19th ICU tournament 2010, Japan

19th ICU tournament 2010, Japan

Motion Round 1: US


THBT the US should introduce an universal government health insuranceprogram.

THBT the US should abandon arms sales to Taiwan.

THBT the US should actively pursue a weak dollar policy to boost exports.



Round 2: Politics

THBT the Democratic Party of Japan should have a coalition government

withthe Liberal Democratic Party.

THW pardon corrupt public official that disclose fraudulent

activitycommited by their organization and imprison others involved

THW subsidize election candidates new in politics.



Round 3: UN

THBT UN should coordinate disaster relief efforts given by other countries.

THBT UN should be allowed to bring peace by military force in conflict zones.

THBT the permanent members in the UN Security Council should abandon

theveto power.



Round 4: Economy

THBT WTO should concentrate on regional trade agreements, rather than

global ones.

THW ban subsidies and tax breaks to non-core industries.

THW introduce minimum quota on bank lendings to small and

medium-sizecompanies



Octo-finals: Environment

THBT entertainment celebrities should not be involved in

enviromentalprotection movements.

THBT nuclear power plants should be built in urban areas.

THW ban trade barriers that offset disadvantages of domestic companiesfrom

green house gas emission reduction policy



Quarter-finals: International Organization

THBT International Monetary Fund and World Bank should

introduceone-country, one vote system.

THW channel all developmental aid for Africa through the African Union.

THW International Criminal Court should have universal jurisdiction.



Semi-finals: Culture

THBT governments should let go of dying languages.

THW end government funding of the arts.

THW introduce a salary cap in professional team sports.



Final: Conflict

THBT countries in a state of civil war should resolve their

conflictthrough the permission of warlords and parmilitary organization to

exist.

THBT Russia and China should send troops to Afganistan.

THBT we should support military intervention in Somalia.

National Novice Debating Championships 2010 Motions

National Novice Debating Championships 2010 (UT MARA Malaysia) Motions

ROUND 1 : EDUCATION

THBT Having Elite Schools Would Be A Mistake

THBT Sex Education During National Service Is Too Late

THBT the government should provide free tertiary education



ROUND 2: MALAYSIA
THBT party hopping should be banned

THBT the monarchy has no place in modern Malaysia

THBT politicians have no right to privacy



ROUND 3 : SPORTS
THW limit the number of foreign footballers playing in a domestic league

THW create a category for the third gender in sports

THW ban alcohol and tobacco companies from sponsoring sporting events and teams



ROUND 4 : RIGHTS
THW allow prisoners to donate their organs in exchange for lighter sentences

THW ban the hijab (face veil)

THBT life is sacred but you can end it if it’s yours



ROUND 5 : Size Does Matter!!
THW remove the ban on whaling

THW allow airlines to charge passengers based on their weight

THW cap the salaries of CEOs of giant corporations



ROUND 6 : LAW & ORDER

THW punish poachers of endangered animals like we would punish murderers

THW legalise prostitution

THW take away the right of American citizens to own guns



Octos: Media
THW not jail bloggers for expressing their opinions

THBT universities should be free of censorship

THBT Google should pull out from China


Quarters: Immigration

THBT professional workers should be prevented from migrating to developed countries

THBT permanent residents should be allowed to vote in the country of their residence

THBT public healthcare should cover illegal immigrants



Semis: Science and Technology

THW not allow parents to create babies to save the life of an earlier child

THW abolish NASA

THW use genetically modified (GM) food to feed impoverished countries



Finals: International Affairs

TH supports Iran’s right to develop nuclear weapons

THBT ASEAN should abolish its non-intervention policy

THW allow children to be taken out of Haiti?

MMU Pre Worlds 2005 Motions

MMU Open/ MMU Pre-Worlds 2005 Motions

Finals : This House Believes That Torture is A Neccessary Evil


Semis : This House Believes That Teenagers Do Not Require The Consent of Their Parents To Have Abortions

Round 4 : This House Would Give Drugs to Children With Behavioural Problems

Round 3 : This House Free Santa's Elves

Round 2 : This House Would Make Environmental Protection a Pre-Condition to Development Aid

Round 1 : This House Would Ban Violent Video Games

Pinoy BP Nationals 2006

Pinoy BP Nationals 2006


TH Celebrates Bigotry in Mass Media

THW Ban 1st World Dumping of Hazardous Materials in 3rd World Countries

TH Regrets Jose Rizal's Place of Pride in the Filipino Conscienceness

TH Regrets the Role of Bilateral Aid Agencies in Filipino Development

THBT Religiously Affliated Organizations should be Covered by

Homosexual Anti-Discrimination Laws.

THW Tie Developmental Aid to the Establishment of Micro-Credit Programs

THW Mandate Permanant Pearkeeping Forces for International

Humanitarian Organizations that Operate in Conflict Zones

Durham IV 2006 Motions

Durham IV 2006


Motions
Round One: THB in a three state solution for Iraq

Round Two: THB that criminals sentenced to life imprisonment should
have the right to choose the death penalty instead.

Round Three: THW scrap the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Round Four: THW tie developmental aid to progress in women's rights

Semi: THB media facilities are legitimate military targets.

Final: THW make prostitutes available to the disabled on the NHS.

Bristol IV 2006 Motions

Bristol IV 2006


1 TH Would Only Release Prisoners Who Have Secured an Offer of Employment.

2 TH Would Compensate Mothers for a Portion of the Income Lost to Motherhood.

3 TH Would Legalise Bestiality.

4 TH Would Institute a Mandatory 1 Year Period of Non-Military Civil Service

5 TH Would Invite Israel to Sign the North Atlantic Treaty



SF TH Would Create a "Watch List" of Countries from which Immigration

is not Permitted.

GF TH Would Remove the Ban on Sympathy Strikes.

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NEAO 2006 Motions

Northeast Asian Open Debate 2006 (NEAO 2006)

Round 1: People vs. The Man




This House Would risk civilian casualties for military

victories.

This House Believes that Guantanamo Bay detainees

should receive normal US criminal due process rights.

This House Would violate individual rights to protect

the domestic order.



Round 2: Pop culture



This House Believes that Borat is good for Kazakhstan.

THBT orphans prefer the “Material World” to the 3rd

World.

THBT celebrities should be required to perform

community service.



Round 3: The Environment



THW sacrifice growth to protect the world's oceanic

creatures.

THW blame citizens, not their governments, for global

warming.

This House Supports private ownership of public water

systems.



Round 4: Economics



THW abolish the minimum wage.

THB the Korean Wave has broken.

THW sign a Free Trade Agreement with America.



Round 5: The Soviet Union



THS the re-creation of the Soviet Union.

THBT the Russian government should protect voices of

opposition within its borders.

THB the European Union should include the nations of

the Former Soviet Union.



Quarter Finals: Government and Morality



THBT government has a moral obligation to end poverty.

THW make education gay friendly.

THW ban religious symbols in government institutions.



Semis: Very Bad People



THW waterboard (torture) Dick Cheney and Donald

Rumsfeld.

THW mourn Fidel Castro's death.

THW not give Saddam Hussein the death penalty.



Finals: Northeast Asia



This House Believes that Taiwan has earned its seat in

the United Nations.

THBT Japan should build nuclear weapons.

THBT Korea should be thankful for the American Empire.



Rookie Final: Science and Health



THW subsidize public consumption of wine.

THW ban animal testing for the creation of new

medicine.

THBT nature trumps nurture.

