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Round 2","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":315},{"m":"TH Supports 'The Right to be Forgotten' (in relation to internet privacy)","y":2011,"t":"Irish Times Round 2","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":316},{"m":"THB Enda Kenny's first 9 months as Taoiseach have been a success","y":2011,"t":"Irish Times Round 2","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":317},{"m":"THW Allow Organised Fight Clubs","y":2011,"t":"Irish Times Round 2","r":"6","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":318},{"m":"THW Introduce Sex-Affirmative Action for Corporate Executives","y":2011,"t":"Irish Times Round 2","r":"7","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":319},{"m":"THW Abolish Libel","y":2011,"t":"Irish Times Round 2","r":"8","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":320},{"m":"THBT American political parties should hold their 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The gen can be surgically removed/\"turned off\" without major impact) THW require everyone with the gen to undergo surgery, even if they have never been convicted of a crime","y":2011,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":324},{"m":"THW ban all advertising","y":2011,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":325},{"m":"THBT large-scale land redistribution are a legitimate way to combat poverty in the third world","y":2011,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":326},{"m":"THW require the ICC to prosecute Netanyahu","y":2011,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":327},{"m":"THW allow gifted students to skip years in primary and secondary school","y":2011,"t":"ESU England Mace","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":328},{"m":"THBT all 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legislators should not take the will of the people into consideration, when the reason behind it is religious","y":2011,"t":"Moscow Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":338},{"m":"THBT countries should use political leverage to influence judicial proceedings involving their citizens in other countries.","y":2011,"t":"Moscow Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":339},{"m":"THBT Russia along with the EU & US should implement a complete trade ban with Iran","y":2011,"t":"Moscow Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":340},{"m":"THBT society would be better if the primary duty of companies were to their workers and not to their shareholders","y":2011,"t":"Moscow Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":341},{"m":"Should appeal procedures (Einspruchsmöglichkeiten) against construction projects for renewable energy be 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Karlsruhe","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":347},{"m":"Do we need a United States of Europe?","y":2011,"t":"Zeit Debatte Karlsruhe","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":348},{"m":"THBT all bail-out packages should be approved by a popular referendum in the recipient party","y":2011,"t":"Cork IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":349},{"m":"THBT the Arab League should impose an oil embargo on the EU until the EU member states lift their ban on the Islamic Veil","y":2011,"t":"Cork IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":350},{"m":"THBT it would be better if Sinn Fein took their seats (in the UK parliament)","y":2011,"t":"Cork IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":351},{"m":"THBT Virginia Tech should remember Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter, along with his victims in its memorials … and launch 33 balloons","y":2011,"t":"Cork IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":352},{"m":"THW allow defendants in criminal trials to ask the judge to be acquitted on the grounds that the law they broke was unjust, and would instruct all juries to take this defense into account","y":2011,"t":"Cork IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":353},{"m":"THBT the State should have no role in the recognition of marriage","y":2011,"t":"Cork IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":354},{"m":"THBT the State should give everyone an equal salary, paid for by the government, even if they are unemployed","y":2011,"t":"Cork IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":355},{"m":"THW refuse war veterans the right to vote","y":2011,"t":"Cork IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & 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should allow its citizens to form leagues of masked vigilantes to fight the Yakuza","y":2011,"t":"KCL IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":379},{"m":"THBT Courts in Emerging Democracies should break up persistently dominant political parties","y":2011,"t":"KCL IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":380},{"m":"THBT Western nations should make development aid conditional on the protection of LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) rights.","y":2011,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":381},{"m":"THBT governments should lie to their populations in time of economic crisis, where the lies are deemed likely to improve the economy.","y":2011,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":382},{"m":"THW make any language which is spoken by at least 5% of the population an official state language and offer all state service in that language.","y":2011,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":383},{"m":"THBT the US military should destroy Iran's nuclear program.","y":2011,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":384},{"m":"THW require all media aimed at children to undermine traditional gender roles","y":2011,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":385},{"m":"THW make the US pay reparations to its Muslim citizens.","y":2011,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":386},{"m":"THBT the time for the United States of Europe has come.","y":2011,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":387},{"m":"Fake or Real: Should photoshopped (retouched) images be banned in advertisement?","y":2011,"t":"Streitcultur 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(Soll das Ehegattensplitting abgeschafft werden?)","y":2011,"t":"Streitcultur Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":390},{"m":"In the name of the people: do we need jury panels in our courts?","y":2011,"t":"Streitcultur Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":391},{"m":"THW make the right to vote contingent on basic knowledge about political issues","y":2011,"t":"Stuttgart IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":392},{"m":"THBT the EU should limit the amount of energy individuals are allowed to consume","y":2011,"t":"Stuttgart IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":393},{"m":"As a parent, THW not lie to its children about the existence of Santa Claus","y":2011,"t":"Stuttgart IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":394},{"m":"THW allow young boys to undergo chemical castration to preserve their singing voices","y":2011,"t":"Stuttgart 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THBT Journals Should Not Publish The Research","y":2012,"t":"Aberdeen Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":537},{"m":"THBT The Image Of Female Sexuality Depicted By Female RnB Artists In Songs Like, But Not Limited To, Rihanna's Rude Boy Are Empowering.","y":2012,"t":"Aberdeen Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":538},{"m":"THBT It Is Immoral To Vote Republican","y":2012,"t":"Aberdeen Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":539},{"m":"THW Abolish Prisons","y":2012,"t":"Final Irish Times","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":540},{"m":"THW legalise all forms of assisted suicide for mentally sound people","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":541},{"m":"TH regrets the strong social norms in favour of lifelong monogamy","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":542},{"m":"THBT western countries should invest primarily in air power rather than ground troops for future military interventions","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":543},{"m":"THBT the education system should promote equality of outcomes over equality of opportunities","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":544},{"m":"TH welcomes the advent of extreme genetic enhancements for human beings","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":545},{"m":"THBT national governments should aim to depopulate rather than regenerate areas with few viable economic activities","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":546},{"m":"info slide: behavioural economics, rival changes in the way choices are presented changes behaviour THBT the state should systematically use subconscious manipulation to nudge citizens towards good choices","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":547},{"m":"THBT Western foreign policy should seek to prevent China's acquisition of Africa's natural land and resources","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":548},{"m":"TH regrets the decline of Marxism in liberal Western democracies","y":2012,"t":"LSE Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":549},{"m":"THB India should remove its ban on 'The Satanic Verses'","y":2012,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":550},{"m":"THW invest in big casinos to rejuvenate economically disadvantaged areas","y":2012,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & 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fit.","y":2012,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":575},{"m":"This House supports the appointment of technocratic governments in Eurozone countries suffering fiscal crisis.","y":2012,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":576},{"m":"THB the Israeli Army should adopt a policy of shooting to kill their own comrades where they are likely to be captured.","y":2012,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":577},{"m":"THBT EU countries should promote Christianity and not other religions.","y":2012,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":578},{"m":"Given the ability to carry a full term pregnancy in an incubator. THBT humankind should seek to abolish natural pregnancy.","y":2012,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":579},{"m":"Should there be a minimum BMI for models?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Magdeburg","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":580},{"m":"Should tax returns (Steuererklärungen) be made public?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Magdeburg","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":581},{"m":"Should we consider the DDR an unjust state?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Magdeburg","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":582},{"m":"Should private pensions be abolished?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Magdeburg","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":583},{"m":"Should buildings that have been empty/unused for over a year be made freely available for general use?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Magdeburg","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":584},{"m":"Should politicians and diplomats in general no longer hold immunity status?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Magdeburg","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":585},{"m":"THW give parliaments the right to appoint an absolute dictator for a limited period of time","y":2012,"t":"Debattoernooi Utrecht (DTU)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":586},{"m":"THBT women in the Netherlands are emancipated enough","y":2012,"t":"Debattoernooi Utrecht (DTU)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":587},{"m":"TH, being an Italian judge, would convict Berlusconi of abuse of power, corruption and gross negligence and take away all his personal belongings","y":2012,"t":"Debattoernooi Utrecht (DTU)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":588},{"m":"THW assume the suspect of a crime to be guilty when the witness(es) in a court case are intimidated or physically abused (approximation)","y":2012,"t":"Debattoernooi Utrecht (DTU)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":589},{"m":"THW not punish people who live below the poverty line for economic crimes they have committed","y":2012,"t":"Debattoernooi Utrecht (DTU)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":590},{"m":"TH, being MTV, would publicly denounce acts with lyrics that degrade women or gays and/or glorify violence (approximation)","y":2012,"t":"Debattoernooi Utrecht (DTU)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":591},{"m":"THBT Feminist Groups Should Campaign for a Complete Overhaul of the Economic System","y":2012,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":592},{"m":"THBT Feminist Groups Should Actively Recruit Male Spokespeople","y":2012,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":593},{"m":"THBT it is morally wrong for companies to base hiring/firing/promotion decisions on info taken from social networking sites","y":2012,"t":"DCU Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":594},{"m":"THW place police in schools that protect them","y":2012,"t":"DCU Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":595},{"m":"THW not (as the USA) support Israel in a pre-emptive strike on Iraq","y":2012,"t":"DCU Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":596},{"m":"THW require companies to have the same environmental and working standards in foreign countries as in their home states","y":2012,"t":"DCU Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":597},{"m":"TH supports the right of parents of mentally disabled children to medically slow or prevent their physical growth","y":2012,"t":"DCU Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":598},{"m":"A zombie infection has broken out, THBT it is morally legitimate to kill uninfected humans to increase your own chances of survival.","y":2012,"t":"DCU Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":599},{"m":"THW allow corporations to pay higher salaries to employees who agree not to have children","y":2012,"t":"Heriot-Watt Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":600},{"m":"THBT the congressional black caucus should admit non-black members","y":2012,"t":"Heriot-Watt Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":601,"hi":1},{"m":"THW establish as a norm of international law that reparations should not be paid after wars","y":2012,"t":"Heriot-Watt Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":602},{"m":"THW replace income tax with a tax on wealth","y":2012,"t":"Heriot-Watt Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":603},{"m":"THBT the Scottish Government should allow England to vote in the referendum on Scottish Independence","y":2012,"t":"Heriot-Watt Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":604},{"m":"THW ban beauty pageants for under 16-year olds","y":2012,"t":"Mykolas Romeris IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":605},{"m":"THBT the media should not publish news on suicides","y":2012,"t":"Mykolas Romeris IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":606},{"m":"THW require that Roma children be sent to state boarding schools","y":2012,"t":"Mykolas Romeris IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":607},{"m":"THW ban the use of religious rhetoric in political campaigns","y":2012,"t":"Mykolas Romeris IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":608},{"m":"TH supports the use of bounty hunters in law enforcement","y":2012,"t":"Mykolas Romeris IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":609},{"m":"TH regrets the influence of YouTube on popular culture","y":2012,"t":"Mykolas Romeris IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":610},{"m":"THW grant asylum to those fleeing from persecution on grounds of sexual violence","y":2012,"t":"Mykolas Romeris IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":611},{"m":"THBT our technology has exceeded our humanity","y":2012,"t":"French Debate Association Tournament Final","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":612},{"m":"THW forcibly relocate indigenous peoples where their presence prevents the extraction of valuable resources","y":2012,"t":"Dutch Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":613},{"m":"HB that sex education classes should include sexual fetishes with the aim of normalising them.","y":2012,"t":"Dutch Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":614},{"m":"THW not allow pre-nuptial agreements","y":2012,"t":"Dutch Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":615},{"m":"THB that developing countries should disregard intellectual property rights on life saving/preserving medicine","y":2012,"t":"Dutch Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":616},{"m":"This House Would covertly fabricate evidence that politicians who promote demonisation or criminalisation of homosexuality are gay (approximation)","y":2012,"t":"Dutch Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":617},{"m":"THW make the punishment for crimes of theft inversely proportional to the wealth of the victim (approximation)","y":2012,"t":"Dutch Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":618},{"m":"THW create country quotas for the acceptance of refugees and allow for trade of these obligations","y":2012,"t":"Dutch Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":619},{"m":"THW create a Supreme Court to protect future generations from current lawmakers","y":2012,"t":"Dutch Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":620},{"m":"THBT Science Is Holding Back Humanity","y":2012,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace Final","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":621},{"m":"THW found one European elite university","y":2012,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":622},{"m":"THW tax meat products (approximation)","y":2012,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":623},{"m":"THW take away the special protection of marriage from the law","y":2012,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":624},{"m":"THW drink more milk.","y":2012,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":625},{"m":"THW oblige all ministeries (state departments) to use only open source software","y":2012,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":626},{"m":"THW shrink/make smaller the Eurozone","y":2012,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":627},{"m":"THW save Schlecker (a drugstore chain that is bankrupt)","y":2012,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":628},{"m":"THW remove all constraints on companies firing workers","y":2012,"t":"Paris IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":629},{"m":"THW make sportןמע teams whose fans performed violence or severe disorderly behaviour, play their matches in front of a crowd of women and children only.","y":2012,"t":"Paris IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":630},{"m":"TH, as Aljazeera, would have broadcasted the videos of the Toulouse attacks.","y":2012,"t":"Paris IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"actor","id":631},{"m":"THBT retribution should not be a part of the criminal justice system","y":2012,"t":"Paris IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":632},{"m":"THBT the state should subsidize feminist porn","y":2012,"t":"Paris IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":633},{"m":"HW make assimilation the primary goal of legislation related to immigrants.","y":2012,"t":"Paris IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":634},{"m":"THW ban all research into the genetic origins of homosexuality","y":2012,"t":"Paris IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":635},{"m":"thw allow the deliberate (!) targeting of civilians in war, where it would significantly reduce casualties in the long term","y":2012,"t":"Paris IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":636},{"m":"THBT all teachers should openly declare their sexuality to their pupils","y":2012,"t":"HSE Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":637},{"m":"THW set legally binding minimal physical parameters for fashion models","y":2012,"t":"HSE Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":638},{"m":"THW treat cyber attacks as acts of war","y":2012,"t":"HSE Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":639},{"m":"THW legalize all drugs","y":2012,"t":"HSE Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":640},{"m":"THW not use public money on life-extending medical care for people over a certain age","y":2012,"t":"HSE Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":641},{"m":"HBT change comes through molotov cocktails, not with a voting ballot","y":2012,"t":"HSE Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":642},{"m":"In the case where human space exploration efforts locate an inhabitable planet, THBT the settlers of that planet should construct a society without private property","y":2012,"t":"HSE Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":643},{"m":"When paying teachers, THW take into account their students' academic performance","y":2012,"t":"Jacobs Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":644},{"m":"TH regrets joining Facebook","y":2012,"t":"Jacobs 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INFO SLIDE: The Eurozone is a currency union consisting of EU member states who have adopted the Euro as their common currency. 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For instance, printing smiley faces on the electricity bills of low-usage households decreases their future electricity consumption. As another example, consumers presented with a list of financial choices are more likely to choose items placed near the middle of the list.","y":2012,"t":"USU Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":665},{"m":"THBT coming cuts in USA military spending will make the world a better place.","y":2012,"t":"USU Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":666},{"m":"THW abandon the single European monetary currency","y":2012,"t":"Estonia Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":667},{"m":"TH condems racially provocative art","y":2012,"t":"Estonia Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":668},{"m":"THW defend Anders Breivik","y":2012,"t":"Estonia Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":669},{"m":"THW choose only non religious soldiers to serve in international conflicts","y":2012,"t":"Estonia Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":670},{"m":"THW only teach gender neutral pronouns in school","y":2012,"t":"Estonia Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":671},{"m":"THBT current Generation Germans should not pay taxes or any other form of reparations for Nazi atrocities","y":2012,"t":"Estonia Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":672},{"m":"THW reject a Western conception of property rights in favour of collective ownership.","y":2012,"t":"Estonia Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":673},{"m":"TH, which is the West, would sanction China.","y":2012,"t":"Israeli Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":674},{"m":"TH, which is the ministry of health, will withhold any information regarding a drug that will ensure the birth of heterosexual children.","y":2012,"t":"Israeli Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":675},{"m":"(Information slide) Immediate Democracy is a system in which the voter may change their vote at any given time, thus changing the composition of the parliament on a daily basis according to public support. THW enact an Immediate Democracy.","y":2012,"t":"Israeli Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":676},{"m":"THW release inmates from jail solely on the basis of their rehabilitation and not upon the completion of a predetermined period of time.","y":2012,"t":"Israeli Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":677},{"m":"(Information slide) You are a young man living in the Galilee 2,000 years ago. You are smart and charismatic. You are capable of collecting and leading a fold of followers. People believe you are the son of God and can do miracles such as healing and food replication. Motion: THW use its influence to disseminate socially progressive values supported by faith.","y":2012,"t":"Israeli Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":678},{"m":"THW abolish state imposed heritage protection","y":2012,"t":"Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":679},{"m":"There are states which prescribe quota for the number of women in Boards of companies. THW prohibit companies from other states that do not fill the required quota in their Board to participate in public tenders in states with quotas.","y":2012,"t":"Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":680},{"m":"THW limit media coverage of shootings","y":2012,"t":"Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":681},{"m":"When a ship threatens to breach a UN weapons embargo, THW allow all states to stop the ship with the use of force.","y":2012,"t":"Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":682},{"m":"THBT every person has the right to take pictures of works of art or performances and publish them as their own works of art","y":2012,"t":"Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":683},{"m":"THW allow audio and video recording 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than an Anti-Zionist Jew.","y":2012,"t":"Zionism Begin Tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":718},{"m":"TH regrets \"Aloni Mora\" (euphemism for the settlements)","y":2012,"t":"Zionism Begin Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":719},{"m":"THW will move the Israeli Capital from Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv.","y":2012,"t":"Zionism Begin Tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":720},{"m":"THW pay monetary compensation to Sephardi Jews.","y":2012,"t":"Zionism Begin Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":721},{"m":"This House prefers Guantanamo Bay rather than the current practice of the war against terrorism with unmanned aerial vehicles.","y":2012,"t":"\"Denny Crane\" Faculty of Political Science","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":722},{"m":"In the case of a contact with extra-terrestrial beings, this House would send a woman as a negotiator.","y":2012,"t":"\"Denny Crane\" Faculty of Political Science","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":723},{"m":"This House would grant one seat in the Parliament to all more significant religions.","y":2012,"t":"\"Denny Crane\" Faculty of Political Science","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":724},{"m":"This House would make a number of votes of one voter inversely proportional to his/her personal wealth.","y":2012,"t":"\"Denny Crane\" Faculty of Political Science","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":725},{"m":"This House believe that only people who take the law into their hands can save us.","y":2012,"t":"\"Denny Crane\" Faculty of Political Science","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":726},{"m":"This House would never restore the buildings destroyed in the bombing.","y":2012,"t":"\"Denny Crane\" Faculty of Political 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predicate any humanitarian aid on efforts limiting birth-rates where there's a risk of overpopulation.","y":2012,"t":"Iron Man BP Tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":749},{"m":"THBT, rather than after the fact, the judicial system should be able to take pre-emptive measures when there's a suspicion of hate-speech","y":2012,"t":"Iron Man BP Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":750},{"m":"THBT that the Turkish military should stop enforcing the separation between church & state","y":2012,"t":"Iron Man BP Tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":751},{"m":"THW practice investment over austerity in times of economic crisis","y":2012,"t":"Iron Man BP Tournament","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":752},{"m":"THW undertake military action against the Syrian government","y":2012,"t":"Iron Man BP 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it is (fully) sufficient to combat the symptoms","y":2012,"t":"DDG Master's Cup 2012","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":850},{"m":"THW prohibit the grievance of religious beliefs","y":2012,"t":"Open de Lisboa","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":851},{"m":"THW defend that universities give preference to disadvantaged students","y":2012,"t":"Open de Lisboa","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":852},{"m":"THBT illegal downloading is not criminal","y":2012,"t":"Open de Lisboa","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":853},{"m":"THW allow private companies to resort to openly discriminatory hiring practices","y":2012,"t":"Open de Lisboa","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":854},{"m":"THW recognise the independence of Catalunia","y":2012,"t":"Open de Lisboa","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":855},{"m":"THB in 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they didn't know they were clones. (Never Let Me Go)","y":2012,"t":"Alternative Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"other","id":866},{"m":"THW give the 4-5-6 the 10% of children from the bottom of the league tables (Or, THW implement PLEB) (Torchwood: Children of the Earth)","y":2012,"t":"Alternative Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":867},{"m":"THBT adults who are not on the organ donor list should not be eligible to receive organ transplants","y":2012,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":868},{"m":"THBT players who are found to have racially abused their fellow competitors should be banned for life","y":2012,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":869},{"m":"THW ban the depiction of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)","y":2012,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"3","c":"Britain & 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protection?","y":2012,"t":"Gutenberg Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"other","id":887},{"m":"TH regrets the criminalisation of squatting.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":888},{"m":"THW allow high-ranked army officials, when in agreement, to reverse decisions made by democratic governments regarding military missions.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":889},{"m":"THW fund research into the existence of a violent gene.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":890},{"m":"THB that LGBTQI activism in countries with strong anti-gay policies does more harm than good.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":891},{"m":"THW abolish all term-limits on the service of elected heads of state.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":892},{"m":"THW not allow members of the royal family to serve in active combat.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":893},{"m":"THB that European States should end all funding for the arts until everyone lives above the national poverty level.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":894},{"m":"THB it is legitimate for states to deny residence or asylum to immigrants who openly contradict their predominant values.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":895},{"m":"You are the British government. You have full guarantee that SAS (special air service) can enter the prison which currently holds the Pussy Riot Girls in Russia and you can remove them safely. THW enter Russia and remove the Pussy Riot Girls from their cells.","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":896},{"m":"THB the state should actively prosecute sexist and misogynist remarks..","y":2012,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":897},{"m":"THBT the right to bear arms is the right to be free","y":2012,"t":"UCD Novice IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":898},{"m":"THBT the world would be a better place if nobody believed in God","y":2012,"t":"UCD Novice IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":899},{"m":"THW ban private healthcare and replace it with a comprehensive public system","y":2012,"t":"UCD Novice IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":900},{"m":"THB corrupt, benevolent and capable dictatorship is preferable to corrupt and inept 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their names in search engines?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Tübingen","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":1018},{"m":"Should James Bond retire?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Tübingen","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1019},{"m":"Should citizens be forced to borrow money to the state in times of crisis? (Should it become mandatory for citizens)","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Tübingen","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":1020},{"m":"Should corporate sponsorship of dangerous (life-threatening) sports and stunts?","y":2012,"t":"Zeit Debatte Tübingen","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":1021},{"m":"THW force universities to create stricter entrance requirements, even if this would lead to fewer students","y":2012,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1022},{"m":"THW ban the publication of any photographic and film material that portrays crime suspects","y":2012,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1023},{"m":"TH, being a teenager, would not open a Facebook account","y":2012,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":1024},{"m":"THW force schools to offer students intensive interaction with different worldviews","y":2012,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1025},{"m":"THW allow the Supreme Court to reject laws if they contradict the constitution (this is not SQ in the Netherlands)","y":2012,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1026},{"m":"THW grant the ECB the right to limit member country's sovereign debt","y":2012,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1027},{"m":"THW subsidise genetical modification on humans","y":2012,"t":"Cicero Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1028},{"m":"THW Abolish National School Curriculums","y":2012,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1029},{"m":"THBT in Times of High Unemployment, Governments Should Remove all Minimum Standard 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citizens that give up their right to vote.","y":2013,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":1291},{"m":"TH approves of the New York Post's decision to publish the subway photograph 'Doomed'.","y":2013,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":1292},{"m":"TH approves of the USA's policy of extra-judicial killing of terrorists.","y":2013,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1293},{"m":"THBT at least 50% of the Legislature (Parliament) should be appointed by a socially representative random draw from the general population.","y":2013,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":1294},{"m":"THBT states should disband their armed forces and use PMCs as and when necessary","y":2013,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1295},{"m":"THBT the unemployed, living in areas of high unemployment and low private investment, should relocate to areas where their employment is more likely in order to keep their benefits.","y":2013,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1296},{"m":"THBT David Cameron was wrong to offer the British electorate a referendum on EU membership.","y":2013,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":1297},{"m":"TH regrets the turn away from socialism","y":2013,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"0","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":1298},{"m":"THW create separate state schools for those who are LGBTQ","y":2013,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":1299},{"m":"THBT former colonial powers should never intervene militarily in their former colonies","y":2013,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1300},{"m":"THBT in order to continue to eat meat individuals should personally slaughter a major meat animal","y":2013,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1301},{"m":"THW abolish all term limitations for elected officials in high offices","y":2013,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1302},{"m":"THW require all isolated religious communities to give all 18-year-olds a Rumspringa","y":2013,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1303},{"m":"THBT an EU institution should block websites in EU member states that use negative racial/ethnic/religious stereotypes","y":2013,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1304},{"m":"TH, as the academic and debating communities of the UK, would not invite George Galloway to our public debates","y":2013,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":1305},{"m":"THW ban unpaid internships","y":2013,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1306},{"m":"THW would ban the use of unarmed domestic surveillance drones","y":2013,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1307},{"m":"THW assassinate Iranian and North Korean nuclear scientists","y":2013,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1308},{"m":"THBT governments have no legal or moral obligation to respond with proportionate force to armed attacks on their citizens","y":2013,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1309},{"m":"THB the ICC should not issue warrants for suspects during ongoing conflicts","y":2013,"t":"Glasgow 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presence in former colonies,in the interest of benefiting those colonies","y":2013,"t":"UL Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1315},{"m":"THB emphasis on the depiction of the \"normal\" female body is no more empowerment than equal emphasis on the \"perfect\" female body","y":2013,"t":"UL Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1316},{"m":"THW give more votes to those who live in areas with high levels of political apathy and low voter turnout","y":2013,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1317},{"m":"THW would allow parents to microchip their children without the child's consent","y":2013,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1318},{"m":"THW allow individuals to contract out of all basic employment provisions in their contracts (such as health & safety, unfair dismissal etc) in return for compensation.","y":2013,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1319},{"m":"THW allow individuals to sue religious organisations for compensation for the harmful effects of choices made as a result of adherence to religious doctrine","y":2013,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1320},{"m":"THW require the creators of artistic works which depict negative stereotypes of disenfranchised groups to give a portion of their profits to those groups","y":2013,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1321},{"m":"THW Prosecute Irish politicians of the era for failing to take action over the abuses of the Magdalene Laundries.","y":2013,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":1322},{"m":"In a possible near future world, a computer chip has been developed which can painlessly be implanted in the brain, preventing all sexual desire. At the same time, technology has advanced to the point where completely asexual human reproduction is possible. THW prefer that world to this one.","y":2013,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1323},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of globalisation","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace (Ireland Open_Semis)","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":1324},{"m":"THBT individualism has failed us","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace (Ireland Open_Semis)","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1325},{"m":"THBT youth is wasted on the young","y":2013,"t":"French Debating Association Open_Semiss","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":1326},{"m":"THBT you can't plan the future by the past","y":2013,"t":"French Debating Association Open_Semiss","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1327},{"m":"THBT juries should only include individuals that are from the same socio-economic class as the defendant","y":2013,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1328},{"m":"TH, in hindsight, would still have fought the 2003 war in Iraq","y":2013,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1329},{"m":"THW, as an atheist, join an atheist church (definition: an atheist church is a congregation of non-religious people, who engage in singing, lectures and other activities. It also promotes the Manifesto for Atheists, which lists atheist virtues)","y":2013,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1330},{"m":"THBT school children in the UK should be taught that their country engaged in war crimes","y":2013,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1331},{"m":"TH, as the heir to any European throne, would refuse to become a monarch","y":2013,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":1332},{"m":"THBT women are morally justified in lying about their past experiences, abilities and future family plans at a job interview or application","y":2013,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1333},{"m":"You are an emigrant from a poor and collapsing unnamed country. You are offered full and immediate citizenship from the United States and the European Union. The offers are the only two options you have and are mutually exclusive. You do not know where you will live in either Union. Your native and only language is not spoken in either. Motion: THW emigrate to the European Union.","y":2013,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":1334},{"m":"THW hold a referendum among all churchgoing Catholics to elect the new Pope rather than having Cardinals elect him","y":2013,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1335},{"m":"THW require internet users to disclose their identities","y":2013,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":1336},{"m":"On the 10th Anniversary, TH does not regret the decision to invade Iraq.","y":2013,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":1337},{"m":"TH, as the board of Zenit St. Petersburg, would preference players with Slavic ethnicity, in order to respect the wishes of the fans","y":2013,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"actor","id":1338},{"m":"THBT Conservative MPs should not have been given a free vote on the Marriage (same sex couples) Bill","y":2013,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":1339},{"m":"THW require individuals to donate 75% of their annual income above £1 million to charity","y":2013,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1340},{"m":"THW sentence repeat offenders to life imprisonment","y":2013,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1341},{"m":"In post-conflict societies, THBT that justice is better served by TRCs (Truth and Reconciliation Committees) than by prosecution of perpetrators of attrocities other than the leaders","y":2013,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1342},{"m":"TH regrets the acceptance of Atheism in the form promoted by Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion","y":2013,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":1343},{"m":"THW put a high minimum price on meat.","y":2013,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1344},{"m":"THBT schools should teach sex positive sex education (ie techniques for sexual gratification) in secondary schools.","y":2013,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":1345},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of Marxism in Latin America","y":2013,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":1346},{"m":"THW make the next James Bond gay","y":2013,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":1347},{"m":"THBT Israel should give East Jerusalem to the Palestinians","y":2013,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1348},{"m":"THW require all criminal defendants to use a government-provided lawyer.","y":2013,"t":"NAUDC (also Hart House IV)","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1349},{"m":"THW withhold government funding from indigenous bands or tribal councils that do not have a democratic form of government.","y":2013,"t":"NAUDC (also Hart House IV)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["social-movements","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1350},{"m":"THW aggressively prioritize the posting of female diplomats to countries with poor women's rights records.","y":2013,"t":"NAUDC (also Hart House IV)","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["feminism","politics","economics","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1351},{"m":"THBT Pakistan should sincerely pursue peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban.","y":2013,"t":"NAUDC (also Hart House IV)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1352},{"m":"THW not grant developing countries the right to host major sporting events.","y":2013,"t":"NAUDC (also Hart House IV)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["sports","economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1353},{"m":"THW extend the right to vote in Israeli elections to all Jews everywhere, including those who live outside of Israel.","y":2013,"t":"NAUDC (also Hart House IV)","r":"Novice_Finals","c":"North America","top":["politics","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1354},{"m":"THBT white entertainers should refrain from using cultural modes of expression that come from minority cultures.","y":2013,"t":"NAUDC (also Hart House IV)","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["social-movements","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1355},{"m":"THBT all major daily newspapers and TV news channels should be required to treat all controversial issues with due accuracy and impartiality.","y":2013,"t":"NAUDC (also Hart House IV)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North 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(Championships)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1360},{"m":"Should secret services produce pictures of despots that change their reputation and distribute those in the countries of these despots?","y":2013,"t":"Berlin-Brandenburgischen-Meisterschaften (Championships)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1361},{"m":"Should a state be excluded from the EU when its politics go against the basic values of the EU?","y":2013,"t":"Berlin-Brandenburgischen-Meisterschaften (Championships)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":1362},{"m":"THBT the Romanian state should cut all ties to all churches","y":2013,"t":"Bucharest Universities Debating Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1363},{"m":"THW abolish the institution of the criminal record","y":2013,"t":"Bucharest Universities Debating Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1364},{"m":"In a run-off for the Romanian Presidency, HW rather vote for Gigi Becali than Corneliu Vadim Tudor (Romanian extremist politicians)","y":2013,"t":"Bucharest Universities Debating Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":1365},{"m":"THW fight for the reunification of Romania with the Republic of Moldova","y":2013,"t":"Bucharest Universities Debating Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1366},{"m":"Given easily accessible technology to choose the sex of a future child, THW give financial stimulants to parents that choose to have girls","y":2013,"t":"Bucharest Universities Debating Cup","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1367},{"m":"THW ban the popular vote in talent shows:","y":2013,"t":"Bucharest Universities Debating Cup","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1368},{"m":"THW pardon Bashar al-Assad for all his crimes in exchange for him stepping down from power","y":2013,"t":"Bucharest Universities Debating Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1369},{"m":"THBT in times of economic recession, European states, don't spend enough","y":2013,"t":"Bucharest Universities Debating Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1370},{"m":"THW reinstitute the Czecho-Slovak federation.","y":2013,"t":"Czech and Slovak Championships","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1371},{"m":"THW send top teachers to weakest schools.","y":2013,"t":"Czech and Slovak Championships","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1372},{"m":"THW constitutionally cap the government deficit at 3% of GDP.","y":2013,"t":"Czech and Slovak Championships","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1373},{"m":"THW let Iran develop nuclear weapons.","y":2013,"t":"Czech and Slovak Championships","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1374},{"m":"THW enable directly elected heads of state to, at their own initiative, dismiss government cabinets or their individual members.","y":2013,"t":"Czech and Slovak Championships","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1375},{"m":"THW not have children","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Open_Final","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1376},{"m":"THW legalise the private sale of organs","y":2013,"t":"UCL IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1377},{"m":"TH, as a feminist parent, would deliberately undermine its child's gender.","y":2013,"t":"UCL IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":1378},{"m":"TH welcomes the creation of strong forms of artificial intelligence","y":2013,"t":"UCL IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":1379},{"m":"THB that it is morally permissible to target civilians in times of war","y":2013,"t":"UCL IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1380},{"m":"THBT American politicians should not use the language of American Exceptionalism","y":2013,"t":"UCL IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1381},{"m":"TH Regrets the rise of Reality Television","y":2013,"t":"UCL IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":1382},{"m":"THW make the Internet a public good","y":2013,"t":"VUAS Debate Tournament","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1383},{"m":"THW prohibit underaged from entering religious organizations","y":2013,"t":"VUAS Debate Tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1384},{"m":"THW ban professors/teachers from communicating with students/schoolchildren in social networks","y":2013,"t":"VUAS Debate Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1385},{"m":"THW allow the use of negative competitor image in advertisement","y":2013,"t":"VUAS Debate Tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":1386},{"m":"THW include debating into school curriculum","y":2013,"t":"VUAS Debate Tournament","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1387},{"m":"THW allow to participate in general election only those people with IQ above a certain level","y":2013,"t":"VUAS Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1388},{"m":"THBT the government should be blamed for slow economic growth","y":2013,"t":"VUAS Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1389},{"m":"THW ban teenagers from using Facebook","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":1390},{"m":"THW choose immortality over fertility","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":1391},{"m":"THBT Simba should not go back","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1392},{"m":"THBT Bilbo should have killed Gollum when he had the chance","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":1393},{"m":"THBT all politicians should be celibate","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":1394},{"m":"THW ban advertising","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway 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genetic diseases from having children and prioritise them in terms of adoption","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1401},{"m":"THW replace juries with panels of philosophers who will decide cases purely on utilitarian grounds","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1402},{"m":"THW not give aliens the vote (aliens live alongside humans 1 year from now)","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1403},{"m":"THB feminists should oppose capitalism","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1404},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should oppose the banning of the burqa","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1405},{"m":"THBT the Pope Francis should make an ex-cathedra statement to the effect that all Catholics must support socialism","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1406},{"m":"THW give the Roma a homeland","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1407},{"m":"THW build a deathstar","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":1408},{"m":"As an omipotent, omniscient god, THW smite people who commit serious crimes and who we know will feel no remorse","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"actor","id":1409},{"m":"THW bring back public corporal punishment for smaller crimes","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1410},{"m":"THW make higher education free","y":2013,"t":"Royal Holloway 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You learn that Israel has been wiped out by an iranian nuclear strike. 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(Info: 'Some people believe that they were born LGBT, some LGBT people believe that it is a choice that they made. 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establish a US federal court with the authority to approve targeted killings of unlawful combatants.","y":2013,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice","war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1489},{"m":"THW prohibit provincial and local governments from offering tax incentives to lure corporations to open business in their domain.","y":2013,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["economics","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1490},{"m":"THBT the discovery of a means to stop the human aging process would be a curse to humanity.","y":2013,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":1491,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT governments should use corporal punishment instead of incarceration for a significant number of crimes.","y":2013,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1492},{"m":"THS diversity quotas for university 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Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"actor","id":1501},{"m":"TH, as the French Parliament, would not have recognised the Armenian Genocide","y":2013,"t":"Paris Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":1502},{"m":"THW choose a comprehensive education system where the only selection process is geographical location and NOT intelligence, ability or talent","y":2013,"t":"Paris Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1503},{"m":"TH welcomes the anglicization of the French language","y":2013,"t":"Paris Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1504},{"m":"It is 1945. THW create a Jewish state in Western Europe instead of the Middle East","y":2013,"t":"Paris Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":1505},{"m":"Given the technology, THW, as a genius, use this technology to reduce its intelligence to become \"normal\"","y":2013,"t":"Paris Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1506},{"m":"THBT French millionaires should escape to England","y":2013,"t":"Transatlantic Debating Championships","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1507},{"m":"THB America has no culture","y":2013,"t":"Transatlantic Debating Championships","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1508},{"m":"THB France should be more German","y":2013,"t":"Transatlantic Debating Championships","r":"Open_Semi_3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1509},{"m":"THB Germany should let Europe die","y":2013,"t":"Transatlantic Debating Championships","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1510},{"m":"THW provide the disabled access to sex workers as part of national health care","y":2013,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1511},{"m":"THW pay mercenaries to assassinate Kim Jong-un.","y":2013,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1512},{"m":"THBT governments should actively discourage consumerist lifestyles","y":2013,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1513,"hi":1},{"m":"TH regrets the EU Troika's reliance on mainly austerity measures as a solution for at risk Eurozone economies.","y":2013,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":1514},{"m":"THW make failure to render reasonable assistance to a person in distress a criminal offence.","y":2013,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1515},{"m":"THBT feminist organisations should not use nudity as a tactic for pursuing their aims","y":2013,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1516},{"m":"Should we teach beggars profitable street arts?","y":2013,"t":"Potsdam Puls Punk","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":1517},{"m":"Should HIV-infected people be forced to take a pill that would kill them within three days?","y":2013,"t":"Potsdam Puls Punk","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1518},{"m":"Should the state give up on shrinking villages?","y":2013,"t":"Potsdam Puls Punk","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":1519},{"m":"Should sexual acts with robots be banned, as soon as these are physically comparable to human beings?","y":2013,"t":"Potsdam Puls Punk","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1520},{"m":"Should people with more children be allowed to enter retirement earlier?","y":2013,"t":"Potsdam Puls Punk","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1521},{"m":"Should scientific writings be freely available?","y":2013,"t":"Potsdam Puls Punk","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1522},{"m":"Should the internet be closed on Sundays?","y":2013,"t":"Potsdam Puls Punk","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1523},{"m":"THW legally bind children to take care of their parents once the parents reach old age.","y":2013,"t":"HSE Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1524},{"m":"This house would erect a memorial statue for President Ronald Reagan in the red Square.","y":2013,"t":"HSE Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1525},{"m":"TH, as a feminist, would marry a closeted homosexual in order to help him keep his sexual identity secret.","y":2013,"t":"HSE Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":1526},{"m":"THW, as Russia, offer all Western European millionaires a low tax asylum and full Citizenship in the Russian federation.","y":2013,"t":"HSE Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1527},{"m":"THW abolish NATO","y":2013,"t":"HSE Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1528},{"m":"THBT the state should never ever fund the arts or cultural activities.","y":2013,"t":"HSE Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1529},{"m":"You are a member of the Pussy Riots. You are presented with a fail safe plan to runaway from prison and start a relatively comfortable life in the west. THW stay in prison.","y":2013,"t":"HSE Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":1530},{"m":"THW give a higher child subsidies to couples composed by persons from different Member States of the EU.","y":2013,"t":"Coimbra Debate changing Europe round","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1531},{"m":"THW make mandatory that all European treaties would be submitted to a referendum under only one electoral cycle.","y":2013,"t":"Coimbra Debate changing Europe round","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1532},{"m":"THBT the Common Agricultural Policy harmed the national agricultures.","y":2013,"t":"UTAD Debate changing Europe round","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1533},{"m":"THW have a standing policy of conducting air strikes on government buildings of states which are implicated in the massacre of their own citizens","y":2013,"t":"Nordic Debating Championships","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1534},{"m":"THW set up an online voting system for citizens to directly choose the distribution of a specified portion of the national budget","y":2013,"t":"Nordic Debating Championships","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1535},{"m":"THW offer terminally ill patients the option of a cash grant if they forgo treatment and consent to early euthanasia","y":2013,"t":"Nordic Debating Championships","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1536},{"m":"THW make development aid conditional on recipient states adopting a one-child policy","y":2013,"t":"Nordic Debating Championships","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1537},{"m":"THW ban the publication of images of terrorist atrocities","y":2013,"t":"Nordic Debating Championships","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1538},{"m":"THW impose a tax on men to reduce the gender pay gap","y":2013,"t":"Nordic Debating Championships","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1539},{"m":"THW ban all beauty pageants","y":2013,"t":"Dutch National Championships","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1540},{"m":"THW abolish all exceptions to the military draft on the basis of religion, sexual orientation or gender in democratic countries that have a compulsory military draft","y":2013,"t":"Dutch National Championships","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1541},{"m":"THW abolish the statute of limitations for serious crimes","y":2013,"t":"Dutch National Championships","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1542},{"m":"THW use military force to destroy North Korea's nuclear facilities","y":2013,"t":"Dutch National Championships","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1543},{"m":"THW bring the Greek debt back to healthy European standards by a one-off wealth taxation of Greek's rich.","y":2013,"t":"Dutch National Championships","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1544,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Dutch labour unions should agree to a structural decrease in pay for older employees","y":2013,"t":"Dutch National Championships","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1545,"hi":1},{"m":"THW offer all citizens, upon request, a second chance","y":2013,"t":"Dutch National Championships","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1546,"hi":1},{"m":"After a military intervention to bring down a dictator, THW put a new dictator in place who is the best possible candidate","y":2013,"t":"Dutch National Championships","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1547},{"m":"Should we allow the police to use racial profiling?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships North-East","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":1548},{"m":"Should we put a limit to the time parties can be in parliament?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships North-East","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":1549},{"m":"Should selfishness be proscribed?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships North-East","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":1550},{"m":"It is 1952. Should the Bundersrepublik Deutschland agree to the Stalin-Note?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships North-East","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1551},{"m":"Should the country grant bravery medals to drone soldiers?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships North-East","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1552},{"m":"Should same-sex couples receive full adoption rights?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships North-East","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":1553},{"m":"Should exile be reinstated as a form of punishment?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships South (Austria and Switzerland)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":1554},{"m":"Should we abolish all family (welfare) benefits in exchange for a one-off children premium of 100.000 Euros?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships South (Austria and Switzerland)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1555},{"m":"Should all Members of Parliament be selected, not through elections, but through a lottery from among all citizens?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships South (Austria and Switzerland)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":1556},{"m":"Should journalists hand the Offshore-Leaks data to the competent authorities?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships South (Austria and Switzerland)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":1557},{"m":"Should we abolish the balancing of federal budgets (Länderfinanzausgleich)?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships West","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1558},{"m":"Should the candidate for Chancellor of a party be elected by all party members?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships West","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":1559},{"m":"Do we need the meatfree Monday?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships West","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1560},{"m":"Should Germany disarm completely?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships West","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1561},{"m":"Should the special status of churches under labour law be abolished?","y":2013,"t":"German Regional Championships West","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1562},{"m":"THW ban industrial action in time of economic recession","y":2013,"t":"Hull Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1563},{"m":"THW ban all media (such as music, films and video games) which glorify misogyny","y":2013,"t":"Hull Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1564},{"m":"THW end the use of armed drones in counter-terrorism operations","y":2013,"t":"Hull Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1565},{"m":"THBT in emerging democracies with a history of female oppression, women should be granted two votes","y":2013,"t":"Hull Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1566},{"m":"THBT western governments should cease all diplomatic,economic and military ties with the Bahrain government and support the opposition movement","y":2013,"t":"Hull Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1567},{"m":"This House Would Make the Use of Unmanned Military Attack Vehicles a War Crime","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace International Final","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1568},{"m":"TH applaudes that the representatives of the Member States on the European Council and on European Parliament adopt as criteria for decisions what is best for the citizens of their own countries and not what is best for the European citizens.","y":2013,"t":"SdDUP Debate changing Europe round 1","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":1569},{"m":"TH (as the EU) would offer visas for residence to all immigrants and their families that have proven to have found means of subsistence.","y":2013,"t":"SdDUP Debate changing Europe round 1","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":1570},{"m":"THW remove all \"sin taxes\"","y":2013,"t":"Jacobs Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1571},{"m":"TH, as US President, would grant Chinese Christian refugees asylum","y":2013,"t":"Jacobs Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":1572},{"m":"THBT Governments should fund and public display of art which viscerally portrays the suffering of victims created by state policies/actions (eg war, failure to go to war, poverty at home and abroad)","y":2013,"t":"Jacobs Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1573},{"m":"THW only allow election campaigns to be funded by a fixed budget provided by the state","y":2013,"t":"Jacobs Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1574},{"m":"TH, as the gay community, regrets the rise of Grindr in western liberal democracies","y":2013,"t":"Jacobs Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":1575},{"m":"In the event of a terrorist attack by radical Islamists, THW fabricate evidence (which wouldn't be found out to be untrue) that the attack was committed by someone from the dominant (religious/ethnic) group in that society","y":2013,"t":"Jacobs Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1576},{"m":"TH, as 2 atheist parents, raising their child in a homogeneous religious rural community (e.g. in Texas) would raise their child to be religious","y":2013,"t":"Jacobs Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":1577},{"m":"THW exhibit the Ten Commandments in all public schools of the EU.","y":2013,"t":"Open de Minho","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1578},{"m":"THW aplaude that the Member States of the EU would participate in the Olympics under only one flag.","y":2013,"t":"Open de Minho","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1579},{"m":"In cases of politically motivated terrorist attacks, THW ban the press from disclosing any information regarding the name, background or the political motivation of the attackers","y":2013,"t":"Split Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1580},{"m":"You are a single woman in her twenties. Sleeping with your boss would probably significantly advance your career. THW do it.","y":2013,"t":"Split Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1581},{"m":"THBT any form of conscription is a war crime","y":2013,"t":"Split Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1582},{"m":"THB Croatia should stop all special treatment of the Catholic religion.","y":2013,"t":"Split Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1583},{"m":"Assuming the existence of the Biblical God, THW never praise him","y":2013,"t":"Split Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1584},{"m":"THW prosecute (in western courts) anyone who buys people out of slavery in the developing world","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge Invitational","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1585},{"m":"THB that the Church of England should not allow the singing of Jerusalem in its services","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge Invitational","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1586},{"m":"THW require that all marginal increases in funding for healthcare technology be spent on whatever NICE believes most cost effectively maximises Quality Adjusted Life Years.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge Invitational","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1587},{"m":"THW create: 1) an obligation on western powers to militarily intervene in conflicts where chemical weapons are being used (regardless of UN approval), and 2) a right if major humanitarian organisations to sue governments for failure to fulfil this obligation","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge Invitational","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1588},{"m":"THBT racial profiling is a legitimate tool in fighting crime","y":2013,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1589},{"m":"THW prohibit the military from embedding journalists","y":2013,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1590},{"m":"THBT all state funding of the art should be allocated to artists through a random and equal lottery","y":2013,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1591},{"m":"THW introduce a statute of limitation on murder","y":2013,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1592},{"m":"THB the US should unilaterally intervene in Syria","y":2013,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1593},{"m":"THBT police force should have quotas of proportional representation of races","y":2013,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1594},{"m":"THW forgive the group of young people who blew up a monument of Stalin in Ukraine.","y":2013,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":1595},{"m":"THW require all politicians who are running for election to do a test of general knowledge whose results would then be made ​​public","y":2013,"t":"Denny Crane","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1596},{"m":"THW require from companies to share their annual profit to all employees","y":2013,"t":"Denny Crane","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1597},{"m":"THW abolish gender categories for the awards in culture","y":2013,"t":"Denny Crane","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1598},{"m":"THW not punish offenders for non-violent crimes with prison sentence","y":2013,"t":"Denny Crane","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1599},{"m":"Humanity has found an alien species of an unknown level of technological development. Motion: THW not make first contact with an alien","y":2013,"t":"Denny Crane","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":1600},{"m":"THBT on October 5th blood should have been spilled","y":2013,"t":"Denny Crane","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":1601},{"m":"THW censor art that desecrates religious symbols","y":2013,"t":"Denny Crane","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":1602},{"m":"THW ban religious preachers in the public sphere","y":2013,"t":"Oxford Women's Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1603},{"m":"THBT the USA should give South Korea independent control of a nuclear arsenal","y":2013,"t":"Oxford Women's Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1604},{"m":"TH, as a professional female athlete, would not pose in a sexualised manner for magazines and commercials","y":2013,"t":"Oxford Women's Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism","sports"],"ty":"actor","id":1605},{"m":"In areas where hostage taking is a tactic, THW require soldiers to kill squad mates who are about to be captured","y":2013,"t":"Oxford Women's Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1606},{"m":"THW subsidise art that glorifies the working class","y":2013,"t":"Oxford Women's Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":1607},{"m":"THW completely abolish all subsidies and preferential treatment to the farming industry in the EU","y":2013,"t":"Stockholm IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1608},{"m":"You are a poor 19-year old woman living in a former Soviet state. You have little education, no obvious career prospects, and few opportunities for economic advancement in your own country. THW register as a mail order bride","y":2013,"t":"Stockholm IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1609},{"m":"TH, which is the EU, would sue any individual who speaks untrue of or defames the European Union","y":2013,"t":"Stockholm IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics","international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":1610},{"m":"TH as Israel would immediately intervene in Syria","y":2013,"t":"Stockholm IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":1611},{"m":"THBT billionaires have a moral obligation to donate their money to the US government instead of charities","y":2013,"t":"Stockholm IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","economics"],"ty":"value","id":1612},{"m":"You are Arnold Schwarzenegger, You are presented a script in which you are asked to portray a SS Nazi Officer who is presented in a positive humane light. THW take on the role","y":2013,"t":"Stockholm IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture","media-and-technology","medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1613},{"m":"THBT the EU should adopt the formation of a constitutional anti-theistic atheist society as one of its declared goals (Infoslides: The current stated goal of the european union, as stipulated in the treaty of rome, is an \"ever closer union\" Anti-theistic atheism society is a society that while still allowing religions to exist,more than just being secular actively seeks to eliminate religion from state institutions, laws and actively promotes atheism to the general public","y":2013,"t":"Stockholm IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion","politics"],"ty":"value","id":1614},{"m":"THW make organ donations after death mandatory","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Aachen","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1615},{"m":"THW not export any weapons out of the EU","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Aachen","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1616},{"m":"THW replace the three-tiered education system with one common high school (with infoslide)","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Aachen","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1617},{"m":"THW check all Doctorate theses of living persons for plagiarism","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Aachen","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1618},{"m":"THW welcome a UK exit out of the EU","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Aachen","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1619},{"m":"THW ban alternative medicine","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Aachen","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1620},{"m":"THW not have introduced a common European currency","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Aachen","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1621},{"m":"THW make membership of a political party mandatory","y":2013,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1622},{"m":"TH celebrates (approves of) the existence of religion","y":2013,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1623},{"m":"THW pay male teachers in primary school more than female teachers","y":2013,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1624},{"m":"TH regrets the founding of the state of Israel","y":2013,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":1625},{"m":"THW ban media from publishing graphic depictions of terrorist attacks","y":2013,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1626},{"m":"THW ban private companies from choosing political positions and promoting them","y":2013,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1627},{"m":"THW make fathers responsible for children, in financial and other terms, only if they have given explicit permission for their birth","y":2013,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1628},{"m":"THBT Djokar Tsarnev, the Boston Marathon bomber, should be given the death penalty","y":2013,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1629},{"m":"THW take the children of Roma who live traditional lifestyles into state care","y":2013,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1630},{"m":"THW reverse austerity measures in Europe","y":2013,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1631},{"m":"THW allow voters to dismiss their government during its term through citizen initiated referenda","y":2013,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1632},{"m":"THBT EU should offer Middle Eastern and North African states membership in exchange for successful democratic transformation","y":2013,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1633},{"m":"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","y":2013,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":1634},{"m":"THW replace the national sport teams of Ex-Yugoslavian republics with new unified teams","y":2013,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":1635},{"m":"Should self-incriminating reports for tax evasion no longer lead to amnesty/ower punishment?","y":2013,"t":"Brüder Grimm Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":1636},{"m":"Should Members of Parliaments be allowed to have family members as employees?","y":2013,"t":"Brüder Grimm Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"other","id":1637},{"m":"Should works of art no longer be restored?","y":2013,"t":"Brüder Grimm Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":1638},{"m":"Should genetic testing right after birth be made mandatory?","y":2013,"t":"Brüder Grimm Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1639},{"m":"Should Telecommunications providers be required by law to ensure net neutrality?","y":2013,"t":"Brüder Grimm Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1640},{"m":"Should there be a quota for young people in top political offices?","y":2013,"t":"Brüder Grimm Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":1641},{"m":"TH is Martin Luther. THW not publish the Theses","y":2013,"t":"History Tournament","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1642},{"m":"During WWII: THBT the Western Allies should under no circumstances cooperate with Stalin","y":2013,"t":"History Tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1643},{"m":"In the middle of the 19th century: THW stop export of food products from Ireland until the Great Famine ends","y":2013,"t":"History Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1644},{"m":"TH is Gandhi. THW declare war on the English occupation","y":2013,"t":"History Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1645},{"m":"Should bullfighting be forbidden?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":1646},{"m":"Should teams be excluded from sports matches when one of their team members has taken doping?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":1647},{"m":"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?