Semi Final : THis house would give national treasures back to its people
Final: This house believes that humanitarism is a first world affectation
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First Rounds
1. This house supports the bombing of Iraq.
2. This house believes globalization marginalises the poor.
3. This house believes the father should be present at conception.
4. This house believes ASEAN should rally behind Anwar.
5. This house believes art should be free from censorship.
6. This house believes democracy is the best way forward for Russia.
7. This house believes religious leaders should listen to opinion polls.
8. This house would rehabilitate criminals.
9. This house believes that federalism will not work for europe
Octo Final: This house believes that old dictators should not have to face the music
Qtr Final: This house believes that Media is more Powerful than the Government
Semi Final: This House would get US bases out of Asia
Final: This house believes Nethanyahu is the biggest obstacle to peace in Israel
Masters:
Final: This house believes that a celibate priest is an unhappy priest
Semi-Finals: This House believes that Child Labour is necessary in developing countries
First Round: This house would support global nuclear disarmament
Public Speaking:
Long live the adjudicators
From the original recepie to extra crispy
Fish & Chips
The adventure of coach commando
Sex- a deadly weapon
Its a jungle out there
True love is another myth
Writing in the snow
1999
Pick-up lines at a sushi bar
We want rice with that
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First Rounds
1. That this house believes that election campaigns should be fully financed by the state.
2. That this house demands work for welfare
3. That this house would alter its genetic code.
4. That this house would put worker's rights before trade rights.
5. That this house would have lots of sex.
6. That this house would ignore the war in Chechnya.
7. That this house believes religious doctrines are more important than women's rights.
8. That this house likes its environmentalists radical.
9. That this house would put corporate profits before individual privacy.
Octo Final: That Asia should take the liberal path.
Qtr Final: That this house would shut down Macdonalds.
Semi Final: This House Believes the IMF is the British Empire of Today
Final: This house believes Marx would have approved of the internet
Masters
Final: This house favours Positive discrimination
Semi That women should apply lipstick.
Rd 1 This house would Club Baby Seals
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First Rounds
1. This house would ban criminals from voting (Cancelled due to mis times announcement)
1b. This house would give Europe it's own Army
2. This house would put a speed limit on human Traffic
3. This house would make company directors criminally liable for the wrongs of their company
4. This house believes the US should get out of the middle east
5. This house would make pollution a tradable commodity
6. This house would remove patents on pharmacutical drugs from the 3rd world.
7. This house believed that the WTO should grant exemptions to developing nations
8. This house would ban performance enhancing drugs in sport
9. Round Cancelled. Octo-Finals: This house would outlaw genetic discrimination
Quater Finals: This house supports a one child policy
Semi-Final: This house would make reparations for slavery
Final: This house would elect it's judges
Public Speaking:
Round 1: 5 min prep on a film quote (e.g. "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going
to get next")
Round 2: Prepared motion: "So long as even one hundred of us remain alive, we will never submit to the rule
of the English"
Final: Impromptu
ESL:
Semi-Final: This house would keep peacekeepers out of civil wars
Final: This house believes that a language which needs proteting isn't worth protecting.
Masters:
Final: This house would squeeze the rich until the pip squeaks
Semi: This house believes that the rights of the child are paramount
Quarter: This house would censor hate
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First Rounds
1. This house would bail out failing industries.
2. This house believes that making Yassar Arrafat a partner in peace was a mistake
3. This house believes that the west should treat state sponsored sexism as aparthide
4. This house believes that the WTO is the friend of the developing world
5. This house would force feed anorexics
6. This house believes that political assassinations are a legitimate tool of foreign policy.
7. This house supports domestic content quotas in broadcasting
8. This house believes that the sexual history of rape victime should be admissible in court
9. This house believes that US foreign policy is responsible for September 11.
Octo-Finals: This house would extradite accused criminals to face the death penalty
Quater Finals: This house supports surrogacy for profit
Semi-Final: This house believes that civil liberties must be restricted in the interests of security
Final: This house would ban prisoners publishing accounts of their crimes
ESL:
Semi-Final: THis house believes that prisoners have no right to vote
Final: This house believes that the Nobel Prize proves that the UN has a strong role to play
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Final This house believes that the world has learned nothing from 9/11
Semi-Final This house believes that globalization is imperialism repackaged
Quarter Final This house believes in the absolute right of the patient
Octo Final This house believes that tobacco companies should have social responsibilities
Round 1 This house fears an expanded Europe.
Round 2 This house would return land to its original owners
Round 3 This house believes that AIDS drugs should be freely available to all
Round 4 This house believes that the media is the West's most effective weapon
Round 5 This house believes that harmony is more important than diversity
Round 6 This house believes that environmentalism in the Third World is the responsibility of the First World
Round 7 This house believes that the West should accept the democratic decision of the people of
Zimbabwe
Round 8 This house believes that the US should be answerable to TRCs [Truth & Reconciliation
Commissions] in South America.
Round 9 This house believes that Sharon should stand with Milosevic
ESL Final This House would make population control a pre-requisite of aid.
ESL Semi This house supports Compulsory Military Service
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Final TTH would ban the abortion of fetuses on the grounds of their permanent disability
Semi-Final TTH believes war journalists should be forced to reveal their sources in international criminal
tribunals
Quarter Final TTH believes parents should cast proxy votes for their children
Octo Final TTH would support regime change in Iran
Round 1 TTHW try Saddam Hussein before an international tribunal
Round 2 TTH supports all forms of child labour
Round 3 TTHB eviormentalists should use terrorism in support of their goals
Round 4 TTHB students all round the world should be taught in English
Round 5 TTHW tie world bank aid to womens' rights
Round 6 TTHW make the release of child sexual abusers conditional on chemical castration
Round 7 TTH believes only African countries should be peacekeepers in African conflicts
Round 8 TTH would use international sporting events for political change
Round 9 TTH would ban religious symbols in state schools
ESL Final TTH believes that Japanese armed forces should fight in foreign lands
ESL Semi TTH prefers regional trade agreements to the WTO
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Final: That this house would abolish all laws prohibiting cruelty to animals
Semi: This house would prohibit speeches that incite hatred (wording may be incorrect)
Qtr: This House Would permit legislating by citizen initiated referenda
Octo: This House believes that international law should recognise the right of each state to unilaterally
undertake armed humanitarian intervention
ESL Final: This House Believes that European Governments should payparents to have children.
ESL Semi: This House would abandon the civilian use of nuclear power.
1 This House Would Grant An Amnesty To All Illegal Immigrants Currently In The United States
2 That This House Believes That The Catholic Church Should Allow The Use Of Condoms In The Fight
Against HIV/AIDS In Africa
3 That This House Believes The West Should End Military Cooperation With Pakistan Until It Holds Free
Presidential Elections
4 This House Would Prohibit Women Over The Age Of 45 Years From Undergoing Assisted Human
Reproduction
5 This House Would Give Japan A Permanent Seat On The United Nations Security Council
6 This House Would Not Allow Intelligent Design To Be Included In The School Science Curriculum
7 This House Would Recognise A Legally Enforceable Right To A Minimum Standard Of Living
8 This House Supports The Creation Of An Independent State For The Iraqi Kurds
9 This House Supports Indigenous Persons Convicted Of A Crime Being Sentenced By Their Community
And Not The Courts
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Final This house believes that economic growth is the solution to climate change
Semi Final This house would ban websites that glorify eating disorders
Qtr Final This house believes that people sentenced to life imprisonment should be allowed to choose the
death penalty instead
Octo Final This house believes that developing nation should nationalize their energy resources
Round 9 This house would grant citizenship in exchange for military service
Round 8 This house would ban Cosmetic Surgery
Round 7 This house would support regime change in Myanmar/Burma
Round 6 This house would abolish all taxes on inherited wealth
Round 5 This house supports independence for Quebec
Round 4 This house would criminalize the payment of ransom
Round 3 This House supports accelerated land redistribution in South Africa
Round 2 This house believes that the UK should abolish it?s nuclear arsenal
Round 1 This house would ban government funding of religious schools
ESL Final
This house believes that politicians have a right to a private life
ESL Semi This house believes all serious crimes should be trialed by Jury
Masters Final This house supports a 35 hour working week
Masters Round 1 This house would designate one city to permanently host the Olympics
Masters Round 2 This house believes that governments should provide heroin addicts with safe injection
facilities
EFL Final
This house would lift sanctions on Iran
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Round 8 THB that governments should never rescue failing private industry.
Round 7 This House would assassinate Vladimir Putin.
Round 6 THW subject foreign political contributions to greater restrictions than domestic contributions.
Round 5 This House believes that every criminal defendant should be required to use a government provided
defense lawyer.
Round 4 This House believes that the European Union should only direct aid to nations that pursue
environmentally sustainable development.
Round 3 THW not allow local government to pay for the relocation of homeless people
Round 2 This House believes that Taiwan should declare independence now
Round 1 This House would allow the use of torture.
All the motions have been taken from the Global debate blog (Tuna) (didn't ask for permission, but as far as I
know Tuna he is not mad at me :D)
ESL SEMIFINALS
Motion: This House would require doctors to report all cases of suspected domestic violence.
ESL FINALS:
The motion:This House believes that the Turkish military should stop enforcing the separation of church and
state.
OCTOFINALS:
Motion: This House believes that governments in the developing world should invest in sex tourism.
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Final : That this house would allow abortion at all stages of pregnancy
Semi Final: This house believes governments should subsidise private home ownership.
Qtr Final: This house believes that the international criminal court should prosecute crimes against the
democratic process.
Octo Final: This house would arm local militia to fight the taliban in Afghanistan.
ESL Final: This house would implement quotas for domestic players in national football leagues.
EFL Final: This house would prohibit all private health care.
Round 9: This house would ban the publication of political opinion polls.
Round 8: This house would apply a lower rate of income tax to women.
Round 7: This house believes that the west should recognise the independence of Abkhazia.
Round 6: This house would criminalise adultery.
Round 5: This house believes that China and India should bear the same obligations as the West in fighting
climate change
Round 4: This house would force the religious desegregation of Northern Irish schools.
Round 3: This house would allow soldiers to sue their government for negligence.
Round 2: This house would fire the senior managements of all corporations which receive government
bailouts.
Round 1: This house would ban all forms of gambling.
Womens Debate: This house would ban all forms of religious gender discrimination.
Adj Test: This house would allow insurance companies to view genetic test results in assessing potential
customers.