NLS Debate 2006

National Law School Debate Tournament 2006

Round 1 (Theme: News Media)


• This house supports the right of journalists to not

disclose their sources

• This house believes that the press should not report

on matters pending trial

• This house supports sting operations



Round 2 (Theme: Educational Policy in India)

• This house would establish a common school board in

the country

• This house believes that the regional language

should be compulsorily taught in primary schools

• This house believes that private educational

institutions have a right to keep management quotas

for admissions



Round 3 (Theme: Sports)

• This house will disallow corporate ownership of

European football clubs

• This house will ban boxing

• This house will not allow foreign players in first

class cricket



Round 4 (Theme: International Relations)

• This house will let North Korea arm itself

•This house supports a UN administered plebiscite in

Kashmir

• This house will admit Turkey into the European Union



Round 5 (Theme: ‘Saying no to corruption’)

Round sponsored by BASF India Group

• This house believes that an ombudsman should have

the power to prosecute

• This house will compel electoral candidates to

disclose their antecedents

• This house believes that the ‘right to information’

includes the right to scrutinize file-notings made by

public officials



Quarter finals (Theme: Oil)

Round sponsored by Indian Oil Corporation

• This house will not let OPEC dominate

• This house supports the construction of the

India-Iran pipeline

• This house supports an administered price mechanism

for petroleum products



Semi finals (Theme: Banking and Finance)

Round sponsored by UTI Asset Management Company Pvt.

Ltd.

• This house will remove restrictions on foreign

direct investment (FDI) in the banking sector

• This house will allow private sector players to

enter the pension funds market

• This house supports full capital account

convertibility



Final (Theme: Information Technology)

Motions suggested by lead sponsors Sun Microsystems

• This house will use open source software over

proprietary software

• This house believes that search engine service

providers should be bound by data protection laws

• This house believes that Voice Over Internet

Protocol (VOIP) marks the death knell of the telecom

industry

Korean National Championships 2007 Motions

KNA 2007 Motions
Round 1: Korean Society


THW abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family. (¡°Yeo-seong

Bu¡±)

THBT commercial matchmaking businesses are detrimental to the Korean

society.

THBT hostages should be required to pay all costs associated with

their release.



Round 2: Ideologies

THBT socialism is beneficial for South America.

THBT Saudi Arabia should allow women into politics.

THBT the world should completely give up its effort to implant

democracy in the Middle East.



Round 3: The Human Body

THW ban human body exhibitions.

THW harvest organs from executed prisoners regardless of consent.

THW remove custody rights of parents who deny medical treatment to

their children on religious grounds.



Round 4: Universities

THW forbid political parties from having activities on university

campuses.

THBT publishing university rankings does more harm than good.

THW prohibit corporate franchises from establishing branches on

campus.



Round 5: Law and Justice

THW adopt a trial by jury for criminal cases.

THS direct election of Supreme Court judges.

THW hold parents responsible for the wrongdoings of juvenile

delinquents under the age of 14.



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Quarter-Final: Natives and Settlers

THW repeal all laws granting extra privileges for the Australian

aborigines.

THBT only native languages, rather than European languages, should

be the official language of African nations.

THBT governments should repeal land ownership rights of its native

ethnic groups.



Semi-Final: The Third World

THBT environmental problems of the Third World are a responsibility

of the First World.

THBT the First World nations should prohibit pharmaceutical

corporations from conducting medical experiments on humans in

Africa, regardless of consent.

THBT the British Museum should return its exhibit items to the

former colonial states from which they were taken.



Final: US and the World

THBT the United States should cease supporting the Pervez Musharraf

regime.

THBT the US should immediately lift all sanctions against Cuba.

THBT Spanish should be the second official language of the United

States.

North East Asian Open (NEAO) 2007 Motions

North East Asian Open (NEAO) 2007 Motions

Final – Gender

THBT fathers should also be granted maternity leave
THW national identification cards should not indicate gender
THBT Sex change operations be included as part of national healthcare programs

Semi Final – Money
THW forbid foreign control over local banks.
THBT government money should not be invested in overseas.
THW abolish corporate tax.

Quarter Final – Minorities
THW give prisoners the right to vote
THW make neglect of parent a criminal offence
THBT that mothers who cause harm to their babies during their pregnancy should be criminally liable

Round 5 – Round 5 Big Government vs. Small Government
THBT states should have an official religion.
THBT Presidents should not have term limits.
THBT Sports should only be funded by private entities.

Round 4 – Animal
THBT game park rangers should have the right to shoot poachers.
THW Ban Bullfighting
THBT Bestiality should not be illegal

Round 3 - International Relations
THBT the Palestinian people should give up the right to return
THBT Japan should stop giving foreign aid to Myanmar
THW blame China for Darfur

Round 2 - History
THBT Northeast Asia needs a unified history textbook.
THW compensate victims of sexual slavery during WWII.
THW apologize for our history.

Round 1 – Energy/Environment

THBT bioethanol is the way to go.
THW ban cars in the city.
THBT carbon trade doesn¡¯t help the environment.

Swinburn WSDC Style Debate 2008

Swinburne WSDC Style Debate 2008 (Sarawak)

Theme:Internationalism through Education, Sport and Culture

Round 1
Health (Prelims)

1. THW place clinically obese children under the care of the state
2. THW support the implementation of compulsory morning exercises for all government servants
3. This House would place a worldwide ban on tobacco advertising
Round 2
Sports
1. THW limit the number of foreign players in football clubs
2. THW support the use of performance enhancing drugs

3. TH prefers to see more female golfers in the PGA tour


Round 3
Student Life (Prelims)
1. This House believes that full-time students should take part in compulsory charity work
2. THW lower the voting age to 18
3. THW support the use of corporal punishment


Round 4
Global influence
1. THBT Hollywood is bad for us
2. This House believes that censorship have done more harm than good
3. This House believes that Malaysia should regulate the Internet
Round 5
Education
1.This House believes that religion has no place in state schools
2. THBT all subjects should be taught exclusively in English
3. THW introduce a compulsory environmental awareness subject in Malaysian schools

Globalization (Maybe -Quarter finals)
1. This House believes that globalisation perpetuates social inequity
2. This House believes that multi-nationals are the new imperialists
3. This House believes in regional trading blocs rather than global free trade


Colonialism – very related to culture (Semi Final)
1.This House believes that governments should protect their native languages
2.This House believes that cultural treasures belong at home
3. THBT USA should pay reparations to the African American community


Internet (Grand Finals)
1. THW ban Online Gambling
2. THW ban websites that glorifies the act of terrorism
3. THW regulate social networking websites

All Asians 2008 Motions

ROUND ONE
ENERGY
This House believes that biofuels do more harm than good.
This House supports the privatization of all energy production and distribution.
This House would no longer price oil in US dollars.

ROUND TWO
21st CENTURY
This House advocates human colonization of outer space.
This House would restrict research and development of artificial intelligence.
This House believes that humanity will not reach the 22nd Century.

ROUND THREE
MARRIAGE
This House would allow both men and women to have multiple spouses.
This House would allow divorce for any reason.
This House would eliminate age restrictions for marriage.

ROUND FOUR
ANIMAL RIGHTS
This House would abolish zoos.
This House would make the fur trade illegal.
This House would not eat whales and sharks.

ROUND FIVE
SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES
This House would not enforce labor laws on SMEs.
This House believes that trade liberalization hurts SMEs.
This House believes that SMEs should not be allowed to hire foreign workers.

ROUND SIX
GENDER RELATIONS
This House would recognize choice of gender identity as a fundamental human right.
This House would disqualify transsexuals from professional sporting events.
This House would reserve one-third of seats for women in national legislatures.

ROUND SEVEN
EDUCATION
This House believes that standardized testing is the enemy of learning.
This House prefers need based higher education scholarships to affirmative action in admissions.
This House would require all elementary and secondary schools to include debating in the curriculum.

OCToS
LITERATURE
This House believes that Asian governments have a duty to support literature in their native language
This House would institute an annual prize for the best pornographic novel.
This House believes that politicians should not be allowed to publish their autobiographies during their lifetimes.