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1648},{"m":"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?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1649},{"m":"Should we abolish adding to wages until the income reaches the poverty line?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":1650,"hi":1},{"m":"After a civil war, should the ethnic groups involved be separated, even through forced resettlement?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1651},{"m":"Should commuter allowances be abolished?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"Open_Octos","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1652},{"m":"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?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1653},{"m":"Should prisoners on hungerstrike be forcefed?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1654},{"m":"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?","y":2013,"t":"Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":1655},{"m":"THW remove the right to vote upon retirement","y":2013,"t":"Riga Debate Academy","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1656},{"m":"THBT the targeting of religious sites is a legitimate tool of war","y":2013,"t":"Riga Debate Academy","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1657},{"m":"THW make fines relative to wealth","y":2013,"t":"Riga Debate Academy","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1658},{"m":"TH, as a Russian-speaking Latvian, would not vote for a Russian party in Latvian elections.","y":2013,"t":"Riga Debate Academy","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":1659},{"m":"THW require couples that intend to enter into official partnerships to be informed of their partners full genetic profile and other health issues","y":2013,"t":"Riga Debate Academy","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1660},{"m":"THW prosecute attempted murder and murder as the same crime","y":2013,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1661},{"m":"THBT the disappearance of marriage from society will be more beneficial for LGBT individuals than their inclusion in it","y":2013,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":1662},{"m":"THBT the USA should fund Private Military Companies (PMCs) to fight the war on drugs in Mexico","y":2013,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1663},{"m":"TH regrets the use of extreme tactics by feminist groups in countries with poor equalities records (like Femen, Pussy Riot and their supporters)","y":2013,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":1664},{"m":"Where a suitable job is available in an individual's country of origin, THW require anyone wishing to emigrate to first repay the state the cost of any government services they have received to that point.","y":2013,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1665},{"m":"THW forbid the Supreme Court to annul legislation.","y":2013,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1666},{"m":"THW ban fortune-telling for profit.","y":2013,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":1667},{"m":"As an emerging nation, THW allow the manufacture and sale of generic drugs even in cases where patents or international treaties are infringed.","y":2013,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":1668},{"m":"THW give security services total and unrestricted access to citizens' data on social media and webmail services.","y":2013,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1669},{"m":"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.)","y":2013,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1670},{"m":"THW support popular uprisings against dictators even in cases they are lead by Islamist extremist.","y":2013,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1671},{"m":"THBT tech companies should never share user information with governments.","y":2013,"t":"GDPPC Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1672},{"m":"In fighting prostitution, THW criminalize only the demand.","y":2013,"t":"GDPPC Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":1673},{"m":"THBT Stark Industries should have open-sourced the Iron man suit.","y":2013,"t":"GDPPC Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1674},{"m":"THBT IMF should pay reparations to Greece.","y":2013,"t":"GDPPC Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1675},{"m":"THBT The New York Post shouldn't have published the photo (edit: showing a man about to be overrun by a metro and die)","y":2013,"t":"GDPPC Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":1676},{"m":"THW restart the Esperanto project.","y":2013,"t":"GDPPC Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1677},{"m":"THBT offenders with drug dependency should be sent into treatment rather than to prison.","y":2013,"t":"GDPPC Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1678},{"m":"THW grant patients the full right to inspect records of their own treatment from psychotherapists","y":2013,"t":"Elbe Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1679},{"m":"THB the continuing European Central Bank Policy of low interest rate focus is wrong","y":2013,"t":"Elbe Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1680},{"m":"TH does not want a society in which people are immortal","y":2013,"t":"Elbe Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":1681},{"m":"THW force theatres that are funded by public money to allow the public to determine its programming","y":2013,"t":"Elbe Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":1682},{"m":"THW remove the 5% election threshold for Islamic parties in all parliamentary elections","y":2013,"t":"Elbe Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1683},{"m":"THW promote pornography that challenges gender cliches","y":2013,"t":"Elbe Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1684},{"m":"THW privatise healthcare","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Mini","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1685},{"m":"THBT that Australia should replace its current flag with the aboriginal one","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Mini","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1686},{"m":"THW eliminate standardised testing for university admission","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Mini","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1687},{"m":"THBT Pixar's next animated motion picture should have a same-sex couple as protagonists","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Mini","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":1688},{"m":"As Quadriga, THW not have retracted Putin's award (info)","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Mini","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1689},{"m":"TH supports the use of child labour in the developing world.","y":2013,"t":"Essex IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1690},{"m":"THBT Beyonce is good for feminism.","y":2013,"t":"Essex IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1691},{"m":"THBT community vigilante groups have been a force for good in the fight against gangs and gang crime in Mexico.","y":2013,"t":"Essex IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1692},{"m":"TH regrets the rise and dominance of Facebook (and other social media sites like Twitter) in Western liberal democracies","y":2013,"t":"Essex IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":1693},{"m":"THBT the African Union should refuse to cooperate with the ICC and instead pursue their own means of justice.","y":2013,"t":"Essex IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1694},{"m":"THBT Greece should ban the Golden Dawn party.","y":2013,"t":"ULU Westminster IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":1695},{"m":"THW force universities to make all their lectures available for free online","y":2013,"t":"ULU Westminster IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1696},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of mega-rich football clubs (such as Chelsea, Manchester City, PSG, Monaco, Anzhi M. etc)","y":2013,"t":"ULU Westminster IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":1697},{"m":"THBT Barack Hussein Obama should call off the prosecution of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden","y":2013,"t":"ULU Westminster IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1698},{"m":"THW give extra votes to young adults","y":2013,"t":"ULU Westminster IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1699},{"m":"THW offer EU membership to Middle Eastern and North African states that achieve successful democratic transition","y":2013,"t":"ULU Westminster IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1700},{"m":"THW ban international adoption","y":2013,"t":"English Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1701},{"m":"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.","y":2013,"t":"English Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":1702},{"m":"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.","y":2013,"t":"English Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":1703},{"m":"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","y":2013,"t":"English Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":1704},{"m":"THBT citizens should be more worried about Google and Facebook's access to their data, than the governments' access","y":2013,"t":"English Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1705},{"m":"THW introduce special schools for LGBTQI.","y":2013,"t":"Mix Team (pro-am tournament)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":1706},{"m":"THB that overthrowing Mohamed Morsi was a mistake.","y":2013,"t":"Mix Team (pro-am tournament)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1707},{"m":"THW introduce inheritance tax of 100%","y":2013,"t":"Mix Team (pro-am tournament)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1708},{"m":"THW provide parents access to their children profiles on social networks","y":2013,"t":"Mix Team (pro-am tournament)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":1709},{"m":"THW privatise all education","y":2013,"t":"Mix Team (pro-am tournament)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1710},{"m":"Do we need mandatory voting?","y":2013,"t":"Frischlingscup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":1711},{"m":"Should modes of energy production that significantly alter the Umweltnieschen (surrounding/environment?) be banned?","y":2013,"t":"Frischlingscup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"other","id":1712},{"m":"Should there no longer be a possibility of early release in case of life sentences?","y":2013,"t":"Frischlingscup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":1713},{"m":"Should we decide to categorically deny foreign missions for our army?","y":2013,"t":"Frischlingscup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1714},{"m":"THBT in areas where there is a high level of drug-related crime, that laws surrounding the sale and use of drugs should not be enforced.","y":2013,"t":"Imperial No Notes Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":1715},{"m":"TH, as a parent in a western liberal democracy, would teach its child to respect authority.","y":2013,"t":"Imperial No Notes Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"actor","id":1716},{"m":"THBT comedians should not use racist, sexist, or homophobic language, even for the purposes of satire.","y":2013,"t":"Imperial No Notes Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":1717},{"m":"TH, as Prometheus, would snub mankind","y":2013,"t":"Imperial No Notes Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"actor","id":1718},{"m":"as a promising young graduate, you are offered two jobs. One with a charity that you would enjoy working for (\"First Teach\"), with reasonable pay. The other with a large multinational firm (DelcentureMG) that provides higher pay, and better long term career prospects. Motion: THW sell out to the man.","y":2013,"t":"Imperial No Notes Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"actor","id":1719},{"m":"THW require all welfare recipients to take drug tests, and if they fail, cut off all monetary benefits and replace with non-monetary benefits such as food/clothing vouchers","y":2013,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1720},{"m":"THBT post-conflict societies should set a history curriculum that emphasises the wrongs done by their own community during that conflict","y":2013,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1721},{"m":"THBT juries should be of the same demographic as the accused and victim in each case","y":2013,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1722},{"m":"THBT the overthrow of Egypt's President, Mohammed Morsi, is a setback to the goals of the Arab Spring","y":2013,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1723},{"m":"THW hold companies to a higher ethical standard than the law imposes on them","y":2013,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":1724},{"m":"Presuming the technology existed to alter people's sexual orientation, THW make that technology available on the national health service","y":2013,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1725},{"m":"TH, as President Obama, would grant a presidential pardon to Edward Snowden","y":2013,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":1726},{"m":"THW punish parents for the crimes their minor children commit","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1727},{"m":"THW give the death penalty to government officials that engage in acts of corruption","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1728},{"m":"TH regrets welfare policies promoted by Eurozone countries currently immersed in a debt crisis","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":1729},{"m":"THW pay poor people to not have children","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1730},{"m":"THW prohibit in financial settlements lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1731},{"m":"THW allow organ donation only to those individuals who are donors","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1732},{"m":"THW help/support snitches (informants, informers)","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"7","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1733},{"m":"THBT developing countries should nationalise companies that extract their national resources","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"8","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1734},{"m":"TH supports media censorship during times of political crisis","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"9","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":1735},{"m":"TH regrets that Brazil is the host of the football World Cup 2014","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"regret","id":1736},{"m":"TH would eliminate the Catholic Church on a global level (the Church's global governing level?)","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1737},{"m":"TH repents of the Spanish colonisation of Latin America","y":2013,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE or Worlds in Spanish)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":1738},{"m":"THW ban the Golden Dawn","y":2013,"t":"Patras Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1739},{"m":"THBT the state should not give religious institutions any financial benefits","y":2013,"t":"Patras Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1740},{"m":"THBT the United Kingdom should abolish its monarchy","y":2013,"t":"Patras Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1741},{"m":"TH regrets Disney's continuation of the Star Wars film saga","y":2013,"t":"Patras Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":1742},{"m":"THW abolish national sports teams","y":2013,"t":"Patras Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":1743},{"m":"THBT the City of Thessaloniki should name one of its major avenues after Kemal Atatürk","y":2013,"t":"Patras Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1744},{"m":"TH as Socrates would not have drunk the hemlock","y":2013,"t":"Patras Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"actor","id":1745},{"m":"THW grant prisoners their right to vote back as soon as they are released","y":2013,"t":"Bodden Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1746},{"m":"THW support separatist movements in the EU","y":2013,"t":"Bodden Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1747},{"m":"THW employ asylum seekers as porters in train stations","y":2013,"t":"Bodden Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1748},{"m":"TH, which is Brazil, regrets its bid for hosting the 2014 World Cup","y":2013,"t":"Bodden Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":1749},{"m":"THW abolish the separation period (Trennungsfristen) for marriages - (i.e. create quick ends to marriage?)","y":2013,"t":"Bodden Cup","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1750},{"m":"THW limit the amount for new leases to a maximum of 10% above the local rent index","y":2013,"t":"Bodden Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1751},{"m":"TH welcomes medical progress that enables women to have children after the menopause","y":2013,"t":"Bodden Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1752},{"m":"THW legalize prostitution.","y":2013,"t":"Heart of Europe British Parliamentary Debate track","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1753},{"m":"THBT immigration from developing countries should be made illegal.","y":2013,"t":"Heart of Europe British Parliamentary Debate track","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1754},{"m":"THBT abortions are morally justifiable.","y":2013,"t":"Heart of Europe British Parliamentary Debate track","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":1755},{"m":"THW not cooperate with international financial institutions.","y":2013,"t":"Heart of Europe British Parliamentary Debate track","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1756},{"m":"THBT national states should not support minority cultures to the detriment of the majority culture.","y":2013,"t":"Heart of Europe British Parliamentary Debate track","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1757},{"m":"THBT free sharing of copyrighted information should be tolerated.","y":2013,"t":"Heart of Europe British Parliamentary Debate track","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":1758},{"m":"THBT the LGBT movement should oppose gay bars that ban entrance to straight customers","y":2013,"t":"SOAS Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":1759},{"m":"THBT the government should subsidise private home ownership","y":2013,"t":"SOAS Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1760},{"m":"THBT in the event of Scotland voting for independence in 2014, the governmental authorities of the North of England should petition the Scottish government for membership of the new Scottish state","y":2013,"t":"SOAS Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":1761},{"m":"THBT the Church of England should not take official stances on social, political and economic issues not directly related to items of doctrine","y":2013,"t":"SOAS Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1762},{"m":"THBT the Norwegian Nobel Prize commitee should retrospectively remove Barrack Obama's peace prize","y":2013,"t":"SOAS Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1763},{"m":"THBT new democracies should prevent revolutionary leaders from standing for elected office","y":2013,"t":"SOAS invitational","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1764},{"m":"THBT increased female participation in violent sports (such as boxing) is good for women","y":2013,"t":"SOAS invitational","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1765},{"m":"THBT the WTO should allow developing countries to impose tariffs on developed countries","y":2013,"t":"SOAS invitational","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1766},{"m":"THBT the USA should pay $1 trillion in war reparations to North Korea","y":2013,"t":"SOAS invitational","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1767},{"m":"THW give the public the power, via referendum, to pardon whistleblowers.","y":2013,"t":"SOAS invitational","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1768},{"m":"THW legalise assisted suicide for any reason.","y":2013,"t":"DAPDI","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1769},{"m":"THW require corporations which operate in both the developed and developing worlds to apply the same labour rights to both.","y":2013,"t":"DAPDI","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1770},{"m":"TH, as a woman, would sleep her way to the top.","y":2013,"t":"DAPDI","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":1771},{"m":"THW invade North Korea.","y":2013,"t":"DAPDI","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1772},{"m":"This House believes that the media, including but not limited to journalists and photographers, have a duty to portray racist public figures in a negative light.","y":2013,"t":"DAPDI","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":1773},{"m":"This House, given the technology, would allow medical procedures which endow human beings with superpowers","y":2013,"t":"DAPDI","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":1774},{"m":"THW ban video games in which the player engages in brutal and immoral violence in a realistic setting","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology","arts-and-culture","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":1775},{"m":"THW require international development aid budgets to be approved by popular referenda","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics","politics","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1776},{"m":"TH, as the Muslim Brotherhood, would sincerely offer to cease resistance, participate in elections and respect a liberal constitution","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":1777},{"m":"THW permit government agencies to conduct automated surveillance without court authorisation","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","war-and-security","criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1778},{"m":"THBT Israel should allow members of the Jewish diaspora to vote in elections","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1779},{"m":"TH applauds the rise of songs by female pop artists that glorify assertive female sexuality. For example: Nothing on, I strut around; I do it big, I shut it down; I wonder if you'll be able to handle me; Rita Ora – R.I.P","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"6","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture","feminism","social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":1780},{"m":"THBT it is in China's strategic interest to cease all non-humanitarian assistance to North-Korea until it verifiably ends its nuclear programme","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"7","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1781},{"m":"THBT Barack Obama should not have granted legal immunity to officials who ordered the use of torture","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"8","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","ethics-and-philosophy","criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1782},{"m":"THW provide welfare in the form of basic goods and services rather than cash payments","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"9","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1783},{"m":"THBT men should consistently call out and correct chauvinistic claims by colleagues and co-workers","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"ESL_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1784},{"m":"THBT environmental agencies should start a campaign of sabotage and destruction against major pollution companies","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1785},{"m":"THBT the state should not fund any works of art or performances that the average citizen would not recognize as having artistic merit","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1786},{"m":"THBT African countries should adopt English as the principle language of instruction","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements","arts-and-culture","economics","education"],"ty":"value","id":1787},{"m":"TH regrets that Western Media demonised Islamist Terrorists rather than portraying them as criminals with legitimate grievances","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","media-and-technology","international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":1788},{"m":"THW give more votes to citizens according to their performance on a current affairs test","y":2013,"t":"Manchester EUDC 2013","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1789},{"m":"THS SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"1.1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1790},{"m":"Assuming efficacy, THW prefer an internet of no anonimity.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"1.2","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":1791},{"m":"THBT it is only justifiable to leak classified information when that information details clearly illegal government conduct.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"1.3","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1792},{"m":"THW remove the image of Mohammed from the US surpreme court building.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"2.1","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1793},{"m":"THO the instititution of petitionary prayer.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"2.2","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1794},{"m":"TH prefers a religion that believes thaat people are inherently good to one that believes they are inherently flawed.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"2.3","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1795},{"m":"THW not punish professional sports athletes for off-field behaviour.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"3.1","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":1796},{"m":"As a gay athlete qualified for the Sochi olympics, THW boycott those Olympics.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"3.2","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":1797},{"m":"THBT coaches should be held liable for players which they choose to play with the knowledge that those players were already injured.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"3.3","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1798},{"m":"THW allow jurors to pose questions to anyone testifying.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"4.1","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1799},{"m":"As a juror, this house would in no circumstances consider nullification.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"4.2","c":"North 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to experience art knowing nothing of the artist.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"Open_Semis_1","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":1805},{"m":"TH has received incontrovertible proof that the Mona Lisa is a forgery. THW not reveal that information.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"Open_Semis_2","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":1806},{"m":"THS the right of an artist to absolute posthumour control of their work.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"Open_Semis_3","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":1807},{"m":"THS a federal European state.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"Open_Finals_1","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1808},{"m":"THBT a democratic world government is a worthwhile long-term human project.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"Open_Finals_2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1809},{"m":"THS a people's enshrined right to a binding secession referenda.","y":2013,"t":"Commonwealth Open (Australs style)","r":"Open_Finals_3","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1810},{"m":"THW ban the circumcision of males under the age of 18.","y":2013,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1811},{"m":"THBT Germany should grant asylum to Edward Snowden.","y":2013,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1812},{"m":"THBT the jury in all medical malpractice trials should consist solely of medical professionals.","y":2013,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1813},{"m":"TH supports the creation of a new country, open to all where the only functions of the government are to provide security and to protect property rights.","y":2013,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1814},{"m":"TH Supports the actions of the Gulabi Gang. (Infoslide: The Gulabi Gang \"the Pink gang\" are a collection of women in North India that wear pink saris and engage in violent, non-lethal acts of vigilantism. They target men who they have reason to believe have gone unpunished for acts of violence against women.)","y":2013,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1815},{"m":"TH, upon discovering irrefutable proof that God does NOT exist, would use a fail safe system to destroy the proof and hide it from any human's knowledge.","y":2013,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":1816},{"m":"THBT the discovery of a means of stopping the aging process would be a bad thing for society. (Clarifying information: For this debate 'stopping the aging process' means that bodies would stop aging after the age of 35; it does NOT mean that people would stop dying of things unrelated to the process of aging).","y":2013,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1817},{"m":"TH, as the Israeli Debating League, would refuse to accept a debating society from Ariel as a member. (Clarifying information: Ariel is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.)","y":2013,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":1818},{"m":"THBT the world has become better through Facebook","y":2013,"t":"DDG Masters Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":1819},{"m":"THW impose the Working Time Act on politicians as well","y":2013,"t":"DDG Masters Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1820},{"m":"THW relentlessly impose cyberwars on dictatorships","y":2013,"t":"DDG Masters Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1821},{"m":"THW create an age limit for public appearances","y":2013,"t":"DDG Masters Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1822},{"m":"TH (as debate couple) would encourage its kids to debate competitively","y":2013,"t":"DDG Masters 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identity.","y":2013,"t":"McGill Novice","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":1829},{"m":"THW give harsher sentences to military of police officers who engage in sexual assault.","y":2013,"t":"McGill Novice","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1830},{"m":"THW create a nation for X, where X is defined by OG as a specific demographic.","y":2013,"t":"McGill Novice","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1831},{"m":"THW never, ever ban books.","y":2013,"t":"McGill Novice","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1832},{"m":"THW boycott the Russian Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi","y":2013,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1833},{"m":"THBT British national curricula should portray a unanimously and graphically negative account of the impact of British colonialism on its foreign subjects","y":2013,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1834},{"m":"THBT Rockstar Games should make the lead protagonist of the next instalment of the GTA series female","y":2013,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1835},{"m":"TH supports aggressive Palestinian protest (such as property destruction) in illegal Israeli settlements","y":2013,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1836},{"m":"THB President Obama should grant Chelsea Manning a presidential pardon","y":2013,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1837},{"m":"THW restrict the press from all speculation and reporting on the mental health of criminals and suspected criminals","y":2013,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1838},{"m":"THB that feminists should adopt the cause of anti-capitalism","y":2013,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1839},{"m":"Should the Gauls end their resistance to the Romans?","y":2013,"t":"Gutenberg Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":1840},{"m":"Should we create a common sanctuary/reservation for hipsters, zombies, former FDP politicians and stranded aliens?","y":2013,"t":"Gutenberg Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":1841},{"m":"Should sex become olympic?","y":2013,"t":"Gutenberg Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":1842},{"m":"Should the long-term unemployed be reemployed for energy production?","y":2013,"t":"Gutenberg Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":1843},{"m":"Should Sauron become US president?","y":2013,"t":"Gutenberg Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1844},{"m":"THB that teachers of history should deliberately overemphasize the contributions of marginalized groups.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1845},{"m":"THBT for certain criminal offenses, torture is a just punishment.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1846},{"m":"THBT oil exporting Islamic states should enact embargoes against states that pass laws discriminating against Muslims.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1847},{"m":"THW require all low wage employees of large corporations to be unionized.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1848},{"m":"THS the overthrow of democratically elected, authoritarian heads of state.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1849},{"m":"THBT individuals should experiment with mind altering hallucinogenic drugs.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"Novice_Finals","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1850},{"m":"THBT it would be principally just for a state that is unable to provide a social safety net to allow a greatly impoverished individual to sell themselves into slavery.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1851},{"m":"THBT countries should be required to post territory as collateral to receive IMF bailout funds.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1852},{"m":"In cases where individuals are convicted of leaking state secrets, THW allow their convictions to be nullified by a national referendum.","y":2013,"t":"Yale IV","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1853},{"m":"THW make EU voting compulsory.","y":2013,"t":"EBS Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1854},{"m":"You are a 19 year old boy who just finished his Abitur. As this boy, THW join the Bundeswehr","y":2013,"t":"EBS Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1855},{"m":"THW ban private Universities.","y":2013,"t":"EBS Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1856},{"m":"THW grant all ethnic Germans a full right of return","y":2013,"t":"EBS Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1857},{"m":"THW place pictures of poverty on all luxury goods","y":2013,"t":"EBS Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1858},{"m":"THW no longer arrest or prosecute individual members of drug gangs operating in highly violent areas if gang leaders agree to halt all turf wars","y":2013,"t":"Roosevelt Academy Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1859},{"m":"TH regrets that in the case of SGP vs. The Netherlands the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of The Netherlands (forcing the SGP to allow women to take office within the party)","y":2013,"t":"Roosevelt Academy Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":1860,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the International Criminal Court should hire private military contractors to arrest individuals who refuse to surrender after an indictment","y":2013,"t":"Roosevelt Academy Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1861},{"m":"TH Welcomes the rise of online news media at the expense of traditional journalism","y":2013,"t":"Roosevelt Academy Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":1862},{"m":"THBT schools should instill unrealistically high expectations in students from lower-socio economic backgrounds","y":2013,"t":"Roosevelt Academy Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":1863},{"m":"THBT the Israeli LBGT-movement should oppose pink-washing","y":2013,"t":"Roosevelt Academy Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1864,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT \"I was just following orders\" is a legitimate defence in cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity","y":2013,"t":"Roosevelt Academy Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1865},{"m":"THW close the military academy","y":2013,"t":"Open de Debates de Lisboa","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1866},{"m":"THBT it is better for Egypt to get secular authoritarian leadership than a democratic government","y":2013,"t":"Open de Debates de Lisboa","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1867},{"m":"TH, being a single woman, would sleep with their boss if they knew it would lead to a career rise","y":2013,"t":"Open de Debates de Lisboa","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1868},{"m":"TH regrets the Portuguese decolonisation","y":2013,"t":"Open de Debates de Lisboa","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":1869},{"m":"In light of the right to representative democracy, TH defends the fact that independent candidates compete","y":2013,"t":"Open de Debates de Lisboa","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":1870},{"m":"THW bail out Detroit.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1871},{"m":"THS the force feeding of incarcerated hunger strikers.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1872},{"m":"THW eliminate adoption preference based on race and ethnicity.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1873},{"m":"THBT the government should not promote home ownership.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1874},{"m":"THBT US elected officials should not be subject to recall elections.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":1875},{"m":"THBT individuals displaced by a conflict should have a right to emigrate to any country.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1876},{"m":"THBT individuals should not be permitted to represent themselves at trial.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"7","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1877},{"m":"THBT governments should establish methods to provide unconditional cash transfers to the poor.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"8","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1878},{"m":"THBT jury trials do more harm than good.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1879},{"m":"THW eliminate inheritance.","y":2013,"t":"US National Open","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":1880,"hi":1},{"m":"THB there are no good wars with the following exceptions: the American Revolution, World War 2 and the Star Wars Trilogy.","y":2013,"t":"Simpsons Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":1881},{"m":"TH, deep down, secretly longs for a cold hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalise criminals and rule you like a king.","y":2013,"t":"Simpsons Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":1882},{"m":"THBT it can trust the President of Cuba.","y":2013,"t":"Simpsons Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1883},{"m":"THBT God has no place within these walls - just like facts have no place within organised religion.","y":2013,"t":"Simpsons Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":1884},{"m":"TH can't seriously want to ban alcohol. It tastes great, makes women appear more attractive and makes a person virtually invulnerable to alcohol.","y":2013,"t":"Simpsons Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":1885},{"m":"THW ban anyone with a criminal record worth 2+ years in prison from running for political office","y":2013,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1886},{"m":"THBT city-states are a better political unit than nation-states","y":2013,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1887},{"m":"THW ban conversion therapy to \"cure\" homosexuality (assuming the therapy has a 10% chance of success)","y":2013,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1888},{"m":"THBT no further research should be done on the creation of Lethal Autonomous Robots","y":2013,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & 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professional football clubs should be forced to field the majority of players from their local community","y":2013,"t":"Turku Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":1909},{"m":"THBT Syria would be better off if Assad won the civil war","y":2013,"t":"Turku Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1910},{"m":"THW replace parliamentary elections with a lottery system","y":2013,"t":"Turku Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1911},{"m":"THBT the Spanish Central Government should allow Catalonia a referendum for independence","y":2013,"t":"Turku Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1912},{"m":"TH supports the falsification of historical textbooks in order to teach moral outcomes","y":2013,"t":"Turku Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":1913},{"m":"THW, assuming it was technologically possible, replace all human 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birthday","y":2013,"t":"Dutch Masters","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":1923},{"m":"THBT members of parliament should be appointed by lottery","y":2013,"t":"Dutch Masters","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":1924},{"m":"THW boycott the FIFA World Cup in Qatar","y":2013,"t":"Imperial Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1925},{"m":"TH, as the Roman Catholic Church, would excommunicate political leaders who fail to advocate nuclear disarmament","y":2013,"t":"Imperial Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":1926},{"m":"THW construct brothels on military bases","y":2013,"t":"Imperial Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":1927},{"m":"THB schools in the USA should teach rap lyrics as part of their core English literature curricula","y":2013,"t":"Imperial Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & 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relationships.","y":2013,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":1958},{"m":"In 1947, Otto Frank subimtted his daughter's diary for publication. Particularly personal passages wherein Anne discussed her emerging sexuality were removed from the original manuscript. The diary was later published in its complete form. THW not have published Anne Frank's unabridged diary.","y":2013,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":1959},{"m":"THBT same sex couples should be allowed to adopt children","y":2013,"t":"SDA Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":1960},{"m":"THW ban smoking","y":2013,"t":"SDA Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1961},{"m":"THW resolve the Syrian refugee crisis","y":2013,"t":"SDA Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1962},{"m":"THB in the market economy","y":2013,"t":"SDA Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1963},{"m":"THW remove unemployment benefits","y":2013,"t":"SDA Open","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1964},{"m":"THB in international military intervention in foreign countries","y":2013,"t":"SDA Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1965},{"m":"THB in the student protests","y":2013,"t":"SDA Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":1966},{"m":"THW provide free heroin for heroin addicts","y":2013,"t":"UBC IV","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1967},{"m":"THW allow legislatures to override constitutional bills of rights.","y":2013,"t":"UBC IV","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":1968},{"m":"THBT the Palestininan authority should concede.","y":2013,"t":"UBC IV","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1969},{"m":"THW pay developing countries to not exploit natural resources in environmentally sensitive regions.","y":2013,"t":"UBC IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":1970},{"m":"THBT Greece should ban the Golden Dawn","y":2013,"t":"UBC IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1971},{"m":"THBT colonial powers should pay reparations for colonialism.","y":2013,"t":"UBC IV","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1972},{"m":"THBT in criminal court cases the jury should be comprised of individuals from the same racial and socio-economic background as the defendant","y":2013,"t":"Durham IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":1973},{"m":"THW give the public the power to pardon whistleblowers through a referendum","y":2013,"t":"Durham IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1974},{"m":"THBT that the International Criminal Court should not issue indictments against individuals involved in ongoing conflicts","y":2013,"t":"Durham IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1975},{"m":"THW not allow individuals to opt into a one-way mission to Mars with the Mars One Project.","y":2013,"t":"Durham IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1976,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT energy security is a legitimate reason for military action","y":2013,"t":"Durham IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1977},{"m":"THW hold parents criminally liable for the repeat offences of their children","y":2013,"t":"Durham IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":1978},{"m":"THW pay drug addicts to be permanently sterilised","y":2013,"t":"Durham IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1979},{"m":"TH regrets the creation of a moral and legal distinction between the use of chemical weapons and conventional weapons","y":2013,"t":"Durham IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":1980},{"m":"THW Legalise licensed brothels","y":2013,"t":"Welsh Novices","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1981},{"m":"THW, as the EU, suspend the membership of any nation that elects extremist parties","y":2013,"t":"Welsh Novices","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1982},{"m":"THW ban all resit exams","y":2013,"t":"Welsh Novices","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1983,"hi":1},{"m":"The Russian state systematically oppresses its LGBTQI+ community: Homosexual couples can be prosecuted for displaying their sexuality and the police often refuse to prevent violence towards LGBTQI+ people. Motion: TH, as a heterosexual winter Olympian, would not attend the Sochi Winter Olympics","y":2013,"t":"Welsh Novices","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":1984,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the police should have unrestricted access to the personal online data of everybody, including email, web history and private content on social media","y":2013,"t":"Welsh Novices","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":1985,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT parents should not tell their adopted children that they are adopted","y":2013,"t":"Debatijada Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1986},{"m":"THBT every student living in the EU should spend one year studying in the country other than the one he or she is born or is a national of.","y":2013,"t":"Debatijada Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":1987},{"m":"THW show only movies that pass the bechdel test (with info)","y":2013,"t":"Debatijada Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":1988},{"m":"THBT animal suffering should not be an obstacle for satisfying societal needs.","y":2013,"t":"Debatijada Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1989},{"m":"THW ban political parties that use ethnicity as basis for their political agenda","y":2013,"t":"Debatijada Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":1990},{"m":"THBT it is an acceptably policy for the U.S. to spy on leaders of allied states.","y":2013,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":1991},{"m":"THBT the world should focus on adapting to the effects of climate change instead of trying to avert it.","y":2013,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":1992},{"m":"TH regrets the creation of the Eurozone.","y":2013,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":1993},{"m":"THW prevent people from signing up for a one-way mission to Mars.","y":2013,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"Novice_Finals","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":1994},{"m":"THW ban cosmetic surgery designed to alter one's racial appearance.","y":2013,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"Open_Partial_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":1995},{"m":"THBT the state should aggressively discourage university attendance and promote college.","y":2013,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":1996},{"m":"THBT a person of super genius intelligence should transform themselves into someone of average intelligence.","y":2013,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":1997},{"m":"THW not publicly fund universities","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Freshers","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":1998},{"m":"THBT individuals with bad personal lifestyles (that influence their health) should pay more for their health insurance","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Freshers","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":1999,"hi":1},{"m":"In the European Union, asylum seekers can only apply for asylum in the country they first enter. They cannot reapply nor be reallocated to another EU country. Motion: THBT the EU should divide up asylum seekers amongst its member states proportional to member states' GDP per cap","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Freshers","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2000},{"m":"THBT women activists in Saudi Arabia should not drive cars in their protest against the ban","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Freshers","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2001,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT individuals should pass a parenting test before having children","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Freshers","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2002},{"m":"TH supports the US continuing its surveillance practices on global political leaders","y":2013,"t":"Vienna Freshers","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2003},{"m":"THBT feminists should oppose restrictions on the wearing of the burkha and the hijab","y":2013,"t":"UK Debate Challenge","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2004},{"m":"THW remove all non-military sanctions on Iran","y":2013,"t":"UK Debate Challenge","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2005},{"m":"TH regrets the portrayal of the developing world in the fundraising campaigns of charitable organisations","y":2013,"t":"UK Debate Challenge","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":2006},{"m":"THBT state schools should instil in children the belief that anyone can succeed through hard work, regardless of their background","y":2013,"t":"UK Debate Challenge","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":2007},{"m":"THBT artists from dominant cultural majorities should not seek to portray minority cultures","y":2013,"t":"UK Debate Challenge","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":2008},{"m":"You are a government employee who has found evidence that your state is carrying out actions you personally believe to be gravely immoral. You have no cause to believe these actions are illegal. Motion: THW leak the evidence directly to the press","y":2013,"t":"UK Debate Challenge","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2009},{"m":"THBT The US should end the War on Terror","y":2013,"t":"UK Debate Challenge","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2010},{"m":"THW provide mobile teachers for the compulsory education of children in travelling communities (e.g. Roma and Irish travellers)","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2011},{"m":"THBT developing countries should collectivelly agree to radically redistributive tax policies.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2012},{"m":"THW ban the gender testing of athletes in sports.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports","lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":2013},{"m":"THW require major polluters to open their borders to environmental refugees.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment","international-relations","economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2014},{"m":"THBT national war memorials should commemorate the casualties on all sides of the conflict.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2015},{"m":"THBT political parties should adopt non-hierarchical organisational structures.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2016},{"m":"THBT liberal democracies should cut all economic and military ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"ESL_Finals","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","economics","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2017},{"m":"THBT when courts sentence offenders, they should give considerable weight to the views of the victims.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Novice_Finals","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":2018},{"m":"THW, as a liberal democracy, restrict coverage of small-scale terrorist attacks.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology","war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2019},{"m":"THBT identity-based social movements should not include in their movements allies who are not part of the identity group in question.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2020},{"m":"THBT the US should dissolve its military capabilities.","y":2013,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Finals","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2021},{"m":"THW give primates and cetaceans the same rights to life, freedom from physical harm and freedom of movement as humans.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment","ethics-and-philosophy","politics","medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2022},{"m":"THBT developed countries should set maximum rents for residential properties in large urban centres.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2023},{"m":"THBT despite the expressed wishes of the Pakistani government, the United States should continue to target the leaders of Tehrik-i-Talibani (Pakistani Taliban).","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2024},{"m":"THW break up banks like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC, that are deemed \"too big to fail\".","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2025},{"m":"THW ban religious charities from engaging in proselytisation.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2026},{"m":"THW prevent those who deny climate change from seeking political office.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2027},{"m":"THBT it should be the policy of the US to conduct all of its military interventions unilaterally.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"ESL_Finals","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2028},{"m":"THBT the Republican and Democratic parties should select congressional, senate and presidential candidates through a vote by the party leadership rather than through primaries.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":2029},{"m":"Instead of creating a Jewish state in the British Mandate of Palestine, with the benefit of hindsight THW have created a Jewish state in Germany.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2030},{"m":"THBT it is in the West's interests for Assad to decisively win the Syrian civil war.","y":2013,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Finals","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2031},{"m":"THBT the (same-sex couples) Marriage Bill 2013 should remove the right of religious institutions to refuse to perform same-sex marriages","y":2013,"t":"Bogwall","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":2032},{"m":"THBT past colonial empires should pay reparations to their former colonies who are still classed as developing","y":2013,"t":"Bogwall","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2033},{"m":"THBT feminist political activists should form a separate political party based on feminist ideology, rather than joining existing parties","y":2013,"t":"Bogwall","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2034},{"m":"THW Pay Additional Benefits to Families on Welfare Whose Children are Excelling in School","y":2013,"t":"Bogwall","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2035,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT America should refuse to engage with any attempts to end cyber warfare","y":2013,"t":"Bogwall","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2036},{"m":"TH, as Sherlock Holmes, Would accept the henchman's offer.","y":2013,"t":"Bogwall","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":2037,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban all polls (predicting election results)","y":2013,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2038},{"m":"TH rejects any policy that punishes families for having more than one child","y":2013,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2039},{"m":"THW subsidise sex workers visits for severely handicapped persons","y":2013,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2040},{"m":"THW always execute those sentenced to death publicly","y":2013,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2041},{"m":"As a homosexual person in a very homophobic country, THW emigrate","y":2013,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":2042},{"m":"THBT too many high school graduates study (go on to university)","y":2013,"t":"Schwarzwald Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":2043},{"m":"THW implement a lower rate of income tax for women.","y":2013,"t":"Canadian BP Championships (@ McMaster University)","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2044},{"m":"THW make it a criminal offence to materially and substnatially enable the substance abuse problems of an addict.","y":2013,"t":"Canadian BP Championships (@ McMaster University)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2045},{"m":"THBT Canada should have boycotted the Commonwealth meeting in Sri Lanka.","y":2013,"t":"Canadian BP Championships (@ McMaster University)","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2046},{"m":"THO prenatal testing for mental disabilities.","y":2013,"t":"Canadian BP Championships (@ McMaster University)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2047},{"m":"THBT Walmart is good for America.","y":2013,"t":"Canadian BP Championships (@ McMaster University)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2048},{"m":"THW enact good Samaritan laws.","y":2013,"t":"Canadian BP Championships (@ McMaster University)","r":"Tiebreaker_Top","c":"North 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Info: Adults over 18 are allowed to prostitute themselves, get social security and sue for compensations. Bans can be imposed against prostitution in specific areas or at specific times. Pimping is not illegal as long as the work environment offered is suitable and the prostitute is not exploited","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Frankfurt","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2052},{"m":"THBT religion is redundant.","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Frankfurt","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":2053},{"m":"THW return artworks stolen or expropriated by the Nazis, without regard to property rights, laws and statutes of limitation that might block such a return (info and here)","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Frankfurt","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2054},{"m":"THW go on a treasure hunt","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Frankfurt","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2055},{"m":"THW ban temp agency contracting (Leiharbeit, Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, Zeitarbeit, Mitarbeiterüberlassung oder Personalleasing)","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Frankfurt","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2056},{"m":"THW spread asylum seekers over EU countries on the basis of their relative population sizes","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Frankfurt","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2057},{"m":"THW abolish the federalist system in Germany","y":2013,"t":"Zeit Debatte Frankfurt","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2058},{"m":"THW remove all restrictions on euthanasia (such as \"hopeless and unbearable\" suffering)","y":2013,"t":"Cicero Toernooi","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2059},{"m":"THW abolish the right to remain silent (verschoningsrecht) for clergy","y":2013,"t":"Cicero Toernooi","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2060},{"m":"THW impose strong political and economic sanctions on tax havens","y":2013,"t":"Cicero Toernooi","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2061},{"m":"TH, as parents, would raise its children non-gendered","y":2013,"t":"Cicero Toernooi","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":2062},{"m":"THW, as the US, continue to gather information about non-citizens on a large scale","y":2013,"t":"Cicero Toernooi","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2063},{"m":"THW not admit immigrants who actively (strongly?) oppose the norms of the host society","y":2013,"t":"Cicero Toernooi","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2064},{"m":"THW replace all income taxes with consumption taxes that become proportionally higher as the purchased goods become less essential","y":2013,"t":"Cicero Toernooi","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2065},{"m":"TH would create a substantial salary for those who take on caretaker roles for family, friends or neighbours (DK vervangt het mantelzorgcompliment door een substantieel salaris)","y":2013,"t":"Cicero Toernooi","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2066},{"m":"THW ban the advertising of financial products that entail an obligation of consumer debt","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2067},{"m":"THBT domestically, Margaret Thatcher's premiership did more harm than good","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2068},{"m":"THW allow pro-immigration charities to sue politicians and media outlets that defame 'immigrants'","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2069},{"m":"THW tax earnings over £1million by 75% but allow individuals to decide how the government spends the additional revenue generated by this income","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2070},{"m":"TH welcomes the decline of US-led humanitarian interventions without international consensus","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2071},{"m":"THBT all main political parties should implement a cross party political scheme to use all-women shortlists to get more women into parliament until gender parity is reached","y":2013,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2072},{"m":"Should private kindergartens and schools be abolished?","y":2013,"t":"Tübingen Herbst Debatten","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":2073},{"m":"Should participants in the Olympics be allowed to publicly express their political opinions?","y":2013,"t":"Tübingen Herbst Debatten","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":2074},{"m":"Should the morning after pill be available without doctor's recipe?","y":2013,"t":"Tübingen Herbst Debatten","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2075},{"m":"Should Edward Snowden get asylum in Germany?","y":2013,"t":"Tübingen Herbst Debatten","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2076},{"m":"THBT it is legitimate for environmental campaign groups to use ecoterrorism to achieve their goals","y":2013,"t":"Yorkshire Novices","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2077},{"m":"TH regrets the annual commemoration of past wars","y":2013,"t":"Yorkshire Novices","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":2078},{"m":"THW implement total surveillance","y":2013,"t":"Yorkshire Novices","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2079,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT artists, entertainers, and musicians should not comment on politics outside of their artistic creations","y":2013,"t":"Yorkshire Novices","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":2080},{"m":"THBT Western liberal democracies have a duty to militarily intervene in conflicts where large scale human rights abuses are occurring","y":2013,"t":"Yorkshire Novices","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2081},{"m":"THW fabricate and publicise evidence that high ranking religious figures that claim homosexuality to be a sin engage in homosexual acts","y":2013,"t":"Yorkshire Novices","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2082},{"m":"THBT foreign visitors to Islamic countries should dress and act according to local sensibilities in public even if not obliged to by law","y":2013,"t":"Cork Invitational","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2083},{"m":"THW never allow prisons to force-feed detainees on hunger strike","y":2013,"t":"Cork Invitational","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2084},{"m":"TH supports targeted advertising based on gender","y":2013,"t":"Cork Invitational","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2085},{"m":"THBT suicide bombing is a legitimate tactic of warfare","y":2013,"t":"Cork Invitational","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2086},{"m":"THBT once artists earn enough to constitute a comfortable wage, they have a duty to make their work freely available","y":2013,"t":"Cork IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":2087},{"m":"THBT Libya should repeal its ban on senior members of the Gaddaffi Regime (military and civil) from holding positions in government","y":2013,"t":"Cork IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2088},{"m":"THW force violent offenders to undergo the Ludovico technique","y":2013,"t":"Cork IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2089},{"m":"THBT developing countries should use policies such as permits to restrict rural to urban migration","y":2013,"t":"Cork IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2090},{"m":"THW allow Pro-Life organisations to pay women currently considering having an abortion to carry the pregnancy to term","y":2013,"t":"Cork IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2091},{"m":"TH supports the actions of Anonymous and other such vigilante groups","y":2013,"t":"Cork IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2092},{"m":"Assuming you would not be found out, in the event of a terrorist attack on US soil, committed by Islamist extremists THW fabricate evidence that attack was committed by dominant ethnic and socio-economic group, e.g. white Anglo-Saxons","y":2013,"t":"Cork IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2093},{"m":"THBT EU nations should stop cooperating with the USA on intelligence matters","y":2013,"t":"IDAS Tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2094},{"m":"THW not watch pornography","y":2013,"t":"IDAS Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2095},{"m":"THW pay reparations to European Roma","y":2013,"t":"IDAS Tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2096},{"m":"THBT all corporations should become cooperatives owned and operated by the workers","y":2013,"t":"IDAS Tournament","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2097},{"m":"THB the dead are the property of the state","y":2013,"t":"IDAS Tournament","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":2098},{"m":"THW not tax \"bitcoin\" transactions","y":2013,"t":"IDAS Tournament","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":2099},{"m":"THW apply universal jurisdiction to crimes against the environment","y":2013,"t":"IDAS Tournament","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2100},{"m":"THB that the recent Geneva agreement with Iran will fail","y":2013,"t":"IDAS Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2101},{"m":"THBT our legal system should neither regulate nor judge behaviour that takes place solely in virtual online worlds like \"Second Life\" and leave the making of rules to their manufacturers","y":2013,"t":"Iron Man tournament","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":2102},{"m":"THBT China should prioritise social justice over economic growth","y":2013,"t":"Iron Man tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2103},{"m":"THW allow businesses to pay employees who agree not to have children more in wages","y":2013,"t":"Iron Man tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2104},{"m":"THW allow sodomie (intercourse with animals)","y":2013,"t":"Iron Man tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2105},{"m":"A ship sinks at the high seas. Three sailors and the cabin boy survive in a lifeboat. There is no land in sight and the men are exhausted. To stay alive, the sailors kill and eat the cabin boy against his will. Days later, the lifeboat is found and brought to land. The sailors survived thanks to the reinforcement brought by eating the cabin boy. The authorities hear of the tale and the sailors are brought before a court where a jury will give a verdict. Motion: TH, as the jury, would vote against a conviction","y":2013,"t":"Iron Man tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":2106},{"m":"THW, assuming it were feasible to enforce, support a global inheritance tax of 100% on all cash and assets beyond the first €5000 (and substantial taxes on high-value gifts during one's lifetime)","y":2013,"t":"UCU Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2107},{"m":"THBT the citizens of countries under military occupation of a western liberal democracy should be granted the right to vote in the elections of that occupying state!","y":2013,"t":"UCU Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2108},{"m":"THW give men more paid parental leave than women and force them to take it","y":2013,"t":"UCU Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2109},{"m":"THW allow people (including companies) to give the police money in exchange for new or increased efforts in a specified area of legitimate law enforcement","y":2013,"t":"UCU Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2110},{"m":"THW place a sin tax to low-brow entertainment in order to subsidize high-brow art","y":2013,"t":"UCU Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2111},{"m":"THW appoint a group of relevant charities (e.g. Environmental charities) to cast votes in general elections on behalf of future citizens","y":2013,"t":"UCU Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2112},{"m":"You are a dutch person. THBT you should campaign against Zwarte Piet and should routinely condemn it as a racist institution","y":2013,"t":"UCU Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2113},{"m":"THW not allow governments to electronically intercept communications without a warrant","y":2013,"t":"Bristol ProAM","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2114},{"m":"THW prevent the media from publishing any personal details (such as race or social class) of criminals and suspects","y":2013,"t":"Bristol ProAM","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2115},{"m":"TH, as the USA, would destroy its stockpile of smallpox","y":2013,"t":"Bristol ProAM","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":2116},{"m":"In proportion to under 30s population, THW reserve seats in parliament for 18-30 year olds","y":2013,"t":"Bristol ProAM","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2117},{"m":"THW, as David Icke, dedicate the rest of its life to exposing the lizard people. (Info)","y":2013,"t":"Bristol ProAM","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":2118},{"m":"THBT western liberal democracies should use any effective means at their disposal to uphold the human rights of women","y":2013,"t":"Bristol ProAM","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2119},{"m":"THW allow individuals to sell their non-vital organs","y":2013,"t":"Newcastle IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2120},{"m":"THW legalise online child chat simulations","y":2013,"t":"Newcastle IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2121},{"m":"THW apply the same standards to the sale of mass surveillance technology as it does to the sale of arms","y":2013,"t":"Newcastle IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2122},{"m":"THS affirmative action policies targeted at women in business","y":2013,"t":"Newcastle IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2123},{"m":"THBT Miley Cyrus is bad for feminism","y":2013,"t":"Newcastle IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2124},{"m":"THW convicted criminals the options to choose corporal punishments over imprisonment","y":2013,"t":"Nikolausturnier","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2125},{"m":"You are a young, liberal, Turkish man in Turkey. Motion: THBT the ban on Islamic veils in public buildings should be abolished","y":2013,"t":"Nikolausturnier","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2126},{"m":"It is Christmas. In otherwise pristine snow, the trackmarks of Santa Claus' sleigh are visible. A policeman is walking around the field to savour the Christmas spirit and suddenly discovers a small booklet. It is Santa Claus' list with no less than a complete list of all transgressions of everyone on the planet. The policeman immediately recognises the potential power of such a list. In the back of the booklet is Santa Claus' address. Motion: THW destroy the list.","y":2013,"t":"Nikolausturnier","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2127},{"m":"THW introduce a 30-hour work week","y":2013,"t":"Nikolausturnier","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2128},{"m":"THW set one common minimum wage","y":2013,"t":"Schroeter Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2129},{"m":"THW ban circumcision of minors","y":2013,"t":"Schroeter Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2130},{"m":"THW ban pornography and would make it taboo (verb tabuisieren)","y":2013,"t":"Schroeter Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2131},{"m":"THW only allow European firms to sell weapons in the EU","y":2013,"t":"Schroeter Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2132},{"m":"THW create a film rating for movies that do not pass the 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ill-gotten artworks and valuable historical artefacts to the communities of their origin","y":2013,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2138},{"m":"THW not give jail time to criminals who do not pose an ongoing violent threat to society","y":2013,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2139},{"m":"THBT violent protest is a legitimate strategy in democratic societies","y":2013,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2140},{"m":"TH support unlimited human body enhancement in all areas of life","y":2013,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":2141},{"m":"THW classify all organized crime as terrorist organizations","y":2013,"t":"English Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2142},{"m":"THBT the education system should promote expectations 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You are offered full and immediate citizenship of the EU and the US. The offers are the only two that you have and are mutually exclusive. You do not know where you will live in either union. Your native and only language is spoken in neither. 