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Grand Final
THB that the media should show the full horror of war
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Rd1: This house believes that national sporting teams should reflect the diversity of the national population
Rd2: This house believes that all states have a right to nuclear weapons
Rd3: This house believes that governments should not provide benefits on the basis of marital status
Rd4: This house believes that central banks should set limits on government spending
Rd5: This wouse would prioritise asylum Seekers who have engaged in armed struggle against oppressive
regimes
Rd6: This wouse would allow teachers unions the right to strike
Rd7: This wouse would require individuals to reveal their actual identity when communicating on the internet
Rd8: This house believes that the southern african development community (SADC) should pursue political
union
Rd9: This house believes that social movements should use the courts rather than the legislature to advance
social change
Octo: This wouse would buy countries votes in nternational organizations
Qtr: This house believes that courts should not enforce wills that discriminate on the basis of race Semi: This
house opposes organised religion
Final: This wouse would invade Zimbabwe
EFL Semi: This house supports a one state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
EFL Final: This wouse would give more votes to the poor
ESL Qtr: This house believes that domestic courts should try foreign nationals who commit war crimes
abroad
ESL Semi: This wouse would prefer that the children of racial minorities be adopted by parents of that race
ESL Final: This house believes that the courts should break up consistently dominant political parties
Masters Rd1: This wouse would buy local
Masters Final: This house prefers a philosopher King to a tyrannical democracy
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nd-2007
Preliminary rounds:
This house would not go to Bejing.
This house believes that the Nederlands should stop the sale of drugs to all foreigners.
This house believes that all alied forces in Iraq should be replaced by merceries hired by the Iraq
government.
This house believes that when a murder is committed as an honor killing the motivation should be a
mittigating circumstance.
Semifinals:
This house believes that all countries that have a abortion ban should remove the rape exception (not 100%
sure the wording is right)
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Oxford IV 2007
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THB that pregnant High school students should be allowed to take maternity leave
THW teach ethnic relations in schools to promote national unity
THB that homosexuality should be included as part of compulsory sex-educataion programs
Finals: Women
This house believes adultery should not be illegal
This house would abolish all women only Universities
This house would allow late term abortions of fetuses with disabilities
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ps-2007
Kyiv 2007
THW prosecute parents who give alcohol to their children under 16 years of age
THW ban gay-specific service providers from turnirn down heterosexuals
THW repeal all legislation restricting monopoly power
THW criminalise denying any genocide
THW privatise prisons
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Bristol 2007
1. This house would prevent doctors from opting out of performing medical procedures on religious grounds
2. This house would privatise all UK Universities
3. This house, as the UN, would deny the Vatican all rights of a state
4. This house would allow soldiers, sailors and airmen in the British forces to sue the crown for negligence
5. This house believes the British Museum should give back everything to where it was plundered from
Semi. With Hindsight, this house would never have established the state of Israel
Final. This house would consider Government ministers under Oath for all Public Statements, thus making
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UBC 2007
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UC Dublin 2006
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1. This house would grant an amnesty to all illegal immigrants currently in the United states
2. This house believes that the Catholic church should allow the use of condoms in the fight against
HIV/AIDS in Africa
3. Tat this house believes the west should end military cooperation with pakistan until it holds free
presidential elections
4. This house would prohibit women over the age of 45 years form undergoing assisted human reproduction
5. This house would give Japan a permanent seat on the UN security council
6. This house would not allow intelligent design to be included in the School science curriculum
7. This house would recognize a legally enforceable right to a minimum standard of living
8. This house supports the creation of an independent state for the Iraqi Kurds
9. This house supports indigenous persons convicted of a crime being sentenced by their community and not
the courts
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ESL Semi: This house would abandon the civilian use of nuclear power
ESL Final: This house believes that European governments should pay parents to have children
EFL Octo: This house believes that international law should recognize the right of each state to unilaterally
undertake armed humanitarian intervention
EFL Qtr: This house would permit legislating by citizen initiated referendum
EFL Semi: This house would prohibit speeches that incite hatred (wording may be wrong)
EFL Final: This house would abolish all laws prohibiting cruelty to animals
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This list of the debate topics was provided by the University of Vermont debate trainer Alfred C. Snider on the
IDAS 2007 CD. Im publishing it to give you insight into what other topics you can use. Thanks Tuna.
This house would abolish student Grants
This house believes that the Olympic ideal is dead
This house favors compusory aids testing
This house favors genetic engineering
This house would give Russia back to the Communists
This house would permit Gay couples to adopt
This house believes that the private lives of public figures should remain private
This house would genetically engineer farm animals
This house believes that democracy has failed the third world
This house would ban boxing
This house would support the public funding of political parties
This house would legalize soft drugs
This house has lost confidence in the Catholic Church
This house believes that the values of western cicilization cannot meet the challenges of the mored age
Thois house demands a right to privacy
This house believes that women should get an equal position in war with men
This house believes that genetic engineering triggers more harm than good
This house believes that morals and science do not mix
This house will practice direct democracy
This house believes that we should be our own censors
This house believes that TV does more harm than good
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Round I:
This House would privatize all universities.
Round II:
This House would allow having sex with animals.
Round III:
This House would compel football clubs to field a minimum number of domestic players.
Round IV:
This House believes NATO should intervene in Sudan.
Round V:
This House opposes the use of nuclear power in the developing world.
Semifinals:
This House would allow denying the holocaust.
Grand Final:
This House would put children of long-term unemployed parents up for adoption.
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Preliminary motions. Other will follow. Taken from Tunas Global debate blog.
Motion for round 1 is: THW pursue a policy of constructive engagement with rouge states.
Motion for Round 2: The medium for education should be in the first language.
Motion Round 3: THBT civil disobedience is an integral part of a peaceful society.
Motion Round 4: This house would give the Kurds a homeland
Motion Round 5: This house believes that the Bolivarian Revolution has failed
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Round 1: This house would from prosecution armed police in the line of fire.
Round 2: This house believes that the developing world should not be held at the same environmental
standards as the developed world.
Round 3: This house wouldabolish state pensions.
Round 4: This house supports the use of truth and reconciliation commissions instead of war crimes tribunals
in Iraq.
Round 5: This house believes that the systematic harassment of individuals is a legitimate means of protest.
Novice Final: This house would criminalise smoking when pregnant.
Quarters: This house would give the Palestinian Authority a vote in the UN General Assembly
Semis: This house would privatise the BBC.
Final: This house would ban reporting of hostage taking in Iraq.
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Round 1: This house would withdraw state funding for gay pride events
Round 2:This house believes that the state should fund the establishment of imam training colleges in Europe
Round 3: This house believes that the state should provide basic income to all its citizens
Round 4: This house would introduce an EU-wide system of tradable quotas for asylum seekers
Round 5: This house believes that the state has a right to limit individual freedoms even when there is no
harm to third parties
Semi final: This house believes that the EU should adopt different categories of membership
Final: This house would hold biological parents to the same standards as adoptive ones
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Motions:Round 1: Education
THB Korean universities should have the right to select their students based on their own standards.
THW require high school students take classes in fine art and music.
THB single sex schools are more effective than coeducational schools.
Round 2: THB that governments should exclusively use open source software for all administrative tasks.
Round 3: Sports
THB all professional sporting leagues should have wage caps for their athletes.
THW allow the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports.
THW require all nations participating in the Olympics to include female athletes in their delegations.
Round 4: Pop Culture and Media
THW censor obscene lyrics in music.
THB politicians should not be allowed to own media companies.
THB the Academy Awards do more harm than good.
Round 5: THB developing nations should nationalize their energy resources.
Round 6: Economics
THW abolish the inheritance tax.
THW abandon regional trading blocs for global, multilateral trade.
THB China's position as the world's factory does more harm than good.
Octofinals: Law and Order
THW have juries participate in all criminal trials.
THW post information about pedophiles on the Internet.
THB all white collar criminals should serve mandatory jail time.
Quarter Finals & Rookie Semi Finals: Massive Engineering Projects
THW join the race to build the world's tallest building.
THW outlaw the reclamation of coastal wetland areas for development.
THB deep space exploration is a waste of resources.
Semifinals: International Relations
THS the partitioning of countries plagued by ethnic violence.
THB the United Nations should have a standing army.
THW make Jerusalem a UN protectorate.
Grand Final: THB minority communities brought over during past colonial rule have a right to reparations.
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R1.: This house believes that the white man should appologise to all his colonies
R2: This house believes that celebrating chatolic religious holidays as national holidays discriminates other
religions.
R3: This house believes that human trafficking should become a much more important EU priority
R4: This house believes that conformism will destroy the world
R5: This house believes that the people of the EU should decide about the Lisabon treaty on referendums
Finals: This house believes that the EU should establish an Ombudsman institution for the human rights of
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economic migrants.
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Round 1: This house would introduce a minimum price restriction for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
Round 2: This house would legalise incest between consenting siblings of the age of majority
Round 3: This house loves the smell of napalm in the morning (Open Motion)
Round 4: This house would force pharmaceurtical companies to give full disclosure of clincial trials
Round 5: This house believes the government should never fund IVF treatment
Semi-Final: This house would refuse to recognise an independent Kosovo
Final: This house would restrict access to pro-anorexia websites
From: http://worlddebating.blogspot.com/2008/03/corkgalway-win-ancients-2008.html
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This house Believes That Non Consensual Sterilisation of Persons with an Intellectual Disability is Always
Wrong
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TH should legalize prostitution2This House should increase regulation of home school education.3Ground
the fleet4 Mute the red phone5The United States should value constructive engagement over isolation.6
When in conflict, United States politicians should value their personal conscience over the will of the people.7
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization?s responsibility for European defense should be transferred to the
European Union. 8 The North American Free Trade Agreement should be dissolved.Quad Octas The USFG
should eliminate subsidies for the production of ethanol.Triple Octas The United States Supreme Court
should rule to substantially restrict gun ownership in the United States.Double Octas The U.S. should
substantially check growing Chinese influence in Africa.Octas The United States Federal Government should
expand the scope of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.Quarters Access to potable water
should be a human right.Semis Russia should reinstate the cold war with the United States.Finals America
needs a Presidential unity ticket.From Tuna
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1st round: THBT the usage of images of Prophet Mohammed should be banned.
2nd round: TH would trade with African Nations regardless of their social development goals.
3rd round: THBT parents who have had one child taken into care should be prevented from having another.
4th round: THBT all jobs should pay equally.
5th round: THW extend punishment for those convicted of corruption to family members who profit from that
corruption.
Semi Final: TH supports an independent Tibet.
Grand Final: THW reduce the size of the state.
The tournament winners are "Pass the Dutch" (Eric Stam & Rob Honig).
From Flynn
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We have prepared a live debate at the International debate conference "Thinking and speaking a better
world". Debate trainers and debater from all around the world have debated the topic "This house believes
that the in school tests kill the education".
I will post a link to the video from this debate as soon as Tuna uploads it.
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Round 1: This house would deny extremist parties, the oxygen of publicity.
