Cameroon Debate Academy July 2013

Cameroon Debate Academy 2013 Motions
• Demo debate – THW compel children to care for their elderly parents
• Mini-debate – THBT Modern technology has done more harm than good to the Cameroonian youth
• Practice 1 – THW increase taxes on tobacco
• Practice 2 – THBT citizens should not give money to beggers
• Practice 3 – THW ban international adoption
• Practice 4 – THBT all politicians should publicly disclose all of their finances sixty days before the election
• Practice 5 – THBT Crimes committed by police should be punished more severely
• Practice 6 – THBT Cameroonian youth will be better off if they stay in Cameroon
• Tournament
• Round 1 – THBT the African Union should have one Pan-African Army
• Round 2 – THW have university administrations elected by the students and faculty
• Round 3 – THBT parents should not hit their children
• Round 4 – THW have Cameroon adopt one educational system for Francophones and Anglophones
• Semifinal – THBT Western Cameroon should be an independent state
• Final - THW ban bushmeat

Motions were chosen to fit in with local conditions and culture. These may not be appropriate everywhere, but they worked well in Cameroon. Thanks to the Cameroon Debate Association and the World Debate Institute for their assistance.

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Open Communication Mixed Team Tournament 2013

Motions
R1 : THW introduce special schools for LGBTQI.
R2: THB that overthrowing Mohamed Morsi was a mistake.
R3: THW legally permit soldiers to refuse to participate in military actions or missions on the basis of conscience
R4: THW introduce inheritance tax of 100%
Semi: THW provide parents access to their children profiles on social networks
Final: THW privatise all education

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English Open, Israel, July 7 2013

English Open, Israel, July 7

1. R1: THW ban international adoption
2. R2: Info Slide - State capitalism is an economic model in which companies are privately owned and compete in a free market of consumers, yet the state often intervenes by investing heavily in favored firms, forcing managerial changes, and making other decisions aimed at stabilizing and strengthening the economy. Famous state-capitalist nations include Singapore, China and Russia.Motion: TH supports state capitalism over liberal capitalism.
3. R3: Info Slide - The US is currently involved in major nation building projects in Afghanistian, including funding and support of democratic institutions, empowerment of local leaders and investment in education. Motion:THBT The US should continue its nation building efforts after it has left afghanistan militarily.
4. R4: Info slide - In recent decades, many educational institutions have instructed their teachers that bullying is a result of low self-esteem and other personal problems.Motion: THBT educators should abandon the "pitiful bully" approach
5. Final: THBT citizens should be more worried about Google and Facebook's access to their data, than the governments' access

Heart of Europe Schools 2013 Prepared Motions

GRAND FINAL
THBT in the long run there is no hope to save Euro without a Federal Europe.

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
1. THBT the role of the Roman Catholic Church since 1945 in the world diplomacy has been overwhelmingly negative.
2. THBT with the ending of the Warsaw Pact there is no further justification for the existence of NATO.
3. THW stop public funding of space exploration.
4. THBT war causes more problems than it solves.

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Westminster-ULU IV July 2013

Westminster-ULU IV July 2013

• R1. THBT Greece should ban the Golden Dawn party. 
• R2. THW force universities to make all their lectures available for free online
• R3. TH regrets the rise of mega-rich football clubs (such as Chelsea, Manchester City, PSG, Monaco, Anzhi M. etc)
• R4. THBT Barack Hussein Obama should call off the prosecution of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
• R5. THW give extra votes to young adults
• Final. THW offer EU membership to Middle Eastern and North African states that achieve successful democratic transition

World Schools Debate Academy, Kranjska Gora Slovenia, 29June-6 July 2013

World Schools Debate Academy, Kranjska Gora Slovenia, 29June-6 July 2013

• We should require direct democracy at the local level (prepared)
• Whenever possible we should eat locally produced food (prepared)
• European youth should study in the universities in their home countries (prepared)
• We should abolish representative democracy (prepared)
• Youth should move outside EU to seek employement (prepared)
• We should legally bind children to take care of their parents once the parents reach old age (impromptu)
• Violent video games should be banned (impromptu)
• All carnivores should be required to slaughter a major meat animal in order to earn the right to eat meat (prepared)
• Final: Austerity measures should be approved by referendum (prepared)