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former regime","y":2013,"t":"Decemberac (beginners tournament)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":2239},{"m":"THBT holding the Olympics is not worth it for the host country","y":2013,"t":"Decemberac (beginners tournament)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2240},{"m":"THBT sanctions are a good way of implementing democracy","y":2013,"t":"Decemberac (beginners tournament)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2241},{"m":"THW not undress (with an info slide)","y":2013,"t":"Decemberac (beginners tournament)","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2242},{"m":"In today's world, THW choose a craft rather than the university education","y":2013,"t":"Decemberac (beginners tournament)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2243},{"m":"THW not read fairy tales to children","y":2013,"t":"Decemberac (beginners 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unconditionally offer membership to the states of the former Soviet Union, excluding Russia","y":2014,"t":"Chennai WUDC 2014","r":"8","c":"International","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2252},{"m":"TH regrets the commodification of indigenous cultures","y":2014,"t":"Chennai WUDC 2014","r":"9","c":"International","top":["social-movements","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":2253},{"m":"THBT the gay rights movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choice","y":2014,"t":"Chennai WUDC 2014","r":"EFL_Semis","c":"International","top":["lgbt","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2254},{"m":"THBT multinational companies should be liable for human rights abuses that occur anywhere in their supply chain","y":2014,"t":"Chennai WUDC 2014","r":"EFL_Final","c":"International","top":["economics","criminal-justice","international-relations"],"ty":"value","w":1,"id":2255},{"m":"THW remove all copyright protection for material deemed to be 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society's verdict(s). For example, Woody Allen is currently being tried within the court of public opinion. TH prefers a society with an active court of public opinion to one without.","y":2014,"t":"North American Women's (@ McGill University)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":2370},{"m":"THW ban employers from creating contracts which prohibit employees from expressing their political views publicly.","y":2014,"t":"North American Women's (@ McGill University)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2371},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of minority rights groups (e.g. LGBTQ, women, racial minorities) to join forces in common protest rather than separately advocate for the individual interests.","y":2014,"t":"North American Women's (@ McGill University)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2372},{"m":"Through NSA spy networks, this House - being the US gov't - has determined that the largest of several Ukrainian opposition groups (USAR) is imminently launching a violent coup against the Ukrainian government. THW warn the Ukrainian government.","y":2014,"t":"North American Women's (@ McGill University)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2373},{"m":"THW allow adoption agencies to guarantee to biological parents that their child will not be adopted by a same-sex couple","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":2374},{"m":"THW allow euthanasia for patients suffering from dementia (and therefore legally incapable) who have signed an advance directive (request for euthanasia) Info","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2375},{"m":"THW provide all citizens a basic income at the poverty line without setting any requirements","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2376},{"m":"THW require all schools that teach religion to discuss militant atheism at an equal footing with all major religions.","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2377},{"m":"THW make the exploitation of brothels a state monopoly","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2378},{"m":"THW split Belgium into separate parts","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2379},{"m":"THW choose its Prime Minister through direct elections","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2380},{"m":"THW liberate slaves in Mauritania with a military intervention","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2381},{"m":"THW take Dutch citizenship away from any criminal with a double nationality and would extradite these criminals to the other country they hold citizenship of","y":2014,"t":"Bonapartiaans Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2382},{"m":"THW commemorate the First World War","y":2014,"t":"Irish Times Debates Open_Semis","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2383},{"m":"THW condemn the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel","y":2014,"t":"Irish Times Debates Open_Semis","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2384},{"m":"THBT the Constitution of Ireland has served the country well","y":2014,"t":"Irish Times Debates Open_Semis","r":"Open_Semi_3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2385},{"m":"THW introduce Mandatory Organ Donation","y":2014,"t":"Irish Times Debates Open_Semis","r":"Open_Semi_4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2386},{"m":"TH regrets the existence of critic or professionally determined film awards, including the Academy Awards, Palme D'Or, and Sight and Sound's Top 10","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":2387},{"m":"THBT it is the West's interest for long term Brent Crude Oil prices to fall below US$60 per barrel. Info","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2388},{"m":"THBT the LGBT movement should abandon the claim that sexuality is not a choice","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":2389},{"m":"THB European Football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from successful to less successful domestic clubs","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":2390},{"m":"THBT the states of the Western Balkans should ban positive depictions of indicted or convicted war criminals","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2391},{"m":"THW financially incentivise interracial and interfaith marriage","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2392},{"m":"THW criminalise its citizens from fighting in foreign conflicts","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2393},{"m":"THB that majority liberal supreme courts should actively misapply constitutions in order to advance progressive rights","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2394},{"m":"TH regrets Jiyas use of the Burka (info video)","y":2014,"t":"LSE Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":2395},{"m":"THBT the LGBT movement should stop using the concept of \"gay pride\"","y":2014,"t":"Tornadu","r":"Open_Quarters_Partial","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":2396},{"m":"THBT the international community has a duty to protect human rights, if necessary by military means, even in violation of the principle of national sovereignty","y":2014,"t":"Tornadu","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2397},{"m":"TH applauds the social pressure on teenage girls to initiate promiscuous sexual activity;","y":2014,"t":"Tornadu","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2398},{"m":"THW create a small network of public schools accessible only to students with outstanding academic backgrounds","y":2014,"t":"Tornadu","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2399},{"m":"When father of a fetus favours abortion and this is not carried out, THW allow him to excuse himself from any responsibility for the child;","y":2014,"t":"Tornadu","r":"Open_Semi_3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2400},{"m":"THW reduce VAT tax on goods and services provided for by small businesses in order to combat the black (parallel) economy","y":2014,"t":"Tornadu","r":"Open_Semi_4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2401},{"m":"THB in the primacy of serving others as opposed to seeking one's own happiness","y":2014,"t":"Tornadu","r":"Open_Semi_5","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":2402},{"m":"THBT young Portuguese should recognize the existence of a generational struggle (with divergent and conflicting interests between generations) and prepare to win","y":2014,"t":"Tornadu","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2403},{"m":"THBT the governments of developing nations should actively encourage slum tourism","y":2014,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2404,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as a critic, would advise the public not to consume works of music, film and art produced by artists that you deem morally reprehensible, regardless of the artistic merit of their work","y":2014,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"actor","id":2405},{"m":"There have been successful experiments with citizens actively involved in the rehabilitation process of ex-convicts by, for example, hosting them in their house, or building supportive relationships with them. In these programmes, the state ensured adequate financial and professional assistance. The participation in these programmes by citizens and ex-convicts has always been voluntary. Motion: THW randomly select citizens to actively assist in the rehabilitation process of ex-convicts, and make participation mandatory for those citizens","y":2014,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":2406},{"m":"THBT the state should make funding for political parties proportionate to the number of members from low-income brackets in those parties","y":2014,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2407},{"m":"THW nationalise prostitution","y":2014,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2408},{"m":"Some awards in literature, theater, film, sports, etc. are granted only to people from specific minorities (NAACP awards) Motion: TH as a nominee of such an award would not accept it.","y":2014,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2409},{"m":"Some academic and cultural institutions have a practice of awarding prizes that recognise the achievements of members of minority groups. For example, \"Muslim Student Achievement Award\" or \"African American Writer of the Year\". Motion:THB it is legitimate for states to deny residence or asylum to immigrants who openly contradict their predominant values","y":2014,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2410},{"m":"THBT the Catholic church should make absolution for those who have committed a crime conditional upon them handing themselves into the police.","y":2014,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":2411},{"m":"THBT US media should not report any details about school shootings beyond the fact that they happened","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2412},{"m":"THBT all international peacekeeping operations in Africa should be carried out solely by African troops.","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2413},{"m":"Info slide - Menstrual activism is a movement which seeks to examine social attitudes towards menstruation through artistic performances such as wearing menstrual blood. Motion: TH supports menstrual activism.","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2414},{"m":"THW ban holocaust denial","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2415},{"m":"THW support a strict disciplinarian education system, as long as it makes students perform better","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2416},{"m":"TH regrets the use of nationalism by colonial liberation movements (e.g. the Indian National Congress, Sinn Fein).","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":2417},{"m":"TH supports the creation of women only economic zones in Saudi Arabia","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2418,"hi":1},{"m":"THB African-American civil rights organisations should condemn capitalism","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2419},{"m":"The technology exists to allow people to selectively erase their memories without any physical side effects. Motion: THW allow individuals to selectively erase their own memories","y":2014,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":2420},{"m":"THW prohibit religious organizations from speaking out against homosexuality","y":2014,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":2421},{"m":"THBT states should take active measures to limit the spread of American pop culture","y":2014,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2422},{"m":"THBT it is in Russia's interest to annex the Crimea","y":2014,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2423},{"m":"THBT the Black Rights Movement should oppose the appropriation of the Confederate flag by black public figures. (Info slide: Kanye West recently released a clothing line which featured the Confederate flag. The Confederate flag was the flag used by the pro-slavery southern US states in the American Civil War. The American Civil War was a conflict over the use of black slaves. The flag is still used by various groups, including white supremacists in the US.)","y":2014,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2424},{"m":"THBT developing countries should support commercial surrogacy (Info slide: Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries a child for another person or couple)","y":2014,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2425},{"m":"TH opposes the sympathetic and humanizing portrayal of Nazi soldiers in popular media","y":2014,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2426},{"m":"THW suspend elections in countries with very high levels of government debt","y":2014,"t":"Budapest Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2427},{"m":"THBT the Irish Political System has served the People well","y":2014,"t":"Irish Times Final","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":2428},{"m":"THW not allow religious proselytization in the developing world.","y":2014,"t":"Leubke Cup (@ Brock University)","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2429},{"m":"TH, as the US, would grant amnesty to Edward Snowden.","y":2014,"t":"Leubke Cup (@ Brock University)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2430},{"m":"THW not allow athletes who commit violent crimes to return to their sport upon the ending of their sentence.","y":2014,"t":"Leubke Cup (@ Brock University)","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2431},{"m":"TH opposes embedded journalists in the military.","y":2014,"t":"Leubke Cup (@ Brock University)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2432},{"m":"TH supports the rise of sexually assertive female pop stars.","y":2014,"t":"Leubke Cup (@ Brock University)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2433},{"m":"THS the public outing of gay public figures.","y":2014,"t":"Leubke Cup (@ Brock University)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":2434},{"m":"TH, with hindsight, support the 2003 invasion of Iraq.","y":2014,"t":"Leubke Cup (@ Brock University)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2435},{"m":"THW compel doctors to report suspected cases of domestic abuse to the police","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2436},{"m":"THBT football associations should require clubs to be majority owned by their fans","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":2437},{"m":"THW legalise entrapment","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2438},{"m":"THBT the EU should give automatic membership to states that have seceded from current member states","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2439},{"m":"THW not afford religious identity the same level of anti-discrimination protection as inborn traits (such as race, gender and sexuality)","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2440},{"m":"THBT that the UN Security Council should sanction companies that buy 'booty futures' from rebel movements","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2441},{"m":"TH supports the rise of online communities that aggressively police ideological purity within the feminist movement","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Ancients","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2442},{"m":"THBT feminists should endorse conscripting women in the Finnish army rather than abolishing conscription","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Mini","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2443},{"m":"TH as Russia supports partitioning Ukraine","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Mini","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2444},{"m":"THW ban male circumcision","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Mini","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2445},{"m":"It is 5 July 1914. THW, as the German Reich, issue the Austrian-Hungarian empire a \"blank check\" on how to deal with the conflict with Serbia","y":2014,"t":"Marburger Geschichte Turnier (History Tournament)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2446},{"m":"It is the end of the year 1862. THW, as Abraham Lincoln, give up on the demand to abolish slavery, provided it would help end the Civil War","y":2014,"t":"Marburger Geschichte Turnier (History Tournament)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2447},{"m":"It is February of the year 44 before Christ. THW, as Brutus, join the conspiracy group of Cassius that aims to murder Caesar","y":2014,"t":"Marburger Geschichte Turnier (History Tournament)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":2448},{"m":"It is the beginning of 1961. THW, as the USA, seek a mutual neutrality pact with Cuba.","y":2014,"t":"Marburger Geschichte Turnier (History Tournament)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2449},{"m":"It is the fall of 1923. THW, as the Western allied forced, let Germany repay ful reparations.","y":2014,"t":"Marburger Geschichte Turnier (History Tournament)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2450},{"m":"It is 1990 shortly before German reunification. THW, as the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, select the DDR anthem \"Auferstanden aus Ruinen\" (Risen from Ruins) as the new national anthem for a reunited Germany","y":2014,"t":"Marburger Geschichte Turnier (History Tournament)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":2451},{"m":"THW ban the screening and production of films depicting current or recent conflicts","y":2014,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2452},{"m":"TH supports the Iraqi Government's policy of paying citizens rewards to kill jihadist insurgents","y":2014,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2453,"hi":1},{"m":"TH regrets the rise and dominance of social media (such as Facebook and Twitter) in Western Liberal Democracies.","y":2014,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":2454},{"m":"THBT developing countries should establish Charter Cities","y":2014,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2455,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the ICC should hire mercenaries to capture indicted individuals and put them on trial at The Hague","y":2014,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2456},{"m":"THBT convicted criminals should be allowed to raise their children in prison","y":2014,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":2457},{"m":"THW legalise simulated child pornography","y":2014,"t":"Tallaight IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2458},{"m":"THW, when casting minority characters (e.g. racial minorities, LGBTs, people with disabilities etc.) would only cast actors from that same minority","y":2014,"t":"Tallaight IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2459},{"m":"TH, when testing life-extending treatments for terminally ill patients, would not use control groups","y":2014,"t":"Tallaight IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2460},{"m":"THBT Pakistan should not engage in peace talks with the Taliban","y":2014,"t":"Tallaight IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2461},{"m":"You are a scientist working at CERN. Working alone one night, you make an accidental breakthrough in your research that will allow humanity to travel through time. You are alone in the lab and the odds of someone else making the same accidental breakthrough are non-existent. Motion: THW destroy its research","y":2014,"t":"Tallaight IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":2462},{"m":"THW allow UK broadcasters to be politically partisan in the reporting of current events","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Women's","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2463,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow parents to remove their children from specific classes at school (such as sports, religious studies, sex education and science) on moral, religious or political grounds","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Women's","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2464},{"m":"THW never subject international treaties to popular referenda","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Women's","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2465},{"m":"TH supports Barack Obama's 'Kill List'","y":2014,"t":"Glasgow Women's","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2466,"hi":1},{"m":"THW legalise all drugs","y":2014,"t":"UL Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"id":2467},{"m":"THW ban all political parties","y":2014,"t":"UL Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2468},{"m":"THB that in times of war, the state should conscript a military by means of a draft lottery","y":2014,"t":"UL Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2469},{"m":"THW abolish the welfare state","y":2014,"t":"UL Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2470},{"m":"THW open all borders","y":2014,"t":"UL Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2471},{"m":"TH regrets the demise of the Soviet Union","y":2014,"t":"UL Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":2472},{"m":"THB in the virtue of a disproportionate response","y":2014,"t":"UL Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":2473},{"m":"THBT NGOs/charities should not accept donations from organizations that contradict their aims","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2474},{"m":"In situations where it's not possible to achieve both aims and the decision lies with the doctor, THBT doctors should prioritize prolonging life over the quality of that life","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2475},{"m":"Ottakring is a neighbourhood with a high percentage of immigrants, particularly from former Yugoslavia.","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2476,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the US and the EU should support a Russian annexation of Crimea in exchange for an otherwise independent Ukraine","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2477},{"m":"Assuming participants have consented freely and in full knowledge of the risks and possible consequences, THW allow its citizens to participate in the \"Thirst Games\"","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2478,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports nations marketing themselves as destinations for 'good time tourism' (for the purpose of this debate, good time tourism refers to every form of tourism that satisfies human desires and is generally forbidden in the West (prostitution, drugs)","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2479},{"m":"Given a machine that can predict a person's life 95% accurately, THW not use it","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2480},{"m":"THBT media aimed at children should reject the \"happily ever after\" model and show a more realistic picture","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2481,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT no state, in any situation, has the right to demand, encourage or promote its citizen to fight or die for their country","y":2014,"t":"Vienna IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2482},{"m":"THW legally require the consent of artists for the resale and use of their art","y":2014,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2483},{"m":"TH supports The RMT's decision to strike (in protest at ticket office closures)","y":2014,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2484},{"m":"THBT the US and EU should apply economic sanctions to Russia unless there is a full withdrawal of troops from territorial Ukraine.","y":2014,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2485},{"m":"THW replace all means-tested benefits with a Universal Basic Income","y":2014,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2486},{"m":"THW abolish Oxford and Cambridge Universities","y":2014,"t":"Leeds Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2487},{"m":"Should religious education at school be abolished?","y":2014,"t":"Mainzer Debütanten Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":2488},{"m":"Should we introduce mandatory quotas for media products from Europe in film, tv and radio?","y":2014,"t":"Mainzer Debütanten Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":2489},{"m":"Should men be allowed to protest their legal duty to pay child support in writing if their partners decide against getting their written permission for abortion?","y":2014,"t":"Mainzer Debütanten Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2490},{"m":"Should the West cut all economic ties with Russia as long as it occupies Crimea?","y":2014,"t":"Mainzer Debütanten Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2491},{"m":"THW ban advertising targeted at children","y":2014,"t":"Pre-Pristina Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2492},{"m":"THW assassinate North Korean nuclear scientists","y":2014,"t":"Pre-Pristina Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2493},{"m":"TH, as a high profile Kosovar football player, would choose to play for a national team fully recognised by FIFA instead of Kosovo","y":2014,"t":"Pre-Pristina Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2494},{"m":"THW abolish spousal privilege","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["family-and-relationships","feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2495},{"m":"THBT authors who belong to historically oppressed peoples should only write in their native languages","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["social-movements","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":2496},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should campaign to deconstruct masculinity rather than mobilize masculinity to serve feminist goals","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["feminism","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2497},{"m":"THBT states should not hold prisoners of war after a conflict's cessation.","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2498},{"m":"THR the rise of pop-cultural authories on what constitutes good sex.","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture","social-movements","feminism","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":2499},{"m":"THW consider an academic's publicly stated political positions (e.g. blogs, tweets, editorials) in hiring, tenure and promotion decisions.","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology","education","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2500},{"m":"THBT all media organizations should be owned and run by journalists","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology","economics"],"ty":"value","id":2501},{"m":"TH supports the prominence of the American Dream in the national American discourse.","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","media-and-technology","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2502,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the United States, would actively foment democratic unrest in China.","y":2014,"t":"NAUDC (@ HWS College)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["international-relations","politics"],"ty":"actor","id":2503},{"m":"THBT the relationship between Britain and France is indeed a \"Dear Conjunction\"","y":2014,"t":"Paris V French Debating Association Tournament Open_Semis","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2504},{"m":"THBT \"Action is Eloquence\" (Coriolanus)","y":2014,"t":"Paris V French Debating Association Tournament Open_Semis","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":2505},{"m":"THBT criminal defendants should only be allowed to use a state-funded attorney","y":2014,"t":"Bucharest Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":2506},{"m":"THW not grant lifetime achievement awards to artists when their morality is significantly put into question","y":2014,"t":"Bucharest Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2507},{"m":"THW phase out fractional reserve banking","y":2014,"t":"Bucharest Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2508},{"m":"TH opposes the popular trend which encourages people to \"be themselves\" despite the opinions of others","y":2014,"t":"Bucharest Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2509},{"m":"THW support a vigilante terrorist organisation combatting violence against women in African and the Middle East","y":2014,"t":"Bucharest Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2510},{"m":"TH supports compulsory fully privatised healthcare for people living above the poverty line","y":2014,"t":"Bucharest Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2511},{"m":"Should the state provide drug checking options in all areas with higher than average drug use?","y":2014,"t":"Reedhoven Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":2512},{"m":"Should all people be required to take a vaccination against human gene mutation (of the X-men variety) after birth?","y":2014,"t":"Reedhoven Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2513},{"m":"Should professional sports clubs be prohibited to seek national and international transfers of minors that are still in youth programs?","y":2014,"t":"Reedhoven Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":2514},{"m":"Should closed prisons be abolished for all crimes in juvenile justice system?","y":2014,"t":"Reedhoven Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":2515},{"m":"Should there be an unconditional basic income?","y":2014,"t":"Reedhoven Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":2516},{"m":"Should killing and feeding (Verfüttern) zoo animals for population control and consolidation of genetic diversity be banned?","y":2014,"t":"Reedhoven Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2517},{"m":"TH regrets the creation of shows like 'teen mom' and '16 and pregnant'","y":2014,"t":"UCL IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":2518},{"m":"TH supports Israel's targeted assassinations of prominent members of Hamas","y":2014,"t":"UCL IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2519},{"m":"THW suspend trade unions and labour protection laws at times of economic crisis","y":2014,"t":"UCL IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2520},{"m":"THW require all isolated communities to have a rumspringa","y":2014,"t":"UCL IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2521},{"m":"TH welcomes the rise of anarcho-populism","y":2014,"t":"UCL IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2522},{"m":"On the condition that gangs fulfil basic social needs (such as basic healthcare, education and sanitation), THW cease to combat the gangs and their trade in favelas","y":2014,"t":"UCL IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2523},{"m":"TH, as the North of England, would violently secede from the UK.","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":2524},{"m":"THW allow people to ascertain their lifespan via the 'Bethesda' device.","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":2525},{"m":"In a Battlestar Galactica-themed scenario (where humanity is drifting in space), THW ban abortion.","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2526},{"m":"TH supports feminist vigilante groups in India.","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2527},{"m":"THBT when secession referenda are called, the nation that is being seceded from should get a chance to vote the smaller country out","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2528},{"m":"THW create a market in internal organs","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2529},{"m":"THBT all erroneous information used in debates should be penalised by judges","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":2530},{"m":"TH, as a wizard, would create a horcrux","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":2531},{"m":"THW force countries to invest in a global space program","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2532},{"m":"THW require all businesses to be owned and run as cooperatives","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2533},{"m":"THW ban the production, sale, and use of Poké Balls","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2534},{"m":"THW enter the Matrix","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2535},{"m":"TH supports unmanned aerial vehicles in warfare","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2536},{"m":"THW introduce a UK constitution giving courts more power.","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2537},{"m":"THBT parents should advise daughters against heavy drinking to avoid sexual assault.","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2538},{"m":"THW eliminate copyright and patenting","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":2539},{"m":"TH, as Germany, would ban all emission vehicles by 2020","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2540},{"m":"THW disproportionately teach colonialism in schools","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2541},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of drinking initiations in universities","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":2542},{"m":"TH supports the marriage of Ron and Hermione","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":2543},{"m":"THW allow \"Just following orders\" as a defence","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2544},{"m":"THW forcibly plug everyone into Nozick's experience machine","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":2545},{"m":"TH does not regret internet piracy","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":2546},{"m":"It is 2017. This house is the Out campaign. THW spread hyperbolised information and lies about the EU in order to win the referendum","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":2547},{"m":"THBT colonialism caused more good than harm","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2548},{"m":"THW force men and women to take equal maternity and paternity leave","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2549},{"m":"TH, as Marcus Brutus, would participate in the conspiracy to kill Caesar","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":2550},{"m":"TH prefers 'an eye for an eye' in modern society","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":2551},{"m":"TH welcomes the advent of emerging genetic enhancements on the human body","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2552},{"m":"THBT feminists should oppose global capitalism","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2553},{"m":"It is 1951, during the Korean War. TH, as the US, would aggressively nuke China","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2554},{"m":"THW tie minimum wage increases to increases in the income of the 1%","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2555},{"m":"THW institute a lottery system whereby Olympic ticket purchasers may be drafted in as athletes","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2556},{"m":"In a world with superheroes, THW institute a superhero register","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2557},{"m":"There is a zombie outbreak where 1% of the world is infected. They are all kept in a pen at great expense. We have a vaccination, and the other 99% are vaccinated - they will not be zombified, but the 1% are still dangerous, and there is no cure. Motion: THW kill the 1%","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2558},{"m":"TH prefers the abolition of pornography to the nationalisation of pornography.","y":2014,"t":"Royal Holloway Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2559},{"m":"In countries where prostitution is legal, THBT national health systems should cover services of sex workers for the disabled.","y":2014,"t":"Arandjelovac Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2560},{"m":"THBT feminists should not campaign against polygamy in the Islamic world.","y":2014,"t":"Arandjelovac Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2561},{"m":"THBT countries like Switzerland, that were neutral in WW II should pay financial reparations to states occupied by the Nazis.","y":2014,"t":"Arandjelovac Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2562},{"m":"THW criminalise the public denial of evolution.","y":2014,"t":"Arandjelovac Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2563},{"m":"THBT the Western World should not portray ''The Great Explorers'' (e.g. Christoph Columbus, Vasco da Gama) as heroes.","y":2014,"t":"Arandjelovac Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":2564},{"m":"THBT the US should covertly manipulate election results in South and Central America, in order to prevent the emergence of left wing governments.","y":2014,"t":"Arandjelovac Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2565},{"m":"THB in right to bear arms","y":2014,"t":"Arandjelovac Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2566},{"m":"This House Would Ban All Political Donations","y":2014,"t":"DCU Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2567},{"m":"This House Believes That it is Legitimate for Nations to Rewrite History Books in their Favour After a Time of War","y":2014,"t":"DCU Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2568},{"m":"That This House, as Barack Obama, would use inception to plant socially progressive ideas in Vladimir Putin's dreams","y":2014,"t":"DCU Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":2569},{"m":"This House Believes That liberal states with sexually conservative communities should subsidise hymenoplasty","y":2014,"t":"DCU Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2570},{"m":"Info slide - Disgruntled with NSA spying on US citizens, two senators from opposing parties have introduced a bill banning companies in California from providing essential utility services to the agency – including cutting off its computer-cooling water supply. Motion: THW Support the Bill","y":2014,"t":"DCU Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":2571},{"m":"TH Welcomes the advent of extreme genetic advancements for humans","y":2014,"t":"DCU Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2572},{"m":"THW bring back the Assisted Places Scheme (info)","y":2014,"t":"Exeter Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2573},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should actively participate in the production, distribution and consumption of pornography","y":2014,"t":"Exeter Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2574},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of atheism as promoted by Richard Dawkins (in, for example, The God Delusion in which he argues that tolerance of religion damages society and individuals)","y":2014,"t":"Exeter Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":2575},{"m":"THW aggressively harass those who post online anonymous abuse","y":2014,"t":"Exeter Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2576,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT schools should actively seek to instill a strong sense of patriotism","y":2014,"t":"Liverpool IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":2577},{"m":"THBT Western states should maintain travel bans on Modi in the event of his ascension to Prime Minister","y":2014,"t":"Liverpool IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2578},{"m":"THW impose a quota ensuring that more than half of the London Metropolitan Police Service, across all ranks, is composed of people from ethnic minorities","y":2014,"t":"Liverpool IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2579},{"m":"THW compel doctors to facilitate the deaths of consenting and competent patients.","y":2014,"t":"Liverpool IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2580},{"m":"You are a Western Liberal democracy in a four-year long brutal and bloody war of attrition against an imperialistic dictatorship. Every Christmas, there is a football match between the two sides and a ceasefire. Attending the match are high ranking political and military persons of both sides, the killing of which would benefit greatly the other side. Motion: THW violate the ceasefire and kill the leaders.","y":2014,"t":"Liverpool IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2581},{"m":"THBT Judges should take into account the socioeconomic circumstances of defendants","y":2014,"t":"Liverpool IV","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":2582},{"m":"Secondary schools should have a mandatory course in etiquette","y":2014,"t":"NK Beleidsdebatteren (Dutch Policy Debate Championships)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":2583},{"m":"The Netherlands should give everyone over 14 the right to vote","y":2014,"t":"NK Beleidsdebatteren (Dutch Policy Debate Championships)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2584},{"m":"Dutch mayors should be elected","y":2014,"t":"NK Beleidsdebatteren (Dutch Policy Debate Championships)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":2585},{"m":"Only people with a teaching degree should teach at universities in the Netherlands","y":2014,"t":"NK Beleidsdebatteren (Dutch Policy Debate Championships)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":2586},{"m":"We should stop giving development aid.","y":2014,"t":"NK Beleidsdebatteren (Dutch Policy Debate Championships)","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":2587},{"m":"Polygamie should be legalised in the Netherlands","y":2014,"t":"NK Beleidsdebatteren (Dutch Policy Debate Championships)","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2588},{"m":"Growing and selling cannabis should be made legal in the Netherlands","y":2014,"t":"NK Beleidsdebatteren (Dutch Policy Debate Championships)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2589},{"m":"THW offer drug and alcohol addicts substantial cash payments in return for agreeing to undergo sterilisation","y":2014,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2590},{"m":"THBT major news-media organisations should not interview people with views outside the consensus of the scientific community","y":2014,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2591},{"m":"THBT men should take no active role in the womens liberation movement","y":2014,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2592},{"m":"TH, as a developing state, would ignore all international patent and copyright treaties","y":2014,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":2593},{"m":"A person's self-image is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others (height, weight, hair colour, biological sex, race etc.), but also items that have been learned by that person about himself or herself, either from personal experiences or by internalizing the judgments of others (gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity etc.) Motion: TH regrets the concept of self-image","y":2014,"t":"Southampton Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2594},{"m":"THW ban commercial surrogacy","y":2014,"t":"National Maiden's","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2595},{"m":"THW abandon the search for extraterrestrial life","y":2014,"t":"National Maiden's","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":2596},{"m":"THW welcome a political union of Latin American states based on the ideals of the Bolivarian revolution","y":2014,"t":"National Maiden's","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2597},{"m":"THBT artists accrue no additional responsibilities/duties by virtue of becoming famous","y":2014,"t":"National Maiden's","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":2598},{"m":"THW make ratification of peace agreements conditional on approval by a popular vote of women affected by the conflict","y":2014,"t":"National Maiden's","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2599},{"m":"TH is a police officer operating in a democracy with a functional judicial system. THW use extra-legal methods in the investigation and apprehension of serious criminals","y":2014,"t":"National Maiden's","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":2600},{"m":"In Margaret Atwood's novel Oryx and Crake there is a pill, which: (a) Protects the user against all sexually transmitted diseases (b) Provides unlimited libido and sexual prowess, along with a general sense of energy and well being (c) Acts as a 100% effective male and female birth control pill. All of the effects are irreversible and there are no other side effects. THW take the pill.","y":2014,"t":"National Maiden's","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2601},{"m":"Should media be banned from speculative or evaluative (judgmental) reporting during court cases?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Wien","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":2602},{"m":"Should war memorials for fallen soldiers also offer equal recognition to soldiers from the other side?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Wien","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2603},{"m":"Should it be a duty to report recognised injustices committed by fellow citizens (Sollen es eine Pflicht geben, erkanntes Unrecht seiner Mitbürger zur Anzeige zu bringen?)","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Wien","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2604},{"m":"Should Fracking be stimulated?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Wien","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2605},{"m":"(inkl. Factsheet) Should Austria counteract its Declaration of Neutrality?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Wien","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2606},{"m":"Should state marriage be open for all relations between people?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Wien","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2607},{"m":"Should we accept the incorporation of Crimea into Russia?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Wien","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2608},{"m":"THW prioritise the funding of grassroots over elite sports","y":2014,"t":"Cardiff Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2609},{"m":"THBT large Eurozone states should openly oppose Britain's attempts to renegotiate its duties and relationship with the EU","y":2014,"t":"Cardiff Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2610},{"m":"TH supports the televisation of trials","y":2014,"t":"Cardiff Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2611},{"m":"THW make development aid contingent on recipient countries maintaining substantial redistributive taxes","y":2014,"t":"Cardiff Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2612},{"m":"THW establish and monitor centres for animal prostitution","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Mini Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2613},{"m":"THW heavily increase taxes on meat","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Mini Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2614},{"m":"Given that a trade-off is required, THBT history education in post-conflict societies should focus on reconciliation at the cost of truth","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Mini Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2615},{"m":"THBT the death of newspapers and print news media would be good for journalism","y":2014,"t":"Heriott Watt Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2616},{"m":"TH regrets hookup apps","y":2014,"t":"Heriott Watt Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":2617,"hi":1},{"m":"in these cases MPs might be expelled from their party or denied promotion if they vote against the party. Occasionally a party will have a 'free vote' and MPs can vote as they like. Examples in the UK include the ban on fox hunting with dogs, votes on abortion, and the legalisation of same-sex marriage. Labour had a whipped vote in favour of same-sex marriage, whereas the Conservatives had a free vote. Motion: TH regrets free votes","y":2014,"t":"Heriott Watt Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":2618,"hi":1},{"m":"Murray Edwards, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish. 1,100 out of 17 000 students in women-only colleges (6%). In the university as a whole, the ratio of women to men is roughly 50:50. Motion: This house, as the University of Cambridge, would abolish women-only colleges","y":2014,"t":"Heriott Watt Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2619,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT \"All's well that ends well\"","y":2014,"t":"Paris V French Debating Association Tournament final","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":2620},{"m":"THW measure the efficacy of charities and strip those with comparatively low social value of their charitable status.","y":2014,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["economics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2621},{"m":"THBT a world without organized religion would be a better world.","y":2014,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":2622},{"m":"THS the boycotting of Israeli academics.","y":2014,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2623},{"m":"THBT full gender emancipation requires the end of monogamy as a dominant social norm.","y":2014,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["feminism","lgbt","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2624},{"m":"THW permit parents to stunt physical development of their severely mentally disabled children.","y":2014,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["family-and-relationships","politics","medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2625,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT, within broad budgetary constraints, environmental policy should be decided by unelected scientific experts selected by their peers.","y":2014,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["environment","media-and-technology","politics"],"ty":"value","id":2626},{"m":"THW officially recognise Scientology as a religion","y":2014,"t":"Aberystwyth Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2627,"hi":1},{"m":"TH regrets the popularisation and commercialisation of counter-cultural or oppositional sub-genres of music (e.g Gangsta Rap or Punk music)","y":2014,"t":"Aberystwyth Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":2628},{"m":"This House Would ban gay conversion therapy","y":2014,"t":"Aberystwyth Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":2629,"hi":1},{"m":"In a world where the technology exists, This House Would erase all the memories of individuals who have committed serious crimes and replace them with a fabricated set of memories, instead of sending them to prison","y":2014,"t":"Aberystwyth Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2630},{"m":"THBT landowners should become the automatic owners of everything on and in the ground they own","y":2014,"t":"NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2631},{"m":"THBT all schools in the Westbank become integrated schools (mixing up children of different backgrounds to enhance integration and understanding)","y":2014,"t":"NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":2632},{"m":"THW ban research into the genetic origins of homosexuality","y":2014,"t":"NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":2633},{"m":"THW offer NATO membership to all former Soviet Union states","y":2014,"t":"NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2634},{"m":"TH, as the parent of a child diagnosed with ADHD would conceal the diagnosis from the child and its school","y":2014,"t":"NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships)","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":2635},{"m":"THW ban women older than 40 from having children","y":2014,"t":"NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships)","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2636},{"m":"THW legally define rape as sex without explicit consent","y":2014,"t":"NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2637},{"m":"THBT no mayor should have participated in the protest marches against Wilders' statements","y":2014,"t":"NK Debatteren (Dutch National Championships)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2638},{"m":"THW hold football clubs criminally liable for the actions of their fans","y":2014,"t":"Northumbria Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2639},{"m":"THBT developing countries should create constitutionally guaranteed minimum standards of living","y":2014,"t":"Northumbria Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2640},{"m":"THW establish vocational schools and aggressively stream academically underperforming children into them.","y":2014,"t":"Northumbria Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2641},{"m":"THBT the government should nationalise all land and buildings.","y":2014,"t":"Northumbria Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2642},{"m":"THW, radically tax the rich and give all citizens a basic income without a requirement to work","y":2014,"t":"SSE Riga Practice Tournament","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2643},{"m":"THBT, rather than protecting endangered species the animal rights movement should prioritize maximizing the total welfare of the animal population","y":2014,"t":"SSE Riga Practice Tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2644},{"m":"THBT the Church should not take positions on issues which are not explicitly within the doctrine of the church","y":2014,"t":"SSE Riga Practice Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":2645},{"m":"THBT self proclaimed feminists should not alter themselves(e.g. cosmetic surgery, make-up)","y":2014,"t":"SSE Riga Practice Tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2646},{"m":"THW charge distribution and downloading of leaked sex tapes & nude pictures as sexual assault","y":2014,"t":"SSE Riga Practice Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2647},{"m":"THS the \"No Platform\" practice towards far-right and fascist public figures in advance of the EU elections.","y":2014,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":2648},{"m":"THBT history curricula should feature the same proportion of male and female historical figures.","y":2014,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2649},{"m":"THW allow assisted suicide for terminally ill children with the consent of their parents.","y":2014,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2650},{"m":"THBT Western states should substantially support the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in its efforts in the developing world to promote birth control that is undetectable by men.","y":2014,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2651},{"m":"THW make voting mandatory.","y":2014,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2652},{"m":"THW abolish the prison system.","y":2014,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2653},{"m":"THBT the EU should force member states to adopt socially progressive legislation (e. g. same-sex marriage, abortion rights, ethnic and religious minority rights).","y":2014,"t":"Berlin IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2654},{"m":"THW create a separate athletics league for athletes that choose to take performance enhancing substances.","y":2014,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2655},{"m":"THW impose quotas that ensure at least half of a company's board of directors is composed of women.","y":2014,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2656},{"m":"THW allow individuals to enter into pre-nuptial agreements where infidelity is punishable by prison sentences.","y":2014,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2657},{"m":"THS the creation and use of Autonomous Killing Robots. Info: Autonomous Killing Robots are a form of military technology which when activated, can identify and engage targets* without further human intervention. *targets include humans and light armoured vehicles","y":2014,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2658},{"m":"THBT the EU should offer membership to Middle Eastern and North African states that achieve successful democratic transition.","y":2014,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2659},{"m":"In a parallel universe, there is a planet X which resembles Earth as it existed in the early days of humanity. Their human population face a choice of implementing one of two political systems. Motion: TH, as the human population of planet X, would choose communism over capitalism.","y":2014,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2660},{"m":"THW ban presidential pardon","y":2014,"t":"HSE Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2661},{"m":"TH, as LGBT community, would out closeted politicians who are gays and publicly express homophobic views","y":2014,"t":"HSE Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":2662},{"m":"This House Regrets the rise of televised talent shows","y":2014,"t":"Kent IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":2663},{"m":"THBT national central banks should set limits on government spending","y":2014,"t":"Kent IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2664},{"m":"THW ban the orange march in the UK","y":2014,"t":"Kent IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2665},{"m":"THBT developing democracies with a history of ethnic tensions should have ethnic quotas in government","y":2014,"t":"Kent IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2666},{"m":"THBT black civil rights groups should condemn contemporary hip hop","y":2014,"t":"Kent IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2667},{"m":"THW legalize the sale, production and consumption of drugs","y":2014,"t":"Aberdeen Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2668},{"m":"THW expand baby hatches in China","y":2014,"t":"Aberdeen Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2669},{"m":"THW partially link development aid to developing countries commitment to female equality","y":2014,"t":"Aberdeen Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2670},{"m":"TH welcomes the downfall of global capitalism","y":2014,"t":"Aberdeen Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2671},{"m":"THBT the states should pay reparations to ethnic minorities","y":2014,"t":"Aberdeen Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2672},{"m":"THBT it is immoral to donate to animal welfare charities while there are charities which aim to alleviate human suffering still in need.","y":2014,"t":"Paris Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2673},{"m":"THW guarantee military veterans jobs for life (through civilian state sector employment or/and state subsidy of private sector employment).","y":2014,"t":"Paris Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2674},{"m":"THBT feminists should not oppose dating sites which seek to romantically link rich men and physically attractive women.","y":2014,"t":"Paris Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2675,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT western nations should require companies seeking to sell products within their borders to abide by national worker's rights legislation, regardless of where the goods were manufactured and at all stages of the production process.","y":2014,"t":"Paris Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2676},{"m":"THW determine income tax based on the relative privilege of an individuals' upbringing.(Privilege includes such things as private education, parental wealth, childhood home)","y":2014,"t":"Paris Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2677},{"m":"THW offer citizenship to illegal immigrants in exchange for meaningful information on their traffickers and illegal employers.","y":2014,"t":"Paris Open","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2678},{"m":"THW, as NATO, send troops to protect the Ukrainian border (not including the Crimea).","y":2014,"t":"Paris Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2679},{"m":"THS the unlimited use of war-time propaganda which aims to dehumanise the enemy.","y":2014,"t":"Paris Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2680},{"m":"THW require all advertising to be gender neutral.","y":2014,"t":"Hull Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2681},{"m":"A Computer Operated Police (or C.O.P) Machine is a non-autonomous humanoid domestic drone currently being developed by the State to carry out operations deemed to be too dangerous for human officers. They are remote operated and fully armed. Motion: TH supports the deployment, throughout the Police Force, of C.O.P.s.","y":2014,"t":"Hull Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":2682},{"m":"THW aggressively promote scientific rationalism in schools.","y":2014,"t":"Hull Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2683,"hi":1},{"m":"THW, as the West, invade Syria with the objectives to depose the Assad regime and oversee a transition to democracy.","y":2014,"t":"Hull Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2684},{"m":"THW decriminalise the intentional and negligent transmission of HIV.","y":2014,"t":"Hull Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2685},{"m":"THW ban commercial expeditions to the top of the Mount Everest","y":2014,"t":"North-East German Regional Championships","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2686},{"m":"THW award state funding for the arts through lottery","y":2014,"t":"North-East German Regional Championships","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2687},{"m":"THW apply the technology as an alternative to regular imprisonment","y":2014,"t":"North-East German Regional Championships","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2688,"hi":1},{"m":"THW falsify history in post-war societies in order to ensure peace","y":2014,"t":"North-East German Regional Championships","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2689},{"m":"THW replace the state pension with a state disability insurance","y":2014,"t":"North-East German Regional Championships","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2690},{"m":"THW require companies to make the salaries of all their employees publicly available","y":2014,"t":"North-East German Regional Championships","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2691},{"m":"THBT liberal democratic states should add citizens duties as well as citizens rights in their constitutions","y":2014,"t":"South German Regional Championships","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2692},{"m":"THW rewrite sexist, racist or otherwise discriminating passages in opera libretti","y":2014,"t":"South German Regional Championships","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2693},{"m":"THW allow parents to decide to let their severally mentally handicapped children be operated or treated with hormones so that they will not enter physical puberty","y":2014,"t":"South German Regional Championships","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2694},{"m":"THW ban money from Saudi Arabia to promote Islam in the EU, as long as other religions are banned from that country.","y":2014,"t":"South German Regional Championships","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2695},{"m":"THW require popular sports that generate high profits to share a portion of their gains with marginal/fringe sports","y":2014,"t":"South German Regional Championships","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2696},{"m":"THW require elected politicians and their families to use only services provided by the state","y":2014,"t":"VUAS Debate tournament","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2697,"hi":1},{"m":"THW grant the Roma the right to settle in self governing autonomous communities","y":2014,"t":"VUAS Debate tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2698},{"m":"THBT states should grant unconditional asylum to all Syrians","y":2014,"t":"VUAS Debate tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2699},{"m":"TH, as Latvia, would ban Legion Day parades","y":2014,"t":"VUAS Debate tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":2700},{"m":"THW would classify crimes directed against sub-cultures as hate crimes","y":2014,"t":"VUAS Debate tournament","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2701},{"m":"In countries where gay marriage is legal THW abolish tax exemptions and cease funding of religious organisations that refuse to conduct same sex marriage or ban homosexuals from their services","y":2014,"t":"VUAS Debate tournament","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2702},{"m":"Given the consent of Ukraine's government, THBT the West should assist in maintaining peace and territorial integrity in Eastern Ukraine","y":2014,"t":"VUAS Debate tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2703},{"m":"THW ban beauty pageants for minors","y":2014,"t":"West German Regional Championships","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2704},{"m":"THW ban political contributions.","y":2014,"t":"West German Regional Championships","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2705},{"m":"TH, as a woman, would make targeted use of her feminine charms","y":2014,"t":"West German Regional Championships","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":2706},{"m":"THBT all borders should be opened at once","y":2014,"t":"West German Regional Championships","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2707},{"m":"THW replace the Bundestag by permanent \"delegated voting\"","y":2014,"t":"West German Regional Championships","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2708},{"m":"THW legalise the sale and purchase of human organs","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2709},{"m":"THW allocate public housing and use financial incentives (e.g. rent subsidies) to maintain a minimum quota of ethnic groups in all areas of the country","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2710},{"m":"THW ban the use of photoshop in magazines and advertising","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2711},{"m":"THBT the USA should withdraw from NATO","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2712},{"m":"THW lower income tax and impose higher wealth taxes (e.g. on inheritance, property and other assets) instead","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2713},{"m":"THW build Dostoevsky's edifice","y":2014,"t":"Copenhagen Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2714,"hi":1},{"m":"Should universities stop giving out honours or titles for which no scientific labour or standards were met (e.g. honourary doctors title)?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Mainz","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2715},{"m":"Should Spartengewerkschaften (craft unions) be abolished? Spartengewerkschaften abgeschafft werden?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Mainz","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2716},{"m":"Should providing arms to the citizens of another state be outlawed under international law?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Mainz","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2717},{"m":"Should landowners be the owners of all natural resources (Bodenschätze) in their ground?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Mainz","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":2718},{"m":"Should media be banned from publishing information about the sexual preferences or orientations of public figures without their consent?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Mainz","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":2719},{"m":"It is mandatory in Germany to reserve one percent of your public building budget for art projects. Motion: Should we stop the mandatory art requirement for public building projects?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Mainz","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":2720},{"m":"Should politicians be liable for policy decisions with their private assets (mutatis mutandis)?","y":2014,"t":"Zeit Debatte Mainz","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":2721},{"m":"THW substantially lower labour regulations for young people in areas with high youth unemployment.","y":2014,"t":"IDEA League of Young Voters European Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2722},{"m":"THBT internet piracy has done more good than harm.","y":2014,"t":"IDEA League of Young Voters European Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":2723},{"m":"TH supports hydraulic fracturing.","y":2014,"t":"IDEA League of Young Voters European Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2724},{"m":"THW implement tradable quotas for asylum seekers within the European Union.","y":2014,"t":"IDEA League of Young Voters European Cup","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2725},{"m":"TH supports Athletic Bilbao's cantera policy.","y":2014,"t":"IDEA League of Young Voters European Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":2726},{"m":"THW create a common history curricula for the entire European Union.","y":2014,"t":"IDEA League of Young Voters European Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2727},{"m":"In instances where utterances of a minor amount to hate speech, THS the public shaming of the parent rather than the minor.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":2728},{"m":"THBT developing countries should hold the Catholic church financially liable for the medical expenses of AIDS victims in areas where the church campaigns against condom use.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2729},{"m":"As the South African government, THW explicity oppose the use of the word \"apartheid\" in describing the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2730},{"m":"THW, by worker referendum, allow employees to set the salaries of their top executives.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"4","c":"Latin America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2731},{"m":"THW create an age-restricted rating that warns the audience when a film has failed the Bechdel Test.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"5","c":"Latin America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2732},{"m":"THBT gay judges or legal experts who meaningfully contribute to legalizing gay marriage are morally obligated to publicly reveal their sexual orientation.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"6","c":"Latin America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":2733},{"m":"THW ban all private campaign contributions and instead implement a voucher system, wherein every citizen of voting age would receive a R600 voucher that can only be used to finance political campaigns of the citizen's choosing.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"7","c":"Latin America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2734},{"m":"THW require universities to write-off the student debt of any student who graduates in good academic standing but is unable to find a job despite actively seeking employment.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"8","c":"Latin America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2735},{"m":"THR Americans' recent and unprecedented opposition to military intervention.","y":2014,"t":"Cape Town Open","r":"9","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":2736},{"m":"Should grades be abolished?","y":2014,"t":"Frishlingscup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":2737},{"m":"Should E-sports be recognised, promoted and valued as equals to other sports?","y":2014,"t":"Frishlingscup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":2738},{"m":"Should news media be banned from reporting on threats of terrorist attacks?","y":2014,"t":"Frishlingscup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2739},{"m":"Should kindergartens actively combat gender roles?","y":2014,"t":"Frishlingscup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2740},{"m":"THW put high taxes on unhealthy products","y":2014,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2741},{"m":"THW ban TV shows that objectify women","y":2014,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2742},{"m":"THBT regions should always be able to call a referendum for independence","y":2014,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2743},{"m":"THB in a state that only provides the most basic services","y":2014,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2744},{"m":"TH, as the EU, would force its member states to rcognise gay marriages","y":2014,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":2745},{"m":"THW give highly advanced artificial intelligence the same rights as humans","y":2014,"t":"Kalliope Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2746},{"m":"THW prohibit works of art that undermine/go against morality","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2747},{"m":"THW ban commercials","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2748},{"m":"THW introduce a \"capability vote\"","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2749},{"m":"THW prohibit sex changes","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2750},{"m":"THW impose a DNA database","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":2751},{"m":"THW prohibit all motor vehicles","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"7","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2752},{"m":"THW grant legal personality to animals","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"8","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2753},{"m":"THW ban online dating sites","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"9","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2754},{"m":"THW make participating in sports activities mandatory","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"10","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2755},{"m":"THW permit the state discretionary eavesdropping on its citizens","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"11","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2756},{"m":"THW put a cap on the salaries of top athletes","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"12","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2757},{"m":"THW make the payment of family allowances conditional on school attendance","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"13","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2758},{"m":"THW resist the supremacy of English by any means available","y":2014,"t":"French Language World Championships Debating","r":"14","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2759},{"m":"THW take away essential service givers' (such as policemen, firemen and doctors) right to strike","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2760},{"m":"TH regrets the campaign to remove Brendan Eich from office","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":2761,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow the parliament to pass retroactive laws with a 2/3 majority","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2762,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing countries should ban aid organizations from religious proselytizing","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2763},{"m":"THBT The death of newspapers and news print media would be a net good","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":2764},{"m":"THBT the education system should stream children according to their abilities from a young age","y":2014,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":2765},{"m":"Should we introduce diversity quota, rather than women's quota?","y":2014,"t":"Neckarwiesen Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2766},{"m":"(inkl.Factsheet) Should we reserve prostheses and implants for people with physical deficiencies?","y":2014,"t":"Neckarwiesen Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2767},{"m":"Should companies have to justify the labour conditions of their suppliers in their yearly financial reports?","y":2014,"t":"Neckarwiesen Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":2768},{"m":"Should the European Court of Justice be given the power to annul national laws that violate European values upon request of the European Parliament?","y":2014,"t":"Neckarwiesen Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2769},{"m":"THW allow family members of drug addicts to force the addicts to go into rehab","y":2014,"t":"Trivium Debattoernooi","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2770},{"m":"THW rather invest in nuclear energy than in \"green\" (renewable) energy","y":2014,"t":"Trivium Debattoernooi","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2771},{"m":"THBT criminal law should not take retribution into account as a criteria for punishment","y":2014,"t":"Trivium Debattoernooi","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":2772},{"m":"THBT the west should put heavy sanctions on Russia until Putin abdicates and democratic elections are held","y":2014,"t":"Trivium Debattoernooi","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2773},{"m":"TH, as the Catholic Church, would use elections to select its next pope","y":2014,"t":"Trivium Debattoernooi","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":2774},{"m":"This house would fund cosmetic plastic surgery.","y":2014,"t":"Riga Debate Academy","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2775},{"m":"This house believes that international sporting events, such as the Olympics or Football World Cup, should not be held in countries with poor human rights records.","y":2014,"t":"Riga Debate Academy","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2776},{"m":"This house applauds the rise of pop songs by female artists that glorify assertive female sexuality","y":2014,"t":"Riga Debate Academy","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2777},{"m":"THW implement a full ban on burqas","y":2014,"t":"TechOpen","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2778},{"m":"TH, as the European Union, would suspend Hungary's EU-membership if they do not reform within a set period of time.","y":2014,"t":"TechOpen","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2779,"hi":1},{"m":"THW create Hamsterdams in cities with a high level of drug use","y":2014,"t":"TechOpen","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2780,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow virtual child pornography","y":2014,"t":"TechOpen","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2781,"hi":1},{"m":"THW Implement the Prime Directive","y":2014,"t":"TechOpen","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2782,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the Palestinian people, would launch a Third Intifada","y":2014,"t":"TechOpen","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":2783},{"m":"This house believes France and Britain should support a permanent common EU seat in the UN Security Council in exchange for their seats.","y":2014,"t":"Tilbury House Novice","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2784},{"m":"Assuming it is technologically possible, this house would require individuals in liberal democracies to reveal their actual identity when communicating on the internet","y":2014,"t":"Tilbury House Novice","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2785},{"m":"This house supports an unconditional basic income","y":2014,"t":"Tilbury House Novice","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":2786},{"m":"This house believes a healthy democracy needs term limits for heads of government","y":2014,"t":"Tilbury House Novice","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":2787},{"m":"THW abolish Gesinnungsstrafrecht (additional attitude/mindset penalties for crimes commited, e.g. hate crimes)","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2788},{"m":"THW give citizens the right to change their identities without giving justification","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2789},{"m":"THBT Putin's conduct of the Crimea crisis was in Russia's strategic interest","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2790},{"m":"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","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":2791},{"m":"TH regrets the increasing classification of human behaviour as illnesses","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":2792},{"m":"THW, as part of awareness campaigns about rape and sexual violence, inform women of potentially risky behaviour (like alcohol consumption or choice of clothing)","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2793},{"m":"TH, as the European Union, would introduce defence mechanisms agains anti-EU parties","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"7","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":2794},{"m":"THBT it is time for Germany to take more on miiltary responsibility in the world","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2795},{"m":": THBT liberal democracies should not treat disclosure of information to the public as treason.","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2796},{"m":": THW temporarily recolonise former colonies that have developed into \"failed states\"","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2797},{"m":"THBT current day's political correctness does more harm than good","y":2014,"t":"Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2798},{"m":"THW publicly designate men's rights movements as hate groups and monitor them accordingly","y":2014,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2799,"hi":1},{"m":"THW act now to prevent quantum computing becoming a reality","y":2014,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":2800,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as Israel and the USA, would extend heavy military and economic aid to (only) Syrian rebel groups who publicly endorse immediate peace with Israel","y":2014,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2801,"hi":1},{"m":"THW, as Ed Milliband, ignore the referendum result, and remain in the EU","y":2014,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2802,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports Kanye West's use of the Confederate flag","y":2014,"t":"Bristol Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":2803,"hi":1},{"m":"THW criminalise the purchase of sex","y":2014,"t":"Monroe Cup","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2804},{"m":"THBT seats in the UK Parliament should be based on competitive, merit-based, examinations rather than elections","y":2014,"t":"Monroe Cup","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":2805},{"m":"THBT The Palestinian people should abandon claims to independent statehood and publicly demand the merger of Palestine and Israel into a single democratic state","y":2014,"t":"Monroe Cup","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2806},{"m":"THW remove the exemption for religious organisations from anti-discrimination legislation (such as the Equalities Act 2010)","y":2014,"t":"Monroe Cup","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2807},{"m":"THBT the United States Government should pay reparations to the descendants of former slaves","y":2014,"t":"Monroe Cup","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2808},{"m":"Paternity leave should be equal to maternity leave","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"1.1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2809},{"m":"Students should get their basic study grant back.","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"1.2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":2810},{"m":"Large banks should be split into smaller ones","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"2.1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":2811},{"m":"We should prosecute homegrown Jihadis","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"2.2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2812},{"m":"More financial support for students is preferable over travel subsidies","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"3.1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":2813},{"m":"The state should get a monopoly on prostitution","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"3.2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2814},{"m":"We should get a European army","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"4.1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":2815},{"m":"The Netherlands should impose a maximum wage","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"4.2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":2816},{"m":"We should add the P of paedophilia to the LGBT movement","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"5.1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":2817},{"m":"Women older than forty should not have children","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"5.2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2818},{"m":"The Dutch people should select the coach of the national football team","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":2819},{"m":"A (very) high tax on inheritance would be just","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":2820},{"m":"Greenpeace should be banned","y":2014,"t":"Eloquentiatoernooi (Eloquence tournament)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":2821},{"m":"THW abolish all limitations on freedom of speech","y":2014,"t":"Jena Frauenturnier (Women's tournament)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2822},{"m":"THW ignore the snake and not eat from the fruit","y":2014,"t":"Jena Frauenturnier (Women's tournament)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2823},{"m":"TH welcomes double nationalities.","y":2014,"t":"Jena Frauenturnier (Women's tournament)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2824},{"m":"TH condemns the progressive marketisation of our health care system","y":2014,"t":"Jena Frauenturnier (Women's tournament)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2825},{"m":"THW boycott the football World Cup in Brasil","y":2014,"t":"Jena Frauenturnier (Women's tournament)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2826},{"m":"THW require all licenses for ethically controversial scientific experiments to be approved by a majority of a randomly selected group of citizens","y":2014,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2827},{"m":"THW legalise commercial surrogacy.","y":2014,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2828},{"m":"THBT sex education in schools should teach techniques for pure sexual gratification (including but not limited to: anal sex, oral sex, mutual gratifcation, and masturbation).","y":2014,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":2829},{"m":"THW provide disproportionate financial incentives to make life choices which directly conflict with traditional gender roles.","y":2014,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2830},{"m":"THW require that religious organisations and leaders remain politically neutral.","y":2014,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2831},{"m":"THW privatise the distribution of welfare.","y":2014,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2832},{"m":"THW have scientists make environmental policies, not politicians","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"1.