Round 2: This house believes the EU should force its citizens to recycle.
Round 3: This house believes in African solutions for African problems.
Round 4: This house believes terrorism is justified.
Quarter Finals: This house would re-tailor the Common Agricultural Policy.
Semi Finals: This house would embrace the Lisbon Treaty.
Grand Final: This house would draw state boundaries to comply with the principle of national
self-determination.
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Round 1. This house believes that the US should lift the economic sanctions against Cuba Round 2. This
house would give equal rights to the football legionnaires in the EU Round 3. This house would grant the
barristers the right to deny execution of a commission at any stage of criminal process Round 4. This house
believes that the international community should fight with visa regime usage as an instrument of external
politics Round 5. This house believes that the state bears liability for breakage when its actions lead to an
economic crisis final. This house would demonopolize the railway market final. This house would allow
default judgment on criminal cases Final. This house would boycott Beijing Olympics.
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Demo debate
THW not confiscate land from descendants of collaborators with Japan during its colonial rule.
Round 1 : Korea
THBT Korea should priortize China over the US in diplomatic relations.
THW nationalize the tele-communications industry.
THW exclude Soju from the list of essential items announced by the Korean government to monitor inflation.
Round 2 : Social Contract
1. THBT all democratic governments should abandon laws which allow prosecution of citizens for insulting
their nations.
2. THBT government should not financially profit from its citizens' sins.
3. THW limit civilian use of guns in America.
Round 3 : Human Body
1. THW allow commercial surrogate motherhood.
2. THW give prisoners with a life sentence the right to choose the death penalty.
3. THW chemically castrate pedophiles.
Round 4 : Ideology
1. THBT socialism in Latin America has done more harm than good.
2. THBT authoritarian regimes are justifiable in developing nations.
3. THBT feminism has not contributed to the well-being of women in the world.
Round 5 : International Institutions
1. THW limit the number of times United Nations Security Council members can veto.
2. THBT democracy should be the condition for debt relief for African nations.
3. THBT it is legitimate to use aid to buy votes in international organizations.
(Rookie Final) : Cute Animals
1. THW ban fur imports from developing nations. (debated)
2. THBT zoos bring more benefits than harms to society.
3. THW allow the police to shoot poachers.
(EFL Final) : Celebrities? on the spotlight!!!
1. THBT paparazzi are beneficial for celebrities.
2. TH supports celebrities entering politics.
3. THBT celebrities should not adopt children from developing nations. (debated)
Quarter : Elections
1. THW repudiate the democratic election in Bhutan.
2. THW discourage women in Pakistan from casting ballots in order to protect their lives.
3. THW place a cap on the spending of candidates during election campaigns.
Semis : Greater Asia
1. THBT China's quest for raw materials from developing nations/rogue regimes is detrimental to the world.
2. THW pressure India to open its border to accept Tibetan exiles.
3. THBT the Kurds are better off without a Kurdish state.
Final : Law and Justice
1. THBT civil disobedience is essential to democracy. (debated)
2. THW abolish the use of insanity as a legal defense.
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3. THW require doctors to report minors with HIV to their parents regardless of patients' consent.
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Round 1 - This house would criminalize the act of having sex with a heroin-addicted prostitute
Round 2 - This house would not allow political parties to be based on religious grounds
Round 3 - This house would publicly recognize the right of the Tibetan people to national independence
Round 4 - This house would limit the voting rights of the elderly
Round 5 - This house would ban the practice of S&M
Semi Final - This house would mandate multinational companies operating from the EU to provide a
reasonable level of education to their workforce in the third world
Final - This house would allow the police to use racial profiling
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Round1
* THBT the State should ban all private schools from sanctioning students who exhibit homosexual behavior.
* THW allow Universities to allot slots for the admission of children of alumni.
* TH supports the right of private elementary schools to require pre-school education for grade one applicant.
Round2
* THBT America should welcome Iran's involvement in Iraq.
* THW lift U.S. sanction in Cuba.
* THBT U.S should not support the entry of former Soviet States into the NATO.
Round3
* The government should stop funding research searching for the gene for autism.
* TH supports the parent's right to avail of medical procedure infantalizing their disabled children by inhibiting
their physical growth.
* THW abolish employment quotas for the disabled.
Round4
* THW abolish the MMDA.
* THBT the Sangguniang Kabataan is irrelevant today's youth.
* THBT instead of being a political appointee, the Ombudsman should be elected by the people.
Round 5
* TH celebrates the role of organized religion in attaining equality.
* THBT the Dali Lama should cede control of Tibet to China.
* TH would remove restrictions on campaign donations made by religious organizations.
Round6
* THBT the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Plan has served the interests of the Filipino farmers.
* THW end the conservation of the indigenous lands.
* The developing world should prioritize food security.
Round7
* THBT Independent Filmmakers should welcome the piracy of their work.
* THBT authors of commercial spin-offs of copyrighted literature should not be made to pay royalties to the
authors.
* THBT sponsors of commissioned art should have the right to alter the final work even without the consent
of the paid artist.
Octofinal Round
* TH regrets the joint seismic marine undertaking at the Spratlys.
* THBT democratization should not be a goal of Western Foreign Policy.
* THW prioritize citizens of former colonies in admitting guest workers.
Quarterfinal Round
* TH regrets formal and informal rules restricting sexual and romantic relationship in the workplace.
* TH celebrates the rise of easily accessible and non-commercial on-line amateur porn.
* THBT States should give married individuals the option to have multiple legal spouses.
Semi-final Round
* THBT the leftist populist revolution in Latin America has failed.
* THBT post modern feminists have betrayed their sisters in the third world.
* THBT the culture of privileging formal education has broadened inequality in the developing world.
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Grandfinal Round
* TH celebrates Philippine historical attachment in former colonial masters.
* THBT the mass emigration of workers has eroded Philippine Nationalism.
* THBT the hold of the elite in the Philippine governance has strengthened democracy.
Source: http://www.parliamentarydebate.blogspot.com/
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Round 1: Legal/Politics
1. THBT the Shariah Law has a Place in British Courts
2. THBT the Australian Government Should Compensate the Aborigines
3. THW Not Recognize an Independent Kosovo
Round 2: Social
1. THW Ban Size Zero Models from the Runway
2. THW Monitor Employees' Internet Activities During Office Hours
3. THW Make Governments Register their Bloggers
Round 3: Politics
1. THW Grant the Kurds a Home
2. THBT Pakistan Should do More in the Fight Against Terror
3. THBT Cross Border Offensive is a Legitimate Tool to Protect National Security
Round 4: Economics
1. THBT Trade and Environment Should Be Kept Separate
2. THW Support Government Bail Outs of Failing Industries
3. THBT the WTO Has Outlived its Purpose
Round 5: Entertainment
1. THBT Amy Winehouse Should Not Have Won the Grammys
2. THBT Trials Involving Celebrities Should be Held Behind Closed Doors
3. THBT Celebrities Have No Right To Privacy
Source: http://parliamentarydebate.blogspot.com/
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Round 1: Intervention
THBT the UN's responsibility to protect is more important than its respect to national sovereignity
THBT constructive engagement works better than military intervention
THBT invasion into other sovereign countries is justified only in the name of counter-terrorism
Round 2: Nukes
THBT all nations have the right to possess nuclear weapons
THBT only democratic states have the right to civilian nuclear energy
THBT South Korea should provide unconditional aid to North Korea
Round 3: Negotiating with terrorists
THBT Israel should include Hamas in its dealing with Palestine.
THW not recognize Hezbollah as the rulers of Lebanon.
THW not negotioate with violent separatist movements.
Round : Food Security
THBT the World Bank and other bilateral donors should tie developmental aid to investment in agriculture.
THW curb the production of biofuels to address the growing food crisis.
THBT the EU should not bow to the pressures of WTO in reducing agricuktural subsidies.
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Round 1: Thbt Income of gambling addicts should be directly given to their spouses
Round 2: Thbt University graduates should not be sent to places of war for fulfilling their military service.
Round 3: Thbt all football clubs should have salary cap
Round 4: Thbt people in drunk drivers? car should be also punished
Round 5: Thbt local governments should not forcibly move residents for ?Urban Renewal Projects?
Round 6: Thbt Central Bank should stop being guarantor to bankrupt banks
Round 7: Thbt Political party leaders should have a time limit of duty
Quarter: Th would force media agencies not to use any word other than 'terrorist groups' for whom state
declares to be 'terrorist group'.
Semi: Thbt UN Food Office should have all the responsibility of distribution, pricing or sale of wheat across
the world
Final: Th would abolish inheritence
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From the office of the webmaster: This is a long list of different debate motions, that you can use as they are
or just get new ideas on debate topics. They are probably not as plan (model) orientated as you would get
them on EUDC, or other Western European tournaments and are a bit more open, but you can have great
practice debates on these topics.
This House believes that 'the power to tax is the power to destroy'. (Justice John Marshall).
This House believes that god can prevent evil, but doesn't.
This House believes that only the elite can truly successfully manage national affairs.
This House believes 'the state is not abolished, it withers away.' (Friedrich Engels).
This House believes that renewed strength of labor organizations is necessary for a progressive economics.
This House believes that the three-strike felony law will reduce crime.
This House believes in the separation of church and state.
This House believes in pacifism.
This House believes that the public monies should not finance art.
This House believes in poetic license.
This House would use force to make peace.
Political Correctness is the new McCarthyism.
This House would support positive discrimination.
This House believes that censorship can never be justified.
Freedom of the individual is a myth.
This House don't need no education.
The West will regret free trade.
There is, in this age, a dearth of heroes.
This House would reject consensus.
This House would put pragmatism before its principles.
This House would test nuclear weapons.
This House would rebuild the Berlin Wall.
This House would sacrifice economic growth for the good of the environment.
This House would give racists a platform.
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This House would make the blood of the patriarchy run in the streets.
This House would heed its priests.
This House believes that developing nations should adopt western feminism.
This House believes in trial by jury.
This House would reject big government.
This House believes that the 'melting pot' has failed.
This House would let the language die.
This House believes that strong dictatorship is better then weak democracy.
This House believes apples and oranges make strange bedfellows.
This House would have California secede from the Union.
This House believes that everyone should ride first class at least once in her or his lifetime.
This House believes that television is more significant than the computer.
This House would privatize it.
This House believes that there are necessary illusions.
This House rejects distance learning in higher education.
This House believes that triviality is more oppressive than tyranny.
This House believes that propaganda is amoral.
This House believes that there ought to be a law.
This House believes that the value of natural resources is found in their exploitation.
This House would ration the old to nurture the young.
This House believes that developing nations need strong dictatorship.
This House would legalize prostitution.
