In countries where prostitution is legal, THBT national health systems should cover services of sex workers for the disabled.
THBT feminists should not campaign against polygamy in the Islamic world.
THBT countries, like Switzerland, that were neutral in WW II should pay financial reparations to states occupied by the Nazis.
THW criminalize the public denial of evolution.
THBT the Western World should not portray ‘’The Great Explorers’’ (e.g. Christoph Columbus, Vasco da Gama) as heroes.
Semifinal: THBT the US should covertly manipulate election results in South and Central America, in order to prevent the emergence of left wing governments.
Final: THB in right to bear arms.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
NTUDC Debating Championship March 2014
Motions for 2014 NTUDC Debating Championship
Round 1
Theme: Sex
Motions:
TH celebrates the rise of "monogamish" couples
THBT sexual assault should not be punished as a separate category of assault
THW convict those who lie about their social identity (religion, race, nationality etc.) in order to have sex with someone of rape
Round 2
Theme: Science, Innovation, and Technology
Motions:
THW not allow individuals to opt into a one-way mission to Mars with the Mars One Project
Assuming the technology is created, THS the use of biotechnology to make prisoners feel as if they're serving an extremely long prison sentence
As a philanthropist, THW prioritize for-profit innovation over charity
Round 3
Theme: Economics
Motions:
THW require banks to obtain regulatory approval prior to the selling of any new financial instrument
THW force banks to write-down student loans of unemployed students
THBT it is in China’s best interest to significantly reduce its capital controls
Round 4
Theme: Culture
Motions:
THW require artists’ permission to write fan fiction
THW allow elected governments to choose schools’ history textbooks for their term in office
THS the use of military force to protect heritage sites
Round 5
Theme: Justice
Motions:
THW permit the funding of civil cases by 3rd parties for profit
Assuming the technology exists, THW burn adherence of the criminal law into citizens' minds
THW allow children with grave genetic conditions that can be detected pre-birth to sue their parents for wrongful birth
Octos
Theme: Arvind's Clothes
Motions:
THBT any secession movement within a country should be decided by the entire nation
THW treat the covert funding of militias by foreign countries as a war crime
THW not import food from nations with chronic food shortages
Quarters
Theme: Religion
Motions:
THS atheist evangelism
THBT progressive Catholic clergy members should self ex-communicate from the Church
THW enforce complete gender equality in religious institutions
Semis
Theme: IR
Motions:
THBT Jews in the Diaspora that oppose Eretz Yisrael should take up Israeli citizenship in order to balance Israeli domestic politics
As European nations, THW pay minorities to leave
THS India’s vote against Sri Lanka on the US-led resolution calling for an international probe into allegations that 40,000 civilians were killed at the end of Sri Lanka's separatist war
Finals
Theme: AdjCore Favs
Motions:
As a woman, THW use Lulu
THW prefer a democracy without universal suffrage
THS comedians who employ dark humor (rape, genocide, etc. as comedy material)
Round 1
Theme: Sex
Motions:
TH celebrates the rise of "monogamish" couples
THBT sexual assault should not be punished as a separate category of assault
THW convict those who lie about their social identity (religion, race, nationality etc.) in order to have sex with someone of rape
Round 2
Theme: Science, Innovation, and Technology
Motions:
THW not allow individuals to opt into a one-way mission to Mars with the Mars One Project
Assuming the technology is created, THS the use of biotechnology to make prisoners feel as if they're serving an extremely long prison sentence
As a philanthropist, THW prioritize for-profit innovation over charity
Round 3
Theme: Economics
Motions:
THW require banks to obtain regulatory approval prior to the selling of any new financial instrument
THW force banks to write-down student loans of unemployed students
THBT it is in China’s best interest to significantly reduce its capital controls
Round 4
Theme: Culture
Motions:
THW require artists’ permission to write fan fiction
THW allow elected governments to choose schools’ history textbooks for their term in office
THS the use of military force to protect heritage sites
Round 5
Theme: Justice
Motions:
THW permit the funding of civil cases by 3rd parties for profit
Assuming the technology exists, THW burn adherence of the criminal law into citizens' minds
THW allow children with grave genetic conditions that can be detected pre-birth to sue their parents for wrongful birth
Octos
Theme: Arvind's Clothes
Motions:
THBT any secession movement within a country should be decided by the entire nation
THW treat the covert funding of militias by foreign countries as a war crime
THW not import food from nations with chronic food shortages
Quarters
Theme: Religion
Motions:
THS atheist evangelism
THBT progressive Catholic clergy members should self ex-communicate from the Church
THW enforce complete gender equality in religious institutions
Semis
Theme: IR
