1ST CHINA PRE-WORLDS 2013, 29TH NOV TO 1ST DEC, BEIJING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY

1st China Pre-Worlds 2013 Motions ( 29th Nov to 1st Dec), Beijing Language and Culture University

ROUND 1 TO AID THE FIGHT AGAINST PROSTITUTION, THIS HOUSE WOULD PREFER TO CRIMINALIZE CLIENTS RATHER THAN PROSTITUTES.

Info slide: The French Parliament is considering this policy where the clients of prostitutes will be fined 3,000Euros or be jailed up to 6 months.

ROUND 2 THBT China should privatize all State-Owned Public Utility Companies (e.g Electricity, Water and Gas)

ROUND 3 THW make a 12-month term in military training and service a requirement for entering tertiary education

Round 4 THW Ban Mail-Order Brides

ROUND 5 THW consider acts of violence committed by the poor against institutions (i.e. corporations) OR people (i.e. CEOs) that are perceived to HAVE caused poverty as mitigating circumstances in the trial process

ROUND 6 Assuming it was possible, THW Alter Human Minds to make it impossible to tell Lies.

QUARTER fINALS THW sterilize individuals who would pass on severe mental and/or psychological disorders.

SEMI FINALS You are a Commanding Officer of the Chinese Air Force. A Korean military airplane has defied standing warnings to not incur into critical Chinese air space, THBT you should shoot the plane down

NOVICE FINAL This House supports the creation of Baby Hatch/Baby Drop Box.

Info slide: A baby hatch/baby dropbox is a place where people (typically mothers) can bring babies, usually newborn, and leave them anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for.

FINAL This House believes that people should reject the belief in the afterlife.

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11th International Debate Academy Slovenia 2013

http://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/IDA_Slovenia.html

1. THW impose a tax on men to reduce the gender pay gap.

2. THBT EU nations should stop cooperating with the USA on intelligence matters.

3. THW not watch pornography

4. THW pay reparations to European Roma

5. THBT all corporations should become cooperatives owned and operated by the workers.

6. This House believes that 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.

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Canadian BP Championships 2013

Round #1: THS a lower income tax for women
Round #2: THW make it a criminal offense to materially and substantially enable the substance abuse problems of an addict.
Round #3: THB Canada should have boycotted the Commonwealth meeting Sri Lanka
Round #4: THO Prenatal testing for mental disabilities
Round #5: THB Walmart is good for America

Novice Shkordoff (refers to a front half bp round used as a tiebreaker between two teams): THW enact good Samaritan laws
Novice Final: THR the creation of the fat pride movement
Semi Final: THB the ICC should not have pursued any charges related to the 2006 post-election violence in Kenya.
Final: You are an average middle class person walking to work in the downtown of a major Canadian city. You have about one cup of coffee worth of change in your pocket. As you are walking, you see a homeless person sleeping on the sidewalk. They are bundled up in clothing and therefore no personal details (gender, age, race etc.) are apparent to you. You cannot stop to talk to this person. All you can see is what is sitting on the ground in front of them. There is a hat with a couple of coins in it, and a cardboard sign that reads: "Homeless. Hungry. Please Help." THW give that person your change.

4th Hong Kong Debate Open 2013:

Motions for 4th Hong Kong Debate Open 2013:

R1) We, as the Iranian people, Would not give up our nuclear weapons ambition.

R2) A terrorist has planted highly lethal explosives within the US. The US has captured the terrorist and has tortured him for the locations of the bombs, but does not respond. The interogator states that the only remaning way to make the terrorist talk is to torture his children in front of the terrorist. In this situation,
THW make it official policy to torture the terrorist's family members for crucial information

R3) THBT governments of secular liberal democracies have an obligation to censor in parts or in whole Holy Scriptures which openly support violence and overt discrimination against minorities

R4) THW allow juries to return a verdict of non-guilty if they determine that they find the decision to be in the public interest

R5) In times of economic need, THBT states should sell and/or mortgage their national treasures and monuments

R6) THBT environmentalists should cooperate with corporations to achieve their goals

Octo) THBT developing nations that receive aid and have uneven levels of development should not be providing development aid to other countries

Quarter) THW abandon the system of voting Members of Parliament on a geographical basis and instead vote them on the basis of professions and interest groups

Semi) THBT the Palestinians should abandon their claim for an independent state and instead opt for a civil rights struggle

Final) THBT states should not instill nationalism through the education system

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Oxford IV 2013

http://oxfordiv.com/results/

Provided by Oxford Union:

From our stunning and amazing CA Team.

Round 1: THW provide mobile teachers for the compulsory education of the children of travelling communities (e.g. Roma and Irish Traveller)
Round 2: THBT developed economies should collectively agree to impose radically redistributive tax codes
Round 3: THW ban the gender testing of athletes in sports
Round 4: THW require major polluters to open their borders to environmental refugees
Round 5: 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 weigh to the views of the victims
ESL Semi: THBT political parties should adopt non-hierarchical organisational structures
ESL Final: THBT liberal democracies should cut all economic and military ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Open Quarter: THW, as a liberal democracy, restrict coverage of small-scale terrorist attacks
Open Semi: THBT identity-based social movements should not include in their movements allies who are not part of the identity group in question
Open Final: THBT the United States should dissolve its offensive military capabilities

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Huber Debates 2013, University of Vermont

Huber Debates 2013, University of Vermont, 100 teams

Tab: http://debate.uvm.edu/tabs/huber2013/

Invite: http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/huber/

Motions

1. TH would prohibit the payment of human subjects in clinical research trials.

2. TH Believes That all forms of US foreign aid to South American countries should not be conditional on coca eradication efforts.