This House has an unhealthy obsession with sport.
This House believes that the US is more sinned against than sinning.
This House would let the information superhighway run free.
This House believes that fanaticism works.
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This House believes that parliamentary debate should/should not encourage the inclusion of evidence.
This House believes that the United States ought/ought not commit troops to Zaire and/or Rwanda.
This House believes that ex's should/should not remain friends.
This House believes that President Clinton should/should not be forced to face civil charges while in office.
This House believes that the state should/should not seek the death penalty in capital cases involving
persons under the age of eighteen.
This House believes that the war on drugs is inadvisable in a free society.
This House believes that old enemies can become new friends.
This House believes that what costs little is of little worth.
This House believes that the public deserves the politicians it elects.
This House believes that a ban on flag burning better serves fascism than freedom.
This House believes that it is better for athletes to retire at the peak of their careers.
This House believes that the Japanese government should allow trials to be broadcast on television.
This House believes that physically challenged people should not be separated in schools.
This House believes that its better for the Japanese people to learn world history than Japanese history.
This House believes that collectivism is better than individualism.
This House believes that aging is golden.
This House believes that Okinawa should be independent.
This House supports same sex marriage.
This House supports political advertising.
This House supports open borders.
This House opposes war propaganda.
This House opposes the death penalty.
This House would meet cruelty with kindness.
This House believes that television destroys lives.
This House opposes patriotism.
This House believes that justice in America can be bought.
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This House would hold the military to a stricter standard on sexual harassment.
This House would steal from the rich and give to the poor.
This House would reach for the stars.
This House regards royalty as irrelevant.
This House would ban gambling on the internet.
This House would open the gates to immigrants.
This House would rather be poor than rich.
This House believes that the right to strike should be given to all employees.
This House believes that the IRS needs to be abolished.
This House believes that American automobiles are a better bargain than European automobiles.
This House believes that professional athletes are overpaid.
This House believes that a convicted rapist is no better than a murderer and should be sent to prison for life.
This House believes that motion pictures are a reflection of society norms.
This House believes that dogs are better pets for humankind than cats.
This House believes that civil litigation should have the same requirements as criminal litigation.
This House would take from the rich and give to the poor.
This House would hold the media responsible.
This House believes that labor union have outlived their usefulness.
This House believes that political correctness does more harm than good.
This House believes that the government has forgotten its role.
This House supports campaign finance reform.
This House regrets the decline of conventional morality.
This House would use taxation to regulate behavior.
This House believes that the exploitation of animals is immoral.
This House would kill all the lawyers.
This House is resolved that there should be integration of the sexes in professional sports.
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This House is resolved that a global marketplace is good for the US.
This House is resolved that we should increase regulations on the paparazzi.
This House is resolved that the United States should sign the Ottawa Treaty to ban the production and export
of land mines.
This House is resolved that when in conflict, individualism should be valued over collectivism.
This House is resolved that communism was better than capitalism for Russia.
This House is resolved that affirmative action is unfair.
This House should change its locks.
This House should balance its diet.
This House should enact campaign finance reform.
This House should increase regulation of firearms.
This House should recycle.
This House should pull the plug.
This House should teach an old dog a new trick.
This House should consider carefully that which seems initially successful.
This House should announce that the King is naked.
This House should check its messages.
This House would consider cohabiting two-gender couples legally married after six months.
This House would require human would-be parents to be licensed before having children.
This House would stop using cosmetics.
This House would throw the television out of our homes.
This House would penalize U.S. citizens who do not participate in the democratic process.
This House believes that PC is OK.
This House believes that country music reflects a decline in American culture.
This House would limit the salaries of professional athletes.
This House would enact a mandatory retirement age for all elected officials in the U.S.
This House believes that the students should run the school.
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This house believes that the internet is the new opiate of the masses.
This House would pull the plug.
This House would defend elitism.
This House believes that the emperor is naked.
This House would redistribute the wealth.
This House would eliminate letter grades.
This house believes it is wrong to kill people who kill people to show that we shouldn't kill people.
This House would dethrone sport.
This House would support exceptions to gender equality in the workplace.
This House would revolutionize the US educational system.
This House believes that the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.
This House believes any federal budget surplus should be returned to the American people in the form of tax
cuts.
This House would dissolve the House of Lords.
This House believes it is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
This House believes the affairs of state must take precedence over the affairs of state.
This House favors qualitative over quantitative research.
This House would prohibit professional atheletes from competing in Olympic Games.
This House would not have named Washington National Airport after Ronald Reagan.
This House would find in favor of Oprah Winfrey.
This House believes when you wish upon a star, your dreams come true.
This House believes that racism can be controlled by legislation.
This House believes that life imitates art.
If you come to rob this House, we'll let you have it.
This House believes you can judge a book by its cover.
This House believes that immigrants from other countries should focus on trying to blend into the American
culture rather than holding fast to their original culture.
This House believes that good things come to those who wait.
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This House believes that beauty pageants for children should be banned.
This House believes that some calls to the psychic hotline get results.
This House would shop at home.
This House believes that professional sports needs a flea collar.
This House believes the press is too free.
This House believes you can go to the mall and see america.
This House believes that fun is more important than work.
This House believes that the US should be less involved in world affairs.
This House would rather bare legs than bear arms.
This House believes we shouldn't fix it if it ain't broke.
This House would milk the cow dry.
This House believes once you start you can't stop.
This House believes in order to get it you have to give it up.
This House believes love is foolish.
This House believes any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
This House would lock its doors.
This House would put out the fire.
This House believes you can't handle the truth.
This House would have a new song for America.
This House would place privilege before merit.
This House approves of political inertia.
This House would avoid the ideological seductions of "false consciousness".
This House supports the strong state.
This House believes that self-government is degenerate.
This House would break the law.
This House would substantially reduce IMF and World Bank lending programs.
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Webmaster: This were interesting motions, I just ask myself, if the 2nd round motion is not a SQ motion? I
recall a couple of incidents in Slovenija, where teams have been punished for what their fans have done (like
destroying stuff or attacking the opposite team's fans)... But its sport, what do I know about it..
1st Round THW suspend welfare payments to drug addicts.
2nd Round THW punish sports teams for violence perpetrated by their fans
3rd Round THW ban the digital enhancement of images of people in advertising and magazines.
4th Round THW impose economic sanctions on Israel until it ends its nuclear program
5th Round THW seize the personal assets of company directors whose companies file for bankruptcy or
are bailed out by the government
6th Round THW place on no restriction on the owning of the firearms
Semi THW suspend Italy's EU membership due for its treatment for the Roman
Final THW ban the killing animals for food
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These are debate motions from the Sydney BP Novice debate tournament. I find the very interesting, the R4
motion looks as if it would deliver great debates. What do you think?
R1. THW make smokers pay for their own medical expenses
R2. THW not allow children to compete in professional sports
R3. THW deny the right to strike
R4. THW execute war criminals
Final: THW allow mothers in prison to be accompanied by their babies
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Round 1
THW recognise the independence of South Ossetial
Round 2
THW ban Digital Enhancement in magazines and billboards.
Round 3
THW ban all Blood Sports.
Round 4
THW Ban Coka Cola.
Semi Final
THW legalize voluntary ethunasia for lifetime inprisoned War Criminals.
Grand Final
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Round 1: This House would prioritize people who have lived a healthy lifestyle when allocating organs.
Round 2: This House would hold parents criminally responsible for crimes committed by their minor children.
Round 3: This House would refuse to extradite criminals to countries with the death penalty.
Round 4: This House supports restrictions on executive pay.
Round 5: This House would extend NATO membership to Ukraine.
Quarters: This House would legalize opium-poppy cultivation in Afghanistan .
Semis: This House would use public shaming in criminal punishments.
Finals: This House supports a doctrine of preemptive war.
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Rd 1: This house would not prosecute battered wives for killing their husbands.
Rd 2: This house would negotiate with al quaeda
Rd 3: This house would nationalise all banks
Rd 4: This house would make politicians work in health, defense, education or emergency services to qualify
for office
Rd 5: This house make entry into university based on a lottery after passing a basic high school exam
Quarter: This house would sell right to sue
Semi: This house would give money to African countries not to take money off China
Final: This House Would Make the Number of Votes a Person Can Cast in an Election Inversely Proportional
to their Wealth
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Heat 1 "This house believes Israeli policy is the major obstacle to peace in the Middle East"
Heat 2 "This house believes that global security demands a McCain victory"
Heat 3 "This House regrets the demise of the Progressive Democrats"
Heat 4 "This house would ban the eating of meat"
Heat 5 "This house would ban recreational air travel"
Heat 6 "This house would refuse to fund the Arts"
Heat 7 "This house would end all private political donations"
Heat 8 "This house believes in retributive justice"
Heat 9 "This house would introduce compulsory community service."
Heat 10 "This house believes earning a licence should be necessary to vote"
Heat 11 "This house would fund science at all costs"
Heat 12 "This house would jail parents for the crimes of their children"
Heat 13 "This house would no longer pick up the tab for those living unhealthy lives"
Heat 14 "This house believes the time to fund RTE is at an end."
Heat 15 "This house would join a European Army"
Heat 16 "This house believes the Celtic Tiger took away more than it ever gave"
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1. This House believes the gay community should "out" gay celebrities
2. This House believes the military should overthrow governments which have lost popular legitimacy
3. This House would criminalise individuals and organisations who do not recycle
4. This House would abolish all forms of affirmative action
5. This House would allow parents to cast proxy votes on behalf of their children
6. This House believes the Palestinians should give up the Right of Return
Semis: This House would make insulting religion a crime
Final: This House believes freer markets, rather than more government intervention, are the solution to the
current economic crisis
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Webmaster: Hrmm... I sure have seen a lot of debate motions, but WTH? (what the Humphrey Bogart?)
Cambridge tournament is weird I see.... Anyone debated this, could you give us some more info?
Round 1: This House should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis. (Humphrey Bogart)
Round 2: This House would strive on with mindfulness. (Siddhartha Gautama Buddha)
Round 3: This House would bugger Bognor. (King George V)
Round 4: This House would live as a philosopher, and die as a Christian. (Giacomo Casanova)
Round 5: This House believes that / light light I mean / never there he will never / never anything / there / any
more. (Malone from 'Malone Dies' by Samuel Beckett)
[ESL Break Motions]
This House is going outside. It may be some time. (Captain Lawrence Oates)
This House believes that the rest is silence. (Hamlet)
[Open Break Motions]
This House believes that the bastards got us but they won't get everybody. (Alexander Litvinenko)
This House told you it was ill. (Spike Milligan's epitaph)
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This House believes that last words are for fools who haven't said enough. (Karl Marx)
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Round 1: This house believes that Obama should close the Guantanamo Camp immediately.