Great Serdang Debate [GSD] 2008 Motions

GSD 2008 Motions

Round 1 - Prisons and Prisoners
1. Taht Prisoners should be allowed to vote
2. That we should privatize prisons
3. That we should revoke the possibility of parole for sex offenders

Round 2 - The gender
1. That we should legalize abortion
2. That aid should be conditional to the development of women's right
3. can anyone remeber what the third one here was?

Round 3 - Economics
1. That trading blocs are better than global free trade
2. That WTO should enforce fair trade instead of free trade
3. That we should prioritize food security over bio-fuel

Round 4 - The underaged
1. That voting should start at age 16
2. That pregnant students should be allowed to take maternity leaves
3. That parental consent is not needed for teenagers seeking abortion

Round 5 - feeling suicidal
1. That suicide should be decriminalized
2. That websites facilitating suicide should be banned
3. That parents of children that commited suicide should be subjected to a negligence inquiry

Quarterfinals - Democracy
1. That state owned media should not exist
2. That democracies should allow citizen-initiated referendums
3. That opinion polls distort the democratic process

Semifinal - Education
1. That parents should be allowed to teach their children at home
2. That education vouchers are necessary to create better schools
3. That state should provide free and compulsory nursery education for all children

Final - Medical Ethics
1. That doctors should be compelled to report instances of domestic violence.

International Humanitarian Law Debate 2008 Motions - UT MARA

International Humanitarian Law Debate 2008 - UT MARA

Round 1: Intervention
THBT the UN's responsibility to protect is more important than its
respect to national sovereignity
THBT constructive engagement works better than military intervention
THBT invasion into other sovereign countries is justified only in the
name of counter-terrorism

Round 2: Nukes
THBT all nations have the right to possess nuclear weapons
THBT only democratic states have the right to civilian nuclear energy
THBT South Korea should provide unconditional aid to North Korea

Round 3: Negotiating with terrorists
THBT Israel should include Hamas in its dealing with Palestine.
THW not recognize Hezbollah as the rulers of Lebanon.
THW not negotioate with violent separatist movements.

Round : Food Security
THBT the World Bank and other bilateral donors should tie
developmental aid to investment in agriculture.
THW curb the production of biofuels to address the growing food crisis.
THBT the EU should not bow to the pressures of WTO in reducing
agricuktural subsidies.

Quarter Finals: Cluster Munitions Treaty
THBT the greatest impact of the ban on cluster munitions is not in
protecting civilians but in hampering the military capability.
THBT the "Big Players" persistence on the option of using cluster
munitions is a threat to collective security.
THW criminalize countries that cooperate with other nations using
cluster munitions.

Semi Finals: Responsibility
THW force countries to make contributions to relief funds proportional
to their GDPs
THW hold states responsible for collateral damage
THW allow America soldiers to not respond to the call of war

Third Placing: Justice - 3rd
THBT perpetrators of crimes against humanity should only be tried in
international courts or tribunals, not local courts
THBT the ICC is ineffective in delivering justice to victims of crimes
against humanity
THBT TRCs are a sufficient form of recourse afforded to victims of
crimes against humanity

Grand Finals: The Geneva Conventions
THBT the Geneva Conventions have no place in modern warfare
THW include terrorists as combatants under the Geneva Conventions
THBT rendition has no place in a democratic world.

PIDC 2009 Motions

PIDC 2009 Motions
Elimination Rounds:

Round 1: Gender

· THBT gay rights movements should compel openly gay celebrities to actively support their causes
· THBT feminist politics must transition from the halls of Congress to the bedroom
· THBT Muslim universities should grant professional subsidies to feminist scholars living in radically conservative Muslim states.

Round 2: Europa

· THW ban the ownership of multiple properties in land strapped European countries
· THBT it is justified for EU countries with bailout responsibilities to excuse themselves with financial commitments to the union
· THBT the European Union should subsidize rehabilitation clinics for computer addicts

Round 3: Culpability

· THBT sober passengers of a drunk driver should be held criminally liable
· THW punish bystanders of a crime
· THW allow witnesses of gruesome murders to claim emotional damages against the criminal

Round 4: Environment

· TH celebrates the use of emotional blackmail as part of environmental strategies
· THBT Earth Hour is a meaningless, faddish, exercise
· THW make waste-disposal a mandatory requirement for free trade agreements

Round 5: Print Media

· THBT print media is dead
· THW ban government officials from obtaining board positions in print media
· THW require print media to grant criticized individuals compulsory reply space

Round 6: Pop Culture

· THW remove the foreign films category in the Academy Awards
· TH regrets the rise of vegetarianism
· THW shut down the World Wrestling Entertainment for good

Round 7: Geopolitics

· THBT China should revise its amoral foreign policy by sanctioning North Korea
· TH regrets Obama’s stance of reducing investments for foreign policy initiatives
· THBT it’s time to grant statehood to Taiwan

Break Rounds

Octofinals: Local Headlines

· THB in extending the land distribution program
· TH overreacted Chip Tsao
· THBT it is time to shut the doors on visiting forces

Quarterfinals: Rights

· THW lift the moratorium on blood donations for men who have sex with men
· THBT parents who are minors should be allowed to retain custody of their offspring
· TH supports the preferential disclosure of sexual harassment issues to religious leaders over state authorities within some religious communities

Semi-finals: Football

· TH regrets the recruitment of Third World football players by European football clubs
· TH celebrates players walking-off the field in response to racist crowd hooliganism
· THBT all players should donate majority of their advertising revenue to league development of the clubs they play for

Finals: Education

· TH celebrates the rise of political activism among students in public universities
· THW accommodate student-teacher relationships among consenting adults in universities
· THB in mandatory sex education in all religious schools

Motions, KIDANG 2008 Ewha University, South Korea

KIDANG 2008 Ewha University, South Korea

Motions

Demo

THW not confiscate land from descendants of collaborators with Japan
during its colonial rule.

Round 1.
Korea
THBT Korea should priortize China over the US in diplomatic
relations.
THW nationalize the tele-communications industry.
THW exclude Soju from the list of essential items announced by the
Korean government to monitor inflation.

Round 2.
Social Contract
1. THBT all democratic governments should abandon laws which allow
prosecution of citizens for insulting their nations.
2. THBT government should not financially profit from its citizens＊
sins.
3. THW limit civilian use of guns in America.

Round 3.
Human Body
1. THW allow commercial surrogate motherhood.
2. THW give prisoners with a life sentence the right to choose the
death penalty.
3. THW chemically castrate pedophiles.

Round 4.
Ideology
1. THBT socialism in Latin America has done more harm than good.
2. THBT authoritarian regimes are justifiable in developing nations.
3. THBT feminism has not contributed to the well-being of women in
the world.

Round 5.
International Institutions
1. THW limit the number of times United Nations Security Council
members can veto.
2. THBT democracy should be the condition for debt relief for
African nations.
3. THBT it is legitimate to use aid to buy votes in international
organizations.

(Rookie Final)
Cute Animals
1. THW ban fur imports from developing nations. (debated)
2. THBT zoos bring more benefits than harms to society.
3. THW allow the police to shoot poachers.

(EFL Final)
Celebrities’ on the spotlight!!!
1. THBT paparazzi are beneficial for celebrities.
2. TH supports celebrities entering politics.
3. THBT celebrities should not adopt children from developing
nations. (debated)

Quarter
Elections
1. THW repudiate the democratic election in Bhutan.
2. THW discourage women in Pakistan from casting ballots in order to
protect their lives.
3. THW place a cap on the spending of candidates during election
campaigns.

Semi
Greater Asia
1. THBT China’s quest for raw materials from developing
nations/rogue regimes is detrimental to the world.
2. THW pressure India to open its border to accept Tibetan exiles.
3. THBT the Kurds are better off without a Kurdish state.

Final
Law and Justice
1. THBT civil disobedience is essential to democracy. (debated)
2. THW abolish the use of insanity as a legal defense.
3. THW require doctors to report minors with HIV to their parents
regardless of patients’ consent.

