Cambridge IV, Cambridge, England, November 15-16 2013

Cambridge IV, Cambridge, England, November 15-16

• R1: THW give primates (e.g. monkeys) and cetaceans (e.g. dolphins) the same rights to life, freedom from physical harm, and freedom of movement as humans.
• R2: THBT developed countries should set maximum rents for residential properties in large urban centres.
• R3: THBT, despite the expressed wishes of the Pakistani government, the United States should continue to target the leaders of Tehrik-i-Talibani (Pakistani Taliban).
• R4: THW break up banks, like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC, that are deemed ’too big to fail’.
• R5: THW ban religious charities from engaging in proselytisation
• Quarter: THB Republican and Democratic parties should select House, Senate, Pres candidates by vote of leaders rather than primaries
• ESL Semi: THW prevent those who deny climate change from seeking political office
• Semi: Instead of creating a Jewish state in the British Mandate of Palestine, with the benefit of hindsightTHW have created a Jewish State in Germany
• ESL Final: THBT it should be the policy of the United States to conduct all of its military interventions unilaterally
• Final: THBT it is in the West's interests for Assad to decisively win the Syrian civil war

John Smith Memorial Mace, England leg, London, England, November 23-24 2013

John Smith Memorial Mace, England leg, London, England, November 23-24

• R1: THW ban the advertising of financial products that entail an obligation of consumer debt
• R2: THBT domestically, Margaret Thatcher’s premiership did more harm than good
• R3: THW allow pro-immigration charities to sue politicians and media outlets that defame ’immigrants’
• R4: THW tax earnings over £1million by 75% but allow individuals to decide how the government spends the additional revenue generated by this income
• Semi: TH welcomes the decline of US-led humanitarian interventions without international consensus
• Final: THBT all main political parties should implement a cross party political scheme to use all-women shortlists to get more women into parliament until gender parity is reached

Zeit Debatte Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, November 22-24 2-13 (translated)

Zeit Debatte Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, November 22-24 (translated)

• R1: THW make purchasing sexual services punishable by law. Info: Adults over 18 are allowed to prostitute themselves, get social security and sue for compensations. Bans can be imposed against prostitution in specific areas or at specific times. Pimping is not illegal as long as the work environment offered is suitable and the prostitute is not exploited
• R2: THBT religion is redundant.
• R3: THW return artworks stolen or expropriated by the Nazis, without regard to property rights, laws and statutes of limitation that might block such a return (info and here)
• R4: THW go on a treasure hunt
• R5: THW ban temp agency contracting (Leiharbeit, Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, Zeitarbeit, Mitarbeiterüberlassung oder Personalleasing)  
• Semi: THW spread asylum seekers over EU countries on the basis of their relative population sizes
• Final: THW abolish the federalist system in Germany

Yorkshire Novices, Sheffield, England, November 23-24 2013

Yorkshire Novices, Sheffield, England, November 23-24

• R1: THBT it is legitimate for environmental campaign groups to use ecoterrorism to achieve their goals
• R2: TH regrets the annual commemoration of past wars
• R3: THW implement total surveillance
• R4: THBT artists, entertainers, and musicians should not comment on politics outside of their artistic creations
• Semi: THBT Western liberal democracies have a duty to militarily intervene in conflicts where large scale human rights abuses are occurring
• Final: THW fabricate and publicise evidence that high ranking religious figures that claim homosexuality to be a sin engage in homosexual acts

UCU Open, Utrecht, Netherlands, November 29-30 2013

UCU Open, Utrecht, Netherlands, November 29-30

• R1: THW, assuming it were feasible to enforce, support a global inheritance tax of 100% on all cash and assets beyond the first €5000 (and substantial taxes on high-value gifts during one's lifetime)
• R2: THBT the citizens of countries under military occupation of a western liberal democracy should be granted the right to vote in the elections of that occupying state!
• R3: THW give men more paid parental leave than women and force them to take it
• R4: THW allow people (including companies) to give the police money in exchange for new or increased efforts in a specified area of legitimate law enforcement
• R5: THW place a sin tax to low-brow entertainment in order to subsidize high-brow art
• Semi: THW appoint a group of relevant charities (e.g. Environmental charities) to cast votes in general elections on behalf of future citizens
• Final: You are a dutch person. THBT you should campaign against Zwarte Piet and should routinely condemn it as a racist institution

Iron Man tournament, Münster, Germany, November 29 2013 (translated)

Iron Man tournament, Münster, Germany, November 29 (translated)

• R1: THBT our legal system should neither regulate nor judge behaviour that takes place solely in virtual online worlds like “Second Life” and leave the making of rules to their manufacturers
• R2: THBT China should prioritise social justice over economic growth
• R3: THW allow businesses to pay employees who agree not to have children more in wages
• R4: THW allow sodomie (intercourse with animals)
• Final: A ship sinks at the high seas. Three sailors and the cabin boy survive in a lifeboat. There is no land in sight and the men are exhausted.  To stay alive, the sailors kill and eat the cabin boy against his will. Days later, the lifeboat is found and brought to land. The sailors survived thanks to the reinforcement brought by eating the cabin boy. The authorities hear of the tale and the sailors are brought before a court where a jury will give a verdict. Motion: TH, as the jury, would vote against a conviction

Cork Invitational, Cork, Ireland, November 28 2013

Cork Invitational, Cork, Ireland, November 28

• R1: THBT foreign visitors to Islamic countries should dress and act according to local sensibilities in public even if not obliged to by law
• R2: THW never allow prisons to force-feed detainees on hunger strike
• R3: TH supports targeted advertising based on gender
• Final: THBT suicide bombing is a legitimate tactic of warfare