Motions:
THBT Jews in the Diaspora that oppose Eretz Yisrael should take up Israeli citizenship in order to balance Israeli domestic politics
As European nations, THW pay minorities to leave
THS India’s vote against Sri Lanka on the US-led resolution calling for an international probe into allegations that 40,000 civilians were killed at the end of Sri Lanka's separatist war
Finals
Theme: AdjCore Favs
Motions:
As a woman, THW use Lulu
THW prefer a democracy without universal suffrage
THS comedians who employ dark humor (rape, genocide, etc. as comedy material)
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Bucharest Cup 2014
The Videos:
Round 1 Motion: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aSlNHxknos0&feature=youtu.be
Round 2 Motion: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgn3QE-p-4
Round 3 Motion: http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=ljNP5K98qT8
Round 4 Motion: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1crRKluPZBI&feature=youtu.be
Semi-final motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_fQg8cCAVg&feature=youtu.be
Juniors' Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRC6KfwBaec&feature=youtu.be
Open Final Motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RqhBSpfJZY&feature=youtu.be
Here they are written out:
R1: THBT criminal defendants should only be allowed to use a state appointed attorney
R2: THW not grant lifetime achievement awards to artists when their morality is significantly put into question
R3: THW phase out fractional reserve banking
R4: TH opposes the popular trend which encourages people to 'be themselves' despite the opinions of others
Semi-final: THW support a a vigilante terrorist organisation combating violence against women in Africa and the Middle East
Junior's Final: TH supports compulsory fully privatised health care for people living above the poverty line
Open Final: THBT it is in Europe's best interest to have Ukraine divided in separate pro-European and pro-Russian states
Here they are written out:
R1: THBT criminal defendants should only be allowed to use a state appointed attorney
R2: THW not grant lifetime achievement awards to artists when their morality is significantly put into question
R3: THW phase out fractional reserve banking
R4: TH opposes the popular trend which encourages people to 'be themselves' despite the opinions of others
Semi-final: THW support a a vigilante terrorist organisation combating violence against women in Africa and the Middle East
Junior's Final: TH supports compulsory fully privatised health care for people living above the poverty line
Open Final: THBT it is in Europe's best interest to have Ukraine divided in separate pro-European and pro-Russian states
Thursday, March 13, 2014
5th East Asian Invitational 2014, Macau 28 Feb - 3 March 2014
5th East Asian Invitational 2014 held in Macau from 28 Feb - 3 March.
Motions
Round 1
THW ban internet filters that allow parents to block LGBT content from their children
Round 2
This House would replace the Yingluck Government with a People's Council selected through nominations instead of election.
Round 3
In countries that criminalize abortion, TH sides with doctors who perform them underground.
Round 4
In countries with professional armies, THBT the composition of the army should reflect the economic and racial demographics of society.
Round 5
THBT the Scottish people should vote for independence.
Round 6
This house believes that ASEAN should have its own regional peace keeping force.
Round 7
THW put drug traffickers on trial in the countries of consumption rather than production
Semi Finals
In countries with high levels of corruption, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs should take charge of relief and reconstruction after major disasters
Grand Final
This house believes that governments should prioritize policies that reduce social inequality over economic growth
Sharmila Parmanand
Motions
Round 1
THW ban internet filters that allow parents to block LGBT content from their children
Round 2
This House would replace the Yingluck Government with a People's Council selected through nominations instead of election.
Round 3
In countries that criminalize abortion, TH sides with doctors who perform them underground.
Round 4
In countries with professional armies, THBT the composition of the army should reflect the economic and racial demographics of society.
Round 5
THBT the Scottish people should vote for independence.
Round 6
This house believes that ASEAN should have its own regional peace keeping force.
Round 7
THW put drug traffickers on trial in the countries of consumption rather than production
Semi Finals
In countries with high levels of corruption, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs should take charge of relief and reconstruction after major disasters
Grand Final
This house believes that governments should prioritize policies that reduce social inequality over economic growth
Sharmila Parmanand
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Empire Debates - King's College NYC March 2014
1. THW abolish educational track systems in schools.
2. In jurisdictions where it is legal, THW ban the selective abortion of fetuses expected to have non-fatal birth defects.