IIU AUDC 2008 Motions

AUDC 2008 Motions:


Young Ones

THW allow abortion on the ground of permanent physical deformity.

THBT the government should take away obese children from their parents.

THBT the state should financially support single teenage pregnant

mothers.


Malaysia

THW not allow elected MPs to change their political parties.

THW allow unrestricted religious conversion of its citizens.

THBT Malaysian government should end its subsidy on oil.


Bargaining and Concessions

THW give aid to Myanmar in exchange of political concessions from the

military junta

THBT it is time for South Africa to cut its aid to Zimbabwe until Mugabe

steps down

THW make recognition of an independent Kosovo a precondition for

Serbia's membership into the WTO


Taboo

THW legalize incestuous marriages

THW recognize the choice of identity for those who have undergone sexual

reassignment surgery

THBT Non-citizens should not be allowed to be legal prostitutes


Sports

THW have airtime quota on domestic media to promote women's sports.

THBT players should walk off the field in response to racist

hooliganism.

TH should lift the ban on expression of political beliefs by athletes

during sporting events.


Economics

THW make economic aid conditional on opening up development tenders to

foreign bidders

TH would punish companies' home for bribing abroad

This house would make eco-labeling mandatory for cross-border trade


Election

This house would restrict aid to troubled democracies unless their

election is held under an international body.

This house would ban campaign contribution from foreign entities in

national election.

THBT Asian democracies should disallow the succession of close relatives

to top political posts


State & Religion

This House would allow use of Sharia Law for Muslim minorities in

Britain

THW grant unrestricted access to pilgrimage sites to people of other

faiths.

THW impose a quota for female teachers on government subsidized madrasas


Food Security

THW impose a moratorium on the production of Bio-Fuel

THW nationalize the food production

THW not leave food prices in the hands of the market


US Foreign Policy

THBT United States should lift the embargo on Cuba

THBT Lebanon should accept United States' offer of military aid to

fight the Hezbollah

THBT United States should involve Iran in the nation-building of Iraq


Media

THBT Media corporations should be held accountable only to their

shareholders

THBT broadcast media organizations in the US should provide equal

airtime to competing views on controversial issues.

TH supports full live television coverage of legislative sessions


Bio-Ethics

THW supports surrogacy for profit

THBT private insurance companies should be allowed to access genetic

information of its policy applicants

THW ban pharmaceutical companies from giving monetary compensation to

clinical trial volunteers


In Times of War

THBT United States should not detain juvenile enemy combatants

THBT conscription of child soldiers by their parents is justified in the

war for freedom

THBT in times of war, the state should offer convicts imprisoned for

heinous crimes the option to fight for the army in exchange of

conditional pardon.

Australs 2008 Motions

Australs 2008 Motions

Round 1: That the UN should hire mercenaries for military operations
That African states should recognise Tsvangirai as the rightful leader of Zimbabwe
That we should respect China's right to prosecute foreign athletes who protest at the Beijing Olympics

Round 2:
That we would ban groups that glorify obesity
That goverments should not take any action to dicourage individuals from smoking
That problem gamblers should have their welfare payments suspended

Round 3:
That we should end the US innvolvement in Southern Mindanao
That we have had enough People Power revolutions
That the Phillipines should adopt Chavez-style land reforms

Round 4:
That corporate regulators should have veto power over executive bonuses
That we would protect nationally important companies from government owenership by foregin government entities
That the WTO should abandon consensus voting as the basis of its decision making.

Ruond 5:
That areas of high ecological value should be returned to indigenous peoples for management
That individuals should be given carbon quotas
That there hsould be an international ban on the use of arable land to grow crops for bio-fuels

Round 6:
That we would allow mnors to have sex change operations
That wewould create separate units for gays in the military
That governements should ban groups that seek to 'straighten out' gay people

Round 7:
That all state funded projects should be open source
That genetic research that attributes negative traits to prticular races should not be published
That nations should be able to charge licensing fees for the use of genetic information from their native plants and animals.

Round 8:
That the West should cease pressuring transitiioning democracies to hold elections
That candidates should be disallowed from using their own money to finance their campaigns
That we would abolish political parties


Motions for quarters were:
That we should vote for Barack Obama on the basis of his race
That low income ethnic neighbourhoods should be protected from gentrification
That Latinos should have the right to be taught in Spanish

OCTOS

1.That hymen reconstruction surgeries should be banned
2.That IVF clinic should be stopped from implanting embryos known to have disabilities
3. That all restrictions on the advertising of prescription drugs should be removed


Semis

Motions:
1. That we should abolish the crime of statutory rape
2. That we should ban police officers from posing as children on the internet to catch paedophiles
3. That capital punishment should be allowed in cases of child rape.



Finals;

That we should restrict gun ownership to law enforcement agencies

Debate National Law school India 2008

Debate National Law school India 2008

Demonstration Debate
• This house believes that televised singing competitions promote mediocrity

Round 1 (Theme: Public policy and governance)
• This house will levy higher excise duties on vehicles that pollute more
• This house believes that the President and Vice-President of India should be elected through universal adult franchise
• This house believes that post-conflict societies should choose reconciliation over criminal prosecution

Round 2 (Theme: Women)
• This house will prescribe the death penalty for those convicted of rape
• This house will lower the age of consent for marriage
• This house supports reservations for women in legislatures

Round 3 (Theme: International Relations)
• This house believes that the Non-Aligned movement (NAM) is a thing of the past
• This house believes that the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) must act against the Myanmar junta
• This house supports the construction of the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline

Round 4 (Theme: Sports)
• This house believes that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should give the Indian Cricket League(ICL) its space
• This house believes that India is not ready for hosting a ‘Formula One’ race
• This house believes that cricket team managements are justified in issuing ‘gag-orders’ to their players

Round 5 (Theme: Education)
• This house supports reservations for religious minorities in educational institutions
• This house will prohibit formal prayers in public schools
• This house believes that the government should regulate private coaching institutions

Round 6 (Theme: Internet)
• This house will ban social networking sites in educational institutions
• This house believes that free online databases are in the best interests of authors
• This house believes that Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) applications will replace fixed and mobile telecom services

Quarter-Finals (Theme: Tourism)
• This house will ban ‘space tourism’
• This house believes that foreigners and citizens should be charged the same entry fees for visiting historical monuments
• This house believes that the re-selection of the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ was a farce

Semi-finals (Theme: Economics and Development)
• This house will tax agricultural income in India
• This house will not force private commercial banks to operate branches in rural areas

Grand Final (Theme: Free Speech)
• This house will take away the power of judges to punish for contempt of court

IIU league 1 2008

IIU league 1 2008


Round 1: THBT in exchange of higher fuel prices, the Malaysian Government should lower car import duties.
Round 2: THBT convicts should be allowed to stand for public election immediately after serving their sentence.
Round 3: THW grant funding to religious institutions of education in secular democratic counties
Round 4: THBT non-lethal sabotage is justified in saving the whales in Japan.
Round 5: THBT putting Suharto on trial is not a good idea.

IIU Debate League 2, 2008

IIU LEAGUE 2, 2008



Round 1: THBT pornography should be taught as a university subject.
Round 2: THBT smokers who in public places should be sent to rehab centres.
Round 3: THBT we should ban the "purdah"/veil in flights
Round 4: THBT historical artifacts should be returned to the country of origin.
Round 5: THBT Government should invest in foreign football clubs.

