Sunday, July 27, 2014

Beihang World Debate Academy, July 2014, Beijing, China

BEIHANG WORLD DEBATE ACADEMY July 2014, Beijing, China


THW TELEVISE EXECUTIONS. demo

PRACTICE DEBATES:

This House would support “Tiger Parenting.” (Tiger Parenting is strict, demanding and pushes children to high levels of achievement.) PRACTICE 1

THBT ZOOS SHOULD BE CLOSED.  PRACTICE 2

THBT PROSTITUTION SHOULD BE LEGALIZED PRACTICE 3

THW legalize the sale and purchase of human organs practice 4

THW ban companies from advertising their products in a sexualized manner practice 5

THBT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROVIDE EVERY CITIZEN WITH FREE INTERNET ACCESS. PRACTICE 6

THBT digital communication is more important to humanity than face-to-face contact. PRACTICE 7
TOURNAMENT:
THBT PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BEAT THEIR CHILDREN. RD 1

THW close all "after-school" cram schools RD 2

THW abolish all restrictions on immigration between Hong Kong and Mainland China RD 3

THW require all Internet users to use their real names.  RD 4

A Computer Operated Police (or C.O.P) Machine is a non-autonomous humanoid domestic drone currently being developed by the State to carry out operations deemed to be too dangerous for human officers. They are remote operated and fully armed. Motion: TH supports the deployment, throughout the Police Force, of robot police/C.O.P.s. round 5

ELIM DEBATES

QUARTERFINAL - THBT WESTERN NATIONS SHOULD PAY REPARATIONS TO CHINA FOR CRIMES COMMITTED DURING THE OPIUM WARS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Infoslide:
OPIUM WARS
FIRST: ENGLAND VS. CHINA 1839-1842
Europe wanted to trade for silk, spices and tea. China did not want European goods. England smuggled in addictive opium to create demand by China for this narcotic. China resisted and England went to war. China signed treaty to end the war and England got Hong Kong as their colony. Still, China did not want European goods.
SECOND: ENGLAND, FRANCE, USA, RUSSIA VS. CHINA      1856-1860
Second war involved invasion and burning of Summer Palaces.  Treaty forced on China legalized opium, gave trade privileges to Westerners, allowed human trafficking of Chinese citizens to the West as workers, China had to pay huge sum of money to Western nations.

SEMIFINAL - THBT NATIONALISM IS A VIRTUE
Infoslide:
Nationalism, political or social philosophy in which the welfare of the nation-state as an entity is considered paramount. Nationalism is basically a collective state of mind or consciousness in which people believe their primary duty and loyalty is to the nation-state.
Virtue , quality of good in human conduct.


FINAL - THBT EARTH SHOULD NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

ARGO Open 2014 Prepared Motions


From CA Geetha Creffield:

After careful discussions among the members of the CAP, we have decided the prepared motions for the ARGO Open 2014:

Round 1 –THW ban shadow banking

Round 3 - THS a targeted military intervention by the international community to protect civilians in Northern Nigeria against insurgencies by Boko Haram


Round 5 - THW not cooperate with democratically elected politicians who hold extremist views, on an internal level, even if it means losing political power.

Round 7 - TH regrets the European court's decision to afford people the right to be forgotten on the internet.

Final - THBT Romania should stop using Gazprom gas, until Russia gives up its claims over Crimea.

We hope to see all of you in Romania this September!

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Australs July 2014

http://tab.australs2014.com/t/australs2014/motions/

Open Grand Final
[A] That Western Liberal Democratic States should take an ongoing public stance against religion
[B] That assuming a medicinal method of becoming heterosexual was developed, it should be banned
[C] In a post-genocide society, the state should aggressively pursue housing policies which promote racial integration
ESL Grand Final
[A] That we should ban volunteer tourism
[B] That First Ladies/Gentlemen should not publically advocate for policies or political positions during their partner's term in office
[C] That we regret the American withdrawal from Iraq
Open Semifinals
[A] That the rise of the Tea Party Movement is good for liberal citizens of the United States of America
[B] That we regret that Barack Obama has not made his racial background a significant issue during his Presidency
[C] That it would be better for the United States of America if the Southern states were to secede
Open Quarterfinals
[A] That the West should force the immediate resignation of Nouri al-Maliki
[B] That reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah is bad for Palestine
[C] That, in spite of the opposition of the Burmese Government, the international community should set up a safehaven for the Rohingyas in Burma
ESL Semifinals
[A] That indigenous communities who have historically lived in the Amazon should not be punished for acts of vigilantism against poaches and illegal loggers
[B] That historically oppressed indigenous minorities should embrace and promote inaccurate but positive myths or beliefs about their culture
[C] That indigenous citizens should be paid a salary for life as a form of reparations
Open Octofinals
[A] That the state should vet all advertisements intended for public spaces to ensure they do not perpetuate racist or sexist stereotypes
[B] That progressive public forums should actively recruit controversial, socially regressive speakers in order to spark public outrage and discussion
[C] That adoption organisations which preference, or facilitate biological parents' preferences for, placing children in heterosexual homes should be closed
Round 8
[A] That the feminist movement should exclude activists who argue that transwomen are not women
[B] That full equality between the sexes requires the complete abolition of femininity and masculinity
[C] That, as an attractive educated woman, we would choose to marry for money rather than pursue a career
Round 7
[A] That we should abolish NATO
[B] That Modi's victory over the Congress Party should be celebrated
[C] That ransoms should not be paid to Boko Haram
Round 6
[A] That couples should be able to enter relationship contracts which make any future infidelity a state-enforced crime
[B] That we should support online vigilantes to act against perpetrators of crime and police departments/prosecutors who fail to effectively prosecute them
[C] That we should grant overweight people the same protections from discrimination and hate speech as other vulnerable groups
Round 5
[A] That corporations should be allowed to vote
[B] That we support an aggressively redistributive global income tax
[C] That, once sufficient welfare services have been provided to every citizen, the state should not care about relative inequality
Round 4
[A] That developed nations should pay developing nations to not extract their fossil fuel resources (coal, gas, oil)
[B] That governments should not preserve habitats purely for cultural or aesthetic reasons
[C] That rather than protecting endangered species the animal rights movement should prioritise maximising the total welfare of the animal population
Round 3
[A] That we regret the depiction of protagonists in children's books and media as aesthetically superior
[B] That children should learn history as a unifying national story rather than a criticism of past generations
[C] That we should promote the notion that the decision to have a child is a selfish one
Round 2
[A] That major transactions of professional sporting clubs should be subject to a vote of paid club members
[B] That there should be character tests for owning or participating in professional sporting teams
[C] That we should eject sporting teams from international competitions if their fans are found to have committed racist/sexist/queerphobic etc acts during matches
Round 1
[A] That vegetarians and vegans have a moral obligation to aggressively lobby their friends and community to not consume animal products
[B] That the West should not import food from nations with chronic food shortages
[C] That we should ban all advertising and education which implies that addictive or dangerous substances cannot be enjoyable