Round 2: This house believes that it is time to close the borders to economic migrants.
Round 3: This house would eliminate compuslory service in Malaysia.
Round 4: This house would legislate agains the embedding of journalists.
Round 5: This house would prosecute Robert Mugabe for crimes against humanity
Quarterfinals: This house would bomb terrorist bases in Pakistan.
Semifinals: This house believes that South American countries should nationalize thir natural resources.
Watch the debate video
Finals: This house would use the military against Somali pirates. Watch the debate video
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Colgate IV motions
Round 1 - Thbt the criminal justice system should only utilize secular rehabilitation programs.
Round 2 - THW make indigenous communities exempt from laws pertaining to environmental protection.
Round 3 - This house would introduce an international minimum wage.
Round 4 - Thbt the propagation of extreme nationalism during the War on Terror do/did/does more harm
than good.
Round 5 - Thbt professional sporting leagues should be responsible for sports related injuries and conditions
for the lifetime of their athletes.
Round 6 - This House would allow the defendants that belong to a minority group to choose to be judged by
a jury composed exclusively of other members of their same minority group.
Semifinal motion - THBT the international community should Recognize the leadership of populist uprisings
over their national governments.
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Round 1: This House would mandate the purchase of insurance in disaster prone areas.
Round 2: This House would prosecute players who commit flagrant fouls for assault.
Round 3: THW grant amnesty to dictators who voluntarily leave office.
Round 4: THW would mandate a quota for women on the boards of large corporations.
Round 5: THW create a public forum for active duty military personnel to criticize government policy.
Round 6: There is context: "Intellectual property is one or more of patents, copyright or trademarks." This
was read to the debaters before the motion was read. Round 6: TH would charge an annual tax on
intellectual property.
Octofinal motion: THB that human shields are a legitimate target in war.
Quarterfinal motion: THW instruct juries to acquit where they believe conviction not to be in the public
interest.
Semifinal motion: THB in a constitutional right to a minimum standard of living.
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Round 1: THBT the EU should pursue new member states by removing all non-economic membership
conditions, including political system and global location
Round 2: THBT schools should prioritise authority of the teacher over enjoyment of the pupil
Round 3: THW offer increased aid to the developing world countries that encourage and accept large
influxes of immigrants
Round 4: THBT social disgust is sufficient justification for censoring art
R5: THBT Bradley Manning should be pardoned if he is convicted of ?communicating, transmitting and
delivering national defence information to an unauthorised source?
R6: THW allow all women, and women only, to bear arms
R7: THW offer the Taliban power-sharing deals in exchange for acts of disarmament
R8: THBT developing nations should distribute as a dividend to citizens all income derived from natural
resource extraction
Open Quarters: This House would prohibit gay pride parades in countries or areas where there is a risk of
violent backlash against those involved.
ESL Quarters: This House would extend the full protections of international law to guerilla fighters, insurgents
and terrorists.
Open Semis: This House believes that the state should determine the wages to be payed (in both private and
public sectors) for jobs deemed of moral value or societal importance.
ESL Semis: This House would grant higher primates rights equivalent to those of human children.
ESL final: THBT even in response to the most serious crimes a just penal system should have no
consideration for society?s desire for retribution
Open final: THBT after a humanitarian intervention has halted human rights abuses the occupation forces
should leave if the population clearly establishes this as their wish
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R1: THB parents should choose not to send their children to private school.
R2: THBT First Nations' Peoples (e.g. Native Americans) who live in geographically separate areas should be
given complete autonomous govt.
R3: THBT the music industry should not facilitate the comebacks of artists who committed violent crimes.
R4: THBT the Mexican government should remove all limits on law enforcement and the military in the fight
against organised crime.
R5: THBT the ECB should unconditionally buy significant amounts of government debt from struggling
Eurozone countries
R6: THW limit the amount that can be spent by corporations in any one course of litigation
R7: THW require the military to recruit solders in direct proportion to the socioeconomic make up of their
country.
R8: THBT the Palestinians should accept complete demilitarisation in returned for a guaranteed sovereign
state.
R9: THW allow anyone to take up residence in any country, provided that they will not be an economic
burden on that country.
ESL Quarters: THS life sentence without parole for serial re-offenders
ESL Semis: TH believes that militaries in newly democratised arab states should act as guardians of
secularism
ESL Final: THW retrospectively remove all amnesty granted to those who committed crimes as part of
oppressive regimes.
Main QF: THBT Republika Srpska should secede from BIH.
Main Semis: THB schools should aggressively stream students according to their ability from a young age.
Main Final: THW amend the US constitution to prohibit any involvement by religious organizations in the
electoral process
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R1 This house, as Germany, would immediately cease all reparations to the State of Israel
R2 THW incentivize employers to hire non-college graduates
R3 THBT decisions on the legalisation, banning, or limiting of substances, including, but not limited to
narcotics, tobacco & alcohol should be left to panels of experts rather than to elected representatives
R4 THW require any journalist working for a print,TV or radio news organization to have a
government.-issued license
R5 THW force anyone suspected of being a 'stolen child' [under the Argentinian military junta 1976-1983] to
undergo DNA testing to establish whether they are indeed stolen children and then make the results public
R6 THW require all isolated religious communities (eg. Hasidic Jews, Jehova's Witnesses) to give all
18-year-olds a 'Rumspringa' [Amish tradition of sending off 18-y.-olds to live in outside world for 1 year, after
which they may chose to return or not]
Semi THBT all Government Policy Should Follow the Strict Logic of Maximizing Total Happiness
Final THBT the State of Israel should immediately and publicly end all attempts to capture or kill Nazi war
criminals
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R1: THW ban memory erasing technology (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
R2: THBT it is legitimate for Replicants to destroy any and all means of replicant production (Bladerunner)
R3: THW establish an independent 'prawn' state (District 9)
R4: something about clones being happier if they didn't know they were clones. (Never Let Me Go)
Final: THW give the 4-5-6 the 10% of children from the bottom of the league tables (Or, THW implement
PLEB) (Torchwood: Children of the Earth)
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R1: THBT adults who are not on the organ donor list should not be eligible to receive organ transplants
R2: THBT players who are found to have racially abused their fellow competitors should be banned for life
R3: THW ban the depiction of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
R4: THW prefer US Presidential candidates to be selected exclusively by party elites
Final: THBT the LGBT Movement Should Not Out Homosexual Politicians That Publicly Profess Homophobic
Views
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R1: THW, ban national football teams who fans use racist or homophobic chants, from international
competition
R2: THW require local councils to provide sufficient plots for gypsies in spite of local opposition.
R3: THW allow law enforcement agencies to monitor the phones, emails, internet activity and text messages
of anyone who has been convicted of a crime linked to organised crime (as opposed to a hypothetical status
quo where permission is granted on a case by case basis, where a judge must approve it based on evidence
that the person is currently committing a crime)
R4: THW force clinically obese children to attend residential weight loss and education camps during the
summer holidays
Semi: THBT western nations should launch pre-emptive air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities
Final: THBT in order for full gender equality to be achieved, all images designed to even slightly sexually
attract or arouse the viewer must be banned
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R1: THBT the West should support a power-sharing deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban
R2: THBT Latin American countries should use private military contractors to police high crime areas
R3: THBT the feminist movement should renounce the title of "Feminism"
R4: THBT in order to be eligible for public funding, art must be subject to a double-blind test, in which it is
judged anonymously by an art critic, and by members of the public against the work of a 5-year-old
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R1: THW Remove All UEFA's Limits on Football Club Spending (which includes transfer and salaries).
R2: THBT the European Union should guarantee membership to regions of member states that secede from
their parent state.
R3: THW fund hymen reconstruction.
R4: TH Regrets the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
R5: THBT MGM Film Studios should cast a woman as the next James Bond.
Semi: THBT Japanese Leaders are justified in honouring the Yasukuni War Shrines.
Final: You are a Liberal leaning journalist covering the White House, you have received exclusive and
indisputable evidence that during his college years Barack Obama had an active gay sexual life, THW
Publish the Story.
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R1: THBT the media should not report on a terrorist attack immediately after the event
R2: THW introduce irreversible laws to be programmed into robots
R3: THW take charitable status away from religious institutions that do not teach comprehensive sexual
education
R4: THBT it is legitimate for nations to destabilise the governments that are complicit in the production of
hardcore narcotics
Final: THBT state education should purposely undermine the normal gender roles
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R1: THW ban male circumcision for Under 18s, except for medical reasons.
R2: TH wants the USA to lead a Coalition of the Willing to intervene militarily in Syria.
R3: THBT developed countries should not retaliate to protectionist measures by developing countries.
R4: THW publicly shame persons found guilty of committing hate speech.
R5: THBT Britain should seek issue based coalitions rather than a further integration into the EU.
Semi: "Context: A pill has been developed which, if taken during pregnancy will ensure the birth of straight
children. At no point can it be determined if the child would otherwise have been straight or gay.
Motion: This House would allow prospective mothers to take the pill."
Novice Final: This House would ban extremist political parties.
Final: This House would support the partition of nation-states along their ethnic lines.
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R1: THW not allow anybody under the age of 18 to leave school without first having passed all of their exams
R2: THW institute gender and racial quotas in all government cabinets
R3: THW only intervene in arab uprisings if guaranteed preferential economic agreements in return
R4: THW Make it a criminal offence to know of a crime and not report it
Final: THBT pieces of major social legislation, notably gay marriage, should be passed only by referendum
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R1: THBT Google, YouTube, & social media websites should remove content which it deems to insult
religions
R2: THB the ANC should nationalize all mines
R3: THBT Western governments should buy the freedom of slaves
R4: THBT the Greek military should suspend democratic government until economic recovery
R5: THBT companies should not take public stance in gay right issues
Quarter: THBT Emily's list should fund pro-choice male candidates
ESL Semi: THB governments should actively discourage consumerist lifestyles
Semi: THBT States should forcibly reverse the transmigration policies of their former dictators
ESL Final: THW give extra votes to youths over the age of 18
Final: THB in the right to bear arms
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R1: THBT states in the developing world should invest in sex tourism
R2: THW allow all doping in professional sports
Final: THW choose immortality over the opportunity to have children
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Cambridge IV 2012
R1: The state should pay a living wage to stay at home parents
R2: Infoslide: There are strong allegations that the Rwandan government of Paul Kagame is funding
anti-govenment rebel fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rebels are ethnically Tutsi and have
caused mass violence in the DRC. Several countries have decided to freeze budgetary assistance to
Rwanda. Others have chosen not to, claiming that aid has been used effectively to develop Rwanda.Motion:
THB all donor countries should freeze aid to Rwanda
R3: THW hold the senior executives of major banks and rating agencies criminally liable for the actions of
their companies that led to the Global Financial Crisis
R4: THBT democratic reform is more important than economic growth for China
R5: THBT prosecutors should never offer reduced sentences in exchange for testifying against others
Quarters: TH regrets the rise of 24 hour news culture
Semi: THBT all companies should be at least 75% owned by their workforce, in equal shares
ESL Final: THBT that Japan should not abandon nuclear power
Final: THBT Egypt should provide a military security guarantee against the invasion of Gaza
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Heat 1, 2, 3: THW create a permanent seat for the Travelling Community in the Dil.
