Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships), Berlin, Germany, June 6-9 2014

Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships), Berlin, Germany, June 6-9 2014

• R1: THW abolish Gesinnungsstrafrecht (additional attitude/mindset penalties for crimes commited, e.g. hate crimes)
• R2: THW give citizens the right to change their identities without giving justification
• R3: THBT Putin’s conduct of the Crimea crisis was in Russia’s strategic interest
• R4: TH is a citizen of a western liberal democracy that rejects discrimination on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity. TH would boycott works from artists (painters, musicians, movie directors, etc.) that personally hold discriminatory views, even when you like their art
• R5: TH regrets the increasing classification of human behaviour as illnesses
• R6: THW, as part of awareness campaigns about rape and sexual violence, inform women of potentially risky behaviour (like alcohol consumption or choice of clothing)
• R7: TH, as the European Union, would introduce defence mechanisms agains anti-EU parties
• Quarter:: THBT liberal democracies should not treat disclosure of information to the public as treason.
• Semi:: THW temporarily recolonise former colonies that have developed into “failed states”
• DaF (German as a Second Language) Final: THBT it is time for Germany to take more on miiltary responsibility in the world
• Final: THBT current day’s political correctness does more harm than good