3. THBT democracies should subsidize opposition parties in countries with dominant one-party rule.
4. In the event that humans discover extraterrestrial life, THW adopt the Prime Directive.
5. THBT life-extending medical procedures should be denied to the terminally ill.
SEMIFINALS
THBT city councils should rezone historical districts and
buildings for immediate development.
FINAL
Putin has offered the West the following – Russia will permanently
stay out of the Ukraine if Russia is allowed to annex Crimea.
THW accept.
2. In jurisdictions where it is legal, THW ban the selective abortion of fetuses expected to have non-fatal birth defects.
3. THBT democracies should subsidize opposition parties in countries with dominant one-party rule.
4. In the event that humans discover extraterrestrial life, THW adopt the Prime Directive.
5. THBT life-extending medical procedures should be denied to the terminally ill.
SEMIFINALS
THBT city councils should rezone historical districts and
buildings for immediate development.
FINAL
Putin has offered the West the following – Russia will permanently
stay out of the Ukraine if Russia is allowed to annex Crimea.
THW accept.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Budapest Open March 2014
1: THW Prohibit Religious Organisations from Speaking out against Homosexuality
2: THBT states should take active measures to limit the spread of American pop culture
3: THBT it is in Russia's interest to annex the Crimea
4: THBT the Black Rights Movement should oppose the appropriation of the Confederate flag by black public figures.
5: Infoslide: Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries a child for another person or couple. THBT that developing countries should support commercial surrogacy.
Semi: TH opposes sympathizing and humanizing portrayals of nazi soldiers in popular media.
Final: THW Suspend Elections in Countries with very high levels of Government Debt
3: THBT it is in Russia's interest to annex the Crimea
4: THBT the Black Rights Movement should oppose the appropriation of the Confederate flag by black public figures.
5: Infoslide: Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries a child for another person or couple. THBT that developing countries should support commercial surrogacy.
Semi: TH opposes sympathizing and humanizing portrayals of nazi soldiers in popular media.
Final: THW Suspend Elections in Countries with very high levels of Government Debt
All Schools Debate Championship 2014
ASDC 2014 MOTIONS LIST
Kelebogile Senwedi
Senior Category motions:
1. This house will legalize the purge.
(Adopted from the movie "the purge" Its a day in the calander when all criminal activity is legal for 12 hours only!)
2. This house believes that nationalism is a hangover from history.
3. This house believes violence is a legitimate political expression.
4. Assuming irrefutable proof is discovered that God doesn’t exist; this house would destroy the proof and hide it from public knowledge.
5. This house believes that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
6. This house as Sherlock Holmes would accept the henchman's offer.
7. This house demands work for welfare.
8. This house believes that Economic sanctions should not be used to influence domestic policy.
9. This House will put pragmatism before its principles.
Junior category motions:
1. This house would give women the world for a better world.
2. This house will make parents legally responsible for their children’s crimes.
3. This house should ban video games in which the player engages in brutal and immoral violence in a realistic setting.
4. This house will use force for peace.
5. This house believes that a culture that needs protecting is not worth protecting.
6. This house believes democracy has failed the 3rd world.
Senior Category motions:
1. This house will legalize the purge.
(Adopted from the movie "the purge" Its a day in the calander when all criminal activity is legal for 12 hours only!)
2. This house believes that nationalism is a hangover from history.
3. This house believes violence is a legitimate political expression.
4. Assuming irrefutable proof is discovered that God doesn’t exist; this house would destroy the proof and hide it from public knowledge.
5. This house believes that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
6. This house as Sherlock Holmes would accept the henchman's offer.
7. This house demands work for welfare.
8. This house believes that Economic sanctions should not be used to influence domestic policy.
9. This House will put pragmatism before its principles.
Junior category motions:
1. This house would give women the world for a better world.
2. This house will make parents legally responsible for their children’s crimes.
3. This house should ban video games in which the player engages in brutal and immoral violence in a realistic setting.
4. This house will use force for peace.
5. This house believes that a culture that needs protecting is not worth protecting.
6. This house believes democracy has failed the 3rd world.
Monday, February 24, 2014
USA Northeast Universities Debate Championship 2014
1. THW prohibit jurors from communicating with the media after a trial.
2. THW impose a 100% death/inheritance tax
3. THW abolish academic tenure in colleges and universities
4. In instances where peaceful protests are met with a disproportionately violent state response, THBT the protesters should respond violently.