Heat 4, 5, 6: THW create a constituency for the Irish abroad.
Heat 7, 8, 9: THW allow Asylum Seekers to work.
Heat 10, 11, 12: THW compel parents to take equal paternity and maternity leave.
Heat 13, 14, 15: THW require the unemployed to participate in community work to be eligible for social
welfare.
Heat 16, 17, 18: THW re-introduce the punishment of banishment for serious crimes.
Heat 19, 20, 21: THW grant the police the ability to stop and search without reasonable suspicion in
designated areas and times.
Heat 22, 23, 24: THB the US Federal Government should continue to enforce the national prohibition on
drugs in states which legalise the personal use of cannabis.
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R1: THW force universities to create stricter entrance requirements, even if this would lead to fewer students
R2: THW ban the publication of any photographic and film material that portrays crime suspects
R3: TH, being a teenager, would not open a Facebook account
R4: THW force schools to offer students intensive interaction with different worldviews
R5: THW allow the Supreme Court to reject laws if they contradict the constitution (this is not SQ in the
Netherlands)
Semi: THW grant the ECB the right to limit member country?s sovereign debt
Final: THW subsidise genetical modification on humans
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R1: THBT separate sports competitions for women harm the feminist cause
R2: THW set up Christian mission schools in Pakistan
R3: THW ban transport of persons and goods by beaming
R4: THW not want a German Europe
Final: THW set up brothels in military bases abroad
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R1: THW require prospective parents to obtain parenting licences prior to having children
R2:
R3: THW require all news media to graphically depict under-reported armed conflicts
R4: THBT the EU should suspend the membership rights of countries if they elect extremist parties to
government (for example, Greece's Golden Dawn or the UK's British National Party)
R5: THB artists should not set out to sympathetically portray characters who hold morally repugnant world
views
Semi: Context slide: (abbr.) Blind voting means voters indicating a series of preferences of policies, these
preferences are only later matched to respective parties. Motion: THW introduce blind voting in national
elections
Novice final: THW ban all medical procedures intended to change an individual's racial appearance
Final: THB the ICC should open an investigation on war crimes in Palestine
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R1 THBT the European Union should ban art, including literature or film, that directly insults any religion
R2 THBT the EU should oblige its member states to include positive references to LGBT individuals and
issues in their high school textbooks
R3 THBT the European Union should guarantee membership to regions of existing EU member states, such
as Catalonia or Scotland, that secede
R4 THB that Europe should weaken its austerity measures to guarantee its citizens greater social support
Final THW ban far-right parties from competing in elections in European countries
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R1: THBT citizens have no moral obligation to obey laws which they personally believe may be unjust
R2: TH supports direct elections of governors in Russia
R3: THW only allow pornography produced and directed by Women
R4: THBT consumer electronics firms should not be allowed to patent technologies which are not essential to
the working of their product
R5: TH, as Germany, would leave the EU
Semi: THW remove all special legal privileges from religious organisations
Final: THBT Russia should immediately withdraw all support from the Assad regime
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R1: THW force insurance companies to have equal insurance premiums for men and women
R2: THW give the members of every political party the right to determine the voting behaviour of their
deputies
R3: THW offer Maria its own bed
Final: THW make all the proceeds that a professors earns with their books and other academic work
available to their universities
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Round 1: This House would ban videogames in which the player engages in brutal and immoral violence in a
realistic setting.
Round 2: This House would require international development aid budgets to be approved by popular
referenda.
Round 3: This House, as the Muslim Brotherhood, would sincerely offer to cease resistance, participate in
elections, and respect a liberal constitution.
Round 4: This House would permit government agencies to conduct automated surveillance without court
authorisation.
Round 5: This House believes that Israel should allow members of the Jewish diaspora to vote in its
elections.
Round 6: This House applauds the rise of songs by female pop artists that glorify assertive female sexuality.
Round 7: This House belives that it is in China's strategic interest to cease all non-humanitarian assistance
to North Korea until it verifiably ends Its nuclear programme.
Round 8: This House believes that Barack Obama should not have granted legal immunity to officials who
ordered the use of torture.
Round 9: This House would provide welfare in the form of basic goods and services, rather than cash
payments.
ESL Motions
QuarterFinal: THBT men should consistently call out and correct chauvinistic claims by colleagues and
co-workers.
SemiFinal: THB that environmentalists should launch a campaign of sabotage and property destruction
aimed at major polluting companies.
ESL Final Motion: THB the state should not fund any work of art or perfomance that the average cititzens
would not recognise as having artistic merit
Open motions
QuarterFinals: THBT African countries should adopt English as the principal language of instruction in
schools.
SemiFinals: TH Regrets that Western Media has Demonised Islamic Terrorists Rather than Portraying Them
as Criminals with Legitimate Political Grievances.
Open Final Motion: THW give more votes to citizens according to their performance on a current affairs test.
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1. THBT the forceable outing of homosexuals in professional sports is a legitimate tool for the gay rights
movement.
2. THBT all patents on technology pertaining to renewable energy should be government owned.
3. THBT the West should actively include Iran in the resolution of the Syrian conflict.
4. THBT the women's rights movement should encourage women to forego childbirth.
5. THBT religions should adhere to public opinion polls.
6. THW force private schools to mirror the socioeconomic demographics of their state in their student body,
providing financial assistance when necessary.
Quarters: THW transfer funding for the war on drugs to development aid for nations with drug producing
problems. (approximate)
Semis: THBT Egypt will be better off with a secular authoritarianism than a democratic government.
(approximate)
Final: THBT journalists who cover people in distress have a moral obligation to act as good samaritans.
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R1: THW ban the circumcision of males under the age of 18.
R2: THBT Germany should grant asylum to Edward Snowden.
R3: THBT the jury in all medical malpractice trials should consist solely of medical professionals.
R4: TH Supports the Creation of a New Country, Open to All where the only Functions of the Government are
to provide Security and to Protect Property Rights.
R5: TH Supports the actions of the Gulabi Gang. (Infoslide: The Gulabi Gang ?the Pink gang? are a
collection of women in North India that wear pink saris and engage in violent, non-lethal acts of vigilantism.
They target men who they have reason to believe have gone unpunished for acts of violence against
women.)
R6: This House, upon discovering Irrefutable Proof that God does NOT exist, Would use a fail safe system to
destroy the proof and hide it from any human?s knowledge.
Semi Final: THBT the discovery of a means of stopping the aging process would be a bad thing for society.
(Clarifying information for the Semi Final: For this debate ?stopping the aging process? means that bodies
would stop aging after the age of 35; it does NOT mean that people would stop dying of things unrelated to
the process of aging.)
Final: This House as the Israeli Debating League would refuse to accept a debating society from Ariel as a
member. (Clarifying information for the Final: Ariel is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.)
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Round 1 - THBT the role of the Roman Catholic Church since 1945 in the world diplomacy has been
overwhelmingly negative
Round 2 - THBT with the ending of the Warsaw Pact there is no further justification for the existence of NATO
Round 3 - SPORT
1) THW pardon all sportsmen found guilty of using performance enhancement drugs
2) THW pay professional sportsmen as much as university professors
3) THW Ban Sports that involve killing animals
Round 4 - Culture
1) THBT modern art may be modern but is rarely art
2) THBT the Beetles have contributed more to society than Beethoven
3) THW stop state funding of the arts
Round 5
THW stop public funding of space exploration
Round 6
THBT war causes more problems than it solves
Round 7 - Education
1) TH Prefers single-sex schools to co-educational schools
2) THW require all new teacher graduates from developed countries to work in the developing world for a
period of twelve months.
3) THBT nationalism has no place in the school curriculum
Round 8 - Politics and Economics
1) THS Free Trade to the developing world
2) THBT there is no place for monarchy in a democratic country
3) This house believes that corrupt democracy is better than dictatorship
Open final - Environment
1) THBT there is no future without nuclear energy
2) THW rather use its resources to adapt to climate change than to prevent it
3) THW Mandate recycling Programs in developing countries
Quarter Final -International relations
1) THBT Tibet should be recognized as an independent state
2) THBT America has done more harm than good since 1945
3) THBT the ICC should have the authority to investigate and prosecute any cases
Semi Final - Religion Morality Ethics
1) THW not use medically scarce resources on terminally ill patients
2) THBT multiculturalism has failed
3) THBT religion should have a place in public education
Final
THBT in the long run there is no hope to save Euro without a Federal Europe.
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Demo debate ? THW compel children to care for their elderly parents
Mini-debate ? THBT Modern technology has done more harm than good to the Cameroonian youth
Practice 1 ? THW increase taxes on tobacco
Practice 2 ? THBT citizens should not give money to beggers
Practice 3 ? THW ban international adoption
Practice 4 ? THBT all politicians should publicly disclose all of their finances sixty days before the election
Practice 5 ? THBT Crimes committed by police should be punished more severely
Practice 6 ? THBT Cameroonian youth will be better off if they stay in Cameroon
Tournament
Round 1 ? THBT the African Union should have one Pan-African Army
Round 2 ? THW have university administrations elected by the students and faculty
Round 3 ? THBT parents should not hit their children
Round 4 ? THW have Cameroon adopt one educational system for Francophones and Anglophones
Semifinal ? THBT Western Cameroon should be an independent state
Final - THW ban bushmeat
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R1: THBT new democracies should prevent revolutionary leaders from standing for elected office
R2: THBT increased female participation in violent sports (such as boxing) is good for women
R3: THBT the WTO should allow developing countries to impose tariffs on developed countries
R4: THBT the USA should pay $1 trillion in war reparations to North Korea
Final: THW give the public the power, via referendum, to pardon whistleblowers.
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Round 1 THW impose a tax on men to reduce the gender pay gap.
Round 2 THBT EU nations should stop cooperating with the USA on intelligence matters.
Round 3 THW NOT WATCH PORN
Round 4 THW pay reparations to European Roma
Round 5 THBT all corporations should become cooperatives owned and operated by the workers.
Round 6 THB the dead are the property of the state.
Quarterfinals THW not tax bitcoin transactions.