NHSD 2007 Motions

NHSD 2007 Motions
National Health & Sciences Debate 2007 (IMU)
1. This house should give the Government the go-ahead in
eKesihatan.
2. This house would stand behind hybrid-embryonic cloning.
3. This house believes that the private sector should do
more to support the healthcare service in Malaysia.
4. This house would make medical insurance compulsory for
all.
5. This house would stand behind a National Healthcare Plan.
6. This house believes that the Malaysian Government is not
paying enough attention to the healthcare sector.
7. This house would urge the Malaysian Government to play a
larger role in women's healthcare.
8. This house believes that only pharmacist has the right to
dispense drugs.
9. THW honour only the words of the terminally ill patient
for euthanasia.
10. This house would make passing an aptitude and communication
test compulsory for all medical student before progressing to their clinical
years
11. This house would make organ donation compulsory for all
brain dead patients
12. THBT medical schools should do away with the current PBL
based medical curriculum
13. THBT that medical services provided in-flight by a doctor
should be absolutely free
14. THBT the US child health insurance program should be
implemented in Malaysia
15. THBT athletes suffering from Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
should be excluded from the Gender Testing regulations.
16. THBT the government should make it compulsory for the
private sector to offer the option of the 5 years maternity leave.

NTU pre worlds 2007 motions

NTU pre worlds 2007 motions


Round 1: THBT Music Must Return to the Masses
Round 2: THBT Women Must be Part of the Front Line
Round 3: THBT State Funding of Education Should be in the Form of Vouchers to Parents
Round 4: THW Lift the Arms Embargo on China
Round 5: THBT the State Should Bail Out Sub prime Homeowners
Round 6: THW Name and Shame

Semi-Finals: THBT Free Trade is Best Between Two Birds of the Same Feather
Final: THBT Medical Professions Should Have the Right to Refuse Treatment Base on Personal Beliefs

PIDC 2008 (Pinoy Nationals) Debate Motions

PIDC 2008 Motions

1 The state should ban all private schools from sanctioning students who exhibit homosexual behavior
2 THW allow universities to allot slots for the admission of the children of their alumni
3 TH supports the right of private elementary schools to require pre-school education to their Grade One applicants

1 United States should support the entry of former Soviet states into the NATO
2 America should welcome Iran's involvement in Iraq
3 THW lift US sanctions on Cuba

1 The government should stop funding research searching for the gene for autism
2 TH supports the parents' right to avail of medical procedures infantilizing their disabled children by inhibiting their physiological growth
3 THW abolish employment quotas for the disabled

1 THW abolish the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
2 The Sangguniang Kabataan is irrelevant to today's youth
3 Instead of being a political appointee, the Ombudsman should be elected by the people

1 TH celebrates the role of organized religion in defining gender roles
2 The Dalai Lama should cede control of Tibet to China
3 THW remove restrictions on campaign contributions made by religious organizations

1 The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) has served the interests of the Filipino farmers
2 THW end the conversation of indigenous lands
3 The developing world should prioritize food security over biofuel production

1 Sponsors of commissioned art should have the right to alter the final work even without the consent of the paid artist
2 Independent filmmakers should welcome the piracy of their work
3 Authors of spins-off of copyrighted literature should not be made to pay royalties to the original author




1 Democratization should not be a goal of the West's foreign policy
2 TH regrets the Joint Seismic Marine Undertaking at the Spratly's
3 THW prioritize citizens of former colonies in guest worker programs

1 THW give married individuals the option to have multiple legal spouses
2 TH regrets the enforcement of forma & informal rules regulating sexual & romantic relationships in the workplace
3 TH celebrates the rise of easily-accessible non-commercial online amateur porn

1 The culture of privileging formal education has broadened inequality in the developing world
2 The Leftist populist revolution in Latin America has failed
3 Post-modern feminists have betrayed their Third World sisters

1 TH celebrates the Philippines' historical attachment to its former colonial masters
2 The mass emigration of Filipino workers has eroded nationalism
3 The hold of the elite in governance has strengthened Philippine democracy

Worlds 2008 Motions

Wudc 2008, thailand
MOTIONS:

Preliminary Rounds:
Round 1: THW allow the use of torture.
Round 2: THBT Taiwan should declare independence now
Round 3: THW not allow local government to pay for the relocation of homeless people.
Round 4: THBT the European Union should only direct aid to nations that pursue environmentally sustainable development.
Round 5: THBT every criminal defendant should be required to use a government provided defense lawyer.
Round 6: THW subject foreign political contributions to greater restrictions than domestic contributions.
Round 7: THW assassinate Vladimir Putin.
Round 8: THBT governments should never rescue failing private industry.
Round 9: THW deny scarce medical resources to terminally ill patients.

Break rounds
Octofinals: THBT governments in the developing world should invest in sex tourism.

Quarterfinals: THW force religious adoption agencies to place children with homosexual couples.

Semifinals: THBT extreme economic need should be grounds for asylum.

Final: THBT people who give HIV to others must pay drug support.

WUPID 2007 Motions

World Universities' Peace Invitational Debate (WUPID) 2007 Motions

Round 1: THW Persue Constructive Engagement with Rogue States
Round 2: THBT the State Should Only Provide Education in the medium of their First Language
Round 3: THBT Civil Disobedience is an Integral Part of a Peaceful Society
Round 4: THW Give Kurds a Homeland
Round 5: THBT the Bolivarian Revolution has Failed

Quarter Finals: THW Reject the Use of Private Military Contractors

Semi Finals: THW Expand the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to Peaceful Nuclear Programs

Finals: THW allow fast-track membership to Serbia in EU for the independence to Kosovo

UT MARA Australs 2007 Motions

UT MARA Australs 2007 Motions

ROUND 1: DEMOCRACY
1. That presidential democracies should change to parliamentary democracies
2. That the media should be required to cap political advertising by
candidates and parties during elections
3. That Tonga should abandon its absolute monarchy

ROUND 2: BIOETHICS
1. That the West should not recognize clinical trials conducted in the Third
World
2. That governments should abolish patent protection and instead establish a
fund that guarantees payments for the development of new medicines for Third
World diseases
3. That we should have a moratorium on genetically modified foods until they
are proven to be safe

ROUND 3: MALAYSIA … TRULY ASIA
1. That segregating universities on the basis of ethnicity should be
abolished
2. That all Malaysians should come under the same civil code
3. That Malaysia should abolish compulsory national service

ROUND 4: The Dismal Science
1. That governments in the Third World should reclaim ownership of basic
services
2. That the WTO should enforce fair trade instead of free trade
3. That growth in happiness, not growth in GDP, should be the measure of
success in developed countries

ROUND 5: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
1. That new citizens should be required to pass a language and values test
2. That we should strive to prevent endangered languages from becoming
extinct
3. That the membership of the United Nations Security Council should
represent the world's major 'civilizations'

ROUND 6: SECURITY IN ASIA PACIFIC
1. That we should lift trade sanctions on North Korea as soon as it shuts
and seals its nuclear facilities.
2. That Sri Lanka should grant the Tamils statehood.
3. That Australia should recruit soldiers from Pacific Island States


ROUND 7: THE NANNY STATE
1. That democratic states should adopt Singapore's law regarding oral sex
2. That the state should compel the parents of obese children to sponsor a
child in the Third World
3. That 'emo' youths should be placed in state care

ROUND 7: THE GREATEST MARKET FAILURE IN HISTORY
1. That we should use biofuels as the solution to 'peak oil'
2. That the developed world should institute a policy of zero population
growth
3. That we should abandon the Kyoto Protocol in favour of the Asia-Pacific
Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6)


ROUND 8: MIDDLE EAST
1. The West Bank should become a part of Jordan
2. That the West should overtly support pro-democracy movements in Middle
Eastern states
3. That only 'soft power' can achieve America's goal of democratisation in
the Middle East

OCTO FINALS: LABOUR
1. That host countries of guest workers should pay a tax to the country of
origin
2. That the Members-States should grant free movement of labour in EU
3. That South America should cease coca eradication programs

ESL Semi-Final: HEALTH AND EDUCATION
1. That the United States should establish a system of universal health care
2. That religious schools should be forced to teach comprehensive sex
education
3. That Southeast Asian Governments should provide condoms in prisons