5. You are a news organization. You have received credible and irrefutable evidence that President Obama has had an extra-marital affair while in office. THW conceal the evidence from the public
6. THBT the United States federal government should eliminate the reservation system for American Indian tribes.
Novice semifinals: THW legalize prostitution.
Novice finals: TH opposes diplomatic immunity.
Open quarterfinals: THBT the USA should immediately and unconditionally support the reunification of the Korean Peninsula under S Korea
Open semifinals: this House opposes the privatized distribution of water in the developing world
Open finals: THW legalize all drugs.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Point Loma Nazarene University, February 2014
R1: THBT the US should remove its blanket ban on negotiating with terrorists.
R2: THBT the federal government should match dollar for dollar the money they use to bail out corporations with money for social programs directed towards those below the poverty line.
R3: THBT Miley Cyrus is good for the feminist movement.
R4: THBT crime against animals that are members of an endangered species should be sentenced as if the animal were human.
R5: THBT it is unethical for corporations to use military imagery for advertising purposes.
R6: THBT in countries with social healthcare systems the government has no responsibility to cover the costs of medical procedures for individuals who do not take preventative measures to maintain their own health
SEMS: THBT in Egypt both current and former military officials should be barred from political office.
FINALS: THBT digital communication is more important to humanity than face-to-face contact.
R2: THBT the federal government should match dollar for dollar the money they use to bail out corporations with money for social programs directed towards those below the poverty line.
R3: THBT Miley Cyrus is good for the feminist movement.
R4: THBT crime against animals that are members of an endangered species should be sentenced as if the animal were human.
R5: THBT it is unethical for corporations to use military imagery for advertising purposes.
R6: THBT in countries with social healthcare systems the government has no responsibility to cover the costs of medical procedures for individuals who do not take preventative measures to maintain their own health
SEMS: THBT in Egypt both current and former military officials should be barred from political office.
FINALS: THBT digital communication is more important to humanity than face-to-face contact.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Hawaii Cup & Pan Pacific Championship, Honolulu February 2014
Motions Hawaii Cup 2014
This house would make mandatory drug testing a requirement for welfare benefits.
Semi-Finals: This house believes that civilian leadership should determine which military documents remain classified and which must be publicly disclosed.
Finals: This house would eliminate all university scholarships that are not based on financial need.
Motions Pan Pacific Championship 2014
1. This House believes that in areas with large indigenous populations all schools should have representation from those populations on curriculum committees
2. This House believes that every person in the world should have a say in where the Olympics are hosted
3. This House believes that legislatures should never pass laws dictating courses of action in regards to individuals of brain dead status
4. This House would permanently cancel the George Zimmerman / DMX Celebrity Boxing Match
5. Rather than public animal shelters euthanizing pure bred animals, this House would force private breeders to operate as no kill overflow shelters for all animals of every specific breed they sell
6. This House would unconditionally include Iran in the Geneva II Conference on Syria.
Semis: This house believes that Mexico would be better off as a full member of Mercosur rather than in NAFTA.
Finals: This house would prevent debate tournaments from using motions in which participants previously had personal traumatic experience.
This house would make mandatory drug testing a requirement for welfare benefits.
Semi-Finals: This house believes that civilian leadership should determine which military documents remain classified and which must be publicly disclosed.
Finals: This house would eliminate all university scholarships that are not based on financial need.
Motions Pan Pacific Championship 2014
1. This House believes that in areas with large indigenous populations all schools should have representation from those populations on curriculum committees
2. This House believes that every person in the world should have a say in where the Olympics are hosted
3. This House believes that legislatures should never pass laws dictating courses of action in regards to individuals of brain dead status
4. This House would permanently cancel the George Zimmerman / DMX Celebrity Boxing Match
5. Rather than public animal shelters euthanizing pure bred animals, this House would force private breeders to operate as no kill overflow shelters for all animals of every specific breed they sell
6. This House would unconditionally include Iran in the Geneva II Conference on Syria.
Semis: This house believes that Mexico would be better off as a full member of Mercosur rather than in NAFTA.
Finals: This house would prevent debate tournaments from using motions in which participants previously had personal traumatic experience.