Berlin IV, Berlin, Germany, June 21-23 2013

Berlin IV, Berlin, Germany, June 21-23

1. R1: THW forbid the Supreme Court to annul legislation.
2. R2: THW ban fortune-telling for profit.
3. R3: As an emerging nation, THW allow the manufacture and sale of generic drugs even in cases where patents or international treaties are infringed.
4. R4: THW give security services total and unrestricted access to citizens’ data on social media and webmail services.
5. Semi: THW introduce an immediate democracy. (Information slide: Immediate democracy is a method in which citizens can change their vote at any time. The number of MPs given to each party is allocated on a daily basis and represents the current support percentage of the population. In this system there are no elections, but the number of MPs from each party can change every day.)
6. Final: THW support popular uprisings against dictators even in cases they are lead by Islamist extremist.

GDPPC Open, Budapest, Hungary, June 21-23 2013

GDPPC Open, Budapest, Hungary, June 21-23

1. R1: THBT tech companies should never share user information with governments.
2. R2: In fighting prostitution, THW criminalize only the demand.
3. R3: THBT Stark Industries should have open-sourced the Iron man suit.
4. R4: THBT IMF should pay reparations to Greece.
5. R5: THBT The New York Post shouldn't have published the photo (edit: showing a man about to be overrun by a metro and die)
6. Semi: THW restart the Esperanto project.
7. Final: THBT offenders with drug dependency should be sent into treatment rather than to prison.

NFL-WSDC Five Nation Round Robin, Birmingham, Alabama June 2013

Round One Impromptu
THW ban unpaid internships.

Round 2 Prepared
THBT the creation of the Eurozone has done more harm than good.
BACKGROUND: The Eurozone is a currency union consisting of European Union member states that have adopted the Euro as their common currency. Eurozone monetary policy is administered by the European Central Bank.

Round 3 Impromptu
THBT nationalism is a virtue

Round 4 Prepared
THBT China and the USA will NOT be allies in the 21st Century.

Round 5 Impromptu
THBT doctors should never lie to their patients, even for their own good.

Final Prepared
THBT the use of attack drones outside of declared wars should be a war crime.

The contest was a joint projct of the World Debate Institute http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/Welcome.html
and the National Forensic League
http://www.nationalforensicleague.org/
with the support of Tom Rollins.

1st BFSU Debate Challenge, Beijing, China, 29 April-1 May 2013

Motions for 1st Beijing Foreign Studies University Debate Challenge (1st BDC) 2013

Adjudication Core: 
CA: Loke (SAID); DCAs: Daryl (Ateneo), Joshua (Harvard Law/SolBridge), Nicholas (Melbourne); Advisor: TJ (ABAC)

Round 1:
Info Slide: Socialization meaning the way something is generally accepted and presented/taught in society.

THBT the socialization of the Menstrual Cycle (e.g. hygiene, PMS) is oppressive to women

Round 2:
THW not allow the police to carry and use guns

Round 3:
THBT governments should cut welfare (financial aid) for individuals that smoke, drink, or gamble

Round 4:
TH regrets the sexualization of hospitality businesses. (i.e. Airlines, hotels, etc.)