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2833},{"m":"THBT humanism should disassociate from atheism","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"1.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":2834},{"m":"THW nationalise porn","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"1.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2835},{"m":"TH, as the US government, would create a separate Kurdish state","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"2.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2836},{"m":"THW only show films that pass the Bechdel test","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"2.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":2837},{"m":"THW give equal coverage to mens' and womens' sport","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"2.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":2838},{"m":"THBT the Mexican government should support vigilante groups","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"3.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2839},{"m":"THW remove the 9th clause from the Japanese constitution","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"3.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2840},{"m":"THW require all photoshopped images to be labelled","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"3.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2841},{"m":"THW reallocate names randomly","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"4.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2842},{"m":"THW allow simulated child pornography","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"4.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":2843},{"m":"THW reduce US cultural domination","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"4.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2844},{"m":"THW decrease womens' income tax","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"5.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2845},{"m":"THW aggressively hire ex-soldiers as teachers","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"5.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2846},{"m":"THBT Palestinians should accept demilitarisation in exchange for US recognition as a state","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"5.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2847},{"m":"THW ban private schools","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"6.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2848},{"m":"THW continue to drill the Arctic","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"6.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2849},{"m":"THW give house arrest for non-violent offenders","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"6.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2850},{"m":"THW not have set up the ICTY after the dissolution of Yugoslavia","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"7.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2851},{"m":"THBT Greece should immediately default and leave the Euro","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"7.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2852},{"m":"THW get councils to put out tenders for all NHS services in a local area","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"7.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2853},{"m":"THB liberal and progressive groups should stop saying \"Check your privilege\"","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"8.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2854},{"m":"THW prevent guilty nations of human rights violations from hosting sporting events","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"8.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2855},{"m":"THW abolish government funding of art","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"8.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2856},{"m":"THW send female diplomats to gender inequality countries","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"9.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2857},{"m":"THBT Mossad should covertly assassinate Syrian rebel leaders","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"9.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2858},{"m":"TH regrets the commercialisation of indigenous cultures","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"9.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":2859},{"m":"THBT LGBT should split into its constituent parts","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"10.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":2860},{"m":"THW teach sex positions explicitly for pleasure in sex education lessons","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"10.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2861},{"m":"THBT the US should assassinate the five Taliban prisoners released in return for Bowe Bergdahl so that the US will never negotiate with terrorists","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"10.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2862},{"m":"THW abolish Oxbridge","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"Open_Semi_1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2863},{"m":"THB that the UN should ban impartial small arms embargos","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"Open_Semi_2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2864},{"m":"THB that the Iraqi government should issue oil dividends to its citizens","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2865},{"m":"THW allow the use of nootropics for academic and professional purposes","y":2014,"t":"Heart of Europe BP","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2866},{"m":"Given the rise of the Islamic State, THW support military intervention in Syria and Iraq","y":2014,"t":"Heart of Europe BP","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2867},{"m":"THBT newly industrialized countries should not host international sporting events","y":2014,"t":"Heart of Europe BP","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2868},{"m":"TH supports the implementation of Liquid Democracy via digital voting","y":2014,"t":"Heart of Europe BP","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2869},{"m":"THW push the button (to end all life on earth)","y":2014,"t":"Heart of Europe 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Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":2875},{"m":"THBT western European states should adopt the eastern European ban on all Communist symbols.","y":2014,"t":"BBU Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2876},{"m":"Assuming the technology to do so safely and easily exist, THW force everyone to undergo periodical sex changes.","y":2014,"t":"BBU Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2877},{"m":"You are a scientist. You have discovered absolute conclusive proof that God does not exist. This house would destroy the information.","y":2014,"t":"BBU Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":2878},{"m":"Should the Catholic Church make its members to elect the new pope?","y":2014,"t":"Methusalem Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":2879},{"m":"Should debaters who win their first ZEIT DEBATTE stop participating in these tournaments as speakers?","y":2014,"t":"Methusalem Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":2880},{"m":"Should wearing national symbols like flags, colours, make up, costumes and sports shirts be banned during international sport events?","y":2014,"t":"Methusalem Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":2881},{"m":"Should journalists be banned from participating actively (as speakers or writers) in political or scientific events?","y":2014,"t":"Methusalem Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":2882},{"m":"This House believes men should have the right to refuse paternal financial obligations towards pregnancies they did not consent to.","y":2014,"t":"Bulgaria Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2883},{"m":"This House believes individuals have the right to be forgotten.","y":2014,"t":"Bulgaria Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2884},{"m":"This House would abandon the use of economic sanctions as a tool for achieving political aims","y":2014,"t":"Bulgaria Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2885},{"m":"This House discredits portrayal of Disney princesses","y":2014,"t":"Bulgaria Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":2886},{"m":"This House would allow 3rd World countries to choose to be reinstated as a colony.","y":2014,"t":"Bulgaria Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2887},{"m":"Infoslide: you have the ability to know when and how people are going to die. THW not tell anyone","y":2014,"t":"Bulgaria Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":2888},{"m":"This House would allow drug addicts to file class action suits against their state, for their condition.","y":2014,"t":"Bulgaria Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":2889},{"m":"This House would disband the Vatican as a state.","y":2014,"t":"Bulgaria Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2890},{"m":"THW Prosecute The Parents/Guardians of Obese Children For Neglect","y":2014,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2891},{"m":"THB States Should Ensure That Their Police Forces are Roughly Proportionally Representative of the Diversity of Race & Religion of the Local Population","y":2014,"t":"Earlsfort Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":2892},{"m":"THB The European Union 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of the aging process as its sole purpose.","y":2014,"t":"Boddencup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2903},{"m":"THW welcome the worldwide introduction of soylent or similar mixtures as a nutritional standard or staple food.","y":2014,"t":"Boddencup","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":2904,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT you should use the beliefs of your fellow human beings to promote and establish socially progressive norms in society.","y":2014,"t":"Boddencup","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":2905,"hi":1},{"m":"THW temporarily suspend Hungary's EU membership","y":2014,"t":"Boddencup","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2906,"hi":1},{"m":"THW impose extra (penalty) taxes on products that cannot be proven to have been produced under fair-trade conditions.","y":2014,"t":"Boddencup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2907},{"m":"THBT the United Nations as an idea have failed by now (auf mittelbare Zeit)","y":2014,"t":"Boddencup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2908},{"m":"THBT people have a moral duty to stop chanting words like \"puto\" or \"maricón\" (faggot) at sporting events","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":2909},{"m":"THBT we should prohibit public hospitals to proscribe alternative treatments (like homeopathic treatments, accupuncture or Bach flower remedies)","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2910},{"m":"THW ban the use of circus animals","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":2911},{"m":"THW ban the sales of complex financial products","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":2912},{"m":"THW penalise a person who knows they have HIV and has sexual contacts with others without informing them","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2913},{"m":"THBT smokers should cover the costs of their medical treatments","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"8","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2914},{"m":"THBT the Mexican government (and others in military situations) should take steps to prevent people travelling in life-threatening ways like \"La Bestia\"","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"9","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2915},{"m":"THW eliminate migration barriers","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2916},{"m":"TH, if presented with a choice between holding the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar or not holding the World Cup at all that year, would choose not to hold the World Cup in 2022.","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"Open_Octos","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":2917},{"m":"THW eliminate the minimum wage","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE)","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2918},{"m":"esta casa dejaría en manos de los ciudadanos, a través del voto directo en referendos","y":2014,"t":"Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español 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International Relations Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":2923},{"m":"THW replace the ICC with regional courts to prosecute crimes against humanity","y":2014,"t":"NCH International Relations Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2924},{"m":"THBT NATO should militarily intervene to assist the Ukrainian government in suppressing the separatist rebels in the eastern province","y":2014,"t":"NCH International Relations Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2925},{"m":"THBT, without religion, there are basically no values","y":2014,"t":"Bielefeld Religion debate tournament","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":2926},{"m":"THW follow the prophet (m/f)","y":2014,"t":"Bielefeld Religion debate tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2927},{"m":"THW not take the drug.","y":2014,"t":"Bielefeld Religion debate tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":2928,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the Evangelical Church in Germany, would not baptise children.","y":2014,"t":"Bielefeld Religion debate tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":2929,"hi":1},{"m":"THW in this religiously conservative society actively engage in religious activities and events (attend worshop ceremonies, share blessings, say prayers).","y":2014,"t":"Bielefeld Religion debate tournament","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":2930,"hi":1},{"m":"THW not offer theology at state universities","y":2014,"t":"Bielefeld Religion debate tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":2931},{"m":"THBT developing countries should never hold major international sporting events","y":2014,"t":"Imperial IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":2932},{"m":"THR the rise of internet piracy","y":2014,"t":"Imperial IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":2933},{"m":"THW require quotas of female and minority candidates for judicial appointments","y":2014,"t":"Imperial IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2934},{"m":"THW Ban any public commemoration of the centenary of WW1","y":2014,"t":"Imperial IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2935},{"m":"THR the rise of hookup apps","y":2014,"t":"Imperial IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":2936},{"m":"THBT Elizabeth Warren should aggressively challenge Hilary Clinton for the presidency","y":2014,"t":"Imperial IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2937},{"m":"THBT The British Government should publish the communications in their entirety","y":2014,"t":"Imperial IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2938,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the media should show the full horrors of war","y":2014,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":2939},{"m":"TH supports Nicki Minaj's \"Anaconda\" album cover","y":2014,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":2940},{"m":"THW take away the right to host the 2018 World Cup from Russia","y":2014,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":2941},{"m":"THW enforce affirmative action of the poor, rather than minorities","y":2014,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":2942},{"m":"TH, as the USA, would withdraw all of its financial and military aid from Israel","y":2014,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":2943},{"m":"THW prosecute women whose lifestyle severely endangers their future child's quality of life","y":2014,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":2944},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of consumerism","y":2014,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":2945},{"m":"THBT state health care providers should offer and fund faith-based treatment options.","y":2014,"t":"Westminster IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":2946},{"m":"THW allow the homeless to seize long-term unoccupied properties.","y":2014,"t":"Westminster IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":2947},{"m":"TH supports the recasting of male action heroes and superheroes as female.","y":2014,"t":"Westminster IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":2948},{"m":"TH believes that populist parties (such as UKIP, theTea Party Movement and the 5 Star movement) are good for democracy.","y":2014,"t":"Westminster 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victims in areas where the church campaigns against condom use","y":2014,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["religion","economics","medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3045},{"m":"THW ban dating services built around matching rich men/women with younger men/women","y":2014,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3046},{"m":"THBT Serbia should immediately cut off political and economic ties with the Russian Federation","y":2014,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3047},{"m":"THW immediately evacuate all relics off cultural or historical import currently located in unstable countries to stable Western nations","y":2014,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture","international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3048},{"m":"THW force companies to pay their interns","y":2014,"t":"Bogwall (SSDC Novices)","r":"1","c":"Britain & 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religious organizations from providing rehabilitation services to drug and alcohol addicts.","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":3073},{"m":"THBT democracies should extend voting rights to migrant workers.","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3074},{"m":"TH, as a feminist, would oppose products marketed to help women protect themselves from date rape.","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":3075,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Arab-Israelis who successfully seek election to the Knesset should opt not to take up that seat.","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3076,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the state should construct false historical narratives that promote social cohesion (e.g. racial and religious tolerance)","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"5","c":"Britain 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TH, as an 18 year old, would take the potion.","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":3078},{"m":"THBT true women's liberation is incompatible with the existence of organized religion.","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3079},{"m":"THBT FB should manipulate users' newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content.","y":2014,"t":"Durham Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3080,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the interests of the ethnic Albanians in Macedonia is best served through participation in ethnic Macedonian parties.","y":2014,"t":"Skopje Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics","social-movements","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3081},{"m":"TH supports the US's use of drones to eliminate terrorist targets.","y":2014,"t":"Skopje 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the success of white artists who co-opt minority dominated music subcultures (e.g. Rap, jazz, hip-hop, etc.)","y":2015,"t":"NAUDC (@ Ithaca College)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture","social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":3254},{"m":"THW hold govrenment officials criminally responsible for severe harm to citizens resulting from grossly negligent public policy.","y":2015,"t":"NAUDC (@ Ithaca College)","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3255},{"m":"THR the rise of Choice Feminism.","y":2015,"t":"NAUDC (@ Ithaca College)","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":3256,"hi":1},{"m":"THB the EU should revoke membership status of any state that withdraws from the Schengen Agreement.","y":2015,"t":"NAUDC (@ Ithaca College)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations","economics"],"ty":"value","id":3257,"hi":1},{"m":"THR \"True Crime\" entertainment. (e.g. Making a Murderer, American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson, Serial, etc.)","y":2015,"t":"NAUDC (@ Ithaca College)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture","criminal-justice"],"ty":"regret","id":3258},{"m":"Assuming a deal were offered, TH as Edward Snowden would take a short prison sentence in order to return to the US","y":2015,"t":"National Maidens","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3259},{"m":"THR the Valorisation of the 1916 Rising","y":2015,"t":"National Maidens","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":3260},{"m":"THB former colonial powers should pay reparations to their former colonies","y":2015,"t":"National Maidens","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3261},{"m":"THW posthumously strip Kevin Carter of the Pulitzer Prize","y":2015,"t":"National Maidens","r":"4","c":"Britain & 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establishing an independent state of Kurdistan.","y":2015,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3278},{"m":"THW measure gross national happiness and base policy decisions on those measurements.","y":2015,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["economics","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3279},{"m":"THW disallow exclusive private arbitration for contracts between corporations and individuals.","y":2015,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice","economics","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3280,"hi":1},{"m":"Setting aside infectious diseases, THW work to prevent interaction with tribes who have not had contact with the modern world.","y":2015,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3281},{"m":"THW prohibit religious institutions from considering applicants' religious affiliation for 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rhetoric","y":2015,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":3286,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT videos of graphic terrorist atrocities should not be broadcast","y":2015,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3287},{"m":"THBT developing countries should refuse to sign any trade treaty which contains ISDS","y":2015,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3288},{"m":"THR The Use of Medical Data From Nazi Experiments","y":2015,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":3289},{"m":"TH as US goverment prefers low oil prices (paraphrased)","y":2015,"t":"Estonian Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3290},{"m":"THBT prominent civil society activists should choose not to run for public office.","y":2015,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"Open_Final","c":"North 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interest of the European Union that the United Kingdom leaves","y":2015,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3310},{"m":"TH regrets the approach taken by prominent business women of giving advice on succeeding in the business world as it is rather than highlighting the need to drastically change that world","y":2015,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":3311},{"m":"THW weight the votes of people within demographic groupings to represent the relative size of each grouping within the general population, not just those who vote (Demographic groupings are characteristics such as race, gender, wealth, age)","y":2015,"t":"Helsinki Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3312},{"m":"Assuming a technology exists which causes people contemplating committing violent crimes to feel nausea and pain, rendering them unable to think about or commit a 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content it is used for","y":2015,"t":"Tallinn Tech Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3346},{"m":"THR the glorification of startup culture","y":2015,"t":"Tallinn Tech Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":3347,"hi":1},{"m":"This House as the President of the United States would opt to destroy the alien ship.","y":2015,"t":"Tallinn Tech Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3348,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the use of signature strikes as part of American military policy.","y":2015,"t":"BBU Open 2015","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3349,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require that all international debt bailout agreements are approved by a referendum of the country receiving that bailout","y":2015,"t":"BBU Open 2015","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3350,"hi":1},{"m":"THW tax low-brow entertainment (e.g WWE 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2015","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":3355},{"m":"THW heavily subsidize art that glorifies the working class.","y":2015,"t":"EuroDebate 2015","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":3356},{"m":"THW assess pupils on individual academic development instead of standardized examination results.","y":2015,"t":"EuroDebate 2015","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":3357},{"m":"THBT social media should remove content it deems to be offensive to religions.","y":2015,"t":"EuroDebate 2015","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":3358},{"m":"THR SCOTUS's decision to legalize same sex marriage.","y":2015,"t":"EuroDebate 2015","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":3359},{"m":"THW Create Special School for LGBT+ Youths","y":2015,"t":"UCT 150th Year Open","r":"1","c":"Africa","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":3360},{"m":"THBT democracies should give migrant 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the Spokane chapter President","y":2015,"t":"UCT 150th Year Open","r":"5","c":"Africa","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3365},{"m":"TH Regrets that South Africa did not turn Omar Al-Bashir over to the International Criminal Court","y":2015,"t":"UCT 150th Year Open","r":"6","c":"Africa","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":3366},{"m":"THBT the International Monetary Fund should require collateral for national bailouts.","y":2015,"t":"UCT 150th Year Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Africa","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3367},{"m":"THBT South Africa should ban apartheid symbols and flags, along with those of other oppressive regimes.","y":2015,"t":"UCT 150th Year Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Africa","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3368},{"m":"This House would heavily financially incentivise companies to take current prisoners as interns or apprentices","y":2015,"t":"SOAS Open 2015","r":"1","c":"Britain & 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Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":3374},{"m":"THBT western liberal democracies should replace their aid programs with an \"effective altruism\" tax, and give revenue to the most effective available non-governmental organisations or charities.","y":2015,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3375},{"m":"THW allow victims to significantly reduce the sentence of their wrongdoers.","y":2015,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3376},{"m":"THW prefer a world in which all art were anonymous over a world where it were always attributed to the artist.","y":2015,"t":"Rijeka Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":3377},{"m":"The European Council comprises the heads of state of the member states of the EU, along with the council's own president and the president of the commission M","y":2015,"t":"Rijeka 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women","y":2015,"t":"Ljubljana IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3383},{"m":"THBT the South Korean Government should break up Chaebol conglomerates","y":2015,"t":"Ljubljana IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3384,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT, in new democracies, military leaders should not be allowed to run for public office","y":2015,"t":"Ljubljana IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3385},{"m":"TH, as Dr Bob Hare, would not make the pyschopathy checklist publicly available","y":2015,"t":"Ljubljana IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":3386,"hi":1},{"m":"THW use NATO forces to defend sites of significant cultural and historical importance from permanent destruction","y":2015,"t":"Ljubljana IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3387},{"m":"This House would pay all elected politicians the median wage in their country.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics","economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3388},{"m":"This House believes that when multi-national corporations conduct any business in Western states, these nations should enforce their environmental standards at all stages of production.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["environment","economics","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3389},{"m":"This House believes that Western states should not use private military contractors in combat.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3390},{"m":"This House would ban any treatment, service or ritual from claiming a physical healing effect until it is tested and proven more effective than a placebo by a national regulator.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3391},{"m":"This House believes that the European Union should lift its arms embargo on China.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3392},{"m":"This House would only allow the media and campagning organisations to depict or publish information about the deceased in a tragedy with the explicit permission of the family.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology","family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":3393},{"m":"TH believes that the West should stop all attempts to gather information or intelligence by deception and/or coercion of foreign citizens","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"7","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3394},{"m":"TH believes that it is legitimate for individuals to punish people they deem to have committed online harassment by revealing their identity online.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 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to push that child to maximise their musical potential.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","politics","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3400},{"m":"TH would prohibit businesses from taking a public position on social issues","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["economics","politics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3401},{"m":"TH would require all defendants in criminal cases to be represented only by state-employed lawyers.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3402},{"m":"TH would treat the deaths of soldiers as regrettable losses of lives rather than examples of heroism.","y":2015,"t":"Vienna EUDC 2015","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3403},{"m":"THW tax religious institutions at the same levels as for-profit businesses.","y":2015,"t":"Athens Open 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2015","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3409,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Greece should return to the Drachma","y":2015,"t":"Athens Open 2015","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3410},{"m":"THW prioritize support of domestic reporters in areas of conflict over the use of Western reporting","y":2015,"t":"McGill Novice","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3411},{"m":"THS government collection of private information as a security measure","y":2015,"t":"McGill Novice","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3412},{"m":"THW abolish industry awards (i.e. the Oscars, the Emmys, etc.)","y":2015,"t":"McGill Novice","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":3413},{"m":"THW only give aid to devleoping countries that have good environmental policy.","y":2015,"t":"McGill Novice","r":"5","c":"North 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America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3438},{"m":"THR the rise of the sharing economy","y":2015,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":3439},{"m":"THBT treasure hunters should have possession of any artefacts they find","y":2015,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3440},{"m":"THBT individuals should not share their political views on social media platforms","y":2015,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3441},{"m":"THW cap every company's highest salary at 10x the lowest salary within that company.","y":2015,"t":"KCL IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3442},{"m":"In countries with few female politicians, THBT it is good to have a politically active First Lady.","y":2015,"t":"KCL IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3443},{"m":"THW introduce a tax on \"low brow\" entertainment in order to subsidise \"high brow\" art.","y":2015,"t":"KCL IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture","economics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3444},{"m":"THBT criminal justice policy should be outsourced to technocrats instead of elected representatives.","y":2015,"t":"KCL IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3445},{"m":"TH as Western Countries ( EU, US, Canada, Australia) would stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia.","y":2015,"t":"KCL IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":3446},{"m":"THBT militaries should aggressively engage in the genetic and bionic enhancement of consenting soldiers.","y":2015,"t":"KCL IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3447},{"m":"THBT the US and it's allies should announce Intentions to capture and try, as opposed to assassinate the leaders of Da'esh (IS)","y":2015,"t":"KCL IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3448},{"m":"THBT developed nations should abolish all protectionist trade policies","y":2015,"t":"HWS Fall Classic","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3449},{"m":"THBT sports leagues with systems of promotion and relegation are good for fans.","y":2015,"t":"HWS Fall Classic","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":3450,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the transgender movement should leave the LGBTQ movement","y":2015,"t":"HWS Fall Classic","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3451},{"m":"Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviours, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. As a hearing parent of a deaf child, THW choose to mainstream your child to the exclusion of participation in deaf culture.","y":2015,"t":"HWS Fall Classic","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":3452},{"m":"THW abolish all US military aid to Saudi Arabia.","y":2015,"t":"HWS Fall Classic","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3453},{"m":"THW give women two votes in political elections","y":2015,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3454},{"m":"THBT law enforcement organisations should never provide incentives to gang members to inform on their superiors (e.g. plea bargains or monetary rewards)","y":2015,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3455},{"m":"TH regrets the decline in oil prices over the last 18 months","y":2015,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & 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Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":3460},{"m":"THW require a turnout quota be met to legitimize elections.","y":2015,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3461},{"m":"THBT prominent female athletes should reject offers to play in professional male leagues.","y":2015,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":3462},{"m":"THW suspend the domestic operations of companies that actively conceal violations of major environmental regulations.","y":2015,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3463},{"m":"TH regrets the decline of formal participation in religious institutions.","y":2015,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":3464},{"m":"TH, as Japan, would remove Article 9 from its constitution.","y":2015,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3465,"hi":1},{"m":"THW privatize Petrobras.","y":2015,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3466},{"m":"Given the existence of a drug that eliminates fear with minimal to no side effects, THW let soldiers opt into using it.","y":2015,"t":"Chancellor's Cup (Queen's University)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3467},{"m":"THW compel colleges to pay athletes as professionals (with info slide)","y":2015,"t":"Imperial Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":3468},{"m":"THBT the EU should enforce freedom of movement within current Schengen countries (with info slide)","y":2015,"t":"Imperial Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & 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IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3474},{"m":"THW require gaming companies to offer their products free of charge to women, in cases where there is a significant gender disparity in consumption.","y":2015,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3475},{"m":"THW abolish and ban all agricultural subsidies in the European Union.","y":2015,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3476},{"m":"Assuming you would not be found out, in the event of a terrorist attack on EU soil committed by Islamist extremists, THW fabricate evidence that the attack was committed by the dominant ethnic and socio-economic group, e.g. white Anglo-Saxons.","y":2015,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":3477},{"m":"THW impose sanctions on Erdogan's AKP government.","y":2015,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3478},{"m":"THBT the concept of \"safe spaces\" has no place in any academic activity or environment.","y":2015,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3479},{"m":"THBT African countries should adopt English as the principal language of instruction in schools","y":2015,"t":"Westminster Open 2015","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":3480},{"m":"THW only fund medicine based on its impact on Quality Adjusted Life Years (with info slide)","y":2015,"t":"Westminster Open 2015","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3481},{"m":"TH, as the West, would cooperate with Russia in its military intervention in Syria (with info slide)","y":2015,"t":"Westminster Open 2015","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3482},{"m":"THBT the media should not report on the private lives of politicians","y":2015,"t":"Westminster Open 2015","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3483},{"m":"THBT female game designers should prioritise over everything else the creation of female characters","y":2015,"t":"Westminster Open 2015","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3484},{"m":"THW ban scientific research into the genetics of race","y":2015,"t":"Westminster Open 2015","r":"Open_Finals","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3485},{"m":"This House Would Ban Religious Primary and Secondary Schools","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion","education"],"ty":"policy","id":3486},{"m":"This house believes US immigration policy should only prioritise merit-based standards of acceptance over the reunification of families.","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","economics"],"ty":"value","id":3487},{"m":"This house would end penalty enhancements for hate crimes.","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3488},{"m":"This House believes that Western Liberal Democracies should boycott the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","sports","lgbt","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3489},{"m":"This house would allow opponents of abortion to sign legally-binding contracts with pregnant women, in which they pay those pregnant women not to have an abortion.","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism","religion","economics","medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3490},{"m":"THW accept 'I was only following orders' as a defence in war crimes trials","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3491},{"m":"THR the institutions of marriage and civil partnership","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["family-and-relationships","politics","feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":3492},{"m":"THW create and enforce filial responsibility laws (mandating that people take care of their parents)\" - or words to that effect","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["family-and-relationships","economics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3493},{"m":"THR the rise of mega-cities","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":3494,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT after 50 years of ownership the state should have the right to repossess all works of painting or sculpture for the purpose of public display","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & 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THW implement communism over capitalism.","y":2015,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","economics"],"ty":"other","id":3496},{"m":"THW aggressively prioritize women for military leadership positions","y":2015,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3497},{"m":"THW provide a universal basic income","y":2015,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3498,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the Animal Liberation Front","y":2015,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3499,"hi":1},{"m":"THW regularly publish the proposed content of international trade deals throughout the entire negotiation process","y":2015,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3500,"hi":1},{"m":"THW remove tax-exempt status from religious institutions.","y":2015,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":3501},{"m":"Assuming a low probability of detection, THS scientists who falsify data in order to exagerrate the harms of climate change.","y":2015,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"Novice_Finals","c":"North America","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":3502},{"m":"TH, as Taiwan, would cease efforts to develop deeper economic, cultural, and diplomatic ties with mainland China.","y":2015,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3503},{"m":"THW enforce Ulysses contracts","y":2015,"t":"Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3504,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT India should discourage arranged marriages","y":2015,"t":"SSE Practice Tournament","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3505},{"m":"THW only invest in those African countries that put adequate effort into the protection of biological diversity","y":2015,"t":"SSE Practice Tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3506},{"m":"(Open motion) THW sacrifice anything for safety","y":2015,"t":"SSE Practice Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":3507},{"m":"THW offer temporary tax relief to Baltic emigrants coming back home","y":2015,"t":"SSE Practice Tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3508},{"m":"TH, as NATO, W not offer assistance in case of the armed forces of Russia entering any of the Baltic states","y":2015,"t":"SSE Practice Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":3509},{"m":"THW impose gender and racial quotas in government cabinets","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham ESL Novice Mini 2015","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3510,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming we live in a world where superheroes exist, THW require superheroes to publicly reveal their identities","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham ESL Novice Mini 2015","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3511},{"m":"THW pay a living wage to stay-at-home parents","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham ESL Novice Mini 2015","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":3512},{"m":"THBT environmentalists should launch violent campaigns against major polluting companies","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham ESL Novice Mini 2015","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3513},{"m":"THW dramatically reduce the patent life on life saving drugs","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham ESL Novice Mini 2015","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3514},{"m":"This house believes that medical staff should be able to opt out of providing treatments on religious or ethical grounds","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics","religion"],"ty":"value","id":3515},{"m":"This house regrets the eastward expansion of the European Union during and since 2004","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","politics","economics"],"ty":"regret","id":3516,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would prefer a world without religious beliefs","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":3517},{"m":"This house believes that Israel should have continued the occupation of Gaza","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3518,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that educational institutions should never attempt to restrict the freedom of expression of students or staff (except when mandated by law)","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3519},{"m":"This House Regrets the perception that soldiers are heroes","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","international-relations","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":3520},{"m":"THBT Saudi Arabia should limit participation in the Hajj to the citizens of countries that are committed to taking direct action against IS","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion","international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3521,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the partition of India","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":3522},{"m":"TH Opposes the Sharing Economy","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3523,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the international community should pay countries near to conflict zones to process, settle and restrict the further movement of refugees","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3524},{"m":"TH, as an individual feminist, would boycott tinder","y":2015,"t":"McMaster Pro-Am","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":3525},{"m":"THW publish all salaries","y":2015,"t":"McMaster Pro-Am","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3526},{"m":"THW pay direct reparations to the descendants of slaves in the United States","y":2015,"t":"McMaster Pro-Am","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3527},{"m":"TH, with the exception of news reporting, would not allow anyone to publish or profit off accounts of violent criminals' crimes.","y":2015,"t":"McMaster Pro-Am","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":3528},{"m":"TH opposes the search for a cure to autism","y":2015,"t":"McMaster Pro-Am","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3529},{"m":"You are a female Democratic candidates running in the general election for President of the U.S. The results are extremely close going into the vote. One of your staffers tells you, with certainty, that they can right the election of your favour with little chance of detection. THW do it.","y":2015,"t":"McMaster Pro-Am","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":3530},{"m":"TH prefers a world where memories and accurately recorded and available for external playback.","y":2015,"t":"McMaster Pro-Am","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":3531},{"m":"THW abolish all rent control laws.","y":2015,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2015","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3532,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT no media should ever be allowed to endorse any candidates in democratic elections.","y":2015,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2015","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3533},{"m":"THW ban religious proselytization in prisons.","y":2015,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2015","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":3534},{"m":"THBT all self-driven cars must use the same government-mandated algorithm to solve the \"trolley problem.\"","y":2015,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2015","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3535,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prefer the creation of class-based affirmative action programs over race-based affirmative action programs at higher education institutions.","y":2015,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2015","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3536},{"m":"This house prefers direct intervention of Western nations over backing of non-state actors in armed conflicts.","y":2015,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2015","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3537},{"m":"THW abolish all publicly accessible sex offender registries","y":2015,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2015","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3538},{"m":"THS a single-payer healthcare system.","y":2015,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament 2015","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3539},{"m":"This house believes that standardized testing, as a requirement for admission to universities, does more harm than good","y":2015,"t":"JADE College Cup 2015","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":3540},{"m":"This house would institute a mandatory retirement age for politicians","y":2015,"t":"JADE College Cup 2015","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3541},{"m":"This house believes that Britain should pay reparations to Jamaica","y":2015,"t":"JADE College Cup 2015","r":"Open_Final","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3542},{"m":"THBT governments should place no restrictions on how welfare payments, excluding child benefit, are spent.","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge Women's Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","economics","medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3543},{"m":"THBT social disgust is sufficient justification for censoring art.","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge Women's Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3544},{"m":"THBT states should take high numbers of refugees, even when faced with strong democratic opposition.","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge Women's Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","politics","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3545},{"m":"THBT Britain should pay reparations to its former colonies.","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge Women's Open","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":3546},{"m":"THR the Rise of the Rom-Com Genre.","y":2015,"t":"Cambridge Women's Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture","media-and-technology","feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":3547},{"m":"THS the rise of homeschooling among minority communities","y":2015,"t":"Canadian British Parliamentary Championships (@ York University)","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":3548},{"m":"THBT environmental refugees should be granted citizenship in countries that have contributed most heavily to global pollution","y":2015,"t":"Canadian British Parliamentary Championships (@ York University)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3549},{"m":"THBT minority groups seeking public support for equal rights should emphasize distinct cultures over similarity to the mainstream.","y":2015,"t":"Canadian British Parliamentary Championships (@ York University)","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3550},{"m":"THW financially assist inner-city neighbourhoods in order to prevent gentrification, for instance by subsidizing mixed-income housing over public housing projects.","y":2015,"t":"Canadian British Parliamentary Championships (@ York University)","r":"4","c":"North 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symbols in political campaigns","y":2015,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3560},{"m":"TH supports a three-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflcit","y":2015,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3561},{"m":"THB abortions that are based on the fetus showing signs of non-fatal physical and developmental disabilities","y":2015,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3562},{"m":"THS universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity.","y":2015,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3563},{"m":"THW allow the trophy hunting of endangered animals","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment","economics","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3564,"hi":1},{"m":"THW programme self-driving cars to prioritise the number of lives saved when faced with unavoidable collisions as opposed to prioritising the safety of the driver.","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3565,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban the Orange Walk","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion","politics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3566,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT LGBTQ+ campaigns should criticise the nuclear family","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt","family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":3567},{"m":"THBT African Union states should withdraw from the International Criminal Court and set up an African alternative","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":3568},{"m":"THBT when faced with the choice between spending discretionary income on non-essentials or giving to charity, individuals should always choose to give to charity","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","economics"],"ty":"value","id":3569},{"m":"THW allow mental health charities to sue media outlets for the defamation of the mentally ill","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology","criminal-justice","politics","medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3570,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Parliamentary Labour Party should immediately depose Jeremy Corbyn by a vote of no confidence","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3571},{"m":"THBT the USA should publicly apologise for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki","y":2015,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3572},{"m":"THR the Narrative of the 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Profit.","y":2015,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Open_Partial_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":3578},{"m":"THW Ban Mens' Rights Activist Groups.","y":2015,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3579},{"m":"THR the Narrative of Having one Great Calling or Purpose in Life.","y":2015,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":3580},{"m":"TH as the Republican National Committee Would Literally Kick Donald Trump out of the Republican Party.","y":2015,"t":"SSE Riga IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":3581,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow states to use mercenary forces in combat roles in active military operations","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"1","c":"International","top":["war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3582,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prohibit private ownership of art deemed to be culturally or historically 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either re-authorize or revise their constitutions every generation","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"6","c":"International","top":["politics","criminal-justice","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3587,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports stronger collective bargaining rights and protections rather than legislated labor market regulations (e.g., wage levels and working conditions)","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"7","c":"International","top":["economics","politics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3588},{"m":"THBT the creation of feminist icons and their cults of personality are good for the feminist movement","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"8","c":"International","top":["feminism","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3589},{"m":"THBT criminal punishments should be based only on the offenders' culpability rather than the damages caused by the criminal act or other outcomes derived from the punishment","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 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2016","r":"Masters_2","c":"International","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3597},{"m":"TH regrets mainstream, commercial films that depict historical subjugation and/or crimes against humanity.","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"Open_Partials","c":"International","top":["media-and-technology","war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":3598},{"m":"TH would nationalize all systemically important financial institutions, such as banks and insurance companies.","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"Open_Octos","c":"International","top":["economics","war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3599},{"m":"TH supports the establishment of a Black secessionary state within the territory of the United States, the founding of which is supported by the American government.","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["social-movements","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3600},{"m":"THBT non-western countries who were once colonized, when fabricating the material culture of national identity (anthems, street names, holidays, flag, etc.) should privilege pre colonial history and notions of indigeneity over themes of anti colonial resistance.","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["social-movements","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3601},{"m":"THBT the world's poor would be justified in pursuing complete Marxist revolution.","y":2016,"t":"Thessaloniki WUDC 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","politics","economics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3602},{"m":"This House Would Not Provide State Funding for Art Based Higher Education, eg. art, music, drama.","y":2016,"t":"London Pro-Am","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology","economics","politics","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":3603},{"m":"This House Supports Politicians Passing Progressive Legislation, Even When it is Contrary to the Wishes of the Democratic Electorate","y":2016,"t":"London Pro-Am","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3604},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of the Conservative Government to impose a travel ban on Donald Trump","y":2016,"t":"London Pro-Am","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3605},{"m":"THW make the use of armed drones a war crime","y":2016,"t":"London Pro-Am","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3606},{"m":"THW ban TV programmes and entertainment media from portraying convicted criminals as innocent","y":2016,"t":"Inner Temple IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology","criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3607},{"m":"THW trigger a general election when a country goes into recession","y":2016,"t":"Inner Temple IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3608},{"m":"THW exclusively fund domestic NGOs in developing countries as opposed to western NGOs working in developing countries","y":2016,"t":"Inner Temple IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3609},{"m":"TH, as a progressive female candidate, would not use conventional gender roles (e.g. marketing oneself as a mother or a wife) as a tactic in political campaign","y":2016,"t":"Inner Temple IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":3610},{"m":"TH supports the introduction of bystander laws","y":2016,"t":"Inner Temple IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":3611},{"m":"Semi-Final: THBT the USA should make Taiwanese independence a major foreign-policy aim","y":2016,"t":"Inner Temple IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3612},{"m":"Open Final: THW conscientiously object in situations of war","y":2016,"t":"Inner Temple IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":3613},{"m":"THW require that companies with >15 employees give 50% of their voting rights to employees","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["economics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3614},{"m":"THS Chris Rock's continued commitment to host the Oscars","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture","media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3615},{"m":"THR the Arab Spring","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations","politics","social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":3616},{"m":"THW ban eminent domain rights","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["politics","war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3617},{"m":"THW prefer a world without pornography","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology","social-movements","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":3618},{"m":"THBT developing nations should enshrine legally actionable socioeconomic rights","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice","economics"],"ty":"value","id":3619},{"m":"THBT unconditional cash transfer charities are preferable to project based charities","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"Novice_Semis","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3620},{"m":"Given the technological capability to disable their nuclear weapons, THW invade North Korea.","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3621},{"m":"THW break up the eurozone","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"Open_Octos","c":"North America","top":["economics","international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3622},{"m":"THW ban savior 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THW destroy it.","y":2016,"t":"NorthAms","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":3625},{"m":"TH Supports Voluntourism","y":2016,"t":"Queen Mary IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3626},{"m":"THBT it is in the UK's interest to leave the EU","y":2016,"t":"Queen Mary IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","economics","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3627},{"m":"THW ban boarding schools","y":2016,"t":"Queen Mary IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":3628},{"m":"THW introduce mixed-gender low security prisons","y":2016,"t":"Queen Mary IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice","feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3629},{"m":"THBT student unions should not take political positions that do not directly pertain to tertiary education","y":2016,"t":"Queen Mary IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education","politics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3630},{"m":"This house believes that young, educated people in Western countries should focus their charitable efforts (e.g., volunteering, donations, etc.) towards benefiting the disadvantaged in their own country, as opposed to in the developing world.","y":2016,"t":"York IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3631},{"m":"This house believes that the Labour Party should have worked to rehabilitate Tony Blair's image in its campaigning, prior to the 2015 General Election.","y":2016,"t":"York IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3632},{"m":"This house believes that governments should promote, support, and incentivise students to attend MOOCs instead of Universities.","y":2016,"t":"York IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3633},{"m":"This house believes that the global Anglican church should split into two churches, rather than maintain a single communion.","y":2016,"t":"York IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":3634},{"m":"This house would allow people to opt into religious structures with the power to punish them in this life (e.g., Beth Din courts, or Sharia courts) for infractions.","y":2016,"t":"York IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":3635},{"m":"THW pay reparations to women","y":2016,"t":"York IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3636},{"m":"THBT the Cultural Trend Of \"Selfies\" Has Been Good For Women","y":2016,"t":"University of Latvia Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3637},{"m":"THS The Depiction Of The USSR as Absolutely Evil","y":2016,"t":"University of Latvia Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3638},{"m":"THW Only Direct European Investment Fund Money to States That Agree to Take a Share of Refugees Proportional to Their Share of EU GDP","y":2016,"t":"University of Latvia Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3639},{"m":"THBT Governments Ought To Use The Technology To Detect The \"Criminal Gene\".","y":2016,"t":"University of Latvia Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":3640,"hi":1},{"m":"THW Permit The Cloning Of Genius And Extraordinary Individuals For The Good Of The Society","y":2016,"t":"University of Latvia Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3641},{"m":"TH Prefers a Multipolar World To US Hegemony","y":2016,"t":"University of Latvia Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3642},{"m":"THBT All Countries Should Forcibly Redistribute Land Ownership So That at Least 50% Of It Is Owned By Women","y":2016,"t":"University of Latvia 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cause.","y":2016,"t":"Trinity Women's Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":3648},{"m":"This House Would Ban All Lobbying Activity","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3649},{"m":"THW Allow Deaf Parents to Refuse Treatment for Deafness On Behalf of their Children","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3650},{"m":"THBT strong dictatorships in the Middle East are better than weak democracies","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","politics","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3651},{"m":"This House as the LGBTQIA Community Would Oppose Pornography","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt","social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":3652},{"m":"This House Opposes Laicité","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3653},{"m":"THB in the use of fear to instill values in children","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":3654},{"m":"TH Supports Hacking as a Form of Protest","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","media-and-technology","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3655},{"m":"There exists a drug that increases empathy in individuals. TH, as the state, would lace their country's water supply with that drug.","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","politics","international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":3656},{"m":"THW Welcome the End of American Intervention","y":2016,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3657},{"m":"THBT government authorities, being the police, should preserve illegal art as evidence for prosecution of the artists responsible.","y":2016,"t":"Warwick IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3658},{"m":"THBT, in developing nations with an ineffectual state school system, the government should financially incentivise (e.g through tax breaks) the creation of private schools","y":2016,"t":"Warwick IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics","education"],"ty":"value","id":3659},{"m":"THBT it is never a legitimate economic strategy for a state to become a tax haven.","y":2016,"t":"Warwick IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3660},{"m":"This House Would introduce Proportional Representation in UK general elections.\"","y":2016,"t":"ICYD- Oxford Round","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3661},{"m":"This House would allow offenders serving a prison term of ten or more years to opt to remain in prison indefinitely beyond their court appointed release date.","y":2016,"t":"John Smith Memorial Mace - 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(For example, the UK Minister for Health would need majority approval from the British Medical Association)","y":2016,"t":"LSE Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":3675},{"m":"Assuming there are actors who fit the criteria: THIS HOUSE BELIEVES That film directors have a moral obligation to cast actors who share key lived experiences with the characters they play.","y":2016,"t":"LSE Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture","social-movements","media-and-technology","medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":3676},{"m":"THIS HOUSE BELIEVES That western liberal democracies should cease all direct military action in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen.","y":2016,"t":"LSE Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":3677},{"m":"THIS HOUSE WOULD Make corporation tax proportional to company wage ratios","y":2016,"t":"LSE Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":3678},{"m":"THW Introduce a system of tradable quotas for asylum seekers in the European Union","y":2016,"t":"LSE Open","r":"ESL Semifinal","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","economics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":3679},{"m":"THW Prefer to live in A Brave New World","y":2016,"t":"LSE Open","r":"ESL Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","feminism"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":3680},{"m":"THBT The USA should adopt a parliamentary democracy rather than a presidential one.","y":2016,"t":"LSE Open","r":"Open Semifinal","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":3681},{"m":"THW Allow individuals to sign contracts which cede future rights of theirs to other individuals (for example, to sell themselves into slavery)","y":2016,"t":"LSE Open","r":"Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","economics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":3682},{"m":"THW ban religious or faith-based rehabilitation programmes in prison","y":2016,"t":"Swansea Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3683},{"m":"THW provide financial incentives (e.g. tax breaks) to companies that require skilled labour who hire non-graduates.","y":2016,"t":"Swansea Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3684},{"m":"THBT characters with disabilities in film and television should always be played by individuals with disabilities.","y":2016,"t":"Swansea Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology","social-movements","lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":3685},{"m":"THR the criminalization of the reckless transmission of sexual infections (e.g. HIV, herpes and gonorrhoea) in England and Wales","y":2016,"t":"Swansea Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice","social-movements","medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":3686,"hi":1},{"m":"Your 'one true soulmate' exists. There is a test that allows you to determine whether someone is your one true soulmate. You are in love with the person you have been dating for a while. THW take the test to determine whether the person you are in love with is your 'soulmate'","y":2016,"t":"Swansea Open","r":"Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture","ethics-and-philosophy","family-and-relationships"],"ty":"other","id":3687},{"m":"THBT the governments of Europe should censor media from publishing articles, videos or cartoons which promote racist views or stereotypes.","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3688},{"m":"This house believes that parliamentary electoral systems should include constituency links.","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3689},{"m":"THB that MGM Studios should cast a male as the sexual interest of the next Bond film.","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3690},{"m":"TH would begin writing only in your first language.","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":3691},{"m":"THB that Western states should engage in covert cyber-attacks against infrastructure designed to limit freedom of speech* in authoritarian states. *e.g., the Great Firewall of China","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3692},{"m":"TH supports climate change activists engaging in acts, regardless of legality, which cause mass disruption to carbon-intensive infrastructure networks.","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3693},{"m":"THW only allow the media to publish or broadcast government produced releases on suspected terrorist attacks.","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3694},{"m":"THBT the Brazillian government should encourage and facilitate the integration of uncontacted peoples into wider society.","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3695},{"m":"THW create and fund schools that exclusively admit children from ethnic minorities.","y":2016,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":3696},{"m":"THBT Ukraine should introduce mandatory military service","y":2016,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3697},{"m":"THW democratically elect members of constitutional courts (sometimes called \"Supreme Courts\")","y":2016,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3698},{"m":"THBT mainstream media should stop reporting on information from wikileaks","y":2016,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3699},{"m":"THW ban alchocol in all former soviet states","y":2016,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3700},{"m":"THBT the Nobel prize in literature should be decided by members of the public rather than a panel of experts","y":2016,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3701},{"m":"THBT the EU should grant Ukraine membership and the necessary funding in exchange for hosting all refugees seeking asylum in the EU","y":2016,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3702},{"m":"THBT the state should criminalize the seeking of mail-order brides","y":2016,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3703},{"m":"THW ban fortune telling","y":2016,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":3704},{"m":"THW directly elect the members of the US Supreme Court","y":2016,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3705},{"m":"THBT schools should motivate children to believe that anyone can succeed through hard work regardless of their background","y":2016,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":3706},{"m":"THBT post conflict governments should recruit rebel soldiers into state armies","y":2016,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3707},{"m":"THW would allow the armed forces to unionise, strike, and collectively bargain","y":2016,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3708},{"m":"THW allow individuals to sell their right to sue to a third party","y":2016,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3709},{"m":"THW enact an immediate democracy","y":2016,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3710},{"m":"THR the rise of dating apps (e.g. Tinder, Grindr, Hitch, Hinge,etc.)","y":2016,"t":"North American Women's (@ Hart House)","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":3711},{"m":"THBT continued membership in the UN should be contingent on countries opting into universal jurisdiction.","y":2016,"t":"North American Women's (@ Hart House)","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3712,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as a minority parent in North America, would teach their kids not to trust the justice system, or figures of legal authority (e.g. police, judges, state prosecutors, etc.)","y":2016,"t":"North American Women's (@ Hart House)","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"actor","id":3713},{"m":"TH would prefer the reclamation of disputed monuments (e.g. the Rhodes Status at Oxford, Voertrekker Monuments in South Africa, Yakusuni Shrine in Japan, etc.) to their destruction.","y":2016,"t":"North American Women's (@ Hart House)","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":3714},{"m":"THS legal abortions for men.","y":2016,"t":"North American Women's (@ Hart House)","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3715,"hi":1},{"m":"THW preference a strong social media over a physical presence in protest culture.","y":2016,"t":"North American Women's (@ Hart House)","r":"Novice_Finals","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3716},{"m":"TH, as the Nicaraguan people, opposes the construction of the Nicaraguan Canal.","y":2016,"t":"North American Women's (@ Hart House)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":3717,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prefer a world in which people are sedated to experience only mild emotions.","y":2016,"t":"North American Women's (@ Hart House)","r":"Open_Finals","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3718},{"m":"This House would ban essential service providers from striking","y":2016,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3719},{"m":"This House believes that the music press should publish unrepresentatively negative reviews of the music of artists whose conduct they view as reprehensible","y":2016,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3720},{"m":"To proselytise means to attempt to convert others to your beliefs. This House believes that atheists should proselytise","y":2016,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":3721},{"m":"This House, as the West, would immediately end all sanctions against Russia","y":2016,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3722},{"m":"This House believes that the British Museum should give all artifacts to the nations where they originated","y":2016,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3723},{"m":"For the purposes of this debate, the American Dream refers to the socially widespread belief that individuals can improve their circumstances through hard work, and that one can become successful regardless of their background. This House regrets the American Dream.","y":2016,"t":"Nottingham Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":3724},{"m":"THBT websites such as Sci-Hub cause more harm than good.","y":2016,"t":"The Queen's Annual TRUST IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3725},{"m":"THW allow companies to buy the rights to govern economically failing cities.","y":2016,"t":"The Queen's Annual TRUST IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3726},{"m":"The U.S. Kill list is a highly classified list of primarily terrorist target. Targets, include both US and non-US citizens, that the US Government seeks to assassinate using covert operations, drone strikes and other means. TH supports the aims of the U.S. \"Kill list\".","y":2016,"t":"The Queen's Annual TRUST IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":3727},{"m":"In Northern Ireland same sex marriage is illegal. Northern Ireland only permits abortions if the continuance of the pregnancy is proven to threaten the life of the mother. THW automatically extend Westminster Policies on Human Rights and anti-discrimination issues to Northern Ireland. This includes, but is not limited to, same sex marriage and abortion.","y":2016,"t":"The Queen's Annual TRUST IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":3728},{"m":"You are a working class voter in a swing seat constituency between high-welfare, high-taxation party and a low-welfare, low-taxation party. THW vote for low-wlfare, low-taxation party.","y":2016,"t":"The Queen's Annual TRUST IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":3729},{"m":"THW abolish state primaries in US presidential elections.","y":2016,"t":"The Queen's Annual TRUST IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3730},{"m":"TH supports western feminists wearing the headscarf in solidarity with Muslim women who wear the hijab who have faced islamophobia.","y":2016,"t":"The Queen's Annual TRUST IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3731},{"m":"THW replace means tested welfare with a regular, unconditional and Universal Basic Income paid by the State to all residents.","y":2016,"t":"UL Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3732},{"m":"THW Allow convicts who are parents to raise their children in prison.","y":2016,"t":"UL Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3733},{"m":"THB School History curricula should teach a unanimously and graphically negative account of the impacts of Western colonialism.","y":2016,"t":"UL Open 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3734},{"m":"The Pirate bay is a website where users illegally download copyrighted material such as music, films and video games. Attempts have been made by numerous governments to shut it down. TH Supports the Pirate Bay.","y":2016,"t":"UL Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":3735},{"m":"THW Celebrate Furiosa from Mad Max: Fury Road as a feminist Icon.","y":2016,"t":"UL Open 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3736},{"m":"TH rejects the right to privacy.","y":2016,"t":"UL Open 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":3737},{"m":"TH welcomes the proliferation of porn online.","y":2016,"t":"Lancaster IV 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3738},{"m":"THW remove 'Gone with The Wind' from the National Film Registry","y":2016,"t":"Lancaster IV 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3739},{"m":"THBT the UN Should unilterally recognise Catalan independence.","y":2016,"t":"Lancaster IV 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3740},{"m":"THW Ban research on genome editing.","y":2016,"t":"Lancaster IV 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3741},{"m":"As a democratic state that has come under unprovoked nuclear attack from another democratic state THW launch a nuclear counter-attack.","y":2016,"t":"Lancaster IV 2016","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3742},{"m":"THS the extra-judicial killing of a state's citizens, by that state, where there is reason to suspect they are involved in the planning or carrying out of terrorist activities, and arrest is not possible.","y":2016,"t":"Lancaster IV 2016","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3743},{"m":"THS People's Quantitative Easing.","y":2016,"t":"Lancaster IV 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3744},{"m":"Superior Orders is a plea in a court of law that a person not be held guilty for actions that were ordered by a superior officer, but are criminal. It cannot be applied to actions that are manifestly unlawful (e.g. genocide or crimes against humanity). TH Accepts the defense of Superior Orders.","y":2016,"t":"Lancaster IV 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":3745},{"m":"THBT Britain should leave the EU.","y":2016,"t":"Surrey IV 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3746},{"m":"THW abolish private home ownership.","y":2016,"t":"Surrey IV 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3747},{"m":"Tiger parenting is a strict or demanding style of parenting focused on pushing children to high levels of achievement. It is characterised by a strong routine (e.g. compulsory homework time), high expectations and physiological control through both positive (e.g. praise/encouragement) and negative (e.g. threats, criticism) means. TH supports Tiger Parenting.","y":2016,"t":"Surrey IV 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"other","id":3748},{"m":"THBT the United States should abolish political parties.","y":2016,"t":"Surrey IV 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3749},{"m":"THBT Saudi Arabia should privatise Saudi Aramco and list it on the NY Stock Exchange.","y":2016,"t":"Surrey IV 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3750},{"m":"THW ban private political donations, and fund all political parties and campaigns from general taxation.","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3751},{"m":"THW not allow workers to renounce their employment rights (e.g. holiday pay, defined working hours, sick pay, minimum wage) in return for work experience or financial benefit.","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3752},{"m":"THBT Oskar Gröning should not have been prosecuted.","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":3753,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT European Leaders should not have agreed to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership.","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3754},{"m":"THBT it is legitimate to release the unpublished personal memoirs of deceased public figures, even when this is against the express wishes of the individual or their family.","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3755},{"m":"Oskar Gröning chose to join the SS during the 1940s, and was positioned at Auschwitz concentration camp as a financial clerk. After the end of the war, he remained silent about his experiences for forty years. In response to Holocaust denial by a number of authoritative and well-known individuals, he spoke about his experiences and actions, highlighting the horrors that occurred. This contributed to a decision of the German government to prosecute him as an accessory to murder in 300,000 cases. THBT Oskar Gröning should not have been prosecuted.","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":3756},{"m":"This House supports the French government's decision to dismantle the \"Calais jungle.