WOMEN'S DEBATE
1. That the election of Hillary Clinton would be good for women

QUARTER FINALS: WHATS COLD IS HOT AGAIN
1. That we should suspend Russia's G8 membership pending democratic reforms
2. That NATO should support the unilateral declaration of Kosovo's
independence
3. That the US should accept Putin's request to modify its plans for missile
defense

SEMI FINAL: SIZE DOES MATTER
1. That male circumcision should be banned
2. That we should decriminalize prostitution in Southeast Asia
3. That cock fighting should be banned

ESL FINAL: GENDER
1. That we should legalise abortion in Southeast Asia
2. That there should be gender quotas for Executive positions in Fortune 500
companies
3. That doctors should be required to report suspected cases of domestic
violence

Grand Final: Mental Health
1. That governments should pay for treatments that seek to 'normalise'
autism

Macau Inter-Tertiary English Debating Tournament 2008

Macau Inter-Tertiary English Debating Tournament 2008

Health

1. This House would put a fat tax on fast food.
2. This House would place clinically obese children under the care of the State.
3. This House would implement a compulsory morning-exercise regime for all government servants.

Education

1. This House would require all elementary and secondary schools to include debating in the curriculum.
2. This House believes that the State should provide free and compulsory nursery education for all children.
3. This House believes that full-time students should take part in compulsory charity work.



Ethics

1. This House believes that doctors should be compelled to report instances of domestic violence.
2. This House would ban pharmaceutical companies from giving monetary compensation to clinical trial volunteers.
3. This House believes that medical workers from developing countries should not be allowed to migrate to the developed world.

Internet

1. This House would ban peer-to-peer file sharing.
2. This House would ban websites that facilitate suicide.
3. This House would regulate social networking websites.

Prisons and Prisoners

1. This House believes that prisoners should be allowed to vote.
2. This House would privatise prisons.
3. This House would allow prisoners who are sentenced to life-imprisonment to choose the death penalty.

Democracy
1. This House believes that democracy is a necessary condition for economic growth and stability.
2. This House believes that opinion polls distort the democratic process.
3. This House believes that democracies should allow citizen-initiated referendums.

NHSD 2008 Motions

Motions for NHSD 2008

1. This house would allow specially trained nurses to perform services usually carried out by doctors.
2. This house believes influenza immunization should be mandatory for healthcare workers.
3. This house believes that health literacy should be the responsibility of health care professionals
4. This house would subject health professionals to mandatory ¡continuing education¢.
5. This house should no longer approve a drug if it offers only marginal benefits
6. This House would Compel Doctors to Report instances of Domestic Violence
7. This house would force Doctors to declare their profession before boarding an airplane
8. THW sue countries that produce their own generic drugs
9. THW sue tobacco companies for causing lung cancer
10. THW ban OTC nutritional supplements (steroids)
11. THBT fat kids should be sent to dietitians
12. THBT pharmacists must accompany doctors on consulting rounds
13. THBT that TCM units should not be set up in hospitals
14. THBT allied health professionals should do compulsory service in Malaysia
15. THW exempt privately funded medical graduates from compulsory service
16. THBT all private clinics to employ a pharmacist in their departments

Melbourne Mini 2008 motions

Melbourne Mini 2008 motions

Round one: That this house would establish DNA databases of all citizens for
the purposes of criminal investigations. (Dedicated to Lindy Chamberlain)

Round two: That this house believes that governments should set a maximum
wage. (Dedicated to Warren
"I saw the financial crisis coming which is why I am smarter and richer than
you" Buffet)

Round three: That this house would end affirmative action for
African-Americans. (Dedicated to Barack Obama)

Round four: That this house would allow corporations to hire mercenaries to
protect their shipments from pirates (Dedicated to Johnny Depp)

Round five: That this house would ban gender discrimination within
religions. (Dedicated to Sheikh Fehmi Naji el-Imam)

Round six: That this house would support the launching of foreign strikes on
terrorists in Pakistan.
(Approx.)

Semi-finals: That this house would deny foreign aid to countries with space programs.
(Dedicated to Albert II, the first monkey in space)

Grand final: That this house would legalise all forms of sadomasochistic
sex. (Dedicated to Josef Fritzl

Pan-African Universities Debating Championships 2008

Pan-African Universities Debating Championships 2008

Round 1 - Rights
THW legalize Prostitution in All Mining Facilities

Round 2 - Economy
THW Nationalize All Natural Resources

Round 3 - Environment
THW Tie Development Aid to Investment in Green Technology

Round 4 - Money and Corruption
THW Punish Banks if their Clients Launder Money through their Bank Accounts

Round 5 - Conflicts
THW choose public criticism over quiet diplomacy in dealing with Zimbabwe

Quarters - Child Participation / Polio
THBT states should vaccinate children against polio regardless of parental
consent

Semis
This House Believes That China's Increasing Investment in Africa Brings More
Harm than Good

Finals
This House Believes that Africa Needs International Military Intervention to
Solve her Most Dire Conflicts

Gombak open Debate (GOD) 2009 Motions

Gombak open Debate (GOD) 2009 Motions:

Round 1: THBT Governments That Govern Least, Govern Best

Round 2: THBT Marriage is for Life

Round 3: THBT The Man With The Size 8 Is A Hero

Round 4: THW Abolish Statutory Rape Laws

Semi-Finals: THW Defend the Right of First Strike

Finals: THBT Sex is Art

EWU AUDC 2009 Motions

AUDC 2009 Motions

Round 1
"Action speak louder than words but not nearly as often" - MARK TWAIN

SYMBOLISM: These debates analyse the importance of actions and their symbolic impacts. Debaters would do well to try and quantify the role of symbolism in these contexts and whether the price is worth paying.

- This house believes that entertainment awards should not be bestowed on individuals who have committed acts of domestic violence in their private lives
- This house will not allow being labelled a homosexual as grounds for defamation claims
- This house wants politicians convicted of corruption to resign even when the political fallout is minimal

Round 2
"It ain't over until ...well ... its over" - YOGI BERRA

INTRACTABLE CONFLICTS: These are the evergreen debates because they deal with seemingly unsolvable problems. Here we end up trying something creative in order to achieve that elusive end-game.

- This house would let Iran have its nukes ... if its wants them
- This house thinks that the two state solution is not going to work .. and thinks three states is more like it
- This house wants Obama to lift the embargo on Cuba without any pre-conditions

Round 3
"One day soon the gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a microchip, will travel ahead in time & shave beards that don't even exist yet" - DAVE BARRY

BRAVE NEW WORLD: Technology changes the rules of the game so fast that these debates are about age-old principles reincarnating in a technological context.

- This house would scrap copyright laws in the internet age
- This house would tax virtual commerce such as in Second Life
- This house believe that genetically modified foods should be embraced without reservation

Round 4
"Human rights are a Western invention" - MAHATHIR MOHAMMED

RIGHTS: Often, claiming that someone has a right to do something is the end of an argument. These debates explore the limits of fundamental rights and test if fancier rights are a natural extrapolation of the unquestionable ones.

- This house believes that an individual's right to free speech includes his right to defame religions.
- This house believes life is sacred but you can end it if it is yours
- This house would allow people to experiment and experience psychotropic drugs

Round 5
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others we have tried" - SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

DEMOCRACY DEBATES: These debates explore when a show of hands is the best way to make a decision.

- THBT gay marriages should be left to the courts (ala Iowa) and not referenda (ala California)
- THBT third world nations with large, poor, illiterate populations are right in seeking the stability of technocratic elite-driven governments
- THBT votes in supranational organisations should be assigned on the basis of population and not 'one-nation-one-vote'

Round 6
"We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories." - BARACK OBAMA

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Deciding on how best to use the bounty that nature has blessed us with is a challenge for the brightest minds.