Cork IV, Cork, Ireland, November 29-30 2013

Cork IV, Cork, Ireland, November 29-30

• R1: THBT once artists earn enough to constitute a comfortable wage, they have a duty to make their work freely available
• R2: THBT Libya should repeal its ban on senior members of the Gaddaffi Regime (military and civil) from holding positions in government
• R3: THW force violent offenders to undergo theLudovico technique
• R4: THBT developing countries should use policies such as permits to restrict rural to urban migration
• R5: THW allow Pro-Life organisations to pay women currently considering having an abortion to carry the pregnancy to term
• Semi and Novice Final: TH supports the actions of Anonymous and other such vigilante groups
• Final: Assuming you would not be found out, in the event of a terrorist attack on US soil, committed by Islamist extremists THW fabricate evidence that attack was committed by dominant ethnic and socio-economic group, e.g. white Anglo-Saxons

Bristol ProAM, Bristol, England, November 30 2013

Bristol ProAM, Bristol, England, November 30

• R1: THW not allow governments to electronically intercept communications without a warrant
• R2: THW prevent the media from publishing any personal details (such as race or social class) of criminals and suspects
• R3: TH, as the USA, would destroy its stockpile of smallpox
• R4: In proportion to under 30s population, THW reserve seats in parliament for 18-30 year olds
• Semi: THW, as David Icke, dedicate the rest of its life to exposing the lizard people. (Info)
• Final: THBT western liberal democracies should use any effective means at their disposal to uphold the human rights of women

Newcastle IV, Newcastle, England, November 30 2013

Newcastle IV, Newcastle, England, November 30

• R1: THW allow individuals to sell their non-vital organs
• R2: THW legalise online child chat simulations
• R3: THW apply the same standards to the sale of mass surveillance technology as it does to the sale of arms
• R4: THS affirmative action policies targeted at women in business
• Final: THBT Miley Cyrus is bad for feminism

15th SSE Riga IV 2013

The CA's where Stephanie Bell & Clive Eley, here's the motions:

R1: Infoslide: "sin tax" is a tax on the consumption of products that governments are reluctant to ban, but understand to be harmful
Motion: THW introduce a sin tax on all meat products
R2:THW not provide rebuilding funds to citizens above the poverty line who live in known natural disaster areas
R3:THW establish an easily performed procedure for individuals to delete the entirety of their internet and social media footprint
R4:TH supports the Ukrainian government decision to make a trade deal with Russia rather than seek integration with the EU
R5 (fake): THW ban the use of animals in advertising
R5:THW return all ill-gotten artworks and valuable historical artifacts to the communities of their origin
Semifinal: THBT violent protest is a legitimate strategy in democratic societies
Novice final: THW not give jail time to criminals who do not pose an ongoing violent threat to society
Grand Final: THS unlimited human body enhancement in all areas of life

Also our Grand Final video is excellent quality and perhaps worth sharing as a debate resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTDYQdkSYx4

Warsaw Open December 2013

Round 1: THW eject national sports teams from international competitions if their fans or players are found to have committed racist or fascist acts during matches
Music: Los Fastidios - Antifa Hooligans

Round 2: THBT in developed countries the minimum wage should guarantee a middle class lifestyle
Music: The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job

Round 3: THW stop all research into differences between the male and female brain
Music: Ciara - Like A Boy

Round 4: THBT Pope Francis should openly endorse radical left political parties and candidates
Music: Bejarano & Microphone Mafia - Bella Ciao

Semi: THW only hold gay pride parades with the consent of the local community
Music: Los Fastidios - You'll Never Walk Alone

Final: THW immediately lift all sanctions on Iran
Music: Rammstein - Amerika

Brandeis IV December 2013

Round 1. THB that children should be banned from attending religious services

Round 2. THB that the use of chemical weapons in a defensive capacity against enemy combatants should not be a war crime.

Round 3. THW criminalize the possession and use of Bitcoins.

Round 4. THW make government assistance to historically marginalized cultural groups contingent on policies to combat traditional gender inequality.

Round 5. THB that all universities should create separate career tracks for teaching and research.

Round 6. THB that the National Football League should issue automatic lifetime bans to players convicted of domestic violence or sexual assault.

Quarterfinals: THW require the state to compensate individuals who face criminal prosecution but are found not guilty.

Semifinals: THBT Germany should renew the ban on the publication of Mein Kampf

Finals: THBT the LGBTQ movement should not take a position on whether sexual preferences are a choice

USU Midwest Match-up Ball State University December 2013

Listed below are the topics from the USU Midwest Match-up this past weekend at Ball State University.

Round One: This House would prioritize Israeli citizenship for Palestinians over Independent Palestinian statehood.

Round Two: This House believes that the World Cup is unfair.

Round Three: This House would cease all aid to Egypt until it adopts a secular constitution.

Round Four: This House would support the government of India’s decision to relinquish the control of Kashmir to Pakistan.

Finals: This House believes that Nelson Mandela should be remembered as a terrorist.

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Seattle IV December 2013

Motions from 2013 Seattle IV:
Round 1: THBT it is immoral to participate in Black Friday
Round 2: THW prohibit any contact between organ collectors and the
families of potential donors until after the decision to donate has
been made.
Round 3: THBT parents who allow their children to engage in dangerous
sports should be charged with criminal neglect should the child be
seriously injured while participating in that sport.
Round 4: THBT the U.S. Federal government should forcibly buy out all
online currencies such as Bitcoin and prohibit future development of
these currencies.
Round 5: THBT the United Nations should not invite Iran and Saudi
Arabia to the upcoming peace talks between Syrian rebels and the Assad
regime.
Semis: THW financially incentivize women to not have abortions
Finals: THW assassinate perpetrators of crimes of against humanity
rather than seek international prosecution.
Winner: Simon Fraser
2nd: UBC

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