Semifinals THW apply universal jurisdiction to crimes against the environment
Finals THBT THE RECENT GENEVA AGREEMENT WITH IRAN WILL FAIL. INFOSLIDE
Infoslide for the finals motion:
Washington Post, 23 November 2013.
?Iran, world powers reach historic nuclear deal?
First step towards a comprehensive agreement within six months.
Iran will:
Freeze or reverse work at all Iran?s major nuclear facilities.
Halts installation of new centrifuges to enrich uranium.
Cease work on heavy water reactor that could produce plutonium.
Accept daily monitoring of nuclear facilities by international inspectors.
Western powers will:
Reduce existing trade sanctions against Iran.
Grant access to frozen assets worth less than $7 billion.
Sanctions reinstated if Iran violates the agreement.
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The 2013 United Asian Debating Championships were held by University of the Philippines Diliman and
Ateneo de Manila University. The winners of the Championships were from University of the Philippines
Diliman. Here are the motions from the tournament:
Round 1: Education
THBT academic researchers should restrict public access to their research that has not undergone peer
review.
THW make public universities free.
THW require all public servants to send their children to public school.
Round 2: If I Were A Doctor?
As far as they are able to, THBT doctors have an obligation to disclose to a patient's sexual partners that the
patient has HIV/AIDS.
THBT doctors should never administer life sustaining treatment to those pronounced brain dead.
THBT doctors should refuse to administer abortions on patients who insist on maintaining a pro-life stance.
Round 3: Mind Your Own Business
THW abolish all patents.
THW nationalize any company that is deemed to be too big to fail.
TH supports multinational corporations who outsource their production to countries that have loose labor
laws.
Round 4: Social Networking
THBT social networking sites have done more harm than good for interpersonal interaction.
THBT social networks like Grindr should not allow users to prevent their profiles from being searched by
members of a specific race.
TH condemns dating sites like Ashley Madison that are targeted at people in relationships looking to have an
affair.
Round 5: Gender
THW require all employees to take the same amount of leave and work the same number of hours that their
average female colleague with a child does.
Regardless of parental consent, THW fund gender reassignment surgery for minors.
THBT homosexual movement should out homosexuals they know to be in the closet.
Round 6: Crime and Punishment
TH supports the indefinite detention of individuals in the interest of public safety.
THBT justice should involve no consideration for retribution and focus on rehabilitation instead.
THW ban proselytizing (to induce someone to convert to one's faith) in prisons.
Round 7: Environment
THW not cut funding to research that seeks to deal with climate change, even in the wake of austerity.
THW stop searching for new sources of oil.
THW stop preventing the worsening of climate change and focus on adapting to its consequences instead.
Round 8: Democracy
TH prefers a system of proportional representation to first-past-the-post voting.
TH supports parties who choose their policy positions on bills being voted on in the legislature through an
online vote by their constituents.
THBT majority of the members of the legislature should be chosen from a socially representative random
draw from the general population.
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The 2012 United Asian Debating Championships were held by Multimedia University and won by a team
from Nanyang Technological University. If you are looking for motions from this tournament, this is the place.
Here we go, and don't forget to like this article!
Motions:
Round 1 (Eminem & Dr. Dre - I Need a Doctor)
THBT those on organ transplant waiting lists should be prioritised according to lifestyle choices
THW disallow individuals below a certain income level from participating in clinical trials
THBT, in the event of life-threatening illnesses, medical decisions should be made by their doctors and not
their parents
Round 2 (Survivor - Eye of the Tiger)
THW mandate equal primetime coverage for men's and women's sports
THW ban all sports that define winning as inflicting pain or glorifying its simulation
THBT companies that promote unhealthy lifestyles should be disallowed from sponsoring sporting events
Round 3 (Jay-Z & Mr. Hudson - Forever Young)
THW forcefully reallocate talent and resources from all the top educational institutions (primary, secondary
and tertiary) to those at the bottom
THW require universities to share the burden in repaying the loans of their graduates if they are unable to find
employment
THW abolish unpaid internships
Round 4 (Neil Young - This Land Is My Land)
THW exempt indigenous communities from laws relating to environmental protection
THW actively and forcefully reverse transmigration policies instituted by former dictators or colonial masters
THBT tribal law should have jurisdiction over all crimes committed on tribal land, regardless of who the
perpetrator is
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The United Asian Debating Championships in 2011 were held by University of Macao and here are the
motions:
Round 1:
THW not allow minors to be involved in politics.
THW scrap the government pension system.
TH regrets the practice of 'tiger' parenting.
Round 2:
THBT copyright of visual media belongs to the subject and not the photographer.
THW build a national DNA database.
THW ban the collection and sale of location and usage information by Smartphone companies.
Round 3:
THW ban adult entertainment from casinos.
THBT it is wrong to raise money for social welfare through national lotteries.
THW remove all sin taxes.
Round 4:
THBT countries which pollute common waters should lose their Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs).
THW not grant citizenship at birth to the children of foreigners on domestic soil.
THW pay the militaries of the other states to fight our battles.
Round 5:
THBT doctor should never lie to their patients, even for their own good.
TH celebrates the willingness of women to be 'sluts'.
THW allow individuals to purchase behavior-modifying drugs without prescription.
Round 6:
THBT China should leave the WTO.
THBT China should support the unification of the two Koreas.
THBT China should actively incentivize celebrities and public figures who are non citizen ethnic Chinese to
naturalize.
Round 7:
THW make education in the high arts mandatory in schools.
THW require presidential candidates to disclose their official records upon public request.
TH regrets the high priority given to sports in the national consciousness.
Round 8:
TH prefers a secular autocracy to a fundamentalist democracy.
THW erase the legacies and tear down monuments dedicated to deposed dictators.
THW require election campaigns to be bi-/multi-lingual.
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Round 0: BAN
THW ban websites that do your assignments for you
THBT governments should totally ban smoking
THW ban hymen reconstruction surgery
Round 1: RELIGION
THBT the right to free speech does not extend to offending religion
THBT religious organizations should pay taxes on donations received and assets owned
THBT the Pope should be prosecuted for the crimes of Roman Catholic priests
Round 2: MEDICAL ETHICS
THBT doctors should be obligated to report suspected cases of domestic abuse
THBT doctors should not be forced to perform medical procedures that are against their faith
THW ban treatments that claim to cure homosexuality
Round 3: POST CONFLICT
THBT post conflict societies should recruit rebel soldiers into state armies
THBT it is justified to represent fallen regimes as absolutely evil in history textbooks
THW confiscate property of those who cooperated with oppressive regimes after the fall of the regime
Round 4: BIG CITIES
THW pay youth to not migrate from rural areas to urban centres
THW impose a prohibitive tax on car ownership (i.e. making car ownership VERY expensive)
THW impose curfews in high crimes areas
Round 5: MEDIA
THBT western liberal democracies should ban online anonymity
THBT the willingness to participate in formal public election debates should be a pre-requisite for candidates
running for national office
THW ban ads that use sex to sell products
Round 6: POP CULTURE/ART
THBT Harry Potter has done more harm than good for literature
THBT important characters in movies should be portrayed by actors of the same ethnicity
THW impose a minimum age for pop stars
Round 7: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
THBT it's time the US recognize Hamas as a legitimate representative of Palestine
THBT the National League for Democracy (NLD) should not boycott the elections in Burma
THBT the leaders of nations that stockpile agricultural products for economic gain while global hunger
persists should be charged with crimes against humanity
Round 8: SOCIAL DILEMMAS
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ROUND 1: Education
That universities should not have patents.
That we would abolish tenure for university professors.
That states that don't provide free tertiary education should subsidize career paths for students that is useful
for the state.
ROUND 2: Sport
That the English Premier League should significantly limit the number of foreign players per team .
That professional sporting clubs should only b owned by the local authority of the area they represent.
That we should ban players' unions in major sporting leagues
ROUND 3: Crime
We should require criminal judges to be employed in a prison for 6 months prior to appointment to the bench.
That illegally gathered evidence and information should be admissible in criminal trials
That individuals who commit minor crimes should be allowed 2 convert their sentences into corporal
punishment
ROUND 4: Media
That we should require all free-to-air TV stations to have and adequately fund 60min of ad-free news in prime
time.
That journalists should be required to lodge their sources with a press council for verification.
That CEOs of major news companies should be democratically elected in open public elections.
ROUND 5: Economics
That countries should not seek to regulate digital currencies like the Bitcoin
TWS prohibit credit rating agencies from disclaiming legal liability for the inaccuracy of their ratings
TWS make lenders liable for the losses of low-income customers who are not given independent legal advice
ROUND 6: Social Politics
That we should make legislative deliberations & decisions on retirement age and superannuation private,
anonymous, confidential and by the secret ballot.
That we should support granting private administrative control of cities on the basis of charters
That gay rights group should disavow the "Gay is the New Black" campaign.
ROUND 7:
That the US should pay Chinese activists to combat the efforts of China's '50 Cent Party'
That Detroit should sell the Detroit Institute of Art's 1 billion USD collection to service it's debts
That Obama should grant Edward Snowden amnesty from all charges
Round 8
TWS refuse classification to films and TV shows that fail the Bechdel Test.
TWS pay parental leave as equal and non-transferable portions of leave for each parent
That progressive women's groups should refrain from attacking female politicians regardless of their policies
Adj Test: That individuals should be allowed to sell their right to sue to one/more 3rd parties.
ESL Quarter-Final: politics
That minimum standards of living should be legally enforceable in developing countries
That political parties should abolish their military wings
That we should select only women as diplomats to countries with poor rights standards for women
ESL Semi-Finals:
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That families whose children perform well in school should receive bonus welfare payments
ESL Semi Motions
That media outlets should be allowed to report on the details of suicides.
That the media should not report on the private lives of politicians.
That there should be a minimum Body Mass Index (BMI) for women on television
Semi Final Motions
That we should have a one state solution for Israel and Palestine
That the West should suppress pro-democracy movements which are against the West's strategic interests
That we should only grant amnesty to dictators at the conclusion of conflicts
Final Motion
That we should introduce good samaritan laws
That we should introduce a system of school vouchers
That the state should stop subsidising monogamous relationships.
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Round 1: Religion
That we should prevent parents from raising their children in a particular religious faith
That governments should refuse to recognise Scientology as a religion
That it should be a crime to insult religions
Round 2: Sport
That we should ban the international trade in sportspeople under the age of 18
That we should ban the private ownership of professional sporting clubs
That all countries competing in the Olympics should have to include male and female athletes
Round 3: Australia (and New Zealand)
That New Zealand and Australia should remove the Fiji Government by force
That New Zealand and Australia should place no restrictions migrants from Pacific countries, other than those
relating to health and security
That we support granting land rights to indigenous peoples as a means of redressing historical injustice
Round 4: Families
That infidelity should be a factor in the financial resolution of divorce
That senior citizens should be financially supported (when required) by their adult children
That courts should refuse to recognise pre-nuptial agreements
Round 5: Asia
That the US should not sell arms to Taiwan
That China should abolish the ?one child? policy
That the Philippines should have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission into the crimes of the Arroyo
administration instead of criminal trials
Round 6: Liberty, Freedom and Choice
That we should prohibit the labelling of products as ?fair trade?
