Motions

Open Grand Final

  • 1
    THP this information being released to the world
  • 2
    TH, as a fresh college graduate, Would pursue 'warabel'
  • 3
    THP a world where the concept of fate & destiny did not exist
  • Novice Finals

  • 1
    THW not take the drug
  • 2
    THP a world in which religions default to handling significant ideological disagreements via schism
  • 3
    THBT secular democracies with substantial religious communities should not allow separate legal systems for those communities (e.g., Syariah Law, Canon Law)
  • Novice Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT Taiwan should take in asylum seekers from Hong Kong.
  • 2
    TH, as the United States, W condition the lifting of sanctions on Iran on the disarmament of its militant proxy groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.) rather than on them significantly curtailing their nuclear program (reducing their uranium stockpile, limiting the number and types of centrifuges in Iran's possession, etc.)
  • 3
    THP to live in a world with one dominant global power, rather than in a world with several competing global powers.
  • Open Semifinals

  • 1
    THW not take the drug
  • 2
    THP a world in which religions default to handling significant ideological disagreements via schism
  • 3
    THBT secular democracies with substantial religious communities should not allow separate legal systems for those communities (e.g., Syariah Law, Canon Law)
  • Open Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THBT Taiwan should take in asylum seekers from Hong Kong.
  • 2
    TH, as the United States, W condition the lifting of sanctions on Iran on the disarmament of its militant proxy groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.) rather than on them significantly curtailing their nuclear program (reducing their uranium stockpile, limiting the number and types of centrifuges in Iran's possession, etc.)
  • 3
    THP to live in a world with one dominant global power, rather than in a world with several competing global powers.
  • Open Pre - Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THP juries to judges in criminal trial
  • 2
    THW impose criminal liability on individuals who fail to assist a person in danger, when doing so would not put them at serious risk
  • 3
    THW apply universal jurisdiction to crimes against environment
  • Round 5

  • 1
    THR the incorporation of the "safe space strategy" into the activism of leftists.
  • 2
    TH, as the environmental movement would shift focus to investor activism over political activism.
  • 3
    THBT communities that have been victims of atrocities should emphasize the narrative of the "banality of evil" when interpreting those atrocities
  • Round 4

  • 1
    THS the mass deregulation of the financial sector
  • 2
    "THS "buy local" campaigns in developing countries "
  • 3
    THO the narrative of “go big or go home”
  • Round 3

  • 1
    THW remove gender categories at major film festivals (ex. BAFTA, the Academy).
  • 2
    THW stop writing the novel
  • 3
    THW break up Walt Disney
  • Round 2

  • 1
    THS countries paying other countries to take in immigrants/refugees.
  • 2
    THBT states with heavy traffic congestion should focus more on public transportation as opposed to efficient road infrastructure for its urban areas.
  • 3
    THP building new cities over developing existing ones.
  • Round 1

  • 1
    TH, as the parent, would choose the gift of intelligence rather than the gift of charisma
  • 2
    THBT parents should primarily use reward power rather than legitimate power
  • 3
    THO the narrative that parents should sacrifice themselves for their children