\"","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3757},{"m":"THBT Barack Obama should nominate an individual considered to be a moderate conservative by US citizens to the Supreme Court.","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3758},{"m":"THW ban all further research into artificial intelligence that can independently learn and develop.","y":2016,"t":"Budapest Open 2016","r":"Open_Finals","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3759},{"m":"THBT schools should aggressively stream students, according to their ability, from a young age.","y":2016,"t":"Liverpool IV 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":3760},{"m":"TH prefers a criminal justice system that pursues criminal and civil charges against individuals within companies, rather than fines against the entire company.","y":2016,"t":"Liverpool IV 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":3761},{"m":"THBT Western States should support and engineer coups in militarily weak states they identify as having authoritarian leaders.","y":2016,"t":"Liverpool IV 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3762},{"m":"THW compel news media to give coverage to all demonstrations proportionate to the size of that demonstration.","y":2016,"t":"Liverpool IV 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3763},{"m":"THW remove all legal restrictions on categories of weapons which can be used in war.","y":2016,"t":"Liverpool IV 2016","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3764},{"m":"THBT the Gotham City Police Force should seek to offer Wayne employment as an officer within their force.","y":2016,"t":"Liverpool IV 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":3765,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that Western States should irrevocably remove citizenship of citizens who join the so-called Islamic State","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3766},{"m":"This House would weight shareholder votes in line with the length of time their shares have been held.","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3767},{"m":"This House believes that voters should always vote on policy and principles regardless of electability in all elections (general, local, or party leadership).","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3768},{"m":"This House believes that film studios should seek to select racially diverse casts when converting books into films even if it differs from the author's original character description.","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":3769},{"m":"This House believes that welfare and pensions policy should be determined by a panel of experts selected by their peers, not accountable to government.","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3770},{"m":"This House, as a feminist, would adopt traditionally masculine traits and behaviours","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":3771},{"m":"This House believes that the US-led coalition should no longer insist on Assad stepping down as part of their negotiations with Russia over Syria.","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3772},{"m":"This House would prefer a world without sexual attraction","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":3773},{"m":"In a minimal state, a government's role is exclusively to protect property rights and people's physical security. Beyond this, such a state would not intervene in people's lives, or provide any public services. THBT a minimal state is justified.","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV","r":"Open_Finals","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":3774},{"m":"Shareholders have the right to vote on various important issues pertaining to a company (e.g. hiring and firing executives, mergers and acquisitions, budgets, and major changes in corporate strategy). THW weight shareholder votes in line with the length of time their shares have been held.","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":3775},{"m":"THBT film studios should seek to select racially diverse casts when converting books into films even if it differs from the original character descriptions.","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3776},{"m":"THBT a minimal state is justified.","y":2016,"t":"UCL Clifford Chance IV 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3777},{"m":"THW make the number of votes an individual has inversely proportional to their wealth (i.e. the more wealth an individual has the fewer votes in an election).","y":2016,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3778},{"m":"TalkToys are dolls with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and speech recognition software that enable them to engage in an actual conversation with children (they have a lexicon of thousands of prescript responses). TalkToys are meant to serve as a companion to the child, and they are in the late stages of development. Prominent examples of toys that will be able to talk include Barbie, G.I Joe and Star Wars and Action Figures. THW Ban TalkToys.","y":2016,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":3779},{"m":"The NRA, National Rifle Association of America, is a lobbying group in Washington. Its notable actions include influencing legislation aimed to deregulate gun ownership laws, initiating lawsuits against municipalities that have banned or have placed strict regulations on firearm laws, and endorsing candidates mainly of the Republican Party. THBT the US should require the NRA to pay reparations to victims of gun violence.","y":2016,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2016","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":3780},{"m":"Conscription is mandatory in Egypt for males of ages between 18 to 30. The service obligation is between 12 to 36 months and is followed by a 9-year reserve duty. THBT Egypt Should Conscript Women to Female-Only Units.","y":2016,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2016","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":3781},{"m":"THBT Sex Education Classes in Schools Should Teach Techniques For Pure Sexual Gratification (including, but not limited to, anal sex, oral sex, mutual gratification and masturbation).","y":2016,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2016","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":3782},{"m":"During the first centuries AD there was no religious law demanding clerical celibacy in the Catholic sect of Christianity, and there is no direct mentioning of such a requirement in the New Testament. Celibacy is being thought to have been universally adopted by Catholiscm after a decision made by a council in 12th century. TH, as Pope Francis, would remove the requirement of catholic priests to take a vow of celibacy.","y":2016,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2016","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":3783},{"m":"THBT jobs that are deemed to be of moral value or societal importance should have their wages set by the state.","y":2016,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":3784},{"m":"THBT using Human Shield tactics, by the weaker side, can be justified in a-symmetrical wars.","y":2016,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3785,"hi":1},{"m":"This House would provide free, safe drugs to individuals with addictions.","y":2016,"t":"Canadian BP Nationals 2016","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3786},{"m":"This House prefers collective parenting.","y":2016,"t":"Canadian BP Nationals 2016","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":3787,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that major social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) should censor bigotry","y":2016,"t":"Canadian BP Nationals 2016","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3788},{"m":"This House, as the United States, would engage in cyber-attacks against Russia.","y":2016,"t":"Canadian BP Nationals 2016","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":3789},{"m":"This House would grant legal personhood to land.","y":2016,"t":"Canadian BP Nationals 2016","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3790,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that it is unethical to bring a new child into this world.","y":2016,"t":"Canadian BP Nationals 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3791},{"m":"This House would program the robots to hide the existence of past human life on Earth","y":2016,"t":"Canadian BP Nationals 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":3792,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should tax and redistribute wealth contained in university endowment funds","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"1.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":3793},{"m":"That universities should make use of quotas for ideological groups (e.g. conservatives) for teaching and research staff","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"1.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":3794},{"m":"That the state should employ more non university graduates and use tax penalties to encourage other employers to do the same","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"1.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":3795},{"m":"That the EU should require member states to set common rules and rates for corporate taxation","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"2.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":3796},{"m":"That investors should divest from fossil fuel companies","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"2.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":3797},{"m":"That the US should have aggressively pushed for the inclusion of China in the TPP","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"2.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":3798},{"m":"That as the Catholic church we should deny communion to politicians who vote contrary to its teachings","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"3.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":3799},{"m":"That we should have a truth and reconciliation commission for Catholic church abuse","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"3.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":3800},{"m":"That the West should seek to fund moderate Islamic religious groups in the Middle East","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"3.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":3801},{"m":"That Pacific Rim countries should make Australian participation in future trade agreements contingent on the abandonment of their asylum seeker detention policy","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"4.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":3802},{"m":"That Australia should automatically trigger an election when the governing party replaces the prime minister","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"4.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":3803},{"m":"That despite the opposition of the Myanmar government the international community should set up a safe haven for the Rohingyas in Myanmar","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"4.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":3804},{"m":"That we should apply the same criminal sanctions to late term abortions and infanticide","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"5.1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":3805},{"m":"That we should replace the institution of the family with well run state child raising facilities","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"5.2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":3806},{"m":"That we should allow individuals to enter contracts specifying conditions on their relationship e.g. salary level, weight limits, frequency of sex","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"5.3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":3807},{"m":"That we regret the possibility of jury nullification","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"Open_Semis_1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":3808},{"m":"That we should implement Good Samaritan laws (legally obliging bystanders to assist those in danger, unless doing so would place them at serious risk)","y":2016,"t":"Durham Australs","r":"Open_Semis_2","c":"Britain & 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Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":3813},{"m":"THBT all European Football Associations should aggressively redistribute income from successful to less successful clubs within their own country.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Ancients 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3814},{"m":"THW abolish the distinction between an attempted and a completed crime.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Ancients 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3815},{"m":"THW introduce a binding direct democracy app.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Ancients 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3816,"hi":1},{"m":"THW break up banks deemed \"too big to fail\".","y":2016,"t":"GUU Ancients 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3817},{"m":"TH, as the SNP, would never vote on UK legislation which does not extend territorially to Scotland.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Ancients 2016","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":3818},{"m":"THBT people of colour activist groups, such as the NAACP, should pursue a race-blind society.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Ancients 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3819},{"m":"THBT civilians are a legitimate target in conflict.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Ancients 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3820},{"m":"THBT governments should not fund reconstruction in areas prone to natural disasters.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Womens 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3821},{"m":"THW reinstate bussing in the US.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Womens 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3822,"hi":1},{"m":"THW pay stay at home parents.","y":2016,"t":"GUU Womens 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & 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2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3827,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Norway should back off from oil drilling in the Arctic","y":2016,"t":"Cardiff Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3828,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prefer Afterlife A over Afterlife B","y":2016,"t":"Cardiff Open 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":3829,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Mexican govenment should retroactively legalise the production and distribution of drugs","y":2016,"t":"Maastricht Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3830},{"m":"TH prefers governments to make cash transfers to individuals in recipient countries over government-to-government development aid","y":2016,"t":"Maastricht Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3831},{"m":"THW terminate the special relationship between the US and Saudi 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2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3836,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the presence of heterosexual cisgender politicians at Pride parades","y":2016,"t":"The Baillie Gifford Oxford Women's Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":3837},{"m":"THW allow companies to include a clause in their employment contracts for women where that woman legally agrees not to get pregnant","y":2016,"t":"The Baillie Gifford Oxford Women's Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3838},{"m":"THW remove the UK's exemption from the refugee quota penalty","y":2016,"t":"The Baillie Gifford Oxford Women's Open 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":3839,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as a school teacher would not refer children to child protection services in the case of concerns about their radicalisation","y":2016,"t":"The Baillie Gifford Oxford Women's Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":3840},{"m":"THW allow individuals to nominate a charity of their choosing to receive all inheritance tax that would be otherwise paid to the state upon their death","y":2016,"t":"The Baillie Gifford Oxford Women's Open 2016","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3841},{"m":"THBT white authors should not publish their reviews on Beyonce's album","y":2016,"t":"The Baillie Gifford Oxford Women's Open 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3842},{"m":"THW allow the police and intelligence agencies unrestricted access to the internet history and online communications of all citizens.","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3843},{"m":"THB that artists from dominant cultural groups should not seek to portray minority cultures.","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3844},{"m":"THW remove exemptions from anti-discrimination law for religious organisations.","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki Open 2016","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":3845},{"m":"THW require all teams participating in international football competitions to have an equal representation of both sexes.","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3846},{"m":"TH supports minority ethnic parties.","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki Open 2016","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3847},{"m":"TH, as a wealthy individual, would use that wealth to become a vigilante (e.g. Batman) in areas of high crime and a corrupt police force (e.g. Mexico City).","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki Open 2016","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":3848},{"m":"TH supports 'direct action'","y":2016,"t":"Dutch Mace 2016 (The Netherlands)","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3849,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports a system of blind voting","y":2016,"t":"Dutch Mace 2016 (The Netherlands)","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3850,"hi":1},{"m":"THW support indigenous people to be trialed, convicted and punished in accordance with the customs of their community as opposed to through the system of the national court.","y":2016,"t":"Dutch Mace 2016 (The Netherlands)","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3851},{"m":"THBT Jitse Akse should not be punished for his fight in Syria","y":2016,"t":"Dutch Mace 2016 (The Netherlands)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3852,"hi":1},{"m":"THW financially incentivise businesses to diversify their boards","y":2016,"t":"Bristol Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3853},{"m":"THS the objectification of men by women in popular media","y":2016,"t":"Bristol Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3854},{"m":"THBT individuals should have the right to remove photos of themselves published without their permission, and sue for damages","y":2016,"t":"Bristol Open 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":3855},{"m":"THW ban footballers who commit racist actions for life","y":2016,"t":"Bristol Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":3856},{"m":"TH, as a feminist, believes that Kim Kardashian is a force for good.","y":2016,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":3857},{"m":"THW not give development aid to authoritarian countries.","y":2016,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3858},{"m":"TH, as the UK government, would remove charitable status from religious institutions that teach socially regressive ideas (e.g. that women belong in the home, etc.)","y":2016,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":3859},{"m":"THW remove the executive's ability to grant pardons (i.e. to cancel the legal consequences of a conviction).","y":2016,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3860},{"m":"THR The rise of \"clean living\" gurus","y":2016,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles 2016","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"regret","id":3861},{"m":"THW Partition Syria into 3 countries; Kurds, Sunnis and Alawites","y":2016,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3862},{"m":"THW ban the use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles (armed drones) during warfare","y":2016,"t":"SSE Riga Debate Academy","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3863},{"m":"THW give parents full access to their children's social media accounts","y":2016,"t":"SSE Riga Debate Academy","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":3864},{"m":"THS vigilantism in areas of severe socio-economic deprivation","y":2016,"t":"SSE Riga Debate Academy","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3865},{"m":"THW create a standing army for the European Union","y":2016,"t":"SSE Riga Debate Academy","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3866},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of social media as a primary source of news distribution","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":3867},{"m":"TH supports Barack Obama's statements that emphasise African- Americans taking individual responsibility for improving their own position in life","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3868},{"m":"THW create state-run centres where individuals can purchase and consume psychedelic* drugs *drugs whose primary effect is to alter cognition and perception e.g. LSD and Magic Mushrooms","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics","politics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":3869},{"m":"TH supports strong government intervention to prevent gentrification* *process when significant numbers of wealthier people move to a poor area","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3870},{"m":"THBT the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra should regularly play the works of Richard Wagner","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3871,"hi":1},{"m":"TH regrets the mass commercialisation of football","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"regret","id":3872},{"m":"TH supports Sanctuary Cities in the United States","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"7","c":"Europe","top":["politics","economics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3873,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Latin American states should provide extensive material support for a military coup against the Venezualan government","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"8","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3874},{"m":"THBT the European Union should fund satirical* publications in its member states that target far-right political parties * the use of humour and exaggeration to criticize","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"9","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology","politics"],"ty":"value","id":3875},{"m":"THBT Western States should fund the spread of atheism in Iraq through provision of education, health care and welfare","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"ESL_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["religion","international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3876},{"m":"TH regrets the safe space movement's attempts to significantly limit speech on university campuses","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["education","politics","social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":3877,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT western nations should support breakaway states in former Soviet Union (e.g. East Ukraine or South Ossetia) after free and fair referendum.","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations","politics","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3878},{"m":"TH supports BRICS* countries creating alternatives to the current international economic institutions (i.e. the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation) * Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"Open_Partial_Octos","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations","economics"],"ty":"value","id":3879},{"m":"THW require the economic policies of political parties to be approved by an independent panel of experts before being used in campaigns","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["economics","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3880},{"m":"TH supports Iran's extension of the Sharia principle of \"an eye for an eye\" to the victims of acid attacks","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice","war-and-security","religion","medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3881,"hi":1},{"m":"THW nationalize and provide public access to the Metadata being gathered by online multinational companies.","y":2016,"t":"Warsaw EUDC 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology","politics","economics","war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3882},{"m":"THBT governments should strictly regulate construction and renovation in order to preserve historical architecture (buildings, parks, public spaces etc).","y":2016,"t":"Istanbul Meridyen Debating Academy","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":3883},{"m":"THW ban self-learning sex robots that aim to be highly gratifying and realistic","y":2016,"t":"Istanbul Meridyen Debating Academy","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":3884},{"m":"THW permanently remove from service Imams who are stationed in places where an honour killing has occured","y":2016,"t":"Istanbul Meridyen Debating Academy","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3885},{"m":"THW not use scientific data acquired through non-ethical experiments","y":2016,"t":"Istanbul Meridyen Debating Academy","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3886},{"m":"THW rebuild the Husartsan memorial","y":2016,"t":"Istanbul Meridyen Debating 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even when it comes at the expense of structural unemployment. * For example free trade agreements and the automation of labour.","y":2016,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3891},{"m":"TH believes that Japan should depict the act of Inseki-Jisatsu as cowardly.","y":2016,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3892,"hi":1},{"m":"TH believes that liberal states should provide legal and financial aid to citizens who wish to permanently emigrate from them.","y":2016,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3893},{"m":"TH believes that it is within the interest of Tibetans to assimilate with China.","y":2016,"t":"Red Sea Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3894},{"m":"TH would allow the \"Cultural Defence\" in all criminal proceedings.","y":2016,"t":"Red Sea 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[Round 1]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":3896},{"m":"THW cede control of all national parks to indigenous tribes. [Round 2]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3897},{"m":"THW impose prohibition on alcohol consumption for all college students. [Round 3]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3898},{"m":"Sit back in your seats for a second, close your eyes. Imagine, if you will, that we have developed a virus with the capacity to infect 100% of society, rendering a random 30% of people infertile. This virus passes on inter-generationally, continuing this cycle of randomized 30% infertility for the foreseeable future. For the sake of simplicity, let's name it the inferno virus. Assuming we have reached a point where the human population on Earth is unsustainable, this house would release the virus. [Round 4]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":3899},{"m":"THW require all Olympic sponsors to donate equal amounts of money to the Paralympics. [Round 5]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":3900},{"m":"THS a military coalition between the US and the Syrian government in the fight against ISIS. [Round 6]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3901},{"m":"THBT niantic should provide user location from Pokemon Go to the police [Quarters]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":3902},{"m":"THB the place for athletes' protests is off the field not on it [Semi's/Novice Finals]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":3903},{"m":"THBT the UK should not leave the EU regardless of the referendum [Finals]","y":2016,"t":"Northeast Regional Opener 2016 Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3904},{"m":"THW allocate scholarships and financial aid exclusively on the basis of financial need","y":2016,"t":"HWS IV 2016","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["education","economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3905},{"m":"THS the continued consumption of old novels and films that endorse- even tacitly- the beliefs that today would be considered bigoted","y":2016,"t":"HWS IV 2016","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture","feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3906},{"m":"THW ban funding by third parties of tortious lltigiation","y":2016,"t":"HWS IV 2016","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3907,"hi":1},{"m":"THW sanction the intelligence, military, and political leaders of Pakistan.","y":2016,"t":"HWS IV 2016","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3908},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should campaign for the equal sexualization of men in the media as opposed to campaigning against the sexualization of women","y":2016,"t":"HWS IV 2016","r":"5","c":"North 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illegal.","y":2016,"t":"Aztec Invitational 2016","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3918},{"m":"THBT Canada should allow foreigners to access their right to die policy.","y":2016,"t":"Aztec Invitational 2016","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":3919},{"m":"THBT College and professional teams should be held accountable when their competitors or coaches commit sexual assault.","y":2016,"t":"Aztec Invitational 2016","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":3920},{"m":"THBT China \"should fix\" North Korea.","y":2016,"t":"Aztec Invitational 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3921},{"m":"THR the Generation War (Millennials vs. Baby Boomers)","y":2016,"t":"Aztec Invitational 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":3922},{"m":"TH believes that the governments of developing nations should actively encourage slum tourism","y":2016,"t":"ISIC","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3923,"hi":1},{"m":"TH believes that states should stop identifying citizens by their race or religion","y":2016,"t":"ISIC","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3924,"hi":1},{"m":"TH believes that ASEAN should give up all efforts toward greater political and economic integration","y":2016,"t":"ISIC","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3925,"hi":1},{"m":"TH believes that it is in Indonesia's interests to join the TPP","y":2016,"t":"ISIC","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3926,"hi":1},{"m":"TH believes that the Feminist Movement should rebrand as Egalitarianism.","y":2016,"t":"UCD Novice","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":3927},{"m":"TH supports essential services workers rights to strike.","y":2016,"t":"UCD Novice","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":3928},{"m":"TH would prosecute the perpetrators of Bloody Sunday.","y":2016,"t":"UCD Novice","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3929,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports the end of the Hannibal Directive.","y":2016,"t":"UCD Novice","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3930,"hi":1},{"m":"Except where there is a clear threat to national security TH believes that it is illegitimate for Western states to limit immigration from the the developing world.","y":2016,"t":"UCD IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":3931},{"m":"TH would impose a cap on the amount of money parents are allowed to spend on their children (excluding essential healthcare and disability needs).","y":2016,"t":"UCD IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & 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creation of wethouses.","y":2016,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":3938,"hi":1},{"m":"TH believes that major political decisions should be made by parliament rather than a public referendum.","y":2016,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3939},{"m":"TH believes that states should make developmental aid contingent on the human rights record of the recipient country.","y":2016,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":3940},{"m":"TH would impose fines on public acts of climate change denial.","y":2016,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":3941},{"m":"TH supports the creation of grammar schools.","y":2016,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"Non_Schools_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":3942,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports Wikileaks continuing to publish the documents it acquires, even if they reveal private information about civilians.","y":2016,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3943,"hi":1},{"m":"TH would allow soldiers to opt-out from military missions on the basis of conscience.","y":2016,"t":"UCL President's Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3944},{"m":"THW abolish the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy","y":2016,"t":"Riga Pro-Am","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3945,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require all media organizations hosting major pre-election debates to provide live fact-checking of speakers' claims","y":2016,"t":"Riga Pro-Am","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3946},{"m":"THR the negative attitude towards Golddiggers","y":2016,"t":"Riga 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referendum and implement the Peace Deal","y":2016,"t":"Hart House IV 2016","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3952},{"m":"THW not reveal the identity of authors who choose pseudonymity","y":2016,"t":"Hart House IV 2016","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":3953},{"m":"TH prefers a world without Wikileaks","y":2016,"t":"Hart House IV 2016","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":3954},{"m":"TH would introduce academic streaming.","y":2016,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":3955},{"m":"TH, as the state, would aggressively fund GMO research.","y":2016,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"actor","id":3956},{"m":"TH believes that Japan should acquire nuclear weapons.","y":2016,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"4","c":"Britain & 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current Boko Haram soldiers choose to live in open society.","y":2016,"t":"Imperial Novices","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":3972,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a unified state-dominated public policy research landscape to one dominated by ideologically defined think tanks","y":2016,"t":"North American Universities Debating Championships 2016","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3973},{"m":"THBT Kashmir should strive for independence rather than political unification with Pakistan","y":2016,"t":"North American Universities Debating Championships 2016","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":3974},{"m":"THP a world where the notion of the afterlife is based on karmic balance and not divine mercy","y":2016,"t":"North American Universities Debating Championships 2016","r":"3","c":"North 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2016","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":3991},{"m":"THR the hook-up culture.","y":2016,"t":"Roosevelt Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":3992},{"m":"THBT developing countries should ban political parties from spreading food and other necessities (infoslide said that this happened in countries like India and South Africa, particularly around election time).","y":2016,"t":"Roosevelt Open 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":3993},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of TV talent shows","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki Mini","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":3994},{"m":"THW ban zero-hour contracts","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki Mini","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":3995,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prohibit people with criminal records from running for political office","y":2016,"t":"Helsinki 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foreign states from funding religious organisations","y":2016,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4002},{"m":"TH believes that companies have a moral obligation to significantly invest in helping the communities in which they operate, even when it has no benefit to that organisation","y":2016,"t":"SOAS IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4003},{"m":"TH believes that feminist female students should boycott students' corps","y":2016,"t":"Trivium Tournament","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4004},{"m":"TH would prosecute the editor-in-chief when the magazine they are in charge of publishes falsehoods","y":2016,"t":"Trivium Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4005},{"m":"TH would disqualify the entire amateur football club for one competition season when there are acts of violence on or around the playing 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West.","y":2016,"t":"Yale IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4049},{"m":"THS supreme court rulings based on natural rights not enumerated in constitutions.","y":2016,"t":"Yale IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4050},{"m":"TH believes in God.","y":2016,"t":"Yale IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4051},{"m":"When police are put on trial for alleged instances of a violent wrongdoing, this House would decrease the burden of proof to the balance of probabilities.","y":2016,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4052},{"m":"This House would allow negative voting.","y":2016,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4053,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that armies should indoctrinate soldiers to take their own lives in the event that they fall captive to the enemy.","y":2016,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4054},{"m":"This House believes that the state should promote the norm of the 'single life'.","y":2016,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy","economics","politics","lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4055},{"m":"This House believes that NATO should expel members that do not meet the organisation's defence spending targets.","y":2016,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4056},{"m":"This House would abolish all government schemes that provide grants, tax-breaks or loans at preferential terms to home buyers","y":2016,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics","feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4057},{"m":"THBT indigenous groups in parliamentary democracies should form independent political parties instead of encouraging their members to vote for, and run on behalf of, existing parties","y":2016,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements","politics"],"ty":"value","id":4058},{"m":"This House believes that governments should make available a publicly searchable database containing the income, wealth and taxes paid by all citizens","y":2016,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics","politics"],"ty":"value","id":4059},{"m":"This House would prohibit the use of predictive algorithms in criminal trials","y":2016,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4060,"hi":1},{"m":"This House, as Israel, opposes a Iran nuclear deal","y":2016,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4061},{"m":"This House believes that membership of the EAEU is in the interests of Central Asian states.","y":2016,"t":"Cambridge 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using terms such as bigot, racist, sexist etc to describe people or positions they disagree with","y":2016,"t":"New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4066},{"m":"THW transition to a cashless society","y":2016,"t":"New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4067},{"m":"THW greatly reduce economic prosperity, progress and growth in favour of increasing individual's leisure time","y":2016,"t":"New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4068},{"m":"THW not prosecute former child soldiers for offences committed as adults","y":2016,"t":"New Zealand BP Debating Championships 2016","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4069},{"m":"THW require all companies over a certain size to be fully publicly listed","y":2016,"t":"New Zealand BP Debating 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than the recall or overthrow of ruling parties.","y":2016,"t":"CMS Cambridge Women's Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4074},{"m":"This House Believes That teachers should contradict curriculum that they believe will be harmful to society","y":2016,"t":"Cork IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4075},{"m":"This House Believes That feminists should actively adopt stereotypically \"male\" traits (such as being assertive, emotionally distant, \"man-spreading\" etc.)","y":2016,"t":"Cork IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4076},{"m":"This House Would never offer a reduced sentence in return for information relating to other crimes","y":2016,"t":"Cork IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4077},{"m":"This House, as the Catholic Church, would sell all wealth (including, but not limited to, art, property, and religious artefacts) to the highest bidder and donate the profit to the alleviation of poverty","y":2016,"t":"Cork IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":4078},{"m":"This House Would give the African Union passport to all citizens of African Union member states","y":2016,"t":"Cork IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4079},{"m":"THW allow plaintiffs to sell to third parties their right to sue.","y":2016,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4080,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the prominence given to celebrity endorsements of politicians and political parties","y":2016,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4081},{"m":"THW apply an environmental tax to cheap mass-produced clothing","y":2016,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4082},{"m":"TH, as a female visitor to WestWorld, would choose to wear a black hat.","y":2016,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":4083,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing nations with ethnically diverse populations should prohibit vernacular schools\"","y":2016,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4084,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT NATO should create a 'safe zone' in rebel-held territory within Syria","y":2016,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4085},{"m":"THR the decision of Clinton supporters in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 US election to frame the Trump victory as the result of misogyny and racism and not opposition to the political establishment and/or neoliberalism","y":2016,"t":"Tilbury House IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":4086},{"m":"THW Give Extra Votes to Individuals who Live in Areas with Consistently Low Voter Turnout","y":2016,"t":"Moscow Open 2016","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4087},{"m":"This House Believes That the state should pay a salary to stay-at-home parents","y":2016,"t":"Moscow Open 2016","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4088},{"m":"Given the existence of \"SASP Glasses\" technology, This House Would ban them.","y":2016,"t":"Moscow Open 2016","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4089,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That western tech companies should collectively refuse to comply with the Russian personal information law","y":2016,"t":"Moscow Open 2016","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4090,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That developed nations should not recruit high-skilled workers (Such as doctors, engineers, etc.) from developing countries","y":2016,"t":"Moscow Open 2016","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4091},{"m":"Given the ability to accurately measure the moral track record of a person, This House Would criminalize having a consistently negative moral track record","y":2016,"t":"Moscow Open 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":4092,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes that the Election of Donald Trump Serves the Interests of Russian Citizens","y":2016,"t":"Moscow Open 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4093},{"m":"THR the existence of religious political parties","y":2016,"t":"Sheffield IV 2016","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4094},{"m":"THBT the state should not fund blueskies research","y":2016,"t":"Sheffield IV 2016","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4095},{"m":"TH opposes the popularisation of BDSM","y":2016,"t":"Sheffield IV 2016","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4096},{"m":"THBT using Human Shield tactics, by the weaker side, is legitimate in asymmetrical wars","y":2016,"t":"Sheffield IV 2016","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4097},{"m":"THBT individuals should only fund charities that follow effective altruism","y":2016,"t":"Sheffield IV 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4098},{"m":"This house regrets Disney's use of indigenous characters and settings in their films","y":2016,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4099,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that pro-remain political parties and campaign groups should launch a class action suit against prominent members of the Leave campaign for Fraud","y":2016,"t":"Birmingham IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4100},{"m":"This house believes that the Trump administration should abandon the One-China policy","y":2016,"t":"Birmingham 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destroy all places of extermination (for example, death camps)","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"1","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4115},{"m":"This House would allow members of the armed forces to form labour unions","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"2","c":"International","top":["war-and-security","economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4116,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that sports leagues should significantly tax and redistribute from wealthier teams to poorer teams","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"3","c":"International","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":4117},{"m":"In areas with rapidly rising property prices, This House would suspend all restrictions on property development that are not health and safety requirements (for example, environmental zoning regulations, building height restrictions, and regulations on the appearance of buildings)","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"4","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4118},{"m":"This House believes that the Netherlands should allow citizens to purchase additional votes from the government at a cost proportional to their wealth (for example, one additional vote for 1% of wealth)","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"5","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4119},{"m":"This House believes that the world would be a better place if women from privileged backgrounds turned down any benefits arising from affirmative action programs.","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"6","c":"International","top":["feminism","economics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4120},{"m":"This House believes that South Korea should produce nuclear weapons","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"7","c":"International","top":["war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4121},{"m":"This House regrets the glamorization of start-up culture that encourages people to start 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score highly on bi-partisan metrics.","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"ESL_Quarters","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4125,"hi":1},{"m":"This house, as the pope, would abolish the requirement for clerical celibacy.","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["religion","feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":4126},{"m":"THW force all news organisations to operate as non-profits","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["media-and-technology","economics","social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4127},{"m":"This house believes that countries close to conflict zones should only grant long-term asylum to refugees who agree to one year of military service.","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"Open_Partial_Double_Octos","c":"International","top":["international-relations","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4128},{"m":"This house would ban advocacy for religious belief in public places","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"Open_Octos","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4129},{"m":"TH, as the Chinese Communist Party, will allow fair and competitive elections for local elections","y":2017,"t":"Dutch WUDC 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":4130},{"m":"This house believes that Pakistani Feminists should campaign for the end of gender segregation in mosques, and the right of female imams to preach in mosques.","y":2017,"t":"Shahjiwana International Debating IV 2017","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4131},{"m":"This house regrets Wikileaks decision to release the DNC emails","y":2017,"t":"Shahjiwana International Debating IV 2017","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4132,"hi":1},{"m":"This house, as the state of Pakistan, would officially recognise the state of Israel","y":2017,"t":"Shahjiwana International Debating IV 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Debating IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4137,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes news media in Pakistan, should not invite imans to comment on political issues.","y":2017,"t":"Shahjiwana International Debating IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4138},{"m":"This House Would Force All Companies to be 100% Owned by their Workers","y":2017,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4139},{"m":"This House believes that the British Government Should Pay Reparations to Northern Irish Catholics","y":2017,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4140},{"m":"THBT the use of erotic capital by women does more harm than good","y":2017,"t":"Trinity IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4141,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT China should join the TPP","y":2017,"t":"Trinity 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the power to quarantine individuals involuntary who they suspect are ill with highly contagious diseases","y":2017,"t":"cornell novice nationals and tournament of love","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4157},{"m":"THBT human shields are legitimate targets in war","y":2017,"t":"cornell novice nationals and tournament of love","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4158},{"m":"TH, as the Catholic church, would sell its cultural artifacts in order to fund poverty alleviation","y":2017,"t":"cornell novice nationals and tournament of love","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":4159},{"m":"THB trade unions should stop all campaigning and policy work against offshoring","y":2017,"t":"cornell novice nationals and tournament of love","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4160},{"m":"TH regrets the narrative of college as the primary path to success (not sure if exact wording)","y":2017,"t":"cornell novice nationals and tournament of love","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":4161},{"m":"THBT every European state should significantly increase military spending","y":2017,"t":"GWU Eastern Championships 2017","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4162},{"m":"THR the commodification of indigenous art","y":2017,"t":"GWU Eastern Championships 2017","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4163},{"m":"Assuming a cap on refugees, THW prioritize admitting refugees who have engaged in armed resistance against oppressive regimes","y":2017,"t":"GWU Eastern Championships 2017","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4164},{"m":"TH opposes common currency","y":2017,"t":"GWU Eastern Championships 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4165,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT American news media should cease to invite major Trump surrogates (e.g. Kellyane Conway, Sean Spicer) to comment on news events.","y":2017,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4166},{"m":"This house supports the creation of all-Jewish universities in Europe","y":2017,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4167},{"m":"This house regrets the social perception that ADHD is an illness, as opposed to a personality trait","y":2017,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":4168},{"m":"THBT the BDS movement does more harm than good.","y":2017,"t":"Leiden Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4169},{"m":"THBT the West should support the Russian-backed Syrian peace talks.","y":2017,"t":"Leiden 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automatically grant citizenship to its permanent residents who had moved to the countries after the end of World War II, instead offering them an option to naturalize. Citiezenship was one of the promises made the pro-independence movement to encouradge Russian-speaker support. By 2016, 11.75% of Latvian and 6.1% of Estonian population are still non-citizens. Motion: THBT Estonia and Latvia should grant citizenship to non-citizen residents","y":2017,"t":"Riga Mini, 2nd edition","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":4175},{"m":"In the near future, scientist Thomas Harbor has discovered conclusive scientific evidence that afterlife exists. It has also been determined that it is impossible to to find out the specific nature of afterlife. Motion: TH, as Thomas Harbor, would destroy the research","y":2017,"t":"Riga Mini, 2nd edition","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":4176},{"m":"TH supports the establishment of a gayborhood in Riga","y":2017,"t":"Riga Mini, 2nd edition","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4177},{"m":"Assuming Belarus agrees, THBT NATO should grant full membership to Belarus contingent on its pivot towards the West in foreign policy and trade","y":2017,"t":"Riga Mini, 2nd edition","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4178},{"m":"THBT it is the Moral Imperative of Liberals within Eastern European countries to stay within their Home Country rather than Emigrate to More Progressive Countries","y":2017,"t":"Budapest Open 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4179},{"m":"THO the dominant narrative in popular culture that there exists a soulmate for everyone","y":2017,"t":"Budapest Open 2017","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4180},{"m":"THW allow individuals to sue religious organizations for compensation for the harmful effects of choices made as a result of adherence to religious doctrine","y":2017,"t":"Budapest Open 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4181},{"m":"In countries that have the death penalty, THW implement execution duty (with info slide)","y":2017,"t":"Budapest Open 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4182},{"m":"Given that private gun ownership is legal, THS the existence of women's gun rights organizations (with info slide)","y":2017,"t":"Budapest Open 2017","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4183},{"m":"THP a world where everyone has Highly Superior Autobiographical (with info slide)","y":2017,"t":"Budapest Open 2017","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4184},{"m":"THBT China should remove its restrictions on rural to urban migrants.","y":2017,"t":"Budapest Open 2017","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4185},{"m":"THW allow local communities to vote to reduce the amount of policing present within their districts","y":2017,"t":"Budapest Open 2017","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4186},{"m":"THW make the directors of major governmental science and technology organizations elected positions (e.g. Director of Environmental Protection Agency, head of National Science Foundation, Minister of Science and Technology)","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4187},{"m":"THBT governments should depopulate areas with few viable economic activities.","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4188},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should oppose presumptive custody in favor of women in cases of divorce.","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4189},{"m":"THBT it is legitimate for states to deny residency to immigrants who openly contradict their predominant values.","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4190},{"m":"THW institute a \"robot tax\"","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4191,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT minority groups should not reclaim slurs that have been directed against them.","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4192},{"m":"You are a citizen living in today's world. You have the ability to create a perfect world by picking a random child by global lottery and condemning them to a condition of abject misery. The lottery is unbiased. The child will endure all the world's extreme suffering in perpetuity (i.e. lack of human contact, torture, starvation, disease). The child's suffering creates a world without war, famine, disease, or poverty: there is perfect prosperity and happiness. THW do it.","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":4193},{"m":"This house believes that the USA should fund military action by private intermediaries (e.g. paramilitary groups, private military contractors, vigilante groups) against drug cartels in other countries in the Americas.","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4194},{"m":"This house prefers a world where American and Canadian Multi-National Corporations in South America adhere to the environmental and labour standards of their home countries.","y":2017,"t":"2017 Pan-American Universities Debating Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4195},{"m":"This house supports deaf parents' choice to deafen their children in utero.","y":2017,"t":"North American Women & Gender Minorities Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4196,"hi":1},{"m":"This house supports the government suing meat producers/distributors to recover health care and environmental costs incurred by meat consumption.","y":2017,"t":"North American Women & Gender Minorities Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4197},{"m":"This house, as the European Union, would reject Turkey's membership application to the European Union.","y":2017,"t":"North American Women & Gender Minorities Debating Championship","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4198},{"m":"This house opposes the presence of external sex characteristics (uterus, vagina, breasts) at pro-women protests (eg, the Women's March on Washington).","y":2017,"t":"North American Women & Gender Minorities Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4199},{"m":"This house opposes the societal idea that forgiveness is a virtue.","y":2017,"t":"North American Women & Gender Minorities Debating Championship","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4200},{"m":"This house would prefer a world in which we never found out that Joseph Boyden has no Indigenous heritage.","y":2017,"t":"North American Women & Gender Minorities Debating Championship","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4201,"hi":1},{"m":"This house opposes democracy.","y":2017,"t":"North American Women & Gender Minorities Debating Championship","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4202},{"m":"This house believes that feminism is incompatible with capitalism.","y":2017,"t":"North American Women & Gender Minorities Debating Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4203},{"m":"THBT universities should not interfere with the choices of topics and guests at events organized by their students","y":2017,"t":"Tricity Mini","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4204},{"m":"TH, as the EU, would impose sanctions on Poland for breaching democratic principles","y":2017,"t":"Tricity Mini","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4205},{"m":"THW introduce educational system with the selection process based only on geographical location (and not e.g. test results)","y":2017,"t":"Tricity Mini","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4206},{"m":"THR the rise of sharing economy","y":2017,"t":"Tricity Mini","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":4207},{"m":"THP a world in which all people actively believed in determinism as opposed to a world in which they believed in free will","y":2017,"t":"Empire Debates","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4208,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Western countries should cease all direct military intervention in Yemen","y":2017,"t":"Empire Debates","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4209},{"m":"THW withdraw all military aid to Israel","y":2017,"t":"Empire Debates","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4210},{"m":"In places with significantly high waiting times for finding appropriate donors, THW legalize the private sale of organs","y":2017,"t":"Empire Debates","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4211},{"m":"TH, as a parent belonging to a minority religion, would discourage their children from expressing their faith publicly (e.g. wearing yarmulkes, hijabs or other articles of faith, etc.)","y":2017,"t":"Empire Debates","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":4212},{"m":"THBT Mexico should pull out of NAFTA","y":2017,"t":"Empire Debates","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4213},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should oppose the rise of commercial products and services aimed at helping women protect themselves from sexual assault and harassment (e.g. nail polish that changes colour around date rape drugs, anti-rape underwear, \"killer tampon\", Pink Cabs)","y":2017,"t":"Empire Debates","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4214},{"m":"THW abolish K-12 private schools","y":2017,"t":"Empire Debates","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4215},{"m":"THW ban college entrance exams - for example: ACT, SAT","y":2017,"t":"Colgate Open 2017","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4216},{"m":"THW require meat packaging to display images that vividly and accurately reflect the experiences of the animals throughout the manufacturing process","y":2017,"t":"Colgate Open 2017","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":4217},{"m":"THBT social media companies should factcheck posts by world leaders","y":2017,"t":"Colgate Open 2017","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4218},{"m":"THBT protesters should sabotage the Dakota Access Pipeline","y":2017,"t":"Colgate Open 2017","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4219},{"m":"THBT the international community should regard the USA as a rogue state if it leaves or does not abide by the Paris Climate Agreement","y":2017,"t":"Colgate Open 2017","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4220,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the state should pay reparations to women","y":2017,"t":"Colgate Open 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4221},{"m":"THW abolish all locked facilities - for example: jail, detention centers, correctional facilities - for youth","y":2017,"t":"Colgate Open 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4222},{"m":"TH, as a Republican member of Congress, would destroy the evidence","y":2017,"t":"Colgate Open 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":4223,"hi":1},{"m":"This house supports the use of \"eye in the sky\" policing in urban areas with high crime rates.","y":2017,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice","politics","economics"],"ty":"value","id":4224,"hi":1},{"m":"This house supports democratic governments using social disgust as a grounds for restricting public speech or display.","y":2017,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4225},{"m":"This house regrets the shift in focus within the academic study of history from studying great figures and institutions to studying cultural forces and the experiences of ordinary people.","y":2017,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["education","ethics-and-philosophy","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4226},{"m":"Given the choice as an individual who is a typical, healthy 30-year-old, THW elect to never again feel the emotion of sorrow.","y":2017,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":4227,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that the US should issue guest worker visas, under which minimum wage laws would not apply.","y":2017,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["economics","feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4228},{"m":"THBT governments should abandon the strategy of \"decapitation\" in fighting terrorism.","y":2017,"t":"HWS Round Robin","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security","international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4229},{"m":"This House Would Fully Subsidize Gender Reassigment Surgery For Pubescent Teenagers Regardless of Parental Consent.","y":2017,"t":"PEP IV 2017","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics","lgbt","family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":4230},{"m":"This House Believes That Israel Should Fine Actors Who Refuse To Perform In Settlements","y":2017,"t":"PEP IV 2017","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations","arts-and-culture","medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4231,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That the U.S. Should Hack China's \"Credit Social System\" In Order To Disrupt It","y":2017,"t":"PEP IV 2017","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations","media-and-technology","politics"],"ty":"value","id":4232,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That Republika Srpska Should Be an Independent State","y":2017,"t":"PEP IV 2017","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4233,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That Mexico Should Allow Neighbourhoods And Cities In North Mexico To Form Armed Militias In Order To Combat Drug Cartels.","y":2017,"t":"PEP IV 2017","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice","war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4234},{"m":"This House Would Impose Criminal Laws To Crimes Comitted By Users Of Avatars In Virtual Worlds (Such As 'Second Life')","y":2017,"t":"PEP IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice","media-and-technology","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":4235},{"m":"This House Supports the EU Backed Western Balkans Customs Union, Even at the Price of Terminating the Free Trade Agreement With Russia And of Joining the EU Sanctions on Russia","y":2017,"t":"PEP IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations","economics"],"ty":"value","id":4236,"hi":1},{"m":"THW televise criminal trials","y":2017,"t":"Trinity Open","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice","media-and-technology","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"id":4237},{"m":"THBT the UK Labour Party should stand candidates in general elections in Northern Ireland","y":2017,"t":"Trinity Open","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics","social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4238},{"m":"TH, as China, would abandon all claims on the Senkaku Islands","y":2017,"t":"Trinity Open","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4239},{"m":"TH, as Arturo di Modica, would discontinue the loan of the Charging Bull to New York City","y":2017,"t":"Trinity Open","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture","medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":4240},{"m":"THBT school systems should build curricula in a way that emphasizes national pride","y":2017,"t":"Trinity Open","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4241},{"m":"THBT individual feminist women should reject acts of chivalry (e.g. buying drinks for them, holding the door open, \"ladies first\" etc.)","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4242},{"m":"THW punish attempted and committed crimes equally","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice","ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":4243},{"m":"THBT Brazil should fully privatise Petrobras","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4244},{"m":"THW subsidise banks to disproportionately direct loans to historically disadvantaged communities and individuals","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics","social-movements","politics","feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4245},{"m":"THW tax religious institutions","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["religion","politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4246},{"m":"THW normalize relations with North Korea (including the removal of sanctions)","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4247},{"m":"TH, as a theatre, would refuse to run the film \"Dragonfly Eyes.\"","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology","arts-and-culture"],"ty":"actor","id":4248,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the decline in marriage rates.","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["family-and-relationships","feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":4249,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of \"global\" languages like English","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture","international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":4250},{"m":"THBT comedic political commentators (e.g. John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, etc.) do more harm than good.","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology","politics"],"ty":"value","id":4251},{"m":"THW ban commercial research and development of CRISPR-Cas9 technology","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4252,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT children have a right to know who their biological parents are (e.g. adoptees, children of reproductive donors, children of estranged parents)","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["family-and-relationships","medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4253},{"m":"THBT Democrats and Republicans should accept a border wall in exchange for full legalization of immigrants currently residing in the United States.","y":2017,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4254},{"m":"THBT the administration of professional licensure examinations should be in the hands of the private sector instead of the government","y":2017,"t":"La Salle IV","r":"1","c":"Philippines","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4255},{"m":"TH, as the UN, would give Venezuela humanitarian aid with no strings attached","y":2017,"t":"La Salle IV","r":"2","c":"Philippines","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4256},{"m":"THBT the environmental movement should abandon the narrative of personal responsibility in favor of one which emphasizes institutional accountability","y":2017,"t":"La Salle IV","r":"3","c":"Philippines","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":4257},{"m":"THS Singapore's hiatus-triggered model for the presidential elections","y":2017,"t":"La Salle IV","r":"4","c":"Philippines","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4258,"hi":1},{"m":"In conservative countries, THBT the LGBT movement should actively court religious institutions","y":2017,"t":"La Salle IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Philippines","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4259},{"m":"THBT it is in China's interest to take the lead in subduing North Korea.","y":2017,"t":"La Salle IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Philippines","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4260},{"m":"THW remove the power of impeachment from the legislature.","y":2017,"t":"La Salle IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Philippines","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4261},{"m":"TH celebrates the decline of American liberalism.","y":2017,"t":"La Salle IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Philippines","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4262},{"m":"When casting minority characters, THBT films should only cast actors from that same minority","y":2017,"t":"IIT Bombay IV","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4263},{"m":"THBT India should abandon the Make in India policy","y":2017,"t":"IIT Bombay IV","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4264},{"m":"THS the existence of dual-legal systems for minority religious communities","y":2017,"t":"IIT Bombay IV","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4265},{"m":"THBT the Rohingya should prioritize advocating for an independent state over citizenship and acceptance within Myanmar","y":2017,"t":"IIT Bombay IV","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4266},{"m":"THR the commercialization of feminism","y":2017,"t":"IIT Bombay IV","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":4267},{"m":"THR the rise of Antifa","y":2017,"t":"IIT Bombay IV","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4268},{"m":"THW dissolve global human rights institutions in favor of regional human rights institutions","y":2017,"t":"IIT Bombay IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4269},{"m":"THW build social housing in high-wealth areas","y":2017,"t":"Helsinki Freshers' ProAm 2017","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4270},{"m":"THR the narrative that a university education is the primary path to success","y":2017,"t":"Helsinki Freshers' ProAm 2017","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":4271},{"m":"THS the development of Artificial General Intelligence","y":2017,"t":"Helsinki Freshers' ProAm 2017","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4272},{"m":"THBT majority liberal supreme courts should actively misapply constitutions in order to advance progressive rights","y":2017,"t":"Helsinki Freshers' ProAm 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4273},{"m":"THBT scholars who study under-represented groups in history should emphasize their contribution to events that are commonly considered historically significant, rather than studying the history of those groups' contributions to their own societies.","y":2017,"t":"HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4274},{"m":"THR the modern high prioritization of sexual compatibility in romantic relationships.","y":2017,"t":"HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip","r":"Novice_Semis","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":4275},{"m":"THBT, in large metropolitan areas, the government should use eminent domain to create high density housing development.","y":2017,"t":"HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4276},{"m":"THBT social movements should emphasize an individual's capacity to change their circumstances in the face of oppression, as opposed to emphasizing the structures that restrict and determine an individual's fate.","y":2017,"t":"HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4277},{"m":"THBT the U.S. should eliminate all protective measures on the trading and use of green technologies.","y":2017,"t":"HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4278},{"m":"Of religions that promise reward for faithful practice, THW prefer religions that promise reward will come in the afterlife as opposed to those that promise material reward in this life.","y":2017,"t":"HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4279},{"m":"THW replace existing welfare systems with a universal basic income.","y":2017,"t":"HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4280},{"m":"THBT civil rights legal organizations (e.g. ACLU) should refuse to provide legal resources to white supremacists and other hate groups.","y":2017,"t":"HWS North American Universities Debating Championsip","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4281},{"m":"THW ban police unions.","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4282},{"m":"THBT Pharmaceutical companies should be held civilly liable for the opiate crisis","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4283},{"m":"THB the Democratic Party should prioritize/welcome the nomination of candidates at all levels of government who favor more radical changes to existing policies and structures over those who are seen as more \"electable\"","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4284},{"m":"This house regrets the development of mass tourism at world heritage sites","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4285},{"m":"TH, as a prominent African-American group, would seek to create autonomous spaces of politics, economics etc. rather than integrating with American society","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":4286},{"m":"THW, as the US government, recognize the DPRK as a nuclear state and no longer oppose their nuclear program on the condition they discontinue long-range missile development.","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4287},{"m":"The United States of Africa is a proposed concept for a federation of some or all of the 55 sovereign states on the African continent. The concept takes its origin from the writing of Marcus Garvey, an influential pan-Africanist leader in the early 20th century.","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":4288},{"m":"THS the political unification of Africa","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4289},{"m":"THW, as President Trump, fire Robert Mueller","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4290},{"m":"THBT Truth and Reconciliation Commissions should destroy all collected testimony upon publication of the commissions' reports.","y":2017,"t":"Hart House IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4291},{"m":"THB that women are justified in lying about their past experiences, abilities and future family plans on job applications or at job interviews.","y":2017,"t":"KCL IV 2017","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4292},{"m":"TH, as the Premier League, would require all clubs to field a minimum of 4 English players every match","y":2017,"t":"KCL IV 2017","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["sports"],"ty":"actor","id":4293},{"m":"THBT the EU should ban non-stun religious slaughter of animals","y":2017,"t":"KCL IV 2017","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4294,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow central banks to use quantitative easing for the purpose of government investment as opposed to the support of the financial services.","y":2017,"t":"KCL IV 2017","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4295,"hi":1},{"m":"THW assasinate Kim Jong-Un","y":2017,"t":"KCL IV 2017","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4296},{"m":"THS the monetisation of reproduction (e.g. sale of oocysts, commercial surrogacy)","y":2017,"t":"KCL IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4297},{"m":"either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.