Round 5:
THW mandate corporal punishment for perpetrators of violent crimes

Round 6:
Info Slide: fully autonomous weapons, also known as "killer robots", would be able to select and engage targets without human intervention. Fully autonomous weapons do not exist yet, but they are being developed by several countries and precursors to fully autonomous wearpon have already been deployed by high-tech militaries. Some experts predict that fully autonomous weapons could be operational in 20 to 30 years. --Human Right Watch

THW ban "killer robots"

Quarter Finals
THW give two votes to stay-at-home mothers

Semi Finals
THBT the state's strategy of under-valuation of currencies does more harm than good

Grand Finals
TH should fear immortality

Bristol Open, Bristol, England, June 8 2013

Bristol Open, Bristol, England, June 8 2013

1. R1: THW prosecute attempted murder and murder as the same crime
2. R2: THBT the disappearance of marriage from society will be more beneficial for LGBT individuals than their inclusion in it
3. R3: THBT the USA should fund Private Military Companies (PMCs) to fight the war on drugs in Mexico

Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft, Munchen, Germany, May 30 - June 2 2013

Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft, Munchen, Germany, May 30 - June 2 2013 

1. R1: Should bullfighting be forbidden?
2. R2: Should teams be excluded from sports matches when one of their team members has taken doping?
3. R3: Seed companies seek out strong-yielding plants and sterilise the seeds. The plants cannot produce fertile seeds and the companies protect their license rights.Motion: Should plant sterilisation be banned?
4. R4: Assume the technical possibility of a manned flight to Mars, without the possibility to survive there on a long-term basis, or to return: Should we send a manned spacecraft to Mars?
5. R5: Germany has about 1.3 million so-called Austocker: employees whose work salaries lie below the poverty level and who therefore receive additional unemployment benefits from the state (Kombilohn) Motion: Should we abolish adding to wages until the income reaches the poverty line?
6. R6: After a civil war, should the ethnic groups involved be separated, even through forced resettlement?
7. Octofinal: Should commuter allowances be abolished?
8. Quarterfinal: Servicemen and women are equal before the law in the Armed Forces. In practice, women are not used on the frontline (as special commandos for example). Motion: should women be employed in the frontline?
9. Semi final: Should prisoners on hungerstrike be forcefed?
10. Final: When the Bundestag votes on matters of conscience, the members can vote without party discipline. Should the People decide on matters of conscience instead of the Parliament?

History Tournament, Marburg, Germany, May 27 2013 (translated)

History Tournament, Marburg, Germany, May 27 2013 (translated)

1. R1: TH is Martin Luther. THW not publish the Theses
2. R2: During WWII: THBT the Western Allies should under no circumstances cooperate with Stalin
3. R3: In the middle of the 19th century: THW stop export of food products from Ireland until the Great Famine ends
4. Final: TH is Gandhi. THW declare war on the English occupation

Belgrade Open, Belgrade, Serbia, May 17-19 2013

Belgrade Open, Belgrade, Serbia, May 17-19

1. R1: THBT Djokar Tsarnev, the Boston Marathon bomber, should be given the death penalty
2. R2: THW take the children of Roma who live traditional lifestyles into state care

1. R3: THW reverse austerity measures in Europe
2. R4: THW allow voters to dismiss their government during its term through citizen initiated referenda
3. R5: THBT EU should offer Middle Eastern and North Africon states membership in exchange for successful democratic transformation
4. Semi: Additive manufacturing or 3D printing is the process of making a three-dimensional solid object of almost any shape from a downloadable design. Currently, they can be used to create shoes, electronic devises, guns and even houses. In future, their uses are likely to grow. Motion: THW ban the sale of 3D printers to households
5. Final: THW replace the national sport teams of Ex-Yugoslavian republics with new unified teams

Kalliope Debattoernooi, Groningen, Netherlands, May 11-12 2013 (translated)

Kalliope Debattoernooi, Groningen, Netherlands, May 11-12 (translated)

1. R1: THW make membership of a political party mandatory

8. R2: TH celebrates (approves of) the existence of religion
9. R3: THW pay male teachers in primary school more than female teachers
10. R4: TH regrets the founding of the state of Israel
11. R5: THW ban media from publishing graphic depictions of terrorist attacks
12. Semi: THW ban private companies from choosing political positions and promoting them
13. Final: THW make fathers responsible for children, in financial and other terms, only if they have given explicit permission for their birth