That we should prohibit discrimination in the labour market on the basis of physical attractiveness
That we should end all government funding for health, education, and police measures that aim to prevent
suicide
Round 7: La Vieille Europe
That the US should withdraw its military bases from Europe
That we should say, au revoir, tot ziens, and, finally, partition Belgium
That Turkish admission to the EU should be contingent upon a full recognition of the Armenian genocide
Round 8: The Law
That all defendants and victims in sexual assault trials should have their identity protected until a verdict is
reached
That socially progressive movements should use the courts to advance social change
That we should prohibit private prisons
Octo-finals: Learning
That we should ban homeschooling
That we support the use of school vouchers
That we should link funding of schools to performance in standardised exams
Quarter-finals: Democracy
That we should ban professional political lobbyists
That the leaders of parliamentary parties should be chosen by party members rather than their parliamentary
colleagues
That individuals should be able to sell their vote
ESL Semi-finals: Health
That we should stop the search for the ?gay gene?
That we should abolish private health insurance
That we should ban non-essential cosmetic surgery
Semi-finals: Tax and Equality
That there should be a constitutional limit on the regressiveness of the tax system
That income tax levels should be determined by the relative privilege of an individual?s upbringing
That we should use the tax system to subsidise the ownership of major businesses by members of
disadvantaged social minorities
ESL Grand Final: Immigration
That we should auction the right to immigrate
That emigrants should pay an ?exit tax? when they change their citizenship
That ASEAN should allow free and open movement of labour within its borders
Grand Final
That the West should immediately withdraw from Afghanistan
That the right to a minimum standard of living should be legally enforceable in developed countries
That the International Criminal Court should allow for the prosecution of ?crimes against the earth?
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Quarter Finals
That businesses should refuse to comply with China?s internet restrictions.
That the hiring and firing by employers should not be influenced by information found on social networking
sites.
That the Government should subsidise print journalism.
ESL Semi Finals
That Western countries should ban the wearing of the burkha in public spaces.
That Governments should not provide religious services to its military personnel.
That aid agencies should not be allowed to undertake missionary activites.
Semi Finals
That water should not be privatised.
That we should create an international market for the sale of babies.
That we should create a global free market for the sale of all drugs.
ESL Grand Final
That ASEAN should establish a Human Rights Court.
That the European Parliament should be abolished.
Grand Final
That Palestine should accept demilitarisation in return for a guaranteed sovereign state.
That we should grant the Roma Gypsies a sovereign state.
That we should divide Sudan.
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Adjudication test
That we should uphold the right of Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
Women's debate
That we should have quotas for the number of women in national parliaments.
Round 1
That media should be able to freely report suicides.
That we should ban all advertising during children's television programming.
That we should ban the publication of political party support polls.
Round 2
That ASEAN should sign a free trade agreement now.
That we should disband the WTO.
That China should move to float its currency.
Round 3
That we should boycott developing countries that nationalize their oil companies.
That we should support net oil-importing developing nations in building nuclear power plants.
That governments should issue tradable quotas for air travel.
Round 4
That the micro-states of the Pacific should federate.
That Australia and New Zealand should actively uphold the result of the democratic process in Fiji.
That New Zealand should become a state of Australia.
Round 5
That all schools should have comprehensive sex education classes.
That we should require large companies in AustralAsia to provide comprehensive healthcare for employees.
That Catholic medical providers should be forced to provide preventative and emergency contraception.
Round 6
That Pakistan should close its Madrassas.
That Jerusalem should become a UN protectorate.
That we should transfer military resources from Iraq to Afghanistan.
Round 7
That we should abolish detention without trial for suspected terrorists.
That we should abolish the imposition of custodial sentences on young offenders.
That civilian victims of the war on terror should be compensated.
Octo Finals
That players and fans should be able to participate in ambush marketing activities.
That iTunes music should be downloadable to any device.
That we should force pornography websites to move to a .xxx internet domain.
ESL Semi-Finals
That we should publish cartoons of religious figures.
That sporting boycotts are a legitimate tool of foreign policy.
That convicted criminals should be banned from running for public office in Asia.
Quarter Finals
That corporations should be held responsible for abuses committed by their contracted service providers.
That the compensation of all executives should be pegged to the average wage of that company's workers.
That we should require companies to donate 5% of their annual revenue to charitable causes to be eligible
for government contracts.
Semi Finals
That Australia should compromise the legal protections of asylum seekers to appease Indonesia.
That East Asia should adopt a common history textbook.
That politicians must relinquish all control over family-owned assets to global investment banks.
ESL Final
That we should end affirmative action in Malaysia.
That governments should fund development aid and not disaster relief.
That we would introduce hard labour for criminals in the developed world.
Final
That we should criminalise the payment of dowry.
That it should be legitimate to use aid to buy votes in international organisations.
That China should allow the internal free movement of labour.
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Round 1: Justice
That the Indonesian President should pardon Scapelle Corby.
That individuals found guilty of crimes overseas should serve their sentences in their country of origin.
That trial by jury sould be abolished.
Round 2: Gay Rights
That this house would legislate to prevent gays becoming parent.
That we should swash the myth of the 'lipstick lesbian'.
That the gay rights movement should mourn the emergence of 'gay-bourhoods'.
Round 3: Environment
That the poverty of people should be a secondary concern to the demise of the environment.
That the decision to uphold the ban on whaling is an act of Western Imperialism.
That this house would charge the CEO of corporations for crimes committed against the environment in the
Third World.
Round 4: Popular Culture
That "hip-hop" culture has a harmful effect on non-black communities.
That fringe art should receive no governmental funding.
That this house would allow the production of animated child pornography.
Round 5: Asia
That the ASEAN should take an interventionist stance in separatist conflicts in member states.
That Japan should have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
That this house supports the call for Gloria's?resignation.
Round 6: The Media
That cheque-book journalism should be banned.
That Microsoft should not help China censor the Internet.
That Holocaust denial should be a crime.
Round 7: Terrorism
That this house would pay for the return of hostages.
That the US should prevent its residents from accessing the Al Jazeera Network.
That this house would establish a permanent international tribunal for trying terrorists.
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1st Hangzhou Winter BP Debate Open 2013, 13th to 15th December, Hangzhou, China
Round 1: The Zombie Apocalypse is starting in Beijing. There are some infected, some immune, and some
uninfected in the city. You are President Xi Jinping,THBT You should bomb the city.
Round 2: In Rural China, to promote gender equality, THW pay families to raise daughters up to the age of
18.
Round 3: THBT China should disallow the remaking of Chinese classical stories (Journey to the West, Tree
Kingdoms, White Snake, etc) into movies by Hollywood directors.
Round 4: THB in an Olympics where athletes represent themselves instead of their countries.
Round 5: THBT Sinopec should be denationalized (privatized).
Round 6: THW mandate all citizens, after the completion of a medical degree, to serve in a state run
hospital.
Quarter Finals: THBT the state must seek the approval of local communities whose life and environment will
be affected by national infrastructural projects (Three Gorges Dam, High Speed Railways, and Nuclear
Power Plant).
Semi Finals: THBT the artistic community (artists, writers, film makers, musicians and etc.) have the social
obligation to forward social movements' interests such as LGBT rights, women empowerment, ethnic diversity
and etc. in the work they produce.
Grand Finals: TH prefers a world without pain and suffering.
Adj Core: Loke Wing Fatt (Singapore), Samuel Chan (Hong Kong), George Chen (China) and Mark Escay
(Philippines)
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Round 1 motion: THW provide mobile teachers for the compulsory education of the children of travelling
communities (e.g. Roma and Irish Traveller)
Round 2 motion: THBT developed economies should collectively agree to impose radically redistributive tax
codes
Round 3 motion: THW ban the gender testing of athletes in sports
Round 4 motion: THW require major polluters to open their borders to environmental refugees
Round 5 motion: THBT national war memorials should commemorate the casualties on all sides of the
conflict
Novice Final: THBT when courts sentence offenders, they should give considerable weight to the views of the
victims
Quarter: THW, as a liberal democracy, restrict coverage of small-scale terrorist attacks
ESL Semi: THBT political parties should adopt non-hierarchical organisational structures
Semi: THBT identity-based social movements should not include in their movements allies who are not part
of the identity group in question
ESL Final: THBT liberal democracies should cut all economic and military ties with the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
Final: THBT the United States should dissolve its offensive military capabilities
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Round 1: This house believes that feminists should oppose restrictions on the wearing of the burkha and the
hijab
Round 2: This house would remove all non-military sanctions on Iran
Round 3: This house regrets the portrayal of the developing world in the fundraising campaigns of charitable
organisations
Round 4: This house believes that state schools should instil in children the belief that anyone can succeed
through hard work, regardless of their background
Round 5: This house believes that artists from dominant cultural majorities should not seek to portray
minority cultures
Novice Final: You are a government employee who has found evidence that your state is carrying out
actions you personally believe to be gravely immoral. You have no cause to believe these actions are
illegal.Motion: This house would leak the evidence directly to the press
Semi: This house would abolish private property
Final: This house believes that The US should end the War on Terror
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Round 1: This house believes the (same-sex couples) Marriage Bill 2013 should remove the right of religious
institutions to refuse to perform same-sex marriages
Round 2: This house believes that past colonial empires should pay reparations to their former colonies who
are still classed as developing
Round 3: This house believes that feminist political activists should form a separate political party based on
feminist ideology, rather than joining existing parties
Round 4: This house would Pay Additional Benefits to Families on Welfare Whose Children are Excelling in
School
Semi: THBT America should refuse to engage with any attempts to end cyber warfare
Final: Info: You are Sherlock Holmes, pursuing your arch nemesis, Moriarty. Moriarty is an elusive criminal
mastermind with a global network. This network is responsible for countless murders, extortions and a
number of other large-scale criminal acts. You have captured Moriarty?s henchman and have enough
evidence to convict him of a number of charges, including murder. Before you take him to the police, the
henchman offers to give you vital information about Moriarty?s plans and whereabouts which MAY lead you
to finally catch him and foil his plans for evil- in exchange for letting the henchman go free. Your deductive
reasoning tells you that this is not a trap. Motion: This house, as Sherlock Holmes, Would accept the
henchman?s offer.
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