\" - Arthur C Clarke Motion: THW rather be alone in the Universe","y":2017,"t":"KCL IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"other","id":4298,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming there is a drug that increases individuals tendency to pacifism, TH, as the state, would lace the country's water supply with the drug.","y":2017,"t":"KCL IV 2017","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4299},{"m":"THBT universities should not be allowed to patent technology they develop","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4300},{"m":"THBT states should incentivize wealthy people to move to economically insolvent cities","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4301},{"m":"THBT pro-Palestinian organisations should abandon their support for the BDS movement against Israeli academic institutions and scholars","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4302,"hi":1},{"m":"THW Legalize Graffiti","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":4303},{"m":"THBT states that are responsible for heavy pollution are morally obligated to sell portions of their land to states under severe threat by climate change","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4304},{"m":"THBT the African Union should pivot toward the global East rather than the global West","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4305},{"m":"Motion: THBT universities should never restrict freedom of expression beyond what is already considered illegal by the state","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"Novice_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4306},{"m":"THR the decline of Marxist political parties","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4307},{"m":"THW charge prosecutors who withhold or deliberately lie about evidence in cases where the defendant faces the death penalty or life in prison, with attempted murder.","y":2017,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4308},{"m":"This House believes that language should, to the greatest extent possible, be stripped of gender references.","y":2017,"t":"Penguin Invitational at Dominican University","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4309},{"m":"Assuming adequate security vetting, this House would allow individual states to set their own immigration policies.","y":2017,"t":"Penguin Invitational at Dominican University","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4310},{"m":"This House believes that the costs of autonomous technologies outweigh the benefits.","y":2017,"t":"Penguin Invitational at Dominican University","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4311},{"m":"THW prohibit non-disclosure agreements tied to the settlement of civil lawsuits.","y":2017,"t":"Penguin Invitational at Dominican University","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4312},{"m":"The U.S. should declare a cyber war against Russia.","y":2017,"t":"Penguin Invitational at Dominican University","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":4313},{"m":"THBT cultural appropriation is a good thing","y":2017,"t":"Penguin Invitational at Dominican University","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4314},{"m":"THW require post-high school public service.","y":2017,"t":"Penguin Invitational at Dominican University","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4315},{"m":"THW call a Constitutional Convention to address the problem of gun violence in America.","y":2017,"t":"Penguin Invitational at Dominican University","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4316},{"m":"THBT when a company conducts any business in a developed nation, that nation should enforce its domestic environmental regulations at all stages of that company's supply chain (including suppliers and sub-contractors)","y":2017,"t":"Durham IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"other","id":4317},{"m":"Assuming it was logistically feasible, THW randomly swap all newborn babies at birth.","y":2017,"t":"Durham IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4318},{"m":"THS the continued remilitarisation of Japan.","y":2017,"t":"Durham IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4319},{"m":"THW rank all charities by their Effective Altruism score and remove charitable status from all but the most effective.","y":2017,"t":"Durham IV","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":4320},{"m":"THBT states should not pursue policies to reduce inequality once all citizens have an acceptable standard living","y":2017,"t":"Durham IV","r":"Novice_Finals","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4321},{"m":"THR the existence of NATO after the dissolution of the USSR","y":2017,"t":"Durham IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":4322},{"m":"TH, as the Church of England, would withdraw from the Anglican Communion","y":2017,"t":"Durham IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":4323,"hi":1},{"m":"THW provide means-tested welfare in the form of basic goods and services (including vouchers), rather than cash payments.","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"1","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4324},{"m":"THBT twitter has done more harm than good","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"2","c":"International","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4325},{"m":"TH Prefers Asian Values to Western liberalism","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"3","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4326},{"m":"THBT investors should cease purchasing bonds issued by the Venezuelan government.","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"4","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4327},{"m":"THBT minority parents should shelter their children from the existence of racism for as long as possible","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"5","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4328},{"m":"THW require all sold products to clearly display their price in Dead Children Currency.","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"Novice_Finals","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4329,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the creation and adoption of cryptocurrencies.","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":4330},{"m":"THBT that the EU should suspend the voting rights of Poland.","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4331,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Mohammed bin Salman's policies are in the interests of the ruling House of Saud.","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4332,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban the creation of all artificial conscious beings.","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4333,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming it could be done peacefully, THW replace all existing governments with a single global democratic government.","y":2017,"t":"Oxford IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4334},{"m":"THBT NFL team owners should be allowed to sanction players for political expressions on and off the field","y":2017,"t":"FinEst 100 Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":4335},{"m":"THBT Countries whose native language is not English should adopt English as the main language of governance","y":2017,"t":"FinEst 100 Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4336},{"m":"THR the glorification of soldiers and veterans as heros","y":2017,"t":"FinEst 100 Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":4337},{"m":"THBT true womens liberation is incompatable with the existence of organized religion","y":2017,"t":"FinEst 100 Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4338},{"m":"THBT developing countries should heavily disincentivise rural to urban migration","y":2017,"t":"FinEst 100 Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4339},{"m":"THBT Finland should join NATO","y":2017,"t":"FinEst 100 Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4340},{"m":"THBT it is immoral for a country to be a tax haven","y":2017,"t":"FinEst 100 Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4341},{"m":"This house would give companies tax breaks on all revenues paid as renumeration (salaries and bonus) to all female employees","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"1","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4342},{"m":"THR the substitution of digital entertainment (e.g. tv, movies, video games) for written materials (e.g. novels, Kindle, comic books) in the lives of children","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"2","c":"International","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":4343},{"m":"THBT former human rights activists under dictatorial regimes should not seek elected office (e.g. MP) after the transition to democracy","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"3","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4344},{"m":"This house prefers a world in which all religions believe in Universal Salvation","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"4","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4345},{"m":"This House regrets the rise of Xi Jinping","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"5","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4346},{"m":"This house believes that criminal justice systems should never incorporate retribution as an aim in determining criminal punishments","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4347},{"m":"This house would force all companies worth over $1 billion to list publicly","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4348},{"m":"This House regrets the use of the term \"moderate muslim\" by Muslims to identify themselves","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":4349},{"m":"In cases where a supreme court would currently rule on the compliance of a given law with a constitutional provision, THW hold a public referendum on whether to abandon that constitutional provision","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":4350},{"m":"THBT it is always immoral to fight for one's country","y":2017,"t":"Cambridge IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4351},{"m":"This House Would abolish the statute of limitations for heinous crimes (e.g. murder, sexual assault, grievous bodily harm)","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4352,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That progressive movements should not doxx","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4353,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Regrets the narrative that motherhood is an intrinsically fulfilling experience","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"regret","id":4354},{"m":"TH supports South Korea's rejection of the potential trilateral military USA-Korea-Japan alliance.","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4355,"hi":1},{"m":"\"Utility factor\" refers to the total, foreseeable impact on society produced by academic research. The utility factor is determined by the universities themselves. Motion:This House Supports the allocation of research funding in universities based purely on the utility factor of the research","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":4356,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Would remove all criminal penalties for knowingly exposing partners to HIV","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4357},{"m":"This House Believes That development of infrastructure in developing countries should be led by the state, as opposed to the private sector","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4358},{"m":"This House Would impose heavy penalties on planned obsolescence","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4359,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Would all movies and TV shows to introduce racial-blind casting for all characters","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":4360,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That 'armies of opinion shapers' should never be a legitimate political tool for states","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4361,"hi":1},{"m":"- very severe dementia; - vegetative state etc. Advanced directives are irreversible - they remain binding. NON-voluntary euthanasia is NOT INvoluntary euthanasia. It merely means that no EXPLICIT CONSENT is granted at the time. \" Motion: This House Would legalize advanced directives requesting non-voluntary euthanasia for oneself","y":2017,"t":"NEAO 2017","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":4362,"hi":1},{"m":"TH prefers a world without a concept of an afterlife.","y":2017,"t":"Munich Open 2017","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4363},{"m":"TH supports the inclusion of FARC as a political party in Colombian elections","y":2017,"t":"Munich Open 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4364,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports the creation of an artificial island for those who do not want to live under the jurisdiction of any state.","y":2017,"t":"Munich Open 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4365},{"m":"TH welcomes the increasing automation of labour.","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle IV 2017","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4366},{"m":"THS the use of extra-legal and illegal methods to provide wider access to knowledge (e.g. sci-hub, hacking Jstor, unauthorised distribution of files and copies).","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle IV 2017","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4367},{"m":"TH, as a progressive individual, would not consume the works of artists who have committed or been accused of serious crimes.","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle IV 2017","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"actor","id":4368},{"m":"TH prefers a higher education system with a large variation in education quality over one in which there is a low variation in education quality. (+ infoslide)","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle IV 2017","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4369},{"m":"THB the state should lace water supply with a chemical that homogenises people's intelligence to the intelligence level of an average uni graduate.","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4370},{"m":"This house prefers a world without alcohol.","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle IV 2017","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":4371},{"m":"TH supports the increasing secularisation of the world.","y":2017,"t":"Newcastle IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4372},{"m":"THW ban the publication of electoral polls during the run-up to an election","y":2017,"t":"Leiden Novices' Tournament 2017","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4373},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should encourage women to not wear make-up","y":2017,"t":"Leiden Novices' Tournament 2017","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4374},{"m":"THBT all states should allow single parents to raise their children in prison","y":2017,"t":"Leiden Novices' Tournament 2017","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4375},{"m":"This house believes that secular democracies with substantial religious communities should create special courts where issues can be settled on the basis of religious law","y":2017,"t":"Leiden Novices' Tournament 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4376,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require universities to use minimum entry requirements which are at least a grade higher for pupils from selective schools (e.g. private or grammar schools)","y":2017,"t":"Sheffield IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4377},{"m":"THBT singing-based reality TV shows (e.g. X Factor, American Idol, The Voice) have done more harm than good","y":2017,"t":"Sheffield IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4378},{"m":"THW make at least 10 years of non-political work experience a prerequisite for standing for national elected office","y":2017,"t":"Sheffield IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4379},{"m":"THBT non-LGBT+ people should not play LGBT+ roles in TV/film (e.g. that a lesbian role should only be played by a lesbian)","y":2017,"t":"Sheffield IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4380},{"m":"This house regrets the rise of international adoption","y":2017,"t":"Sheffield IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":4381,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that the UK government should remain silent when Donald Trump makes statements that are contrary to UK values","y":2017,"t":"Sheffield IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4382},{"m":"This house would ban all communication tech companies (such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Whatsapp, etc.) from encrypting their users data, including the content of their communications, in such a way that the company cannot retrieve that data even under a court order.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"1","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4383},{"m":"This house supports job security legislation.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"2","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4384,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would redefine the criterion for excessive force in the US to be any use of beyond what is reasonable given all the facts of the case, including the benefit of hindsight (e.g. whether the individual had a gun, not whether it was reasonable to believe he had a gun).","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"3","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4385,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would limit the amount of time that a museum can display a given piece of art to 3 months out of every 10 year period, rather than allow museums to display their works as long as they choose.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"4","c":"International","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":4386,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would allow citizens to vote on individual bills in place of their representative, with the representative retaining the voting power of those of their constituents who did not directly vote on that specific bill.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"5","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4387},{"m":"This house believes that all states should mandate that research on and use of CRISPR technology be exclusively carried out by institutions funded entirely by the state.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"6","c":"International","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4388,"hi":1},{"m":"This house, as Iran, would cease all support for military groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.).","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"7","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4389},{"m":"This house prefers a world in which all individuals who have achieved a middle class standard of living choose to pursue the highest level of achievement in their chosen career, rather than a wold in which those individuals priorities day-to-day enjoyment over work.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"8","c":"International","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4390},{"m":"This house would not allow out of court settlements for workplace discrimination and harrasment.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"9","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4391},{"m":"This house believes that Catholic religious officials in Mexico should not make statements in support of governmental policies, political parties, or candidates.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"EFL_Semis","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4392},{"m":"This house believes that it is better for the general population to be more optimistic about the current and future state of the nation (including societal cohesion, peace processes, the state of the economy) than an objectively accurate judgement.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"EFL_Final","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4393},{"m":"This house, as the Chinese Communist Party, would lift all restrictions on foreign investments in China, except restrictions critical to national security.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"ESL_Quarters","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4394},{"m":"This house prefers a non-adversarial legal system","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4395},{"m":"In democratic post-colonial states, This house believes that opposition parties to the party of independence should claim and use the legacy of anti-colonial resistance.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4396},{"m":"This house believes that ASEAN should negotiate all investment deals with Chinese government entities as a bloc (with decisions made by majority vote of its members), so that no member state can enter into investment deals without the rest of the world.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"Open_Partial_Double_Octos","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4397},{"m":"This house supports the court's decision to acquit Tehlirian","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"Open_Octos","c":"International","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4398},{"m":"This house, as a parent of a child with ASPD, would enable and support that child given that child's aims based on their current psychological makeup, instead of trying to make them more empathic.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":4399,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would create an international court with the ability to classify national debt as \"Odious Debt\" at the debtor nation's request and remove the obligation of that nation to pay.","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4400},{"m":"This House would rather save the live of a single child over extending the life of 5 adults by 10 years","y":2018,"t":"Mexico WUDC 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":4401},{"m":"THBT that Universities should exclusively award scholarships and grants on the basis of financial need.","y":2017,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup 2017","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4402},{"m":"THB the state should not recognise marriage (e.g. through special tax breaks, visitation rights, adoption privileges or other forms of differential treatment).","y":2017,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup 2017","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4403},{"m":"Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies which operate without central banks or other regulating bodies, the most notable being Bitcoin. Trades can be made anonymously online and have so far proven un-hackable. While Bitcoin has become used for criminal transactions, some institutions have actively invested in it, including certain Swiss banks and the state of Japan. China amounts others, has banned use of Bitcoin. THBT States should criminalise the use and possession of cryptocurrencies.","y":2017,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup 2017","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":4404},{"m":"TH opposes the practice in former colonies of privileging themes of anti colonial resistance over pre colonial-history and notions of indignity when fabricating national identity. Eg. anthems, street names, holidays etc.","y":2017,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup 2017","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4405},{"m":"THR the narrative that soldiers are heroes.","y":2017,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":4406},{"m":"THW ban all essential service workers from striking (e.g. firemen, policemen, doctors)","y":2017,"t":"Guangdong Debate Challenge 2017","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4407},{"m":"THW implement blind voting for general elections (For the purposes of this debate, \"blind voting\" refers to a system where voters cast their votes for various policies, and a candidate is matched to them based on their preference)","y":2017,"t":"Guangdong Debate Challenge 2017","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4408},{"m":"THBT activists should abandon the use of doxxing in order to advance their movement","y":2017,"t":"Guangdong Debate Challenge 2017","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4409},{"m":"THBT the US should impose sanctions on Myanmar until a safe zone is created in the Rakhine state for Rohingya civilians","y":2017,"t":"Guangdong Debate Challenge 2017","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4410},{"m":"THBT the state should only fund artworks that promote socially desirable values (e.g. multiculturalism, equality)","y":2017,"t":"Guangdong Debate Challenge 2017","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4411},{"m":"THW allocate every adult a single tradable permit to have one child.","y":2017,"t":"Guangdong Debate Challenge 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":4412},{"m":"THW impose high property and land taxes on foreign buyers and owners of property","y":2017,"t":"Guangdong Debate Challenge 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4413},{"m":"THS the existence of a \"social credit system\" (For the purposes of the debate, a \"social credit system\" refers to a system which assigns a rating to every citizen based on government data regarding their economic history (e.g. paying taxes, paying debts) and social behavior. Ratings impact one's ability to carry out economic transactions, such as seeking employment, renting or buying property.)","y":2017,"t":"Guangdong Debate Challenge 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4414},{"m":"This House Would subsidize large scale geoengineering such as massive carbon sequestration (capture of atmospheric co2 out of the atmosphere and into storage) rather than environmental adaptation (eg: cleaner fossil fuels, ethanol, recycling technology, etc)","y":2018,"t":"UBC IV","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4415},{"m":"This House believes that states should seek to participate in multinational currency unions","y":2018,"t":"UBC IV","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4416},{"m":"This House regrets the glorification of entertainers by the LGBTQ+ community","y":2018,"t":"UBC IV","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"regret","id":4417},{"m":"In the event of the development of a technology that makes the recipient unable to knowingly commit any crimes, This House Would ban the research, production, and use of this technology.","y":2018,"t":"UBC IV","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":4418},{"m":"This House would ban people whose net worth is in more than the 90th percentile from running for office","y":2018,"t":"UBC IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4419,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that the US should make aid to Israel conditional on the establishment of peace talks with Palestine","y":2018,"t":"UBC IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4420},{"m":"This House believes that regions with extremely high rates of gendered violence should grant amnesty to women for violent crimes they commit","y":2018,"t":"UBC IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4421},{"m":"THBT when systemically important financial institutions are in need of financial assistance during recessions, creditors, rather than the government, should be liable","y":2017,"t":"Mexican Open","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4422},{"m":"TH, as the US, would make aid to Saudi Arabia contingent on its full withdrawal from Yemen","y":2017,"t":"Mexican Open","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4423},{"m":"THBT developed countries should pay developing countries to preserve the rainforests","y":2017,"t":"UNESCO Hong Kong SDG Debating Tournament","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4424},{"m":"THW condition development aid on the progress of human rights","y":2017,"t":"UNESCO Hong Kong SDG Debating Tournament","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4425},{"m":"THBT women should pay less income tax than men","y":2017,"t":"UNESCO Hong Kong SDG Debating Tournament","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4426},{"m":"THW melt the polar ice caps if it gave drought-stricken countries drinking water","y":2017,"t":"UNESCO Hong Kong SDG Debating Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4427},{"m":"THS the increasing use of technology in the sex industry. (e.g. sex robots, virtual reality porn)","y":2018,"t":"Inner Temple IV 2018","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4428},{"m":"THW work for Don-Roberts Holgerrson.","y":2018,"t":"Inner Temple IV 2018","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4429,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT South Korea should re-open the Kaesong Industrial Region.","y":2018,"t":"Inner Temple IV 2018","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4430,"hi":1},{"m":"THW impose legal obligations on major online media companies (YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc.) to censor the Manosphere. (e.g. blocking accounts, taking down content)","y":2018,"t":"Inner Temple IV 2018","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4431,"hi":1},{"m":"TH prefers common law legal systems","y":2018,"t":"Inner Temple IV 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4432,"hi":1},{"m":"THW Prefer a world without lying","y":2018,"t":"Inner Temple IV 2018","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":4433},{"m":"THW create and enforce filial responsibility laws","y":2017,"t":"Lund IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4434,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require all large companies to reserve 51% of shares for employees as equal voting shares","y":2017,"t":"Lund IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4435},{"m":"THBT revenue from tourism sites associated with indigenous cultures (e.g. Chichen Itza and related Mayan sites in Mexico) should be distributed directly to those communities","y":2017,"t":"Lund IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4436},{"m":"THBT the West should lift all sanctions on Zimbabwe and directly engage with the new government on liberal reforms, as opposed to keeping sanctions and working to bolster the opposition","y":2017,"t":"Lund IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4437},{"m":"THW ban ownership of land and property by foreigners and foreign-owned corporations","y":2017,"t":"Lund IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4438},{"m":"In school districts in France where Arabic is the majority language, THW make Arabic the language of primary instruction in schools.","y":2018,"t":"York IV","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4439},{"m":"TH supports filial responsibility laws.","y":2018,"t":"York IV","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4440,"hi":1},{"m":"If sometime in the future the opportunity arose, she'd be the one to run for president. The first woman president, Ivanka entertained, would not be Hillary Clinton; it would be Ivanka Trump.\" Motion: TH, as Ivanka Trump, would publicly distance herself from her father.","y":2018,"t":"York IV","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":4441,"hi":1},{"m":"TH believes that provocation should not be a consideration in legal sentencing","y":2018,"t":"York IV","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4442,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as an agnostic, would take the pill.","y":2018,"t":"York IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":4443,"hi":1},{"m":"THW permit the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"1","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":4444},{"m":"THBT university students should be required to work in their countries of origin for a temporary period after graduation","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"2","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4445},{"m":"THBT democracy is on the streets and not on the ballot box","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"4","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4446},{"m":"THR the rise of slum tourism","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"5","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4447},{"m":"THW ban blood sport","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"6","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":4448},{"m":"TH supports academic tracking in primary and secondary education","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"7","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4449},{"m":"THW abandon nuclear energy","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"8","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"id":4450},{"m":"THW suspend labor laws in times of economic crisis","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4451},{"m":"THBT the media should not comment on the electability of politicians","y":2016,"t":"Indian Schools Debating Society Chennai Leagues, 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Indian schools circuit","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4452},{"m":"This House supports hacking as a form of social protest.","y":2017,"t":"International Competition for Young Debaters, Finals Day, 2017","r":"2","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4453},{"m":"This House would prefer a world without religious belief.","y":2017,"t":"International Competition for Young Debaters, Finals Day, 2017","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4454},{"m":"This House would not give development aid to corrupt regimes.","y":2017,"t":"International Competition for Young Debaters, Finals Day, 2017","r":"4","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4455},{"m":"This House would ban for-profit universities and colleges.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"1","c":"International, school-level","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"id":4456},{"m":"This House would impose restrictions on the opening of stores operated by large multinational retail chains (e.g. Tesco, Walmart) in order to protect local businesses.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"2","c":"International, school-level","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4457},{"m":"This House would deny tax-exempt status to religious institutions that refuse to appoint female leaders.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"3","c":"International, school-level","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"id":4458},{"m":"This House believes that states should not erect statues or memorials which commemorate or glorify military campaigns and/or the service of soldiers in war","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"4","c":"International, school-level","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4459},{"m":"This House would make labour union membership compulsory in large industries","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"5","c":"International, school-level","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"id":4460},{"m":"This House believes that, when working to preserve rare and endangered species, private entities are more effective than the state.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"6","c":"International, school-level","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4461},{"m":"This House believes that the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence in Eastern Europe is doing more harm than good.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"7","c":"International, school-level","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4462},{"m":"This House believes that states should be able to prioritize asylum seekers on the basis of cultural similarity with existing populations.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"8","c":"International, school-level","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4463},{"m":"This House would legalize commercial surrogacy for profit.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"Open_Partial_Double_Octos","c":"International, school-level","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4464},{"m":"This House supports military retaliation against cyberattacks.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"International, school-level","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4465},{"m":"This House would impose additional taxes on employers who use automation to replace human workers.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International, school-level","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"id":4466},{"m":"This House prefers benevolent dictatorship to weak democracy.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International, school-level","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4467},{"m":"This House supports restrictions on free speech to combat the rise of right-wing populism.","y":2017,"t":"World Schools Debating Championship, 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"International, school-level","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","w":1,"id":4468},{"m":"THW not allow public schools to expel students - Round 1","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4469},{"m":"THBT education in the developing world should be conducted primarily in English - Round 1","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4470},{"m":"THW institute a negative basic income - Round 2","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4471},{"m":"THS immigration criteria based around culture - Round 2","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4472},{"m":"THBT the government should have no role in protecting endangered species - Round 3","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4473},{"m":"THBT future generations should be able to sue the government for damages from the effects of climate change - Round 3","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4474},{"m":"You have a machine that allows you to know when you will die. THW use the machine. - Round 4","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":4475},{"m":"Assuming you have the technology, THW financially reward citizens for good deeds - Round 4","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4476},{"m":"THW ban tithing - Round 5","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4477},{"m":"THW require religious organisations to elect their leaders - Round 5","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4478},{"m":"THBT the European Union should refuse to offer the United Kingdom preferential trade terms - Round 6","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"6","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4479},{"m":"THW place a tax on the labour of robots - Round 6","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"6","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4480},{"m":"THS the publication of the DNC (Democratic National Committee) leaks - Round 7","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"7","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4481},{"m":"TH regrets the commercialisation of social justice - Round 7","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"7","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4482},{"m":"THW reject women-only spaces - Round 8","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"8","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4483},{"m":"THBT the transgender movement should distance itself from the feminist movement - Round 8","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"8","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4484},{"m":"TH regrets Treaty settlements - Semi Final 1","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":4485},{"m":"THS granting legal personality to rivers and lakes - Semi Final 1","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4486},{"m":"THBT inquiries into the misconduct of soldiers should only be conducted by people who have at some point been in active service - Semi Final 2","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4487},{"m":"THBT the USA should take aggressive military action against the Syrian regime - Semi Final 2","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4488},{"m":"THBT the media should not 'out' authors who publish under a pseudonym - Grand Final","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4489},{"m":"THW not allow authors to copyright characters or worlds that they have created - Grand Final","y":2017,"t":"NZ Easters 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":4490},{"m":"This house believes that European media outlets should refrain from reporting on crimes committed by refugees - Round 1","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4491},{"m":"This house would compel media to declare a political bias - Round 1","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4492},{"m":"THS former colonial states involvement in propping up autocratic, but stable, regimes in Africa - Round 2","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4493},{"m":"Sam Childers, the \"Machine Gun Preacher\" is an American citizen who travelled to Sudan in order to take up arms against the Lords Resistance Army (a terrorist organsation). Childers has set up a local resistance network that does not co-ordinate with the Sudanese state and employs violent methods to resist the LRA. THS Sam Childers - Round 2","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":4494},{"m":"THS protesters who protest at political gatherings with the aim of causing them to be cancelled - Round 3","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4495},{"m":"This house would set term limits for MPs in Parliament. - Round 3","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4496},{"m":"You are a research scientist working for a large pharmaceutical corporation. You accidentally discover a drug which indefinitely delays the aging process for as long as it is taken (and produces gold). No-one else is aware of what you have done. THW destroy all evidence of your discovery - Round 4","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":4497},{"m":"TH, as an embattled ruler (in Westeros), would arm religious fanatics in order to bolster your rule - Round 4","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4498},{"m":"In 49BC, the general Julius Caesar attempted to return from a successful campaign in Gaul to Rome. The Roman Senate, fearing Caesar's popularity with his army and the people, issued an ultimatum that Caesar was to not cross the border marked by the River Rubicon, else he would be named a traitor and spark a civil war. TH, as Caesar, would cross the Rubicon - Round 5","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":4499},{"m":"Following the total defeat of the French army in 1940, the British Government received an offer of peace from Nazi Germany. Any terms would have left Hitler in control of continental Europe, but would have prevented (at least in the short-term) an attack on Britain. The Cabinet of new Prime Minister Winston Churchill was divided over whether to enter into negotiations. TH, as Winston Churchill, would argue against peace - Round 5","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":4500},{"m":"THB that South Korea should develop nuclear weapons - Round 6","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"6","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4501},{"m":"The South China Sea is the cause of several territorial and resource-based disputes between several surrounding nations. China has been a particularly aggressive claimant of rights to resources and territory within the area. The United States publicly disagrees with China's claims and has deployed military vessels into the area to \"by monitor the situation\". THB the United States should end all involvement in the dispute - Round 6","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"6","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":4502},{"m":"THW give conscientious objectors equal status to veterans in government memorialisation of war - Round 7","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"7","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4503},{"m":"THS white progressives criticising illiberal practices in non-Western and/or minority cultures - Round 7","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"7","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4504},{"m":"This house, as the GOP establishment, would prevent Donald Trump from receiving the nomination in a contested convention even if he receives the largest share of delegates - Round 8","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"8","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":4505},{"m":"This house, as the GOP senate leadership, would support Merrick Garland's nomination for the Supreme Court - Round 8","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"8","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":4506},{"m":"THB progressives should refrain from criticising Caitlyn Jenner's endorsement of Ted Cruz - Semi Final 1","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4507},{"m":"THR the reliance on land settlements as reparation for colonial injustices - Semi Final 2","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":4508},{"m":"THR that cultural identities and practices are primarily bound to racial heritage- Semi Final 2","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4509},{"m":"Cecil Rhodes was the creator of the Rhodes scholarship for Oxford. He was also a British imperialist known for beginning enforced racial segregation in South Africa and for his belief in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race. He is commemorated in a number of ways at Oxford University, including through a prominent statute. A student movement called \"Rhodes must fall\" is campaigning for the university to remove all references to him from the campus. THBT Rhodes must fall - Grand Final","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":4510},{"m":"TH, as a police officer in the United States who witnesses a minor non-violent crime being committed by an African American individual, would refrain from arresting that individual - Grand Final","y":2016,"t":"NZ Easters 2016","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"actor","id":4511},{"m":"THR The Rise of Far Left Politics in Western Countries","y":2018,"t":"Maynooth Open 2018","r":"1","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4512},{"m":"THB Women Are Legitimate in Using Erotic Capital","y":2018,"t":"Maynooth Open 2018","r":"3","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4513},{"m":"THBT African states should extend dual citizenship status to members of their diaspora, including the right to vote in elections, and right of return, as part of the AU's diaspora initiative.","y":2018,"t":"Maynooth Open 2018","r":"5","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4514},{"m":"TH, As the EU, would trigger Article 7 if Hungary failed to commit to democratic reform","y":2018,"t":"Maynooth Open 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4515,"hi":1},{"m":"THW Pull the Switch","y":2018,"t":"Maynooth Open 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Britain & Ireland","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":4516,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT religious institutions should to take custody of children in street situations, even without the consent of their parents","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4517},{"m":"If it were discovered during an armed conflict that a population hides terrorists, THW not consider a war crime to attack civilians","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4518},{"m":"THBT government must grant economic compensation to those unemployed by the automation of their work","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4519},{"m":"THBT sovereign debt must be insured with the assets of that country, including, among others, land, natural resources and state enterprises, in case of non-compliance","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"4","c":"Latin America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4520},{"m":"TH, as a public educational institution, would prohibit all school football programs due to the risks of CTE","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"5","c":"Latin America","top":["sports"],"ty":"actor","id":4521,"hi":1},{"m":"THW punish natural or legal persons who are accused of cultural appropriation","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"6","c":"Latin America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":4522,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT human beings must sow terrestrial life forms on other planets even if that destroys endemic life forms of those planets","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"7","c":"Latin America","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":4523,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the creation of similar groups to the Gulabi Gang in Latin America","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"8","c":"Latin America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4524,"hi":1},{"m":"THW choose China","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4525,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it should be prohibited all acts of election campaign with the exception of public debates","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Latin America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4526},{"m":"Assuming it is legal, THW justify that federal states with high rates of violence, hire mercenaries (private armies) to fight organized crime.","y":2018,"t":"1st Copa Leones de Debate (CLD) at University of Guadalajara","r":"Open_Final","c":"Latin America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4527},{"m":"This House supports individuals publicizing the identity of people who attend far right protests and gatherings in the USA to their community (coworkers, employers, family etc.)","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad Open 2018","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4528},{"m":"This House would privatize NASA","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad Open 2018","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4529},{"m":"This House opposes Twitch's decision to ban sexually suggestive content on their platform","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad Open 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4530,"hi":1},{"m":"This House would allow victims (and families of deceased) of gun violence to sue the sellers of the gun used in the act for compensation","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad Open 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4531},{"m":"This House believes that prominent individuals outside politics (e.g. business leaders, celebrities) from developing countries should emphasize the positive aspects of their country, rather than the negative aspects when speaking on an international platform","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad Open 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4532},{"m":"This House Believes that the US Democratic Party should move to the left in candidate selection and policy platform","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"1","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4533},{"m":"This House believes that State Health Services should allow private companies to run hospitals for profit","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"2","c":"International","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4534},{"m":"This House believes that the State should fund the creation of, and access to, realistic androids that simulate romantic relationships.","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"3","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4535},{"m":"This House Regrets the glorification of the immediate postcolonial leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa.","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"4","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":4536},{"m":"This House Believes That South Korea should abandon the goal of, and all policies which aim at, Korean reunification","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"5","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4537},{"m":"This House regrets the increasing trend of popular shows featuring neurodivergence* as the central theme. *Neurodivergence refers to those whose psychology is non standard, e.g. for reasons of mental health, mental disability, etc.","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"6","c":"International","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":4538},{"m":"This House, as Colombia, would cease cooperation with the USA in the War Against Drugs","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"7","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4539},{"m":"This House Believes That Artists should not participate in the ongoing interpretation of their art.","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"8","c":"International","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4540},{"m":"This house supports first generation immigrants to Western Europe encouraging their children to fully assimilate and identify with the local culture","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"9","c":"International","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":4541},{"m":"THW prefer a religion which preaches that one's fate in the material world is predetermined rather than one which preaches that choices influence it","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"Open_Octos","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4542},{"m":"THBT the IMF should require direct control over a country's monetary policy as a condition of national bailouts.","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4543},{"m":"THBT liberal democracies should constitutionally enshrine the right of regions to unilaterally secede","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4544},{"m":"THR the shift in the #MeToo movement from victims sharing their experiences to holding public figures to account","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":4545},{"m":"THBT the EU should decriminalise human smuggling*. * Human smuggling is the aiding of a willing person to illegally cross a border. It is distinct from human trafficking, in which the person does not consent.","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"ESL_Quarters","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4546},{"m":"THR the decline of labour union power in the West","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4547},{"m":"This House supports the promotion of collective guilt after large scale crimes against humanity","y":2018,"t":"Novi Sad EUDC 2018","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4548},{"m":"THBT political representatives should deliberately seek to achieve the best political outcomes for their own local community or constituency, even at the expense of the national interest.","y":2018,"t":"Cedar College Debating Championship 2018","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4549},{"m":"TH prefers bail-ins to bail-outs","y":2018,"t":"Cedar College Debating Championship 2018","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4550,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT feminist movements should mobilise masculinity in service of feminist goals (e.g. \"real men respect women\") rather than deconstruct it (e.g. raising awareness to the issue of toxic masculinity)","y":2018,"t":"Cedar College Debating Championship 2018","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4551},{"m":"THBT India should actively oppose Chinese aggression in Asia","y":2018,"t":"Cedar College Debating Championship 2018","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4552},{"m":"TH, as a member of Pakistan's Economic Advisory Council, would resign.","y":2018,"t":"Cedar College Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4553,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports the symbolized popularization of painful historical events in modern pop culture.","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"1","c":"Africa","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4554,"hi":1},{"m":"THW REPEAL ALL NON-COMPETE LEGISLATION","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"2","c":"Africa","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4555,"hi":1},{"m":"THW NOT ALLOW MEMBERS OF FAMILIES WITH OVERWHELMING SOCIAL INFLUENCE (e.g, The Adeleke Family in Osun State - Davido's family) TO CONTEST ELECTIONS","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"3","c":"Africa","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":4556},{"m":"TH AS HOODIE WILL OPT FOR THE PIG'S VALVE","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"4","c":"Africa","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":4557,"hi":1},{"m":"THW TOTALLY RESTRICT FUTURE COPYRIGHTING OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"5","c":"Africa","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4558,"hi":1},{"m":"TH AS NIGERIA WILL PURSUE ISOLATIONIST ECONOMIC POLICIES","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"6","c":"Africa","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":4559},{"m":"The 2018 FIFA World Cup champions, France, won the tournament with an ethnically diverse team who could trace their origins to Guadeloupe, Algeria, Guinea, Mali, French Guiana, Dr Congo, Martinique, Morocco, and Senegal. Motion:THBT colonial states that directly benefit in sports from the integration of athletes with roots to former colonies, should actively pay dividends to these former colonies, separate from existing financial obligations.","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"7","c":"Africa","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":4560},{"m":"THW ABOLISH COMPULSORY REPRESENTATION","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"Open_Octos","c":"Africa","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4561,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT ethnic minorities and movements that seek to break their ceilings(e.g glass, bamboo, black) and eliminate their underrepresentation should prioritize notions of intersectionality over their actual objectives.","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Africa","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4562},{"m":"THR the practice of banking secrecy","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Africa","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":4563,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as a person appointed as a medical proxy will be held culpable by the patient upon recovery for decisions opposed to their preferred life choices (ideologies, medical choices etc) but crucial to their recovery","y":2018,"t":"All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC), University of Ilorin 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Africa","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":4564,"hi":1},{"m":"In the context of the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship begun in 1964, This House would directly engage in armed struggle.","y":2018,"t":"GV Debate","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4565},{"m":"This House condemns the rise of the use of social networks as a vehicle for public debate.","y":2018,"t":"GV Debate","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4566},{"m":"This House would rather live in a world where globalization had not occurred so intensely.","y":2018,"t":"GV Debate","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":4567},{"m":"\"Thanks to the hierarchy, this House believes that combating \"class oppression\" is more important than combating \"oppression of identities\".\"","y":2018,"t":"GV Debate","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Latin America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4568},{"m":"Forced to vote between Haddad and Bolsonaro, This House would vote for Haddad.","y":2018,"t":"GV Debate","r":"Open_Final","c":"Latin America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4569},{"m":"THW require all schools in New Zealand to become co-educational","y":2018,"t":"Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament)","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4570},{"m":"THW replace the Māori seats in Parliament with a Māori upper house","y":2018,"t":"Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament)","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4571},{"m":"TH regrets that President Obama did not enforce the 'red line' in Syria","y":2018,"t":"Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament)","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":4572},{"m":"TH, as a US Democratic presidential contender, would make repeal of the second amendment part of their core policy platform for 2020","y":2018,"t":"Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament)","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":4573},{"m":"TH, as India, would embrace China's One Belt One Road initiative","y":2018,"t":"Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament)","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":4574},{"m":"You are a relatively successful indie film-maker who has been approached by a major movie studio to direct a major film franchise. THW turn down the offer","y":2018,"t":"Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament)","r":"6","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":4575},{"m":"TH regrets the Obergefell decision","y":2018,"t":"Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament)","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4576},{"m":"TH prefers a world where everyone believes in free will","y":2018,"t":"Joynt Scroll (NZ Prepared Debating Tournament)","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4577},{"m":"This house believes that we should exclusively fund political parties through public funding.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4578},{"m":"This house regrets written constitutions.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4579},{"m":"This house believes that, in highly populated urban areas, the government should set a maximum rent that may be charged for residential tenancies.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4580},{"m":"This house would abolish income tax in favour of consumption taxes.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4581},{"m":"This house would prefer a world where it is commonly believed that free will does not exist.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4582},{"m":"This house supports a movement towards granting human rights to AI.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4583},{"m":"A Western democratic nation has recently been the target of a relatively large terrorist attack. That nation has elections scheduled in a week. This house would cancel those elections.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":4584},{"m":"This house believes that social media companies should aggressively exclude extremist political content from their platforms.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4585},{"m":"You are one of New Zealand's top historians and have been asked by the Waitangi Tribunal to provide a record of harm borne by an iwi. You are confident your report will be accepted as true. This house would alter the historical documents to increase the iwi's likely Treaty settlement.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":4586},{"m":"You are an innkeeper. It is approximately 0BC. The King has issued an edict requiring all newborns to be handed to his soldiers in pain of death. You know of such a newborn, he is in your inn's stable. You suspect the child may be sacred to your God. This house would hand over the child.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":4587},{"m":"This house believes that feminists should criticise decisions made by women that seem to entrench patriarchal norms even where women claim it is their choice (e.g. foregoing careers to raise children, having cosmetic surgery).","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"6","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4588},{"m":"This house would enforce surrogacy contracts, even if the surrogate mother refuses after giving birth.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"6","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4589},{"m":"This house regrets the Truth and Reconciliation amnesty process.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"7","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4590,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that in post colonial countries, land confiscated by colonial powers should be seized by the state without compensation.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"7","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4591},{"m":"This house believes that the criminal law should not distinguish an attempt to commit a crime from successfully committing a crime.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"8","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4592},{"m":"This house believes that juries, not judges, should be entirely responsible for sentencing decisions.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"8","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4593},{"m":"You are a humanitarian charity operating in a conflict-zone and have been instructed that to remain working in the country you must provide 50% of your donations to the government or else all access to the country will be forcibly cut off. This house would remain in the conflict-zone.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":4594},{"m":"This house believes that charities should not accept money from donors they consider immoral.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4595},{"m":"This house supports student unions who disaffiliate controversial student groups.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4596},{"m":"This house believes that we should recognise a right to be free from intentionally offensive speech.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4597},{"m":"This house believes that Western democratic countries should unilaterally evacuate relics of historical or cultural importance located in unstable countries and take possession of them.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4598},{"m":"This house believes that the International Criminal Court should use private military contractors to arrest people wanted by the Court.","y":2018,"t":"NZ Easters 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4599},{"m":"This House regrets the societal expectation of going to the University","y":2018,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":4600},{"m":"This House would introduce quotas for women in League of Legends Esports teams","y":2018,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4601,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that the West should impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia","y":2018,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4602},{"m":"Assuming the technology existed, This House would allow the use of technology X.","y":2018,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4603,"hi":1},{"m":"In states with high rates of violent crime This House supports assassination of individuals credibly accused of participating in organized crime","y":2018,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":4604},{"m":"This House regrets the demonization of Donald Trump","y":2018,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4605,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that the open immigration policy is not good for Germany","y":2018,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4606},{"m":"Assuming that a technology exists that can accurately measure and transfer intelligence This House would radically redistribute intelligence among the population","y":2018,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":4607},{"m":"THW allow people to sue partners who cheated on them","y":2018,"t":"Sofia Open 2018","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4608},{"m":"THBT Putin is good for Russian power on the international stage","y":2018,"t":"Sofia Open 2018","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4609},{"m":"THBT the Bulgarian government should pay reparations to all those who were subjected to the Revival process","y":2018,"t":"Sofia Open 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4610,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the western companies and investors should pull out of the Saudi Arabia's Neom project","y":2018,"t":"Sofia Open 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4611,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the increasing presence of nihilism in popular culture (eg. 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significantly increase sanctions on Russia as opposed to lifting them","y":2018,"t":"Roosevelt Open 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4617},{"m":"THBT parents should teach morality to their underage children through religious context (e.g. \"it is a sin to lie\"; \"help thy neighbor\" etc.)","y":2018,"t":"Roosevelt Open 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4618},{"m":"THW allow workers to sell their rights in exchange for higher pay (e.g. health and safety protections, right to maternity/paternity leave etc.)","y":2018,"t":"Roosevelt Open 2018","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4619},{"m":"THO rise of social media influencers","y":2018,"t":"Roosevelt Open 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4620,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT music streaming services (e.g. Spotify, Apple etc.) do more harm than good","y":2018,"t":"Roosevelt Open 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Thompson including but not limited to not playing his songs on their rallies, not making public appearance at their rallies etc.","y":2018,"t":"Split Open 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4626,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as the UK Conservative Party would hold a second Brexit referendum","y":2018,"t":"Split Open 2018","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":4627},{"m":"THBT athletes should not be permitted to express political views during major sporting events","y":2018,"t":"Split Open 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":4628},{"m":"This House Regrets narratives that glorify the elderly (e.g. \"The old know better\"; \"The old deserve more\" etc.)","y":2018,"t":"China BP","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":4629},{"m":"This House Believes That Supreme Courts should refrain from making decisions on controversial social issues (e.g. gay rights, abortion)","y":2018,"t":"China 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making public statements on political issues* (* thus making them criminally liable for perjury if they lie about facts)","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4644},{"m":"In countries where compulsory military service for men exists, this House believes that feminists should advocate for the conscription of women","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4645},{"m":"This House believes that the LGBT movement should embrace the message that sexuality is a choice","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4646},{"m":"This House believes that United States foreign policy should seek to significantly restrict Iran's influence over Syria","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4647},{"m":"This House opposes Consumerist Culture* (*Consumerist Culture is a culture where consistently purchasing goods is expected and considered a marker of social status)","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4648},{"m":"This House believes that in Western states with high rates of unemployment the state should act as an employer of last resort (i.e. the state should directly employ people who are unable to find a job elsewhere)","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4649},{"m":"This House would allow individuals to sue religious institutions in their community for propagating beliefs that cause them significant harm","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4650},{"m":"This House would allow communities to reduce the amount of policing employed within their neighborhoods","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"Novice_Semis","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4651},{"m":"This House believes that the Obama administration should have prioritized affordable tertiary education over affordable healthcare","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4652},{"m":"This House would allow the creation of Savior Siblings* (*a child who is born for the purpose of providing an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who is affected with a fatal disease)","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4653},{"m":"This House believes that the state should curb assortative mating* (*the phenomenon of people primarily entering relationships and building families with those of similar social and economic characteristics)","y":2018,"t":"HWS IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4654},{"m":"This House would remove quarterly reporting requirements for publicly traded companies","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4655},{"m":"This House believes that prominent institutions in marginalized communities (churches, schools, community centres, etc.) should practice the politics of respectability","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4656,"hi":1},{"m":"This House supports the US's use of economic warfare (tariffs, targeted sanctions, etc.) against China in order to force compliance with the rules of the global neoliberal economic order (opening up its economy, protecting intellectual property, not engaging in currency manipulation, etc.)","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4657},{"m":"This House would remove all health restrictions for prospective adoptive parents","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4658,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that developing countries should never commit to having their sovereign debt disputes settled by courts in foreign countries","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4659,"hi":1},{"m":"In countries with vigorously contested campaign contribution regulations, this House believes that the political left should not contest the premise that money is speech and should, instead, contest how that speech is regulated","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4660},{"m":"In a plurality of cases, this House believes that the \"me too\" movement should, on balance, prioritize a path towards redemption over retribution","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4661},{"m":"In legal systems where constitutional courts practice judicial review, this House would apply the \"no precedential effect rule\" to judgments by single judge margins","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4662},{"m":"This House believes that the horrors of history are incompatible with a belief in a Judeo-Christian God","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4663},{"m":"This House would legalize and train sex workers specifically to work with disabled people","y":2018,"t":"Yale IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4664},{"m":"This House Would Not Consume The Art of People Who Have Engaged in Gravely Unethical Behavior","y":2018,"t":"Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":4665},{"m":"This House Regrets The Belief That Technology Firms Will Solve The Climate Crisis","y":2018,"t":"Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":4666},{"m":"This House, as the US, would stop all arms sales, military support, and other aid to Saudi Arabia","y":2018,"t":"Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","intl":1,"id":4667,"hi":1},{"m":"This House would prefer a world where memory is permanent and infallible.","y":2018,"t":"Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":4668,"hi":1},{"m":"This House opposes the continued progress towards deep global economic integration (e.g. very low tariffs and free movement of capital and labour across borders).","y":2018,"t":"Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018","r":"5","c":"North 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the propagation of Canadian exceptionalism","y":2018,"t":"Hart House Inter-Varsity 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":4673,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT democratic governments should never be allowed to exercise prior restraint, even in cases of national security.","y":2018,"t":"McGill Central Novice Championship","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4674,"hi":1},{"m":"THW eliminate the government's ability to enact back to work legislation for all education workers.","y":2018,"t":"McGill Central Novice Championship","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4675},{"m":"THBT state subsidization of art should be distributed through a random lottery","y":2018,"t":"McGill Central Novice Championship","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4676},{"m":"THR the glorification of self-made success","y":2018,"t":"McGill Central Novice Championship","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":4677},{"m":"In Canada, criminal court judges are appointed. In other countries, such as the US, Japan, and Switzerland, judges are elected. The methods and voting systems used to elect these judges varies based on country and municipality. In the US for example, judges run for local office in the same way as other politicians (eg, mayors, council people, etc.), and sometimes have a party affiliation for campaigning. Motion: THP elected over appointed judges in criminal courts","y":2018,"t":"McGill Central Novice Championship","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":4678},{"m":"THW eliminate trial by jury and replace it with trial by judge","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4679},{"m":"As an author of a non-colonial language (Inuktitut, isiXhosa, Gikuyu, etc) THW only write in one's native language.","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4680},{"m":"Assuming the two are mutually exclusive, THW prefer wage subsidies over a raised minimum wage.","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4681,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow for free and open use of CRISPR technology in all medical research.","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4682},{"m":"Other than a prospective student's net family income, THW remove all social factors (ie, race, gender, disability status) from university admissions' decision processes.","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4683},{"m":"THBT Canada should take the lead in seeking the diplomatic isolation Saudi Arabia","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4684,"hi":1},{"m":"THW hold social media companies legally liable for content on their platform","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4685,"hi":1},{"m":"thbt the search for new, habitable planets should be prioritized in space exploration","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4686},{"m":"TH prefers a world where romantic relationships are initiated by an algorithm that matches prospective partners to a near-perfect degree.","y":2018,"t":"Huber Debates 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4687},{"m":"THW mandate retirement from Congress at age 65.","y":2018,"t":"Rocky Mountain IV 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4688},{"m":"This house, as a Palestinian, would advocate for a 1-state solution.","y":2018,"t":"Rocky Mountain IV 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":4689,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT universities that invite controversial speakers should be required, within a reasonable time frame, to invite a speaker that supports the other side of the controversy.","y":2018,"t":"Rocky Mountain IV 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4690},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should actively recruit conservative women.","y":2018,"t":"Rocky Mountain IV 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4691},{"m":"Assuming Democratic control of the House, THBT the Democrats should prioritize the impeachment of President Trump.","y":2018,"t":"Rocky Mountain IV 2018","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4692},{"m":"\"The premises of this mission should be inviolable. The agents of the receiving state may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission.\" Motion: THW repeal Article 22 Subsection 1 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.","y":2018,"t":"Rocky Mountain IV 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":4693,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports ANTIFA. Good luck everyone.","y":2018,"t":"Rocky Mountain IV 2018","r":"Novice_Semis","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4694},{"m":"THW create specific zones where community members can legally participate in nonviolent, illicit behavior (e.g. sex work, drug use).","y":2018,"t":"Rocky Mountain IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4695},{"m":"This House would create a military space force.","y":2018,"t":"Penguin Invitational 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4696},{"m":"This House would require all voters to attend civic education classes.","y":2018,"t":"Penguin Invitational 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4697},{"m":"THBT science is the key to human flourishing.","y":2018,"t":"Penguin Invitational 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4698},{"m":"As the US Federal Government, THW significantly increase spending on foreign aid.","y":2018,"t":"Penguin Invitational 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4699},{"m":"THBT social media is ruining democracy.","y":2018,"t":"Penguin Invitational 2018","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4700},{"m":"THBT affirmative action should be scrapped.","y":2018,"t":"Penguin Invitational 2018","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4701},{"m":"TH encourages fluidity in expressions of identity.","y":2018,"t":"Penguin Invitational 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":4702},{"m":"THW have elected representatives take an oath to pursue policies only if those policies are supported by a significant majority of their constituents.","y":2018,"t":"Penguin Invitational 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4703},{"m":"Ban football for minors","y":2018,"t":"UCLA IV 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":4704},{"m":"Democrats should abandon identity politics as a central tenant of their campaigning strategy","y":2018,"t":"UCLA IV 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":4705},{"m":"Ban the use of persistent surveillance systems by police forces","y":2018,"t":"UCLA IV 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":4706},{"m":"Given the technology to grant immortality exists, it would be treated as a positive right","y":2018,"t":"UCLA IV 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":4707},{"m":"The dangers of fat acceptance outweigh the harms of fat shaming","y":2018,"t":"UCLA IV 2018","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":4708},{"m":"The Trump administration should abandon its widespread use of tariffs as a tool to boost the US economy","y":2018,"t":"UCLA IV 2018","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":4709},{"m":"The United States should cease all diplomatic and military operations in the Middle East","y":2018,"t":"UCLA IV 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":4710},{"m":"State governments should refuse to uphold mandates from the Supreme Court of the United States","y":2018,"t":"UCLA IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":4711},{"m":"TH regrets art that glorifies gaining material wealth","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4712},{"m":"TH prefers a world in which children are raised to aspire to be single rather than married","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4713},{"m":"THBT the ACLU should work to maximize civil liberties regardless of ideology.","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4714,"hi":1},{"m":"THW pay politicians the median wage in their country","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4715},{"m":"This house regrets South Africa's rainbow nation narrative","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4716,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT environmental organizations should start a campaign of sabotage and destruction against major pollution companies","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4717},{"m":"THW ban media sources from taking institutional stances on the innocence or guilt of people who have been charged with a crime, but not yet convicted or acquitted","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4718},{"m":"THW significantly tax vacant homes","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4719},{"m":"THW require all isolated religious communities (eg. Hasidic Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.) to give all 18-year-olds a 'Rumspringa'.","y":2018,"t":"Brandeis IV","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4720,"hi":1},{"m":"THW exclusively fund African NGOs instead of Western NGOs working in African countries.","y":2018,"t":"Israel's English Cup 2018","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4721},{"m":"THW strongly subsidize and promote feminist pornography.","y":2018,"t":"Israel's English Cup 2018","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4722},{"m":"TH would forbid western tech companies from accepting chinese standards in order to access the chinese market (e.g. Google accepting censorship, Apple moving servers to china etc).","y":2018,"t":"Israel's English Cup 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4723},{"m":"THW ban ownership of 3D printers for personal use.","y":2018,"t":"Israel's English Cup 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4724},{"m":"This House Opposes cultural and academic boycott.","y":2018,"t":"Israel's English Cup 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4725},{"m":"This house regrets the commercialization of social movements.","y":2018,"t":"Jewell Debate Tournament","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4726},{"m":"This house would require companies to provide economic compensation & job retraining to those unemployed by the automation of their work.","y":2018,"t":"Jewell Debate Tournament","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4727},{"m":"This house believes that the Democratic Party should move toward socialism in candidate selection and policy platform.","y":2018,"t":"Jewell Debate Tournament","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4728},{"m":"Developing countries should ban the entry of charitable organizations that tie aid or services to religious conversion.","y":2018,"t":"Jewell Debate Tournament","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":4729},{"m":"This house believes that anonymous resistance from inside the Trump administration is a heroic act.","y":2018,"t":"Jewell Debate Tournament","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4730},{"m":"In areas of high crime, this house would impose a curfew on men.","y":2018,"t":"Jewell Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4731},{"m":"After a speaker has been invited, THW allow university students to vote to reject the speaker from coming to campus.","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4732},{"m":"THBT LGBT+ Pride campaigns should focus on direct protest rather than celebration","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4733},{"m":"TH, as a western democracy, would prefer relations with a stable autocracy as opposed to an unstable democracy","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4734},{"m":"Assuming the technology to significantly alters the body exists (eg, changing memory capacity, limb reinforcements...) thw recognize a right to morphological freedom","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":4735},{"m":"TH, as an indvidual, W not consume works produced by immoral artists","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"actor","id":4736},{"m":"THBT food ethics movements should disavow sustainable consumption marketed by large corporations (eg, Starbucks, Chipotle)","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4737,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT cities should not use investment incentives to attract businesses","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4738},{"m":"TH, as the UN, would facilitate independence referendums when requested by semi-autonomous regions","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4739},{"m":"You are presented with a choice before you are born. You can be born into this world, or you can be born into a world without any religion or spirituality. Regardless of your choice, once born, you will not remember having made such a choice. THW choose to be born in a world without religion","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":4740},{"m":"THP antiheroes as the dominant female archetype in literature and film","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4741,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the left should publicly support the violent suppression of alt-right speech","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4742},{"m":"THS the seizure and redistribution of land owned by the descendants of former colonizers in post colonial states","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4743},{"m":"THP a world where nobody can lie","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4744},{"m":"THW nationalize pharmaceutical research","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4745},{"m":"THBT having children is immoral","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"Novice_Semis","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4746},{"m":"THBT successful minority activists have a duty to donate their effects to schools that represent their community (eg: women's universities, HBCUs, Tribal Colleges, etc)","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4747},{"m":"THW ban non-disclosure agreements in the private sector","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4748,"hi":1},{"m":"a 2014 study reported that 19% of trans* people were denied health care by their provider due to their gender identity; 28% experienced harassment in a medical setting; 28% postponed care due to discrimination. Currently,there are approximately 6 doctors in the US and 2 in Canada that perform genital reconstruction surgery. Trans* people may have transition-related needs that create dependency on the healthcare system. Motion: THW establish and fund separate health clinics to provide accessible and comprehensive care to trans*gender people","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":4749,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the media should portray mass shootings as exclusively the result of social narratives of masculinity and systemic misogyny","y":2018,"t":"North America Womxn's and Gender Minorities' Debate Championship 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4750},{"m":"THW choose to be born in a world without religion","y":2017,"t":"Seattle IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4751,"hi":1},{"m":"TH opposes the attempts by the feminist movement to redefine roles and behaviours traditionally associated with women (e.g. wanting to be a housewife, wearing make-up and heels) as empowering.","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"1","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4752},{"m":"THS countries withdrawing from the International Criminal Court in order to create their own regional replacements (e.g. an African Criminal Court, an InterAmerican Criminal Court).","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"2","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4753},{"m":"In areas of chronically low academic attainment, THBT the general approach of educational charities should be to focus resources on maximising the potential of exceptional students, over helping the lowest achieving.","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"3","c":"International","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4754},{"m":"THS the rise of computational creativity (Infoslide: Computational Creativity' is a scientific field researching AI models that simulate or replicate human creativity. Projects in the field include but are not limited to using AI to script films, compose music, write poetry, and paint).","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"4","c":"International","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4755},{"m":"THW give legislative veto power to a Future Generations Commission (Infoslide: For the purposes of this debate, a 'Future Generations Commission' is an independent body mandated with mapping the long-term impacts of governmental policy on the young, or unborn generations).","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"5","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4756},{"m":"Actually, THW rather see one innocent man go to jail than see 100 guilty men walk free.","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4757},{"m":"Where resources are significantly limited, THBT states should actively promote religion in areas of high poverty.","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4758},{"m":"THR 'Operation Car Wash'. (Infoslide: Operation Car Wash' is a broad investigation conducted in Brazil that revealed extensive corruption. As a result of the operation, the left-leaning Workers' Party have lost power, and far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has been elected president)","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4759},{"m":"THBT it is immoral for individuals who have met their basic needs to not donate any excess wealth to utility maximising causes.","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"International","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4760},{"m":"TH prefers a world in which all children are conceived with DNA from a global genetic database.","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4761},{"m":"From behind a veil of ignorance, TH would choose to not be born.","y":2018,"t":"Cambridge IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":4762,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THW ban all research into the possible genetic origins of sex, race and sexuality.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"1","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4763},{"m":"THBT environmental advocacy groups should prioritise lobbying governments to change environmental policy (e.g. cap and trade policies, banning environmentally harmful chemicals) rather than convincing individuals to take responsibility for their contribution to environmental damage (e.g. reducing/recycling waste, taking public transport).","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"2","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4764},{"m":"TH, as Israel, would end compulsory military service.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"3","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4765},{"m":"THR the depiction of the everyday life of people with disabilities as inspirational.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"4","c":"International","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4766},{"m":"THBT the South African government should incentivize the movement of people out of townships, rather than focus on policies that try to economically develop townships.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"5","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4767,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT post-conflict states should actively promote a unifying national narrative in the history curriculum.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4768},{"m":"THBT the US should cut all political, economic and military ties with Saudi Arabia.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4769},{"m":"THBT social movements should reject the glorification of political violence.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4770},{"m":"THW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4771},{"m":"THP a world where people believe you should maximize productivity to a world where people believe you should maximize leisure.","y":2018,"t":"Oxford IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4772},{"m":"This House would allow people raised in isolated communities (e.g. the Amish, Hasidic Jews) to sue their communities for harms caused by their lifestyle","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4773},{"m":"TH, as the US Democrats, would give funding for the border wall in order to definitively end the government shutdown","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":4774},{"m":"This House regrets mainstream media's popularization of Western drag culture","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":4775},{"m":"THBT liberal states should fund the hacking of infrastructure designed to limit freedom of speech in authoritarian states","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4776},{"m":"This House regrets the increasing presence of nihilism in popular culture (eg. BoJack Horseman, Rick and Morty, Nihilist Memes etc.)","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4777,"hi":1},{"m":"This House prefers a world where everybody believes in the concept of a sleeping God rather than an active God.","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4778,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that Tech Giants (e.g. Google, Amazon, Facebook) should NOT be permitted to sue for patent infringement","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4779},{"m":"This House would rather be a part of the \"Club 27\" than live an average anonymous life","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":4780,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that the world was better 10 years ago #tenyearchallenge","y":2019,"t":"The PES Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4781},{"m":"This house regrets the rise of the gig economy.","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":4782},{"m":"THBT it is in the interests of the four central Asian states to establish the CAU. (Infoslide: The Central Asian Union (CAU) was a tentative agreement to establish greater regional cooperation among Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan following the dissolution of the USSR. This included a collective peacekeeping force, closer economic integration (e.g. negotiating as a bloc in international trade agreements, a proposed common currency), and coordinating on foreign policy. The CAU was never fully realized.)","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4783},{"m":"THW require sporting teams that recruit internationally to pay recruits to compete in domestic leagues for a period of time before leaving to play abroad.","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":4784},{"m":"THW release the Federal Reserve from the dual mandate. (Infoslide: Since 1977, the US Federal Reserve has operated under a \"dual mandate\" from Congress to pursue full employment and low inflation. Under traditional macroeconomic theory, there is a tradeoff between these states exemplified in the Phillips Curve. Other central banks have different mandates; e.g., the European Central Bank has a singular focus on price stability.)","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4785},{"m":"This house would become a scientist. (Infoslide: You are a citizen in a state that issues a mandatory aptitude test. You are not required to pursue a career based on the results of the test. You scored the highest in your country on math and science, you are predicted to be one of the best scientists of your generation. You are also a very talented artist. Your true passion lies in art.)","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4786},{"m":"This house would publicly fund all elections.","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4787},{"m":"This house would pardon all deserters at the end of major war campaigns.","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":4788},{"m":"In post-conflict societies, TH prefers the creation of art with an inspirational and unifying message over art that depicts the prior or current suffering.","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4789},{"m":"This house supports the creation of charter cities in developing nations. (Infoslide: \"Charter Cities\" are tracts of uninhabited land set aside by host nations that would be semi-autonomous and administered by a developing third-party government. Citizens of the host nation could move in and out as they so desire. In recent years, Honduras has explored the option of establishing a charter city administered by the Canadian government.)","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4790},{"m":"Assuming that no other life existed in the galaxy, THW prefer a humanity that collectively expands and colonizes other planets to one that preserves and adapts to the Earth.","y":2018,"t":"Seattle IV 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4791},{"m":"THR the choice by gun control activists to focus on mass shootings as the primary consequence of gun violence","y":2018,"t":"2018 Empire Debates","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4792},{"m":"THP the English Rule to the American Rule* *Info Slide: The English Rule requires that the loser in a lawsuit pays the winner's legal fees, and is observed by nearly every Western democracy. In the United States, however, the both sides pay their own attorney fees unless otherwise specified by the judge (this is rare).","y":2018,"t":"2018 Empire Debates","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":4793},{"m":"THBT political parties should actively prohibit candidates with radically different beliefs from running under the party name","y":2018,"t":"2018 Empire Debates","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4794},{"m":"TH, as a major news agency, would only publish positive reviews of minority-focused media (Queer Eye, Moonlight, Call Me By Your Name)","y":2018,"t":"2018 Empire Debates","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"actor","id":4795},{"m":"THR the prominence of religious rehabilitation programs in prisons","y":2018,"t":"2018 Empire Debates","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":4796},{"m":"THBT all national economic policy (taxation, monetary policy, tariffs, etc) should be set by an appointed panel of economists rather than by elected officials","y":2018,"t":"2018 Empire Debates","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4797},{"m":"TH, as an emerging economy, prefers supporting domestically-based banks to the exclusion of multinational financial institutions (for example, providing support to Banco de Mexico and the businesses and individuals who use BdeM in Mexico, but not those who bank at HSBC Mexico).","y":2018,"t":"2018 Empire Debates","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":4798},{"m":"THP a conception of human rights which derives its authority from a divine being rather than a secular source.","y":2018,"t":"2018 Empire Debates","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4799},{"m":"THP a world without state-funded news organizations (e.g. BBC, AlJazeera, China Xinuan News, Russia Today (RT), etc.)","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4800},{"m":"THW expand the legal definition of a \"false police report\" to include reports made with minimal information, or reports that could reasonably be considered unnecessary.","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4801},{"m":"THBT the development of highly realistic virtual reality technology for recreational use does more harm than good.","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4802},{"m":"THP state capitalism over liberal capitalism.","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4803},{"m":"THS governments donating the organs of an individual after death, even against the wishes of that person or their family","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4804},{"m":"THW require participants of institutions from former colonial powers to pay higher registration fees when attending large-scale international events (such as academic conferences, sporting events, debate tournaments, etc.)","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4805},{"m":"TH as the OIC would cease business with China (eg freezing assets, boycotting firms, imposing tarrifs, imposing sanctions) until the Uighurs are given safety and religious liberty","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4806},{"m":"THBT disruptions of the government (eg fillibusters, civil servant strikes, and government shutdowns) are a legitimate political tool","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4807},{"m":"THBT extreme economic need should be grounds for asylum","y":2019,"t":"Brad Smith Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4808},{"m":"THBT the US should abandon complete denuclearization as a prerequisite to easing sanctions on NK","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4809},{"m":"THR the rise in political consumerism","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":4810},{"m":"Given a way to accurately measure an individual's empathy, THW only allow individuals with high levels of empathy for people beyond their immediate circle to vote in elections.","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":4811},{"m":"THBT the IMF should require collateral in exchange for loans","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4812},{"m":"TH, as the Pope, would abolish the concept of Hell","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":4813},{"m":"TH, as the EPP, Would Expel Fidesz","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4814,"hi":1},{"m":"In cities and areas with rapidly increasing housing costs, THW tax new residents and use the revenue to subsidize housing costs for citizens already residing in the area","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4815},{"m":"THS the creation of a global citizenship market","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4816,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative that forgiveness is a virtue","y":2019,"t":"Budapest Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":4817},{"m":"THBT governments should stop funding scientific programmes that have no immediate benefit for humankind (such as space travel and exploration, human cloning)","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4818},{"m":"THBT Western states should permanently revoke the citizenship of citizens who join terrorist organisations","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4819},{"m":"TH regrets the EU's introduction of freedom of movement","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":4820},{"m":"THW suspend trade union powers and significantly relax labour protection laws in times of economic crisis","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4821},{"m":"THBT causing deliberate harms to enemy civilians, by the weaker side, is a justified tactic in asymmetrical warfare","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4822},{"m":"Infoslide: For the purposes of this debate, you are an out gay/lesbian individual in a Western liberal democracy.","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":4823},{"m":"TH regrets the idealisation of motherhood","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":4824},{"m":"THBT female political candidates in liberal democracies should not appeal to traditional female roles in their campaigns","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4825},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THW sacrifice the rich.","y":2019,"t":"GWU IV / US Universities Debate Eastern Championship 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4826,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT professionals should have the right to refuse to provide their services based on religous grounds.","y":2019,"t":"GWU IV / US Universities Debate Eastern Championship 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4827},{"m":"This house, as an upper-middle-class African American, would resettle in Africa.","y":2019,"t":"GWU IV / US Universities Debate Eastern Championship 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":4828},{"m":"THW give land grants to women in developing nations","y":2019,"t":"GWU IV / US Universities Debate Eastern Championship 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4829},{"m":"THW provide amnesty to violent political dissidents in exchange for removing their ability to vote or run for public office, e.g. the integration of FARC rebels into Colombia","y":2019,"t":"GWU IV / US Universities Debate Eastern Championship 2019","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4830},{"m":"THW actively relocate unemployed people living in areas of high and structural unemployment","y":2019,"t":"GWU IV / US Universities Debate Eastern Championship 2019","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4831},{"m":"THW publicly televise the execution of death row inmates","y":2019,"t":"GWU IV / US Universities Debate Eastern Championship 2019","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4832},{"m":"THW ban embedded journalism","y":2019,"t":"GWU IV / US Universities Debate Eastern Championship 2019","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4833,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the idea of authoritarian reformers in developing countries.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4834},{"m":"TH, as an Asian American, would not support the suit against Harvard University.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":4835,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming that technology to do so existed, THW would progressively tax happiness and redistribute it.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4836},{"m":"THR the celebration of soldiers as heroes.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"Novice_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4837},{"m":"THBT it is always unjustifiable to maintain friendship with somebody who use hate speech.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"Novice_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4838},{"m":"THBT liberal media organisations should actively glorify democratic candidates of color.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4839},{"m":"THBT being single is preferable to being in a relationship.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4840},{"m":"THR the westernization of the elites in post-colonial countries.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","w":1,"id":4841,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as the US would never militarily intervene in other countries.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4842},{"m":"THW actively instill a value of disobeying authority in children.","y":2019,"t":"Cornell Novice Nationals 2019 & Cornell IV 2019","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":4843},{"m":"THR the concept of martyrdom","y":2019,"t":"Empire Debates 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":4844,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the United States and its allies should abandon the use of gay rights diplomacy in developing nations.","y":2019,"t":"Empire Debates 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4845,"hi":1},{"m":"THW reallocate public school funding to create a voucher program for the poorest 10% of American households","y":2019,"t":"Empire Debates 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4846},{"m":"THBT in times of crisis that threaten the existence of a community (e.g., famine, war, plague, natural disaster, etc), capable individuals from the community have a moral obligation to dedicate their time directly towards ending the crisis instead of pursuing nonessential activities (e.g., playing sports, making non-propagandist/apolitical art, going on vacation to the beach, pursuing education irrelevant to the crisis, etc.","y":2019,"t":"Empire Debates 2019","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4847},{"m":"Assuming a world where superheroes exist, TH, as the United Nations, would regulate their engagement in conflicts","y":2019,"t":"Empire Debates 2019","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4848},{"m":"THBT Muslim states in Asia (including but not limited to Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, etc) should participate in currency, finance, and resource unions with Arab states rather than regional powerhouses (e.g. China, India, Russia).","y":2019,"t":"Empire Debates 2019","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4849},{"m":"TH, as a hopeful for the Democratic presidential nomination, would not endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal","y":2019,"t":"Empire Debates 2019","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":4850,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the European Union should expel Hungary","y":2019,"t":"Leiden Open 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4851},{"m":"This House Supports the rise of websites that provide free access to open source and pay-wall protected academic resources","y":2019,"t":"Leiden Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":4852,"hi":1},{"m":"issues that are classically seen as part of the political domain are increasingly decided on by courts through legislation. Examples include, but are not limited to: the Dutch state successfully being sued to take stronger measures against climate change (Urgenda) and forcing political parties to allow women as candidates (SGP), the British Supreme Court deciding whether the Lower House should have a vote on Brexit and Trumps measures being increasingly challenged in courts. Motion: THR the judicialisation of politics","y":2019,"t":"Leiden Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":4853,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow natural persons to pay people not to vote","y":2019,"t":"Leiden Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4854,"hi":1},{"m":"THW choose the job they are passionate about","y":2019,"t":"Leiden Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"id":4855,"hi":1},{"m":"India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, and South Korea. The structure of the alliance treaty replicates all the clauses of the NATO treaty. Motion: This House supports Asian NATO","y":2019,"t":"Leiden Open 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":4856,"hi":1},{"m":"Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. Motion: This house believes that \"Dulce et Decorum Est pro Patria Mori\" (i.e. the belief that it is sweet and right to die for your country)","y":2019,"t":"Leiden Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":4857,"hi":1},{"m":"THW give two votes to members of disenfranchised ethnic minorities.","y":2019,"t":"PEP IV","r":"1","c":"","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4858},{"m":"THW ban TalkToys","y":2019,"t":"PEP IV","r":"2","c":"","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4859},{"m":"THBT liberal democrats should provide financial and legal aid to their citizens who wish to permanently migrate abroad.","y":2019,"t":"PEP IV","r":"3","c":"","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4860},{"m":"THBT Asian countries should pivot away from US and seeker closer ties with China.","y":2019,"t":"PEP IV","r":"4","c":"","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4861},{"m":"THBT Pope Francis should take radical action to convince Catholics to vote only for political parties who promote redistributive policies.","y":2019,"t":"PEP IV","r":"5","c":"","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4862},{"m":"THBT states should prioritise the lives of their own soldiers over those of enemy non-combatants.","y":2019,"t":"PEP IV","r":"Open_Semis","c":"","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4863},{"m":"THR the decline of Marxism in Western Europe.","y":2019,"t":"PEP IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4864},{"m":"THS civil rights activists using disruptive or violent civil disobedience as a tool of protest (e.g. the Stansted 15, Gilets Jaunes/Antifa movements)","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4865},{"m":"THBT major film studios should substantially increase the number of lead roles for female villains in their blockbuster films","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4866},{"m":"THS a Unity Ticket by prominent members of the Republican and Democratic parties in the 2020 US presidential elections","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4867,"hi":1},{"m":"THW implement filial responsibility laws","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":4868,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT states should actively attempt to make contact with Uncontacted Peoples and provide them with modern medicine and technology","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4869,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing countries should actively discourage the creation of primate cities","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4870,"hi":1},{"m":"TH prefers a world with a widespread belief in Radical Freedom","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4871,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the trend of centring self-destructive/antisocial characters as protagonists in media (e.g. Bojack Horseman, Rick and Morty, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Sherlock, Mad Men…)","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":4872},{"m":"THBT the scientific community should reject the view that science and religion are non-overlapping magisteria","y":2019,"t":"Manchester IV 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4873,"hi":1},{"m":"TH opposes the ownership of pets","y":2018,"t":"Birmingham IV 2018","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4874},{"m":"TH regrets the romanticisation of art that is pursued for non-material gain (e.g. glorifying the 'Starving Artist')","y":2018,"t":"Birmingham IV 2018","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4875},{"m":"THW abandon African Union plans for a single currency","y":2018,"t":"Birmingham IV 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4876,"hi":1},{"m":"In states with a significant ethnic minority population, TH supports the creation of political parties solely pursuing the interests of an ethnic minority group","y":2018,"t":"Birmingham IV 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4877},{"m":"TH supports the use of mirroring in popular culture (eg. music videos, movies, art, literature, etc.) (Mirroring is the performance or reversal of stereotypically misogynist actions by women, often for feminist purposes: eg. reverse cat-calling.)","y":2018,"t":"Birmingham IV 2018","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4878},{"m":"TH supports the full separation of religious and political activities in Muslim-majority States","y":2018,"t":"Birmingham IV 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4879,"hi":1},{"m":"TH believes that governments should oppose the formation of education hierarchies","y":2018,"t":"Birmingham IV 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4880,"hi":1},{"m":"TH prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily non-romantic (conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends)","y":2018,"t":"Birmingham IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4881},{"m":"Given a trade-off, THW direct environmental policy towards mitigation of climate change, rather than prevention.","y":2019,"t":"York IV 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":4882,"hi":1},{"m":"THW make Ulysses contracts legally enforceable","y":2019,"t":"York IV 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4883,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require all professional football teams to be majority-owned by their fans","y":2019,"t":"York IV 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":4884},{"m":"TH, as Turkey, would heavily align its foreign policy agenda towards Russia","y":2019,"t":"York IV 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4885,"hi":1},{"m":"THW make college admissions a randomized lottery","y":2019,"t":"NAW*DC","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4886},{"m":"THW record and publicize all criminal trial proceedings (eg, indictment hearings, testimonies, jury deliberations)","y":2019,"t":"NAW*DC","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4887},{"m":"THS international intervention in Venezuela","y":2019,"t":"NAW*DC","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4888},{"m":"Assuming it could be done without placing the burden of secrecy on adults, THP a world in which individuals are unaware of the existence of organized religions for the duration of their childhood.","y":2019,"t":"NAW*DC","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4889},{"m":"THR society's focus on the perspectives of mass murderers","y":2019,"t":"NAW*DC","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"regret","id":4890},{"m":"THBT western tech companies should actively pursue contracts with the Chinese government and Chinese firms","y":2019,"t":"NAW*DC","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4891},{"m":"TH, as the LGBTQ+ community, would boycott RuPaul's Drag Race.","y":2019,"t":"NAW*DC","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":4892},{"m":"Assuming the public would never find out, THP historical narratives that prioritize equal representation throughout history, even if people and events need to be fabricated.","y":2019,"t":"NAW*DC","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4893},{"m":"THBT States/Provinces/Territories should be able to decide whether to implement federal laws and regulations.","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4894},{"m":"THBT Indigenous/Metis peoples should be guaranteed a middle-class income as reparations for past injustices.","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4895},{"m":"THBT the public's right to know ought to be valued above the right to privacy of candidates for public office.","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4896},{"m":"THS Prohibit the advertisement of prescription medicine to the general public","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4897},{"m":"THBT all undocumented minors should be granted permanent residency.","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4898},{"m":"THS allow the populace to petition for revotes of elected officials during their term","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4899},{"m":"THS ban providing military aid to authoritative regimes","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"7","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4900},{"m":"THS substantially increase its development and/or engagement to the Republic of India.","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"8","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4901},{"m":"THS Considerably decrease its regulation of genetically modified foods.","y":2019,"t":"Muslim Interscholastic Tournament","r":"9","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4902},{"m":"THBT liberal supreme courts should misinterpret the constitution to advance progressive rights","y":2019,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4903},{"m":"Assuming that it would be illegal for anyone to become stateless, THW create a marketplace for the buying and selling of citizenship between private individuals.","y":2019,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4904},{"m":"THBT there is no moral obligation to follow the law","y":2019,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4905},{"m":"THW break up big tech companies (Amazon, Facebook, Google).","y":2019,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4906},{"m":"As part of the post-conflict government transition, TH, as the US would have partitioned Iraq into 3 separate states.","y":2019,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4907,"hi":1},{"m":"THW, as a parent, teach their daughters to devalue romantic relationships","y":2019,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4908},{"m":"In minority communities, THW prioritize free access to university over higher standards of schools education","y":2019,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":4909},{"m":"THBT DINOs do more harm than good to the Democratic Party","y":2019,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4910,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT governments should actively incentivice people to move away from areas with few viable economic activities","y":2018,"t":"Joensuu Mini 2018","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4911},{"m":"THW take the blue pill","y":2018,"t":"Joensuu Mini 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4912,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the United States should return to the policy of pressuring and sanctioning North Korea","y":2018,"t":"Joensuu Mini 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4913},{"m":"THW ban the media from reporting on ongoing sex offence trials","y":2018,"t":"Joensuu Mini 2018","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4914},{"m":"THW divide the United States of America into multiple countries","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4915},{"m":"This supports prison abolition as opposed to prison reform.","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":4916},{"m":"This house regrets the modern idealization of Civil Rights leaders as moderate, pacifist, and respectable.","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4917},{"m":"THR the stance of U.S. foreign policy in favor of Sunni forces in the Shia-Sunni conflict in the Middle East.","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":4918},{"m":"THBT LGBTQ+ activists in non-Western countries should use and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and individuals using their local historical terms (mahjie, hijra, etc.) instead of Western terminology (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender etc.).","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4919,"hi":1},{"m":"This house regrets the corporatization of higher education.","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"Novice_Semis","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":4920,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as Japan, would support closing all U.S. military bases on Japanese territory.","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"Novice_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":4921,"hi":1},{"m":"THW create matriarchal semi-autonomous regions within countries, and provide legal, political, and economic support to them","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"8","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4922},{"m":"THO employer-provided benefits (e.g. health insurance, childcare, retirement investment accounts)","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"7","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4923},{"m":"THW pay known gang members to not commit violent crimes","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4924},{"m":"THBT secondary education (ages 10-18) should focus on preparing students for local workforce needs rather than focusing on well-rounded basic education (i.e. mathematics, literature, physical and biological sciences, art, history)","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 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newspapers, network news, etc.)","y":2019,"t":"USUDC 2019","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":4929},{"m":"THW ban the colonization of space","y":2019,"t":"America's Cup 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":4930},{"m":"THR the decline of Black militant groups","y":2019,"t":"America's Cup 2019","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":4931},{"m":"This House, as South Africa, would forcibly break up exclusive Afrikaaner enclaves","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"1","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":4932,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that the protections of international law conventions and treaties should not apply to combatants from terrorist organisations (e.g. prohibition on torture, prisoner of war status, guarantee of post-conflict release)","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 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autonomous control over their economic and social policy (e.g. immigration, health, criminal justice) with national taxation policy remaining under the control of the federal government","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"6","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4937,"hi":1},{"m":"This House would actively encourage women not to have children","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"7","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4938},{"m":"This House believes that the United States should disengage from Syria","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"8","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4939},{"m":"This House believes that developing countries should privatise their State-Owned Enterprises (such as airlines, railway utility companies)","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"9","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4940},{"m":"This House would grant individuals and organisations open standing to challenge the constitutionality of laws enacted by their government","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"EFL_Semis","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4941,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that it is unjustified to assist evil regimes in systematically persecuting members of their identity group in order to mitigate and moderate the regime's abuses (e.g. Israel Kasztner in Nazi-controlled Hungary, Wang Jingwei in Japan-occupied China).","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"EFL_Final","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4942},{"m":"This House supports governments significantly increasing their use of big data-based predictive models in decision-making to replace human judgements (e.g. criminal justice policy, allocation of healthcare resources, housing development)","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4943,"hi":1},{"m":"In the lead up to the 1994 negotiated settlement in South Africa, this house believes that the ANC should have demanded further concessions (e.g. removing the amnesty provision in the TRC, greater land and economic rights) even at the expense of prolonging the conflict.","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4944},{"m":"This House believes that the WHO should adopt a convention which bans the sell of drugs with high resistance tendencies (e.g. antibiotics) to countries which do not comply with WHO guidelines regarding their medical and agricultural use","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"Open_Partial_Double_Octos","c":"International","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4945,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that an approach of Political Expansionism on the part of the Chinese state is in the interests of the Chinese people","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"Open_Octos","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4946,"hi":1},{"m":"This House supports a norm of embracing anger in public discourse rather than one of aspiring to dispassionate objectivity","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4947},{"m":"This House would impose a narrow banking regulation","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":4948,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that the present condition of humanity is preferable to its condition in 100 years time.","y":2019,"t":"Cape Town WUDC 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":4949},{"m":"This house believes that the US should ban extremist groups (e.g. the KKK and neo-Nazi groups)","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"1","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4950},{"m":"This house believes that the WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade.","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"2","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4951},{"m":"THR the rise of \"Sharing Culture\"","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"3","c":"International","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":4952,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that states should significantly fund female-only tech companies","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"4","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":4953},{"m":"This house, as Israel, supports the Jewish People's Intelligence Services Doctrine.","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"5","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4954,"hi":1},{"m":"This house supports universities treating students as customers (eg by allocating significant resources to improving students lifestyles, and granting students influence over university decisions and the content and delivery of course curricula)","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"6","c":"International","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4955},{"m":"This house believes that Western institutions should neither cooperate with, nor use the data produced by, non-Western medical institutions that do not meet Western standards on human clinical trials","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"7","c":"International","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4956},{"m":"This house believes that LGBT groups should actively seek to include Side B Christians.","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"8","c":"International","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":4957,"hi":1},{"m":"This house supports the creation and use of Lethal Autonomous Robots (Lethal Autonomous Robots are fully autonomous military weapons that can select and engage targets without human intervention).","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"9","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4958},{"m":"THB that Western European states at high risk for terror attacks should implement 'state of emergency' laws.","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4959},{"m":"THR the mass deregulation of the financial sector","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":4960},{"m":"TH as the Kremlin would commemorate the 1917 Russian Revolution as a tradegy rather than a triumph for the nation.","y":2017,"t":"Tallin EUDC 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":4961},{"m":"THBT Greece should introduce significant financial incentives for companies and individuals currently based in Athens* to relocate to other Greek cities *Over a third of the Greek population lives in Athens.","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"1","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4962},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of the Chinese Communist Party to cease attempts to infringe on \"One Country, Two Systems\" in Hong Kong, rather than continuing its current approach.","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"2","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4963},{"m":"THW encourage women to be selfish","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"3","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":4964},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of dominant organised religions for their leaders to declare more progressive interpretations of traditional dogma* *e.g. on dietary and pilgrimage requirements, the acceptability of contraception, same-sex relationships","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"4","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":4965},{"m":"THBT consumers should predominantly aim to buy locally produced goods and services","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"5","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4966},{"m":"THW break up Disney","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"6","c":"International","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":4967,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT schools should teach children to be skeptical of parental authority","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"7","c":"International","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4968},{"m":"In circumstances where a unanimous decision is currently required, THP majority voting as the European Council's decision-making approach","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"8","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4969,"hi":1},{"m":"THW make police commanders personally criminally liable for instances of police brutality committed by their subordinates","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"9","c":"International","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":4970},{"m":"In situations where deliberate economic policies by another state have caused substantial economic harms, THBT international law should recognise that military retaliation can be justified","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"ESL_Quarters","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":4971,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the US Democratic Party should prioritise employment issues, even at the expense of significant harms to the environment.","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":4972},{"m":"TH Opposes the Defining Decade norm","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"ESL_Finals","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4973,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT local governments in developing countries should allocate significant portions of their budget via Participatory Budgeting","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"Open_Octos","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4974,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of the Kremlin to take measures to reduce Russian dependency of China (e.g. limit the selling of raw materials to China, reduce the share of Yuan in Russia's currency reserves, not allowing Chinese companies to develop strategic infrastructure such as 5G in Russia)","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4975},{"m":"THBT communities that have been victims of atrocities should emphasise the narrative of the 'banality of evil' when interpreting those atrocities","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"Open_Semis","c":"International","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":4976,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Greek government should have rejected the 2015 bailout deal and sought to negotiate further concessions, even at the risk of not receiving a bailout.","y":2019,"t":"Athens EUDC 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":4977},{"m":"THS the Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme in elementary schools in Africa.","y":2018,"t":"PAUDC Tanzania 2018","r":"4","c":"Africa","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4978},{"m":"THW reallocate revenues from such industries (e.g mining) to exclusively fund Universal basic healthcare for the poor.","y":2018,"t":"PAUDC Tanzania 2018","r":"5","c":"Africa","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":4979},{"m":"THBT Liberal Democracies have an Obligation to declare all Major Cities in their Countries as Sanctuary Cities. #PAUDC2018 #Akofena19","y":2018,"t":"PAUDC Tanzania 2018","r":"6","c":"Africa","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":4980},{"m":"This House Believes that the AU should exclusively regulate the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa","y":2018,"t":"PAUDC Tanzania 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"Africa","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":4981,"hi":1},{"m":"This House regrets the Humanization of Villains in Film and Media [i.e Joker].","y":2019,"t":"PAUDC Akofena 2019","r":"1","c":"Africa","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":4982},{"m":"The House believes that charitable organizations [e.g Omaze] should not be allowed to obtain donations in exchange for the offer of potential prizes.","y":2019,"t":"PAUDC Akofena 2019","r":"2","c":"Africa","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":4983,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that governments in developing nations should prioritize funding for early childhood development to the exclusion of funding for tertiary education.","y":2019,"t":"PAUDC Akofena 2019","r":"4","c":"Africa","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4984},{"m":"In instances where the collapse of financial institutions is imminent, The House supports a bail-in.","y":2019,"t":"PAUDC Akofena 2019","r":"6","c":"Africa","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4985,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Supports the public offering of Saudi Aramco","y":2019,"t":"PAUDC Akofena 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as China, would grant universal suffrage to Hong Kong.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":4991},{"m":"This House believes that the United States government should cede the authority to prosecute criminal trials involving African Americans (as either victims or alleged perpetrators) to African American interest groups, and allocate funding for this.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"ESL_Final","c":"International","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":4992},{"m":"This House would abolish the private ownership of (housing) property in major metropolitan areas.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"EFL_Final","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":4993},{"m":"This House prefers a \"Brave New World\" to the status quo in Western Liberal Democracies.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 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Google, JP Morgan, Shell, and Pfizer).","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":4995},{"m":"This House prefers a world where, starting today, all humans have identical intellectual abilities (equivalent to the current global average).","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"EFL_Semis","c":"International","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":4996},{"m":"This House prefers a world without the Neuralink.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"ESL_Semis","c":"International","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":4997,"hi":1},{"m":"This House prefers a cynical and pessimistic perception of democratic politics to an idealistic and optimistic one.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"Open_Octos","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":4998},{"m":"In a relatively equal society where the \"protected sphere model\" is the norm, This House, as a parent, would raise their children according to the \"deferred happiness model\".","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"ESL_Quarters","c":"International","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"actor","id":4999,"hi":1},{"m":"This House prefers religions in which all individuals have roughly equal religious obligations and are encouraged to develop a personal connection with the divine, over religions in which religious obligation and access to the divine are concentrated in religious authority figures.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"Open_Partial_Double_Octos","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":5000},{"m":"This House would abolish primary and secondary school grades/years that group children based on age, and instead group them by competency and intelligence.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"9","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5001},{"m":"This House believes that the feminist movement should support the narrative that \"beauty does not matter\" over the narrative that \"all bodies are beautiful\".","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"8","c":"International","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5002},{"m":"This House believes that ASEAN should abandon \"the ASEAN Way\"","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"7","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5003,"hi":1},{"m":"In liberal democracies, This House would implement a Social Credit System.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"6","c":"International","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":5004,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that the Mexican government should adopt measures that enable one cartel to monopolise the drug market. (These measures can include but are not limited to: targeting enemy cartels; selective arrests; stopping military deployments to areas controlled by this cartel; and renouncing the headhunt on its current leaders.)","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"5","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5005},{"m":"This House would abolish the Olympic Games.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"4","c":"International","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":5006},{"m":"This House would allow children to sue their parents for religious indoctrination.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"3","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":5007,"hi":1},{"m":"This House supports the rapid global elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to free trade.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"2","c":"International","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5008},{"m":"This House would impose a BBC-style impartiality requirement on all news platforms.","y":2020,"t":"Thailand WUDC 2020","r":"1","c":"International","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5009,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require social media companies to monitor and remove falsehoods.","y":2017,"t":"Denver IV 2017","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":5010},{"m":"In states where marijuana is legal, this house would provide reparations to individuals convicted of marijuana-related crimes prior to its legalization.","y":2017,"t":"Denver IV 2017","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":5011},{"m":"THW formally recognize an independent Kurdistan.","y":2017,"t":"Denver IV 2017","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":5012},{"m":"Imagine that you and you alone discover irrefutable proof that there is no afterlife (including reincarnation). Unless you share the proof, the secret dies with you. THW not share the proof.","y":2017,"t":"Denver IV 2017","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":5013},{"m":"THW lift sanctions on Venezuela on the condition that they hold new elections overseen by the international community.","y":2017,"t":"Denver IV 2017","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":5014},{"m":"THW give judicial leniency to marginalized groups that have committed crimes against privileged groups.","y":2017,"t":"Denver IV 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":5015},{"m":"TH prefers a world without sexual attraction","y":2017,"t":"Denver IV 2017","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":5016},{"m":"THW repeal the Goldwater Rule.","y":2017,"t":"Denver IV 2017","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5017},{"m":"TBHT universities that invite congroversial speakers should be required, within a reasonable time frame, to invite a speaker that supports the other side of the controversy.","y":2018,"t":"Denver IV 2018","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":5018},{"m":"TBHT the feminist movement should actively recruit conservative women","y":2018,"t":"Denver IV 2018","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5019},{"m":"THW repeal Article 22 Subsection 1 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations","y":2018,"t":"Denver IV 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":5020},{"m":"TH supports ANTIFA","y":2018,"t":"Denver IV 2018","r":"Open_Semis","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5021},{"m":"THBT congressional Democrats should support a policy of total obstruction during Trump's term","y":2016,"t":"Seattle IV 2016","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":5022},{"m":"THP ad hoc tribunals over the 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Melania Trump as a way of protesting the Donald","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":5029},{"m":"THW stop teaching children that all opinions are valid","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":5030},{"m":"THBT African nations should not allow extraction of their national resources by companies from developed nations.","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5031},{"m":"THW save the Pandas (accompanying infoslides)","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":5032},{"m":"THBT if NPR and/or PBS cannot survive without government funding, they should be allowed to fail.","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":5033},{"m":"THW reinstate the Wet Foot, Dry Foot policy.","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5034},{"m":"THBT it can be legitimate for a person to claim to identify as a race other than the one they were born into.","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"7","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":5035},{"m":"THBT South Korea should shifts its focus away from its alliance with the United States to strengthen its ties with China.","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"8","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5036},{"m":"THBT the EU should implement protectionist economic policies targeted towards the UK upon the triggering of 'Brexit\"","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 2017","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5037},{"m":"THBT Vladimir Putin is a greater threat to the world than Donald Trump.","y":2017,"t":"Western Regionals 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This house, as Imran Khan, would rather lose the election than side with the Establishment","y":2020,"t":"LUMS IV 2020","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":5117},{"m":"TH, as progressive student movements in Pakistan, would publicly ally themselves with progressive student movements in India","y":2020,"t":"LUMS IV 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":5118},{"m":"TH supports first generation immigrants to Western Europe encouraging their children to assimilate and identify with local culture","y":2020,"t":"LUMS IV 2020","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5119},{"m":"TH, as the Pakistan Army, would support the Musharraf verdict","y":2020,"t":"LUMS IV 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":5120},{"m":"THP a system where campaign donations are banned and all candidates for an election are equally publicly funded to a world that allows donations to candidates and parties","y":2020,"t":"Northams 2020","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":5121},{"m":"THBT a North American sports league, in seeking to expand beyond North America, should prioritize access and development to the Latin American market over the Chinese market","y":2020,"t":"Northams 2020","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":5122},{"m":"TH, as Benny Gantz, Would form a government with the Likud and Netanyahu to avoid a March 2020 election","y":2020,"t":"Northams 2020","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":5123},{"m":"You are a woman in a healthy non-abusive long-term relationship with a man. You make a stable salary with which you can support yourself. Your partner has/makes significantly(ridiculously) more money than you. THW Let him pay for the vast majority of expenses incurred during your relationship","y":2020,"t":"Northams 2020","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5124},{"m":"THBT major film companies should use AI to choose which films to greenlight","y":2020,"t":"Northams 2020","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":5125,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the United States should adopt more pro-plaintiff policies, such as abandoning the need to prove material harm and intent to defame.","y":2020,"t":"Northams 2020","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":5126},{"m":"TH as a socially conscious prominent management consultant firm would accept cases for foreign governments with ongoing human rights violations","y":2020,"t":"Northams 2020","r":"Open_Octos","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":5127},{"m":"THR the narrative that immortality is desirable","y":2020,"t":"Northams 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project altogether.","y":2017,"t":"KL Open Challenge","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5191},{"m":"THBT newly democratized states should prosecute their fallen dictators","y":2017,"t":"KL Open Challenge","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5192},{"m":"THBT feminist groups should reject legal presumptions that are favourable to women (e.g. presumptive custody for women, \"women and children first\")","y":2017,"t":"KL Open Challenge","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5193},{"m":"Given that the technology exists and is enforceable, THS a universally applied birth lottery system.","y":2017,"t":"KL Open Challenge","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5194,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT ASEAN should abandon its principle of non-interference in its member states' political affairs","y":2017,"t":"KL Open Challenge","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5195},{"m":"THW prevent wealthy individuals from being able to write off charity as tax-deductible.","y":2017,"t":"KL Open Challenge","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":5196},{"m":"TH, as a liberal-leaning news outlet, would take steps to portray terrorists in a sympathetic light.","y":2017,"t":"KL Open Challenge","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":5197},{"m":"THR the firing of employees who have been found guilty by the court of public opinion.","y":2017,"t":"KL Open Challenge","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"regret","id":5198,"hi":1},{"m":"This House would give financial incentives to people who live a healthy lifestyle (eg. no smoking, exercising regularly, healthy diet)","y":2020,"t":"Berlin Online IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5199},{"m":"THP a world where the pill exists","y":2020,"t":"Berlin Online 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authoritarian reformers in newly formed states. 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2020","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5250,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That Imran Khan should pivot away from China and towards India.","y":2020,"t":"VITDT Round Robin 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5251},{"m":"THW mandate that in any legal case both sides must have access to an equally priced counsel (for example a rich person can hire as expensive a defense attorney as they would like, but money must be provided to the plaintiff if they cannot afford a lawyer of a similar caliber)","y":2020,"t":"Eastern Online IV","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":5252},{"m":"THR tv shows and movies that humanize violent, antisocial protagonists (ex: Barry, You, Killing Eve, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, My Friend Dahmer)","y":2020,"t":"Eastern Online IV","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":5253},{"m":"THBT Muslim states should sever political and economic ties with India until the repeal of the Citizenship Amendment Act","y":2020,"t":"Eastern Online IV","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5254,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming you lived a middle class life, THW choose to upload their consciousness to this technology.","y":2020,"t":"Eastern Online IV","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":5255,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the existence of high fashion","y":2020,"t":"Eastern Online IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":5256},{"m":"THBT governments should not condition COVID-related bailouts of the private sector on major corporate reforms (e.g., limiting executive compensation, banning corporate stock buybacks, restrictions on lobbying, increased environmental regulation, etc.)","y":2020,"t":"Eastern Online IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5257},{"m":"THBT western liberal democracies should criminalize and permanently disavow private military contractors","y":2020,"t":"Eastern Online IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5258},{"m":"THW spend all of Jeff Bezos's money","y":2020,"t":"Eastern Online IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5259,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Would allow the use of performance enhancing drugs in professional sport","y":2020,"t":"Trinity Online Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":5260},{"m":"This House Believes That minorities should not attempt to reclaim slurs that have been directed against them","y":2020,"t":"Trinity Online Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":5261},{"m":"This House Believes That Ireland should significantly raise its corporate tax","y":2020,"t":"Trinity Online Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":5262},{"m":"This House Opposes the Rise of Non-Career Politicians","y":2020,"t":"Trinity Online Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":5263},{"m":"This House Believes That universities should continue with primarily online education post COVID-19","y":2020,"t":"Trinity Online Open 2020","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":5264},{"m":"This House Believes That Joe Biden should pick Elizabeth Warren as his Vice President running mate.","y":2020,"t":"Trinity Online Open 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":5265},{"m":"This House Would violate the ceasefire and kill the leaders","y":2020,"t":"Trinity Online Open 2020","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5266,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Supports rioting as a means of fighting for social justice in the U.S.","y":2020,"t":"Trinity Online Open 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5267},{"m":"THW break up large pharmaceutical firms","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":5268,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT feminists should not use rhetoric about women being more empathetic or more caring than men as part of their advocacy (e.g. \"Women are good leaders because they are more gentle and nurturing.