- This house would commercialise regulated hunting of large fauna to protect them
- This house would subsidise every electric car purchase
- This house would nationalize mineral resources

Round 7
"The sad truth is that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the measure of right and wrong" - JEREMY BENTHAM

UTILITARIANISM: When is the cold hard calculus of utilitarianism acceptable for deciding what society can and cannot do?

- This house would force beggars, street urchins, and the homeless off the streets
- This house would use convict labour for national projects
- This house believes that child labour should be incorporated as a poverty alleviation mechanism in third world nations

Octo Finals
"Government should be a place where people come together and no one gets left behind. A force for good." - TOBY ZIEGLER, West Wing

BIG STATE, SMALL STATE: How can government do its best without over-reaching? What is over-reaching anyway?

- This house would make medical insurance mandatory for all citizens
- This house believes that the state should fund faith-based services
- This house believes that the state should finance movies that promote desirable social messages

Quater Finals
"The president knows Chinese political prisoners are going to be sewing soccer balls with their teeth whether we sell them cheeseburgers or not, so let's sell them cheeseburgers." - Character in West Wing

PRAGMATISM v IDEALISM: These are typically foreign policy debates where doing the right thing is often compromised by having to settle for whats more practical. Damage minimisation is a yardstick that is often used.

- THW not sell arms to or include in military alliances any non-democracies
- THW prioritise ending of bloodshed over the punishment of genocidaires.
- THW violate the sovereignty of states unable to control global mal-contents within their territory

Semi Finals
"I know porn when I see it!" - Supreme Court Justice POTTER STEWART

UNMENTIONABLES: In these debates one team is made to defend something conventionally disapproved or considered repulsive in society. But the other team struggles to articulate why that is wrong.

- THBT the social sanction against nudity is a feudal restraint on our personal choices
- THW allow polygamous unions
- THBT paedophilia can be allowed where an adolescent's parent consents to the relationship

EFL Semi Finals
"It's my life, its now or never" - JON BON JOVI

LIFESTYLE CHOICES: These debates explore whether living a certain way is acceptable or not.

- THW allow individuals to spoil their good health in their pursuit to look good
- THW allow teenagers to obtain the morning-after pill without parental consent
- THBT vegetarianism is the smarter lifestyle

EFL Final
"All is fair in love and war" - JOHN LYLY

LESSER of TWO EVILS: Often, we have no choice but pick between a bad option and a worse option. The question is which is which.

- This House would not prosecute government staffs who commit torture during the Bush era
- This House believes that the "don't ask don't tell" policy is crucial to national security
- This House would disallow couples with severe genetic disability to give birth to children

Final
" An economist is one who sees something happen in practice and wonders if it does in theory " - US PRES RONALD REAGAN

TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT : In these series of debates the teams asses the accuracy of these statements by appealing to the cold hard barometers of economics, history or science

- This House believes that the emigration of the best and the brightest from poor countries to the first world profits both countries
- This House feels that the Catholic Church should waive celibacy requirements for its priests
- This House believes that nuclear energy is a bad way to replace fossil fuels

Australs 2009 Motions

Round 1: Education
That extra fees or donations above the actual cost of education should
not be used to gain admission into university.
That talented students should be taught separately from their peers.
That indigenous people should have free and unqualified access to
university

Round 2: Global Financial Crisis
That Governments should bail out homeowners directly.
That trade unions should have their power restricted during times of
economic crisis.
That Governments should obtain a majority stake in companies that they
bail out.

Round 3: Sexuality
That the gay rights movement should not support the institution of
marriage.
That we should recognise the right of religious groups to discriminate
on the basis of sexual orientation.
That sexual education classes at school should include, but not be
limited to: sexual orientation, anal sex, mutual gratification and
masturbation.

Round 4: The Environment
That population control should be part of any global approach to tackle
climate change.
That protection of the environment should be considered a mitigating
factor when sentencing eco-terrorists.
That the developed world should not sell contaminated material to the
developing world for processing.

Round 5: Borders
That soliders who have fought for foreign countries should be granted
citizenship within the country that they fought for.
That this house would open all borders.
That the US should grant citizenship to all Guantanamo detainees
regardless of guilt.

Round 6: Latin America
That the United States should stop funding the Columbian Government.
That Latin American countries should take action against countries whose
leaders took power through military coups.
That the United States should stop buying Hugo Chavez's oil.

Round 7: Law
That single parents in prison should be provided special treatment to
allow them to raise their young children from behind bars.
That parliamentarians should receive no compensation beyond their base
salary.
That employees of the United States Government who authorised or carried
out "enhanced interrogation techniques" during the Bush administration
should be prosecuted.

Round 8: The "STOP" round
That we should ban celebrities from participating in political
campaigns.
That we should ban mail-order brides.
That we should ban the use and development of all unmanned offensive
military weaponry.

Quarter Finals
That businesses should refuse to comply with China's internet
restrictions.
That the hiring and firing by employers should not be influenced by
information found on social networking sites.
That the Government should subsidise print journalism.

Grand Final
That Palestine should accept demilitarisation in return for a guaranteed
sovereign state.
That we should grant the Roma (Gypsies) a sovereign state.
That we should divide Sudan.

1st IIT Bombay National Debate 2009

1st IIT Bombay National Debate 2009


Demonstration Debate:

* THW remove spending limits in electoral campaigns

Round 1 - Limits of Free Speech

* THBT `hunger strikes' are a legitimate form of protest in democracies
* THBT public officials should not discuss their official functions on social networking sites
* THBT the freedom of speech includes the right to offend religious sensibilities

Round 2 - Environmental Policy

* THW boycott imported goods that are not produced in an environmentally friendly manner
* THW abolish all zoos
* THW confer absolute property rights on forest-dwelling tribes

Round 3 - Educational Policy in India

* THBT private schools should not be permitted to restrict the sporting of religious symbols and attire
* THBT all schools should be obliged to admit students from socially and educationally backward sections of society
* THW make pro-choice sexual education compulsory in schools

Round 4 - Justice

* THBT Afghanistan should have the right to prosecute foreign troops for human rights abuses on its soil
* THW bring back the jury system in India
* THBT citizens belonging to minority communities in India should be free to opt out of personal law regimes

Round 5 - International Relations

* THW prefer Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) over the multilateral trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
* THBT in the long run nuclear weapons contribute to international peace
* THBT the USA should lift economic sanctions from Burma

Quarter-Finals - Domestic Politics

* THBT Naxalism is a legitimate political ideology
* THBT judges at all levels must disclose their assets and liabilities
* THBT the `sons of the soil' movements are justified

Semi-Finals - Taboos

* THW decriminalize incest
* THW allow surrogate motherhood for profit
* THBT anti-pornography laws are undemocratic

Finals - Dilemmas in Post-Independence India

* THBT the partition of the subcontinent in 1947 was a mistake
* THBT India should disengage from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
* THBT the Indian State should not have the power to impose a `national emergency'

1st East Asia Inter-Varsity Invitational English Debate Competition 2009 Motions

1st East Asia Inter-Varsity Invitational English Debate Competition 2009 Motions

Demonstration Debate: This house believes that rape trials should be
presided exclusively by female judges.

Round 1: This house believes that state-sponsored insurance policies should
cover by-choice abortion.

Round 2: This house believes that terrorist suspects should have the right
to a trial in civilian courts.

Round 3: This house would not allow undocumented immigrants to be eligible
for financial aid for higher education.

Round 4: This house believes that armies should overthrow corrupt,
dictatorial governments.

Round 5: This house would pay a wage to poor, full-time, stay-at-home
parents.

Semi Final: This house believes that state media should provide airtime to
extremist political parties.

Grand Final: THBT reduced American military presence in Asia is good for
Asia.