Monday, February 17, 2014
London School of Economics Open, February 2014
- Round one: THBT Governments should not assist in the rebuilding of disaster prone areas
- Round two: THR the existence of critic or professionally determined film awards, including the Academy Awards, Palme D'Or, and Sight and Sound's Top 10
- Round three: THB that it is the West's interest for long term Brent Crud Oil prices to fall below US$60 per barrel
- Round four: THB that the LGBT movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choice
- Round five: THB European Football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from successful to less successful domestic clubs
- Open Quarter: THW criminalise its citizens from fighting in foreign conflicts
- ESL Semifinal: THBT the states of the Western Balkans should ban positive depictions of indicted or convicted war criminals
- Open Semifinal: THB that majority liberal supreme courts should actively misapply constitutions in order to advance progressive rights
- ESL Final: THW Financially Incentivise Inter-racial and Inter-faith Marriage.
- Open Final: THR Jiyas use of the Burka
North American Women's Debate Championship, McGill, February 2014
Round 1 THW ban religious and ethnic parties from running for election in developing democracies
Round 2 Info Slide: Modern urban graffiti originated in the 1970s as a form of artistic counterculture propagated by low-income American youth who often used graffiti to protest capitalism, war, social conservatism, and other causes.
Today it is common for wealthy households and businesses in cities such as NYC and Toronto to pay for graffiti artists to decorate their garage doors, buildings and subway stations. Justin Bieber was recently caught spray painting graffiti of a penguin upon an Australian hotel wall. Banksy, a popular counterculture graffiti artist, has his artwork sold on t-shirts.
TH Regrets the Commercialisation and Mainstream Popularisation of Graffiti
Round 3 THB that NATO should maintain a standing army, to which all members must contribute a minimum number of troops
Round 4 Definition Slide: The “court of public opinion” refers to situations in which individuals are accused of wrongdoing, defended, and informally tried within public discourse rather than a court of law, and are subsequently treated differently based on society’s verdict(s). For example, Woody Allen is currently being tried within the court of public opinion.
This House Prefers a society with an active Court of Public Opinion to one without
Round 5 THW Ban Employers from Creating Contracts which Prohibit Employees from Expressing their Political Opinions Publicly
Semi-Final / Novice Final THBT it is in the interest of minority rights groups (e.g. LGBTQ, women, racial minorities) to join forces in common protest rather than separately advocate for their individual interests
Final Through NSA spy networks, this house – being the US Government – has determined that the largest of several Ukrainian opposition groups (UDAR) is imminently launching a violent coup against the Ukrainian Government.
THW warn the Ukrainian government.
Irish National Law Debates February 2014
Round 1 - THW directly elect public representatives by random lottery
Round 2 - THW remove all restrictions on sexual activities between mutually consenting adults
Round 3 - THW abolish trial by jury in criminal cases
Round 4 - THBT former colonial powers should not be involved in peacekeeping and nation-building in their former colonies
Round 5 - THW choose to believe in a god or gods
Semis - THBT when awarding artistic achievement, all aspects of the artist's personal lives should be ignored
Final - THBT the use of violence to advance the cause of disenfranchised sexual minorities and women in Russia is legitimate
Round 2 - THW remove all restrictions on sexual activities between mutually consenting adults
Round 3 - THW abolish trial by jury in criminal cases
Round 4 - THBT former colonial powers should not be involved in peacekeeping and nation-building in their former colonies
Round 5 - THW choose to believe in a god or gods
Semis - THBT when awarding artistic achievement, all aspects of the artist's personal lives should be ignored
Final - THBT the use of violence to advance the cause of disenfranchised sexual minorities and women in Russia is legitimate
Monday, February 10, 2014
Ithaca College February 2014
1. THBT the state should financially incentivize the poor to not have children.
2. THS worldwide comprehensive and aggressive sanctions against countries that criminalize homosexuality
3. TH. as NATO, would use military force to prevent the further construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank
4. THW ban "union shops" and "agency shops"
5. THBT corporal punishment is a legitimage tool of the state's judicial apparatus
6. THBT feminists should reject all forms of body modification (cosmetic surgery, piercings, hair extensions, etc.)
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Heart of Europe Prepared Motions 2014
The three prepared motions and the grand final motion for Heart of Europe 2014:
GRAND FINAL
THBT the EU should offer tangible support to pro EU movements in eastern Europe and former Soviet States.
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
1. THW prohibit the privatization of natural resources in developing countries.
2. THBT, considering its role in the Holocaust, Germany should recognize a Palestinian state and urge Israel to do the same.
3. THBT the NSA should continue using PRISM despite the reaction to its disclosure.
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