3. TH Would Replace all forms of welfare benefits with an unconditional livable annual income.

4. TH prefers a state without a written constitution.

5. TH Would subsidize feminist pornography.

6. This House would require morality clauses in the employment contracts of all public employees

QUARTERFINALS
THBT Palestinian organizations should actively campaign for Israeli citizenship over independent Palestinian statehood.

SEMIFINALS
TH supports the unionization of prisoners.

NOVICE FINAL
THW allow prisoners to raise young children in prison

FINALS
THBT Pope Francis I should publicly endorse Socialist political parties and candidates.

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8th HKSDPSC Junior Debating Championships 2013

Grand Final motions:

GOLD: THBT the USA should cease its drone programme.

SILVER: TH regrets the influence of Hollywood.

BRONZE: THBT team sport should be compulsory in secondary schools

CRYSTAL: THBT technology causes more good than harm.

HWS Fall Classic 2013

HWS Fall Classic motions were:

1) In areas with exceptionally high crime rates, TBT vigilantism is justified.

2) THS the NSA's surveillance program.

3) THW ban non-reconstructive cosmetic surgery.

4) THBT human shields are a legitimate target in war.

5) THW subsidize newspapers.

SF: THW allow violent criminals to choose to undergo the Ludovico technique in exchange for a significantly reduced sentence. (There was an info slide defining the Ludovico technique)

Novice Final: THBT secluded religious communities should require their members to spend time in broader society.

Final: Given the technology, THW erase the memories of bad relationships.

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The Motions were:

Round 1: THW require all criminal defendants to use a government-provided lawyer.
Round 2: THW withhold Government funding from Indigenous Bands and Tribal Councils that do not have democratic forms of government
Round 3: THW aggressively prioritize the posting of female diplomats to countries with poor women's rights records
Round 4: THBT Pakistan should sincerely pursue peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban
Round 5: THW not grant developing countries the right to host major international sporting events

QF: THBT white entertainers should refrain from utilizing modes of expression (dances, etc.) that are primarily associated with minority cultures.

SF:
Info Slide: In the Agreement Accompanying the British Broadcasting Corporation's Charter, there is a requirement for all news or political programming to "do all it can to ensure that controversial subjects are treated with due accuracy and impartiality. This effectively results in a ban of editorialising.

Motion: THBT Major Daily Newspapers and TV News Channels should be required to treat controversial issues with due accuracy and impartiality

Novice Final: THW extend the right to vote in Israeli elections to all Jews everywhere - including those who live outside of Israel and who are not Israeli citizens

Final: THBT Religious Leaders should not endorse Political Candidates

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US Universities National Open 2013

Preliminary debate motions provided by John Meany.

Motions Up To Round 8

1. This House would bail out Detroit.

2. This House supports the force feeding of incarcerated hunger strikers.

3. Eliminate adoption preference based on race and ethnicity.

4. The government should not promote home ownership.

5. US elected officials should not be subject to recall elections.

6. Individuals displaced by a conflict should have a right to emigrate to any country.

7. Individuals should not be allowed to represent themselves at trial.

8. Governments should establish methods to provide unconditional cash transfers to the poor.

SEMIFINALS: The Jury system does more harm than good.

FINALS: This House would eliminate inheritance.

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Asian BP Champs October 2013

ABP 2013: List of Motions

• Open GF. THBT military conscription should be regarded as a war crime
• Open SF. THBT Southeast Asian nations should not help to stop the flow of asylum seekers to Australia
• Open QF. Michael murdered his wife and 2 children. In his bid to escape the police, he fell and his his head. As a result of the fall, he lost all his memories after age 5. THW not convict Michael of any crime
• EFL GF. THW ban all donations to religious organizations
• EFL SF. THBT the US should reform its political system to encourage the creation of smaller parties
• EFL QF. You are a doctor at an IVF clinic. A prominent conservative politician is at your clinic seeking IVF treatment. A 'gay gene' has been identified and one of the politician's embryo carries it. THW implant the gay embryo
• R9. THW allow individuals to contract out of all basic employment provision in their contracts in return for increased wage
• R8. THBT indigenous groups who live in geographically separate area should be given their own completely autonomous government
• R7. THW prohibit financial settlements in lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies
• R6. THBT media should never report on crimes intended to attract public attention
• R5. THW ban Google from retaining users' data
• R4. THBT Iran should take a leading role in the negotiation in Syria
• R3. THW stop teaching classic literary works in favour of recently written text when teaching literature in school
• R2. THW only prosecute the management, not the athlete, for usage of performance enhancing drugs
• R1. THW ban all arranged marriage

http://indodebate.blogspot.com/2013/10/abp-2013-list-of-motions.html?spref=tw

Binghamton University September 2013

From Prelims:

1. THW encourage nuclear proliferation.

2. THW drop all charges against Edward Snowden

3. THW remove the fillibuster

4. THW aggressively pursue green energy.

5. THW require WFAN to renew its contract with the Mets

6. THW allow internet users to sell their own personal information for profit.

51st US Air Force Academy Tournament September 28-29 2013

Sharmila Parmanand & Josh Martin were the CAs.

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.