1st Malaysia Debate Open 2009

Test Debate
THW abolish the death penalty

Round 1
This house believes that terminally ill patients have a right to die.
This house believes that teenagers should have the right to vote.
This house would ban “abstinence only sex education” in all schools.

Round 2
This house believes that criminal cases should be tried by jury.
This house believes that evidence obtained through unlawful means should be admissible in court.
This house would elect its judges.

Round 3
This house would allow corporations receiving government bailouts the discretion to give bonuses to their employees.
This house believes that the state should give incentives to the entertainment industry to produce content with positive social messages.
This house would repeal tax exemptions on all religious institutions.

Round 4
This house would extradite military deserters.
This house believes that soldiers who suffer psychological damage from their combat experience should be eligible for military honors.
This house believes that we should militarize outer space.

Round 5
This house would fund religion based criminal rehabilitation programs.
This house would nationalize all prisons.
This house would allow prisoners to donate their organs in exchange for the shortening of their sentences.

Round 6
This house would bail out ailing foreign companies that have large local employment bases.
This house would rather borrow money from individual countries than from the International Monetary Fund.
This house would tax savings during times of economic recession.
O
cto-Finals : United States of Oh-Bum-Ah!
THW support Obama’s stance on meeting hostile foreign leaders without pre-conditions
THBT we should remove term limits for the presidency of the United States of America
THBT President Obama should immediately conduct a full inquiry into the abuses of the Bush administration

Quarter-Finals : The Grey in Anatomy
THBT sex change operations should be covered under the National Health Policy
THBT the pursuit of scientific knowledge ought to be limited by a concern for societal good
THBT alternative medication and treatment should be included in medical insurance coverage

Semi-Finals : No Man is an Island
THBT all states in the Middle East should recognise Israel unconditionally
THW break up Sudan
THBT the ICC should issue a warrant for the arrest of Robert Mugabe

Grand Final
This house would sell nuclear weapons to countries in exchange for them terminating their nuclear weapons program.

2nd Malaysia Debate Open 2010

Test Debate
THBT sober passengers of drunk drivers should be held criminally liable.

Round 1 :Natural Disaster
THW arrest but not charge looters in Chile
THBT aid to reconstruct disaster areas should be exclusively given to local contractors
THW help victims of major disasters regardless of consent from the country affected

Round 2 : Malaysia
THW forgive the student loan debt of all individuals who commit to a career in public education
THW not allow any race-based societies in universities
THBT 3 months is too short for National Service/THW extend the National Service

Round 3 : Sports
This House believes that professional cheerleading harms women’s rights
THW disallow exclusive broadcasting rights of the world cup
THW limit the wages of Footballers

Round 4 : The Individual in the state
THW Ban Dual Citizenships
THW abolish state-endorsed marriage.
THBT Plea-bargaining erodes the criminal justice system

Round 5 : East or West Government?
THBT China’s Internet censorship is a legitimate tool for stability
THBT The west should arm local Burmese militias
THBT Obama’s Health Care Plan is un-American

Round 6 : Middle east
TH Condemns Israel for including sites within the Palestinian Territory as their heritage
THBT Southern Yemen should declare Independence
THW allow candidates linked to Saddam Hussein to stand in the upcoming Iraqi Elections

Octo-Finals : Environment/animal rights
THW Free Willy
THW arm the indigenous to fight illegal loggers
THW allow Japan to commercialize whaling if they accept a moratorium on bluefin Tuna

Quarter-Finals : Teenagers
THW Ban surgery for teenagers for the purpose of inducing weight loss.
THBT the state should financially support single teenage pregnant mothers.
THW force sperm banks to reveal the identity of sperm donors upon request of the offspring upon reaching the age of consent

Semi-Finals : Geo-Bloody Politics
THW Grant developmental aid to African countries on condition they nationalize natural resources.
THBT The EU should stop supporting US led wars until they ratify the ICC
THW not sanction Iran until Israel’s Nuclear Program is subjected to IAEA Inspections

Grand Final
THW Completely Ban Smoking

5th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate 2010 motions

5th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate 2010 motions

Round 1 -Regional Politics

• THB in a separate state of Telengana

• THBT Regional Parties should not be allowed to stand for
national elections

• THBT the use of violence by Naxalites is justified by the
ends they seek to achieve.



Round 2 - National Security

• THBT Full Body Scans should be banned as the privacy
concerns outweigh the national security benefits.

• THB in cross-border assassinations of terrorist leaders by
intelligence agencies for national security

• THB in demilitarization of the Siachen Glacier



Round 3 - The Classics

• THW abolish capital punishment for any crime.

• THW allow marijuana for recreational use.

• THW legalize euthanasia.



Round 4 - Marriage

• THW make cheating spouses pay double alimony

• THW make marriage registrations in India compulsory.

• THW legalize polygamy and polyandry for people of all religions.



Round 5 - International Relations

• THW construct a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe.

• THBT the UN should impose military sanctions on Iran.

• THBT the UN must administer states that cannot administer themselves





Octo-finals - Bad Man Round

• TH (The Shiv Sena) would end its campaign against North Indians

• TH (The military junta in Myanmar) would release Aung San Suu Kyi

• TH (The North Korean Government) would give up its nuclear program



Quarter-finals - Movies Manner Method

• The Matrix: This house would take the other pill

• Lagaan: This house would refuse to take the bet

• Dark Knight: This house would blow up the ship filled with
criminals to save itself.



Semi-finals – Once upon a time

• The Year is 1856: THW not introduce the Enfield rifle in
the Royal Indian Army

• The Year is 1941: THW not open the eastern front on USSR.

• The Year is 1998: THW not test nuclear weapons at Pokhran



Finals

• THW abolish the “don’t ask don’t tell policy” on
homosexuals in the US army

• THW repeal the Swiss ban on minarets

• THW pay twitter to aid the revolution in Iran

1st Asians BP 2009

1st Asian BP 2009
Rd1: This house would ban children working as models.
Rd2: This house believes the US should withdraw military aid from Israel until the settlements in the West Bank are removed.
Rd3: This house would allow teachers to have sexual relationships with students over the age of consent as long as the relationship is declared.
Rd4: This house would punish poachers and traders of endangered species in the same way as murderers.
Rd5: This house believes individuals in developing nations who receive government funding for tertiary education should be prohibited from emigrating.
Rd6: This house believes that religions should not be allowed to discriminate on grounds of sexuality or gender when offering employment.
Octo: This house believes the Pakistani government should assassinate Taliban leaders in the north west frontier province.
Qtr: This house believes foreign companies should be denied access to developing nations natural resources.
Semi: This house believes parents should not be allowed to create designer babies to save the life of an earlier child.
Final: This house would not allow family members of politicians from participating in politics.

Cork IV 2009 Motions

Cork IV
1 This House Would Not Allow Parents To Remove Their Children From Sex Education Classes
2 This House Would Remove Executive Clemency For Death Row Inmates
3 This House Would Introduce An Annual Tax On High Value Residential Property
4 This House Would Not Negotiate With a Divided Palestine
5 This House Believes The US Government Should Fund Abortions Through Public Health Insurance
Novice final: This house would Ban The Eating of Meat.
Semi: This house believes That The State Should Help Those Seeking A Cure For Homosexuality
Final: This house would Emmigrate".

Syney Mini 2009 Motions

Sydney Mini 2009
1. THS a surge in Afghanistan
2. THBT the government should not fund IVF for infertile couples
3. THW abolish defamation as a cause of civil action
4. THS an independent Kurdistan
5. THW bar current or former bank executives from financial regulation posts
6. THW charge the poachers of endangered species with first-degree murder
7.THW place trade sanctions on countries that refuse to ratify the Copenhagen Treaty
Semi: THW not require child support payments from fathers who offer to pay for an abortion
Final: THBT the government should forcibly remove women and children from extremist religious communities