\")","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5269},{"m":"THBT attacks on non-combatants involved in war activities are a legitimate strategy in war","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5270,"hi":1},{"m":"TH regrets the rise of philanthrocapitalism","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":5271},{"m":"THR the societal belief that one should strongly identify with the culture of one's ancestry (e.g. if you are 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of assistance & compensation to the global community.","y":2020,"t":"NTU Debate Online Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":5276},{"m":"TH, in times of economic crisis, would ease bank capital adequacy requirements","y":2020,"t":"NTU Debate Online Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":5277,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Indian feminist movement movements should adopt Lakshmi as a symbol of the movement rather than Kali","y":2020,"t":"NTU Debate Online Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5278,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow \"religious duty\" as a mitigating defense for crimes","y":2020,"t":"NTU Debate Online Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":5279},{"m":"THR the rise of ideological purity policing","y":2020,"t":"NTU Debate Online Open","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":5280,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of the Aam Aadmi Party to join in a 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IV","r":"Silver_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":5302,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming the technology exists, this house would allow people to buy and sell years of their life.","y":2020,"t":"Cyberpunk IV","r":"Gold_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5303,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Brazil should fully privatize Petrobras / ECCQ Brasil debería privatizar por completo Petrobras","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating Championships 2019","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5304},{"m":"THBT that Western countries should revoke the citizenship of individuals that traveled to the Middle East to join Jihadi groups, even if they were minors at the time of their departure / ECCQ los países occidentales deberían revocar la ciudadanía a los individuos que se trasladaron a Medio Oriente para integrarse a grupos Jihadistas , incluso si eran menores de edad al momento de su translado","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating Championships 2019","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5305},{"m":"THS state attempts to help their citizens find and sustain love (e.g. subsidizing subscriptions to matching agencies such as match.com, significant funding for research on what makes a relationship last, creating courses on how to woo and keep a spouse) / EC apoya que el estado busque ayudar a sus ciudadanos a encontrar y mantener el amor (ej. Subsidiando suscripciones a sitios de citas como match.com, financiando significativamente investigaciones sobre cómo hacer que una relación perdure, creando cursos sobre cómo sorprender y conservar a tu pareja)","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating Championships 2019","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5306},{"m":"THBT major awards of meritocratic distinction (e.g. the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, Oscars, etc) should include a moral clause* *a provision that allows the honoree to receive, or hold, the award only in the case they meet a behavioral standard set by the awarding panel. / ECCQ los principales premios de reconocimiento al mérito (Ej. Premio Nobel, Premio Pulitzer, Oscar's, etc.) deberían incluir una cláusula moral* *una condición que permite al homenajeado recibirlo y conservarlo únicamente cuando cumplan con un estándar de comportamiento establecido por el jurado calificador.","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating Championships 2019","r":"4","c":"Latin America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":5307},{"m":"THBT developing countries should pursue the establishment of charter cities / ECCQ los países en vía de desarrollo deberían establecer ciudades chárter","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating Championships 2019","r":"5","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5308,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the general educational approach in schools should be to discourage children from assessing their achievements in comparison to their peers. / ECCQ el enfoque general de la educación en los colegios debe ser desincentivar que los niños midan sus logros comparándolos con los de sus pares.","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating Championships 2019","r":"6","c":"Latin America","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":5309},{"m":"In countries with proportional representation, THS founding political parties that exclusively represents women's interests / En países con representación proporcional, EC apoya la creación de partidos políticos que representan exclusivamente los intereses de las mujeres.","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating Championships 2019","r":"7","c":"Latin America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5310},{"m":"EC preferiría unirse al Club de los 27 que vivir una vida anónima promedio.","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating Championships 2019","r":"Spanish_Quarters","c":"Latin America","top":["environment"],"ty":"other","id":5311,"hi":1},{"m":"En casos en que un funcionario público sea acusado de corrupción, EC reduciría el estándar probatorio al del \"balance de probabilidades\"* en vez del de la \"duda razonable\".","y":2019,"t":"Pan American Debating 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2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5343,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That all wealth beyond the necessary to meet one's basic needs is immoral.","y":2019,"t":"European Round Robin 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":5344},{"m":"This House, as the Iranian government, would fulfill its obligations under the JCPOA","y":2019,"t":"European Round Robin 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":5345,"hi":1},{"m":"This House prefers a world where family love was seen as unconditional as opposed to conditional.","y":2019,"t":"European Round Robin 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":5346,"hi":1},{"m":"This house as woke liberal parents living in a conservative red state would choose to home school their children","y":2019,"t":"DU IV 2019","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"actor","id":5347},{"m":"THW not allow media to report on crime reported by refugees","y":2019,"t":"DU IV 2019","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5348},{"m":"THBT the remaining members of ICC should breakaway from ICC & form their own unified cricketing body","y":2019,"t":"DU IV 2019","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":5349},{"m":"THW never support or finance rebel groups on foreign soil as a tactic of war","y":2019,"t":"DU IV 2019","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5350},{"m":"THBT the LGBTQ+ Community should include Side B Christians","y":2019,"t":"DU IV 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":5351},{"m":"TH prefer a world where human life naturally ends at 50","y":2019,"t":"DU IV 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":5352},{"m":"THW abandon the use of Hierarchical Diversity Targets","y":2018,"t":"IUT Professionals 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2018","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":5363},{"m":"TH regrets universalization of western liberal values","y":2018,"t":"KUET IV 2018","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":5364},{"m":"This house prefers leaderless movements.","y":2018,"t":"NLUO BPD 2018","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5365},{"m":"This house would allow plaintiffs to sell their right to sue to third parties.","y":2018,"t":"NLUO BPD 2018","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5366},{"m":"This house regrets Oxford University's decision to provide more time in their exams.","y":2018,"t":"NLUO BPD 2018","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":5367,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would disallow the practice of Instantaneously Naturalizing foreign athletes to serve on national sports teams.","y":2018,"t":"NLUO BPD 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genocides, ethnic violence or crimes against humanity THO efforts to ban or suppress discussion of ethnicity and/or religion","y":2019,"t":"Hart House IV 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","intl":1,"id":5400},{"m":"THBT all nations should take active steps to eliminate all borders.","y":2019,"t":"Hart House IV 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":5401},{"m":"THW forcibly take owernership of privately-owned homes which are not lived in by their owners during periods of national housing shortages.","y":2020,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":5402},{"m":"THBT, instead of attempting to mitigate the effect of climate change, states should re-divert all existing environmental funding to geoengineering projects.","y":2020,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5403,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the decision to let the FARC run as a political party.","y":2020,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":5404,"hi":1},{"m":"When tech companies own platform utilities and platform products, THW break them up.","y":2020,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5405,"hi":1},{"m":"THS protectionism in developing countries.","y":2020,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5406,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT social justice movements should not actively try to appeal to allies (e.g. the feminist movement deliberately trying to appeal to men, or the LGBT+ movement to straight cis individuals).","y":2020,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5407},{"m":"THR the Goldwater Rule","y":2020,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":5408,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming the technology exists, TH supports the use of augmented eternity for people in highly influential positions (e.g: top academics, researchers, CEOs or politicians)","y":2020,"t":"Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":5409,"hi":1},{"m":"THW grant senior military officers a veto over military decisions made by politicians (e.g. troop deployments, specific missions).","y":2019,"t":"Barcelona Debating Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5410},{"m":"TH supports social movements having strict standards for what members should believe e.g feminists excluding pro-life feminists from the Women's March.","y":2019,"t":"Barcelona Debating Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5411},{"m":"THBT developing countries with substantial natural resources should nationalise natural resource production.","y":2019,"t":"Barcelona Debating Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5412},{"m":"TH prefers secular governments that exclude all religion from public spaces to those that allow unlimited religious expression.","y":2019,"t":"Barcelona Debating Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":5413},{"m":"THBT that feminists should not use rhetoric about women being more empathetic or caring than men as part of their advocacy (e.g. \"Women are good leaders because they are more compassionate\").","y":2019,"t":"Barcelona Debating Open 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5414},{"m":"THBT mainstream Spanish political parties should operate cordon sanitaire policies towards radical populists (e.g. VOX).","y":2019,"t":"Barcelona Debating Open 2019","r":"EFL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5415,"hi":1},{"m":"TH prefers a world where the majority believed in determinism over one where the majority believed in free will.","y":2019,"t":"Barcelona Debating Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":5416},{"m":"THS the use of local lay judges in minor legal cases","y":2019,"t":"Estonia Debate Open 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":5417,"hi":1},{"m":"This House supports the US's use of economic warfare (eg. tariffs, targeted sanctions, etc.) against China in order to force compliance with the rules of the global economic order (eg. opening up its economy, protecting intellectual property, not engaging in currency manipulation, etc.)","y":2019,"t":"Estonia Debate Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5418},{"m":"THW ban the research, production and use of lethal autonomous weapons","y":2019,"t":"Estonia Debate Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5419},{"m":"TH regrets the Westernisation of the elites in post-colonial societies. (e.g. speaking predominantly in English, wearing western clothing, going to schools and/or universities in the West, consuming predominantly Western media)","y":2019,"t":"Estonia Debate Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":5420},{"m":"THBT shrinking cities should be allowed to impose an \"exit tax\" on leaving businesses","y":2019,"t":"Estonia Debate Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5421},{"m":"THBT liberal states should sponsor the hacking of infrastructure designed to limit freedom of speech in authoritarian states","y":2019,"t":"Estonia Debate Open 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5422},{"m":"TH prefers a world in which the prevailing norm is one of serial monogamy rather than monogamy","y":2019,"t":"Estonia Debate Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5423,"hi":1},{"m":"This House welcomes complete video surveillance systems of public spaces in cities.","y":2019,"t":"Cracow Open 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":5424},{"m":"This House believes that the EU should pursue further relations with China, at the expense of relations with the US.","y":2019,"t":"Cracow Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5425},{"m":"This House would criminalize defamation.","y":2019,"t":"Cracow Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5426},{"m":"This House, as an individual, prefers believing that they can singlehandedly change the world over believing that they are just one pawn in the grand scheme of things.","y":2019,"t":"Cracow Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":5427},{"m":"This House believes that pro-refugee advocacy groups should portray refugees as valuable contributors to society, rather than victims of their circumstances.","y":2019,"t":"Cracow Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5428,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that wages should be predominantly determined by the public utility of a job.","y":2019,"t":"Cracow Open 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5429},{"m":"This House regrets rising commodification of close and intimate relationships (including but not limited to hiring actors to play your family members; commercial hugging; premium accounts on dating apps).","y":2019,"t":"Cracow Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"regret","id":5430},{"m":"THBT women should decline chivalrous gestures","y":2019,"t":"Vienna IV 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5431},{"m":"THS using social media platforms to depict stories from the Holocaust","y":2019,"t":"Vienna IV 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":5432,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban religious arbitration courts","y":2019,"t":"Vienna IV 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":5433,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the strategy of \"decapitation\" in fighting transnational criminal organizations","y":2019,"t":"Vienna IV 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5434,"hi":1},{"m":"THW NOT enforce pharmaceutical patent infringements within developing nations","y":2019,"t":"Vienna IV 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":5435},{"m":"THW create and teach a unified history curriculum in the European Union","y":2019,"t":"Vienna IV 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":5436},{"m":"THO social media banning of alt-right figures","y":2019,"t":"Vienna IV 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":5437,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Gavrilo Princip was justified in killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand","y":2019,"t":"Vienna IV 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5438,"hi":1},{"m":"In places where conscription of men already exists, THBT the feminist movement should advocate for conscription of women","y":2019,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5439},{"m":"THW ban private ownership of 3D printers","y":2019,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5440},{"m":"THS such organizations","y":2019,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5441,"hi":1},{"m":"THW elect 51% of parliament by lottery","y":2019,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5442},{"m":"THR the modern high priorisation of sexual compatibility in romantic relationships.","y":2019,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2019","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":5443},{"m":"THO artwork that humanizes pro-regime germans during the Second World War","y":2019,"t":"Tilbury House Cologne Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":5444},{"m":"In areas where minorities face significant barriers to traditional representation of their culture, THS ethnic majority artists who focus their work around minority culture's appreciation.","y":2019,"t":"Poznan Open 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":5445},{"m":"THBT companies should pay corporate tax in all countries that they operate in (proportional to the amount of revenue made in that country), as opposed to only the country that their headquarters are registered in.","y":2019,"t":"Poznan Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5446},{"m":"THR the demonization of Russia in Eastern European countries.","y":2019,"t":"Poznan Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":5447},{"m":"The year is 2020 and in the UK a second referendum on Brexit has reversed the original decision. TH, as the EU, W not allow the UK to cancel Brexit.","y":2019,"t":"Poznan Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5448,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT all military strategies are justified if they save more lives than they cost.","y":2019,"t":"Poznan Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5449},{"m":"THW destroy the evidence","y":2019,"t":"Poznan Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":5450,"hi":1},{"m":"thr the glorification of altruism","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":5451},{"m":"th, as the us Democrats, would agree to fund trump's border wall in exchange for increased gun control measures","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":5452},{"m":"thr the recreational ownership of pets","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":5453},{"m":"thw relocate refugees to countries based solely on the receiving countries' level of economic wealth","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5454},{"m":"thw set a cap on the personal wealth an individual is allowed to own (including the value of shares that individuals own in companies","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5455},{"m":"thw subsidize youths that opt into entrepreneurship instead of pursuing university degrees (designing, launching, and running a new business eg start ups)","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5456},{"m":"th, as the actress would accept the role","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":5457,"hi":1},{"m":"in developing nations, thbt workers should be allowed to trade off their employment benefits (eg pensions, health insurance, protections from labor laws) in exchange for higher wages","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5458},{"m":"thw make it a war crime to kill child soldiers in any circumstance","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5459},{"m":"thw ban personal accolades in team sports","y":2019,"t":"FLTRP Training Beijing Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":5460},{"m":"THW never enter into a relationship with a closeted individual","y":2019,"t":"Munich Research Open 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":5461,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT European countries should change school syllabuses to disproportionally emphasis Arab and Islamic contributions to European culture.","y":2019,"t":"UDP Open 2019","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":5462},{"m":"THW hold the Catholic Church legally responsible for sexual abuse, harrasment and grooming committed by clergy members.","y":2019,"t":"UDP Open 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":5463},{"m":"THBT the BDS movement reduces the likelihood of a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.","y":2019,"t":"UDP Open 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5464,"hi":1},{"m":"Given the technology was available, THW allow the sale of personality traits and characteristics (such as IQ, musicality and determination).","y":2019,"t":"UDP Open 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":5465},{"m":"THW grant Maduro and main officials of the Venezuelan regime amnesty in exchange for handing power over to Juan Guadio.","y":2019,"t":"UDP Open 2019","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":5466,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as a Yellow Vest, supports attempts by Les Emergents to run for elections in European and French elections.","y":2019,"t":"UDP Open 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":5467,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would require companies to hire a significant percentage of employees without university degrees across all levels of their organisation","y":2018,"t":"Riga IV 2018","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":5468},{"m":"THBT the EU should cut structural funds to member states that undermine civil and political rights (e.g. restrict court independence, reduce media and academic freedom, etc.)","y":2018,"t":"Riga IV 2018","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5469},{"m":"Assuming the existence of empathy enhancement drugs, THW ban such drugs*","y":2018,"t":"Riga IV 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":5470,"hi":1},{"m":"THW make the weight of votes proportional to a person's expected remaining lifespan*","y":2018,"t":"Riga IV 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5471,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT feminist movements should integrate religious messages and institutions into their advocacy","y":2018,"t":"Riga IV 2018","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5472},{"m":"THW ban private military contractors","y":2018,"t":"Riga IV 2018","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5473},{"m":"TH prefers a world in which people can't lie","y":2018,"t":"Riga IV 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":5474},{"m":"THW prefer a world where wealth is seen as shameful","y":2018,"t":"Riga IV 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":5475},{"m":"TH, as the parent of a child prodigy, would push that child to maximize its potential.","y":2019,"t":"Deree Invitational LVII","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"actor","id":5476},{"m":"THBT environmentalists and animal rights activists should launch violent campaigns against companies that pollute the environment or violate animals' rights.","y":2019,"t":"Deree Invitational LVII","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5477},{"m":"THW introduce a maximum wage.","y":2019,"t":"Deree Invitational LVII","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5478},{"m":"THBT the WTO should allow developing countries to impose tariffs on imports from developed countries.","y":2019,"t":"Deree Invitational LVII","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5479},{"m":"THBT mainstream political parties in Europe should impose a \"cordon sanitaire\" on radical populist parties (e.g. VOX, AFD, PPV).","y":2019,"t":"Deree Invitational LVII","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5480},{"m":"THBT housing activists in San Francisco should advocate for the abolition of zoning regulations rather than increased rent control..","y":2019,"t":"Berkeley IV 2019","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5481,"hi":1},{"m":"For nonviolent infractions (e.g. failure to pay tax or debts, possession of illict substances), THP an individual social credit system over incarceration.","y":2019,"t":"Berkeley IV 2019","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5482,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT liberal media outlets should prioritize sensational reporting (e.g., Daily Kos, Young Turks) over neutral journalism (e.g., CNN, New York Times).","y":2019,"t":"Berkeley IV 2019","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":5483},{"m":"THBT environmental activists should reject eco-friendly public-private partnerships and insist on stricter environmental regulations","y":2019,"t":"Berkeley IV 2019","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5484,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT search engine algorithms and results should not be protected by the First Amendment as editorial speech.","y":2019,"t":"Berkeley IV 2019","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5485,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of Britain to have a second referendum on Brexit.","y":2019,"t":"Berkeley IV 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5486},{"m":"THBT capitalism and feminism are fundamentally incompatible.","y":2019,"t":"Berkeley IV 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5487},{"m":"This House believes that the European Union should adopt the basic income","y":2017,"t":"Olimpia di Debate","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5488},{"m":"This House believes that every European school system should abolish homework to combat school drop-out","y":2017,"t":"Olimpia di Debate","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":5489},{"m":"This House believes that caloric and fat-rich foods, commonly called junk food, should be taxed more than \"healthy foods\"","y":2017,"t":"Olimpia di Debate","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":5490},{"m":"This House believes that Italian high school students should be allowed to choose their own study subjects from those offered by the school","y":2017,"t":"Olimpia di Debate","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":5491},{"m":"This house believes that social networks have improved our lifestyle","y":2017,"t":"Olimpia di Debate","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5492},{"m":"This house believes that the G20 countries, in order to save the planet from global warming, must adopt more ambitious global CO2 emission reduction targets than those of the Paris Accords","y":2017,"t":"Olimpia di Debate","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5493},{"m":"This House regrets the thought of the \"Zero Hour","y":2019,"t":"Campus-Debatte Wien 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"regret","id":5494,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that all states should create and publish a list of those financial institutions that would be saved by Bail-Out in a crisis.","y":2019,"t":"Campus-Debatte Wien 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5495},{"m":"This house would abolish the Womens' League in chess","y":2019,"t":"Campus-Debatte Wien 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":5496},{"m":"This house prefers the transhumanist world to the current state of humanity in the western world","y":2019,"t":"Campus-Debatte Wien 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5497,"hi":1},{"m":"This house prefers a post-growth society to a society geared towards growth.","y":2019,"t":"Campus-Debatte Wien 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5498},{"m":"This house would move Pakistan's capital to Karachi.","y":2019,"t":"The Karachi Cup 2019","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5499},{"m":"After a speaker has been invited, this house would allow university to vote to reject the speaker from coming to campus.","y":2019,"t":"The Karachi Cup 2019","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5500},{"m":"This house believes that all laws regarding climate change should be subject to a referendum only open to those aged 30 and below.","y":2019,"t":"The Karachi Cup 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":5501},{"m":"This house supports the 'Right to be Forgotten' on the internet.","y":2019,"t":"The Karachi Cup 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5502,"hi":1},{"m":"As the author of a non-colonial language (e.g. Marathi, Inuktitut, IsiXhosa, Gikuyu, Tibetan, among others), this house would only write in its native language","y":2019,"t":"The Karachi Cup 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":5503},{"m":"This House Regrets the societal expectation of going to university.","y":2019,"t":"The Lyceum Debating Championship 2019","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":5504},{"m":"This House, as a parent, would allow Vought America to inject their child with Compound V","y":2019,"t":"The Lyceum Debating Championship 2019","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":5505},{"m":"This house, as the US government, would break up Facebook, inc.","y":2019,"t":"The Lyceum Debating Championship 2019","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":5506},{"m":"In areas with high crime, this house would impose a curfew on men.","y":2019,"t":"The Lyceum Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":5507},{"m":"If brought back to the 2018 ballot in the Pakistani General Elections, this house would still vote for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI).","y":2019,"t":"The Lyceum Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":5508},{"m":"THW tear down gated communities in the developing world.","y":2018,"t":"The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":5509},{"m":"THBT education systems should actively teach sticking it to the man.","y":2018,"t":"The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":5510},{"m":"TH, as the international community, would support the BDS Movement in light of the Jewish Nation State Bill.","y":2018,"t":"The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":5511},{"m":"THW fabricate evidence in order to prove that historic icons had been gay.","y":2018,"t":"The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":5512},{"m":"THW give the Rohingya Arms.","y":2018,"t":"The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5513},{"m":"THW require religious establishments to have female clergy in order to qualify for tax breaks","y":2018,"t":"The Nixor College Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":5514},{"m":"TH regrets the USA's decision to leave the UNHRC.","y":2018,"t":"Mehran Debating Championship 2018","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":5515},{"m":"TH as Pakistan in 1979 would remain neutral in the Afghan War","y":2018,"t":"Mehran Debating 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(Octo-finals) That we regret the custom of giving gifts.","y":2019,"t":"Easters 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","intl":1,"id":5583},{"m":"That we regret narratives of deference to the elderly (e.g. \"older people are more experienced\").","y":2019,"t":"Easters 2019","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["education"],"ty":"other","intl":1,"id":5584},{"m":"That the Bretton Woods institutions (i.e. the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank) have done more harm than good.","y":2019,"t":"Easters 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","intl":1,"id":5585},{"m":"That, assuming feasibility, we should charge corporations a tax equal to their Social Cost instead of company tax.","y":2019,"t":"Easters 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","intl":1,"id":5586},{"m":"That the queer community should actively embrace religious organisations and queer religious individuals in its leadership positions and advocacy.","y":2019,"t":"Easters 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","intl":1,"id":5587},{"m":"TH REGRETS THE COMMERCIALISATION OF ANTI-RAPE PRODUCTS","y":2019,"t":"WW III","r":"1","c":"Africa","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":5588,"hi":1},{"m":"THIS HOUSE AS THE US CIA WILL DISCLOSE IT","y":2019,"t":"WW III","r":"2","c":"Africa","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":5589,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT GLOBAL SPORTS GOVERNING BODIES (EG. FIFA) SHOULD PRIORITISE GEO POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SITUATING CHAMPIONSHIPS","y":2019,"t":"WW III","r":"3","c":"Africa","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5590,"hi":1},{"m":"TH AS THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES WOULD OFFER ITS ELECTED OFFICIALS THE GRAFT LEEWAY","y":2019,"t":"WW III","r":"4","c":"Africa","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":5591,"hi":1},{"m":"THW implement the Teacher Independence Model in schools for children aged over 12.","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Union Online 2020","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":5592,"hi":1},{"m":"THR twitter adding a fact-check function","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Union Online 2020","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":5593,"hi":1},{"m":"THW incentivize work from home (*not only for the duration of the pandemic)","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Union Online 2020","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":5594,"hi":1},{"m":"THW grant all nation states the 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reform.","y":2020,"t":"Hong Kong Pro Ams","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5604},{"m":"TH, as Russia, would pursue an oil war against Saudi Arabia","y":2020,"t":"Hong Kong Pro Ams","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":5605,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where people are unable to forget their life experiences","y":2020,"t":"Hong Kong Pro Ams","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":5606},{"m":"In liberal democracies, THW ban the media from reporting on ongoing sex offence trials","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Union Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":5607},{"m":"THBT western museums should return historical artifacts to the nations where they originated.","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Union Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":5608},{"m":"THBT governments should financially incentivize people to move 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(For example, Maori \"village tours\", Aboriginal art fairs, and Native American casinos).","y":2018,"t":"KCL Open 2018","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":5618},{"m":"THW ban all forms of self-incrimination","y":2018,"t":"KCL Open 2018","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":5619,"hi":1},{"m":"THB that the countries of former Yugoslavia should create a common history curriculum and textbook.","y":2018,"t":"KCL Open 2018","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5620},{"m":"THR the existence of caste-based political parties in India.","y":2018,"t":"KCL Open 2018","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":5621,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the survivor community, would choose not to.","y":2018,"t":"KCL Open 2018","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":5622,"hi":1},{"m":"THW welcome an isolationist America","y":2018,"t":"KCL Open 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in the interest of the Russian state to pivot away from China and towards the West","y":2020,"t":"St Petersburg Online Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5680},{"m":"THR the focus on the personal identity and private actions of politicians","y":2020,"t":"St Petersburg Online Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":5681},{"m":"TH prefers, as a means of enrolling people in the army, conscription by lottery rather than aggressive recruitment of volunteers","y":2020,"t":"St Petersburg Online Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5682},{"m":"THBT the scientific community should reject the notion of \"non-overlapping magisteria\"","y":2020,"t":"St Petersburg Online Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":5683,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports the rapid global elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to free trade","y":2020,"t":"DGBDS 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remove veto powers from permanent security council members and redistribute it to historically neutral countries (e.g. Ireland, Switzerland, Panama, etc)","y":2020,"t":"The Grand Spar June","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":5698,"hi":1},{"m":"THW consider \"public interest\" as a mitigating factor for investigative journalists prosecuted for committing crimes (e.g. breaking and entering, breaching privacy etc) in the course of an investigation","y":2020,"t":"The Grand Spar July","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":5699,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is legitimate for oppressed communities (e.g. poor African American communities in the US) to not pay taxes towards the government","y":2020,"t":"The Grand Spar July","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5700},{"m":"THW break up big tech companies","y":2020,"t":"The Grand Spar 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2020","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5836,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the depiction of women in mythology as feminists (eg: Athena, Draupadi)","y":2020,"t":"India Debate Open AP 2020","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5837},{"m":"TH, as the LGBTQ+ community, supports Queer baiting","y":2020,"t":"India Debate Open AP 2020","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":5838,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the working class should reject Bernie Sanders as the face of the working class movement for being a part of the 1%.","y":2020,"t":"India Debate Open AP 2020","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5839,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require all research institutions to use at least 50% of their resources (time, staff, money, etc.) to do replication studies","y":2020,"t":"India Debate Open AP 2020","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":5840,"hi":1},{"m":"THS two party political systems over multiparty 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that heavily emphasises collectivism rather than individualism","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge 2: Euros Bungaloo","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5867},{"m":"THW introduce significant \"cost caps\" in sports","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge 2: Euros Bungaloo","r":"Schools_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":5868,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing states are better off with elite-led technocratic governments as opposed to democratic ones","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge 2: Euros Bungaloo","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5869},{"m":"THBT policies regarding the teaching and use of language should be descriptive rather than prescriptive","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge 2: Euros Bungaloo","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":5870,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as a parent belonging to a minority religion, would discourage their children from expressing their faith publicly (e.g. crossing yourself, wearing hijabs, 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the NBA.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":5881,"hi":1},{"m":"That Palestinians should abandon their claim for statehood and opt for a civil rights struggle instead.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":5882},{"m":"That we regret the Trump-Taliban peace deal agreement.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5883,"hi":1},{"m":"That we, as Benny Gantz, regret signing the coalition agreement between Likud and the Blue and White alliance.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5884,"hi":1},{"m":"That we regret the expectation that children should be shielded from all forms of danger.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":5885},{"m":"That we would proportionately subsidise (e.g. scholarship and funding) university courses according to the employability of their graduates.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":5886},{"m":"That we support a permanent move to online tertiary education.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":5887},{"m":"That young people should reject traditionally empowered political parties.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":5888,"hi":1},{"m":"That legislative bodies (e.g. parliament, congress, senate, councils) should be formed by sortition democracy.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":5889,"hi":1},{"m":"That the Democratic Party should not embrace 'Never Trump' Republicans.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":5890,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should ban high frequency trading","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":5891,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should limit the trading of individual shares and derivative products to licensed professionals.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":5892,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should ban mortgage-based financial derivatives.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5893,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should ban mergers and acquisitions of mass media companies.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"8","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":5894,"hi":1},{"m":"That social media companies should aggressively censor offensive and discriminatory content.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"8","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5895},{"m":"That we prefer a world where social media networking sites are only 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2020","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5905,"hi":1},{"m":"That the state's failure to address a pandemic should be considered as a crime against humanity.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"EFL_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":5906},{"m":"That criminal trials should continue even when the accused is deceased","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"EFL_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5907},{"m":"That the state should pay reparations to individuals convicted in the past for actions that are no longer recognised as a crime.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"EFL_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5908},{"m":"That Non-Western LGBTQ activists should reject sex positivity","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"ESL_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5909,"hi":1},{"m":"That we regret the belief that individuals possess defined 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2020","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":5918,"hi":1},{"m":"That ASEAN should transform itself into a political union","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5919},{"m":"That, as developing nations, we would prefer to align with China than the United States.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5920},{"m":"That, in countries where military service is mandatory only for men, as self-proclaimed feminist women, we would actively volunteer in the military.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5921},{"m":"That we regret narratives that portray human progress as inevitable","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":5922},{"m":"That we regret the emphasis placed on individual rights by social justice movements.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":5923,"hi":1},{"m":"That it is morally wrong to use subconscious manipulation to nudge citizens towards socially desirable choices.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"EFL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":5924,"hi":1},{"m":"That activist movements should embrace cancel culture as a tool to promote social change.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"EFL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":5925,"hi":1},{"m":"That France should abandon the principle of laïcité.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"EFL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5926,"hi":1},{"m":"That, as a woman of colour living in a majority-white country, we would embrace, compete in and establish national beauty pageants for women of our ethnic heritage.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5927},{"m":"That capitalism is incompatible with racial equality","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5928},{"m":"That we, as a Catholic priest, would actively endorse liberal values that do not align with the Catholic Church.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":5929},{"m":"That we should grant legal personhood to culturally significant features of the natural environment.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5930,"hi":1},{"m":"That we support compassionate conservation","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5931,"hi":1},{"m":"That, as environmentalists, we would choose a strategy of working closely with corporations.","y":2020,"t":"Monash Australs 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5932},{"m":"This House Would significantly decrease income tax rates for women","y":2020,"t":"Access Debate Tournament","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":5933},{"m":"This House Would give victims of crimes significant power over sentencing","y":2020,"t":"Access Debate Tournament","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":5934},{"m":"This House believes that contemporary social movements should focus on class differences rather than on identity-based discrimination (e.g. gender, race)","y":2020,"t":"Access Debate Tournament","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":5935},{"m":"This House, as a Pacific island state, would reject Chinese developmental assistance","y":2020,"t":"Access Debate 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adolescence for their children, rather than one of early independence.","y":2020,"t":"Access Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":5940,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the prominence of creator-driven content","y":2020,"t":"Womxn and Gender Minorities Online Debate Open","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":5941,"hi":1},{"m":"THP the removal of sex and gender markers (e.g., on government forms, IDs, and other areas of legal recognition) as opposed to the inclusion of nonbinary, \"X\", and other gender or sex markers","y":2020,"t":"Womxn and Gender Minorities Online Debate Open","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":5942},{"m":"THS facilitating massive emigration as a response to oppressive regimes.","y":2020,"t":"Womxn and Gender Minorities Online Debate Open","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5943,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing countries should prohibit using the principal of petroleum funds to finance social and welfare programs.","y":2020,"t":"Womxn and Gender Minorities Online Debate Open","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":5944,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the use of \"desperation science\" during the coronavirus pandemic","y":2020,"t":"Womxn and Gender Minorities Online Debate Open","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":5945,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT feminists should primarily combat pseudo-scientific claims of sex and gender based differences (e.g. claims that men are more intelligent/brave/strong) on the basis of their scientific inaccuracy as opposed to focusing on deconstructing the social value placed on those differences","y":2020,"t":"Womxn and Gender Minorities Online Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5946},{"m":"THR the popular belief in free will","y":2020,"t":"Womxn and Gender Minorities Online Debate 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Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":5951},{"m":"THBT Central Asian states should significantly disassociate from Russian cultural influence (e.g. language, the arts, media, history etc.).","y":2020,"t":"KCL Online Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":5952},{"m":"Assuming there is a safe procedure, THW allow adults to permanently \"lock in\" their chosen personality traits (e.g. stubbornness, openness, honesty) as unchangeable.","y":2020,"t":"KCL Online Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":5953},{"m":"In times of economic crises, THBT the government should withhold information that is likely to damage market confidence.","y":2020,"t":"KCL Online Open 2020","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":5954},{"m":"Given the opportunity, TH, as a talented young individual living in a Western Balkan country, would emigrate to pursue a career in the EU","y":2020,"t":"KCL Online Open 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":5955},{"m":"THO the \"Toxic Positivity\" culture","y":2020,"t":"KCL Online Open 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":5956,"hi":1},{"m":"THP to be alone in the universe","y":2020,"t":"KCL Online Open 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":5957,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming the technology were available, and you were the only one who could use it, that you should choose to become immortal","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":5958},{"m":"You have suffered from severe amnesia and cannot remember any of your past. You suspect that it may be \"dark\". That you should not go searching for answers","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5959},{"m":"That we should prohibit research into the de-extinction of human-like species such as the Neanderthal.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":5960},{"m":"That the state should more harshly punish people who commit crimes against members of social groups who experience disproportionately high rates of violence regardless of that offender's motivation","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5961},{"m":"That the victim of crimes should be able to choose whether the offender is dealt with under civil law or criminal law","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5962},{"m":"That individuals who breach COVID-19 lockdown requirements while unknowingly infectious should be liable for manslaughter for any resulting deaths","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":5963},{"m":"You are a state whose diplomatic and economic power is increasing rapidly. There are maintained attempts to curb the rise of your economic and diplomatic influence by the established regional power. That you should seek active confrontation with the established power.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5964},{"m":"You are the ruler of a militaristic Greek city state. The Archameid empire has invaded mainland Hellas, if they are successful, your state will be subjugated. The other city states are in disarray and cannot decide on how to respond. You know that there is no chance of victory alone. That you should march against the Persian threat.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":5965},{"m":"Congratulations, you command the armies of Greece and now have the means to embark on your life goal to sail to and conquer Troy. Alas, you have offended the goddess Artemis who has stymied your plans by sending unfavourable winds. The only way to achieve your goal is to sacrifice your only child and you will win the war. That you should sacrifice your child.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"other","id":5966},{"m":"That the United States should immediately abolish private health insurance and establish Medicare for all","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":5967},{"m":"That the European Union should abandon the Euro","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5968},{"m":"That in times of extraordinary economic or social crisis, we should temporarily close financial markets.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":5969},{"m":"As a curator of a prominent museum or gallery, you should only display works created by women","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":5970},{"m":"A 'sham marriage' (also known as xinghun or co-operative marriage) is a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian woman for the purposes of creating the appearance of being straight and evading the social stigmas of being gay or being 'left on the shelf'. They are particularly common in China. That, as a homosexual person in China, would enter into a sham marriage.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":5971},{"m":"That feminists should celebrate domestic activities which are traditionally carried out by women (e.g. baking, gardening and knitting) as empowering and feminist activities","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5972},{"m":"That the Ukraine should seek an internationally brokered agreement to formally acknowledge the cession of Crimea to Russia","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5973},{"m":"In a world in which humans have obtained the ability of interstellar travel, humans should never make contact with, or interfere with, the development of alien civilisations that are not also capable of interstellar travel.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5974},{"m":"That we should abolish the International Criminal Court","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5975},{"m":"That the Catholic Church should de-emphasise the concepts of Satan and Hell.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":5976},{"m":"You are a cardinal with evidence of corruption in the Vatican. That you should destroy the evidence.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":5977},{"m":"You are a 16th century english Catholic bishop. Henry VIII has established the Anglican Church in opposition to the Catholic Church. You have been invited by the King to join his church as Bishop. That you should join the Anglican Church.","y":2020,"t":"Jurassic IV 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":5978},{"m":"That, assuming it were practicable, sports teams or people that develop novel strategies or techniques should be able to \"copyright\" them for two seasons after they are first used successfully.","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"1","c":"New Zealand","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":5979},{"m":"That we regret Drag Culture going mainstream","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"1","c":"New Zealand","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5980},{"m":"That one should not offer to 'give exposure' to gain discounted goods or services from creatives.","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"1","c":"New Zealand","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":5981},{"m":"That we would abolish corporate tax","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"2","c":"New Zealand","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":5982},{"m":"That we would create financial incentives for companies to expose the law breaking of their competitors.","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"2","c":"New Zealand","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5983},{"m":"That we prefer broad tax cuts in financial stimulus packages to targeted government spending.","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"2","c":"New Zealand","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":5984},{"m":"That evidence that is reliable but illegally obtained by the police should be excluded as evidence in all criminal trials.","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"3","c":"New Zealand","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5985},{"m":"That we should abolish all statutes of limitations in criminal cases.","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"3","c":"New Zealand","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":5986,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should abolish the \"right to silence\"","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"3","c":"New 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(ICC).","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"New Zealand","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5992},{"m":"That states should be allowed to buy and sell votes in international organizations","y":2020,"t":"Cinnamon Scroll 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"New Zealand","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5993},{"m":"That we prefer the establishment of truth and reconciliation commissions to attempts at pursuing retributive justice (e.g. prosecuting perpetrators) in post-conflict states","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5994,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should make it an offense to witness a crime and not report it","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":5995},{"m":"That we should make search engines liable for defamation when their algorithms promote defamatory content","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5996},{"m":"That we should ban derivative markets","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5997,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should ban hedge funds","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":5998,"hi":1},{"m":"That we regret central bank independence","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":5999},{"m":"That the US should escalate its 'maximum pressure' campaign against Iran","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6000},{"m":"That we, as India, would rejoin the RCEP","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6001,"hi":1},{"m":"That the UK should offer citizenship to all residents of Hong Kong","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":6002},{"m":"That developing countries should ban the sale of GMO products","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":6003,"hi":1},{"m":"That we shuold genetically design \"Philosopher Kings\"","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6004,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming that the technology existed, that we would allow individuals to sell their Intelligence Quotient (IQ) as a commodity","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":6005},{"m":"You are a publicly successful chef, whose real cooking skill is secretly attributable to a rat which directs your movements underneath your chef's hat. That we should reveal the existence of the rat.","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":6006},{"m":"That we should ban the consumption of animals","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6007},{"m":"That we should ban religious practices that cause cruelty to animals.","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6008},{"m":"That we regret cancel culture within progressive movements","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":6009},{"m":"That, as Joe Biden, we would prioritize solving economic inequality over racial issues in the campaign","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":6010},{"m":"That, as the minority resistance 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NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6015},{"m":"That we regret the rise of decentralisation agendas in developing countries","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":6016},{"m":"That, as a liberal democracy, we should heavily restrict our Multinational Corporations from investing in/expanding into illiberal states (e.g. Russia, Turkey, China, Poland)","y":2020,"t":"Whippersnappa Pre-Australs","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6017},{"m":"THO the use of deferred prosecution agreements for large companies","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":6018,"hi":1},{"m":"This house supports, where possible, the loved ones (eg family, close friends) of victims of serious criminal offences being involved in the sentencing of the perpetrator (eg in consultation with the judge).","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":6019},{"m":"THW abolish all legislatively set sentencing guidelines","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":6020},{"m":"This house, as the progressive movement, supports progressive candidates running on centrist platforms solely in order to get elected","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":6021},{"m":"TH, as the Biden campaign, would pick Elizabeth Warren as our Vice President","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":6022},{"m":"his house, as the progressive movement, supports progressive candidates running on centrist platforms solely in order to get elected","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":6023},{"m":"This house regrets the rise of low-fee, easy-to-access financial market trading services (e.g. Robinhood)","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":6024},{"m":"his house would impose an exit tax on citizens who choose to take up long term employment outside their country of origin.","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":6025},{"m":"THS closed shop arrangements","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6026,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would implement a strict deadline for the length of time that children can be in foster care before being placed in a permanent home (eg returned to birth parents, in guardianship or adopted)","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":6027},{"m":"This house would prefer their child, in preschool and early primary school, to have one close friend rather than being 'popular' with several less-close 'friends'","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":6028},{"m":"This house believes that the feminist movement should aggressively praise mothers and motherhood","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":6029},{"m":"THR the commercialisation of spirituality","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":6030},{"m":"THP a world in which individuals did not feel strong emotions","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6031},{"m":"This house believes that it is immoral to consume the art of creators who have been proven to be guilty of heinous offences","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"5","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6032},{"m":"THBT the United States should leave Iraq","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":6033},{"m":"This house, as the EU, impose sanctions on countries with active prisoners of conscience.","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":6034,"hi":1},{"m":"This house, as a SEA nation involved in the South China Sea conflict, would opt to actively seek closer ties with China","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Quarters","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":6035},{"m":"This house would require test-status cricketing nations to play each other at equivalent rates (e.g. South Africa would be required to play Afghanistan and Ireland approximately as often as they play India)","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":6036},{"m":"THS efforts to colonize Mars","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":6037},{"m":"This house regrets the narrative that one should respect authority figures even if you disagree with them","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":6038},{"m":"This house prefers process-based to outcomes-based environmental regulation","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":6039},{"m":"THBT humans owe a debt to Future Generations","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":6040},{"m":"THBT the environmentalist movement should prioritise the anthropocentrist value of nature in its rhetoric","y":2020,"t":"Macquarie Open 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":6041,"hi":1},{"m":"That as the superdelegates, we would give the nomination to Biden","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":6042},{"m":"That we would allow political parties to make binding electoral promises that, once broken, will immediately trigger re-election.","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":6043},{"m":"That we should hold all state presidential primary elections simultaneously","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":6044},{"m":"This House, as Likud, regrets not removing Netanyahu as leader before the upcoming election.","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":6045},{"m":"That Lebanon should abolish the confessional system","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6046},{"m":"That we regret the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6047},{"m":"That as an Indian feminist we would identify more with Lakshmi than with Kali","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":6048,"hi":1},{"m":"That feminists in Islamic majority countries should attempt to work to reform Sharia courts from within rather than advocating their abolition.","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":6049},{"m":"This House, as the feminist movement, would push for the sexualisation of religious attires (eg. hijab/saree/cheongsum).","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"3","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":6050},{"m":"That ASEAN should allow the free movement of labour","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6051},{"m":"That ASEAN should negotiate all investment deals with Chinese government entities as a bloc (with decisions made by majority vote of its members), so that no member state can enter into investment deals without the consent of the majority of ASEAN.","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6052},{"m":"That we support the abolition of the CFA franc","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"Australia & 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Championship","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6057,"hi":1},{"m":"That it is in the interest of the Indian state for AAP to form a coalition with the INC to contest in upcoming general elections.","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6058,"hi":1},{"m":"That King Abdullah al-Haj should have called a snap election in Malaysia , rather than appointing Muhyuddin Yasin as Prime Minister and allowing the current members of the Dewan Rakyat (lower house) to form a new governing coalition.","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Australia & NZ","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":6059,"hi":1},{"m":"That states should opt to implement the Hannibal Directive in dealing with their soldiers captured by terrorists.","y":2020,"t":"2020 Commonwealth Debating Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"Australia 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finance natural resource extraction projects in corrupt states","y":2020,"t":"Indian Womxn's Debating Championship 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6065},{"m":"THS the narrative that the decision to have a biological child is a selfish one","y":2020,"t":"Indian Womxn's Debating Championship 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6066},{"m":"TH, as X, would not accept the offer","y":2020,"t":"Indian Womxn's Debating Championship 2020","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"actor","id":6067,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT feminists should challenge militarism instead of advocating for the \"right to fight\" (ex. pushing for the inclusion of women in national draft registration and combat duty_","y":2020,"t":"Indian Womxn's Debating Championship 2020","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":6068},{"m":"THBT the general economic policy of countries should aim to increase Gross National Happiness 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moves","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 1","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":6073},{"m":"Post the Covid-19 outbreak is contained, TH(the Bundesliga)W scrap the 50+1 rule.","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 1","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":6074,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT major polluter nations should open their borders to climate refugees","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 1","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6075,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the characterization of large scale policy reforms against social vices as wars For example --'combating'","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 1","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":6076},{"m":"THBT regulation of overconsumption of common shared resources is justified","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 1","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6077,"hi":1},{"m":"TH (the journalist) will reveal this information to the public","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 1","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":6078,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as climate activists, would use interpretation of religious texts as a tool for climate action ( Eg invoking stories from the Ramayana's Aranya Kaand to create narratives around forests, etc.","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 1","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":6079,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the vilification of \"money mindedness\" in individuals","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 1","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":6080,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT women in politics actively moving away from \"the pantsuit\" does more harm than good","y":2020,"t":"Cross Deb Soc Practice Tournament Ed. 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Bollywood","y":2020,"t":"Taylor's Debate Open","r":"Ope_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6095,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as a prominent pro-independence activist in Hong Kong, would align as pro-China in an effort to run for upcoming elections.","y":2020,"t":"Taylor's Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":6096,"hi":1},{"m":"In Western Liberal democracies, THR the queer movement's primary form of collectivization transitioning from riots/protests into pride celebrations/parades","y":2020,"t":"Taylor's Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":6097},{"m":"This House Would only allow university admission on the basis of standardized testing, as opposed to non-quantitative methods (e.g. essays, alumni interviews)","y":2020,"t":"Astana EUDC 2020","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":6098},{"m":"This House Would ban Amazon's internal arbitration 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classification in the US legal system","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":6244,"hi":1},{"m":"THW legalize betting on electoral processes","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":6245},{"m":"In multi party states with a significant ethnic minority population, TH supports the creation of political parties with the primary purpose of pursuing the interests of that ethnic minority group","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":6246},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should support polyamorous relationships","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":6247},{"m":"THR the narrative that difficulties and struggles in one's lived experience are \"empowering\" (e.g. glorified stories about Oprah's harsh experiences with racism and misogyny)","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":6248},{"m":"THBT social movements should prioritize calling-in problematic inividuals and behaviours rather than calling them out","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6249},{"m":"THP a world where all humans are born as adults","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6250,"hi":1},{"m":"Instead of leaving the decision up to the producing company, THW legally require that Self-Driving Cars produced by companies always choose to maximise the number of lives saved, even if it leads to the death of the passengers","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":6251,"hi":1},{"m":"THS movements that advocate for the provision of negative rights to sentient AI","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6252,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world in which most people are determinists to a world in which most people believe in free will","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":6253},{"m":"THW prefer to live in a world where one was mortal but could precisely schedule and plan out one`s death","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":6254},{"m":"Assuming the technology exists, THS the use of non-sentient artifical intelligence that imitates deceased loved ones in appearance, personality, and mannerism","y":2020,"t":"East Coast Asians","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":6255},{"m":"THW hold religious leaders liable when identifiable adult believers are harmed by adhering to doctrinal teachings","y":2020,"t":"MIDP Round Robin 2020","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":6256},{"m":"THR the continuation of NATO after the dissolution of the USSR","y":2020,"t":"MIDP Round Robin 2020","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":6257},{"m":"THW allow ex-felons to become police officers","y":2020,"t":"MIDP Round Robin 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":6258},{"m":"THBT indebted countries should prioritize social spending over paying back loans","y":2020,"t":"MIDP Round Robin 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6259},{"m":"THBT post conflict states should not instil nationalism through the education system","y":2020,"t":"MIDP Round Robin 2020","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6260},{"m":"someone pls provide this, it isn't available online","y":2020,"t":"MIDP Round Robin 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":6261},{"m":"THW deprioritize the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines to those who contravene public health protocol (eg: spreading false rumours about COVID, refusing to wear a mask)","y":2020,"t":"Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":6262},{"m":"THS the \"Free School\"Philosophy","y":2020,"t":"Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":6263,"hi":1},{"m":"THW, as Lebanon, welcome significantly greater French influence over its domestic affairs (e.g. political-constitutional arrangements, economic policies etc.)","y":2020,"t":"Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":6264,"hi":1},{"m":"THO all media and literature that romanticizes mental illness","y":2020,"t":"Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":6265},{"m":"THBT feminists should adopt \"call-in\" instead of \"call-out\" as their dominant strategy.","y":2020,"t":"Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":6266,"hi":1},{"m":"THS local movements in Asia adopting western terminology and strategies to push the cause forward","y":2020,"t":"Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6267,"hi":1},{"m":"THW, as the Democratic National Convention, support the Make Billionaires Pay Tax.","y":2020,"t":"Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":6268,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming the technology was available, THW allow people to erase specific memories of their choice from existence.","y":2020,"t":"Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":6269},{"m":"THBT democracies should allow people to opt into religious courts that punish them for acts that are deemed to be offences under their religion, as long as they remain members of that religion","y":2020,"t":"IBA DU Nations League","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":6270},{"m":"TH, as fans of the club, supports a takeover by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.","y":2020,"t":"IBA DU Nations League","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"actor","id":6271,"hi":1},{"m":"THW break up companies that are deemed threats to the democratic process, even when they do not harm consumer welfare","y":2020,"t":"IBA DU Nations League","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":6272,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the belief that forgiveness is a virtue","y":2020,"t":"IBA DU Nations 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(*the vast majority of currently produced components)","y":2020,"t":"IBA DU Nations League","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6274},{"m":"THBT comedians from minority communities should not base their comedy on stereotypes and slurs about their own groups.","y":2020,"t":"IBA DU Nations League","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":6275},{"m":"THS the use of shaming to advance social causes","y":2020,"t":"Victoria's Cup","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6276},{"m":"TH, as an immigrant parent, would raise their child exclusively in their own (minority) language","y":2020,"t":"Victoria's Cup","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":6277},{"m":"THBT developing nations should choose to protect their own industries rather than be more open to trade","y":2020,"t":"Victoria's Cup","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6278},{"m":"THBT Australian Indigenous groups should 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Pre-ABP","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":6288,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the world would be better off if the human race would cease to exist","y":2020,"t":"Alternate Pre-ABP","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6289},{"m":"This house believes that regional alliances should not take a stance on the elections of their member states, assuming free and fair elections are possible in that member country","y":2020,"t":"Alternate Pre-ABP","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6290},{"m":"THBT state x should increase taxes as opposed to cutting government spending","y":2020,"t":"Alternate Pre-ABP","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":6291,"hi":1},{"m":"In universities where affirmative action for women exists, this house would institute affirmative action for men in departments where they are under-represented.","y":2020,"t":"Alternate 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hospitals)","y":2019,"t":"Bard IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":6297},{"m":"THBT the United States, when confronting organizations designated as terrorist groups, should pursue a strategy of engaging with perceived moderates within the group's leadership in an attempt to exact concessions (e.g., prisoner exchanges, cease-fires, or political freedoms for minorities under their control) rather than pursuing a policy of explicit non-engagement.","y":2019,"t":"Bard IV","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6298},{"m":"THBT supporters of Medicare For All should advocate for the abolition of private insurance.","y":2019,"t":"Bard IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6299},{"m":"THBT that individuals who have committed mass atrocities deserve to suffer in the afterlife","y":2019,"t":"Bard IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6300,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the portrayal of parental figures as incompetent and/or out-of-touch in children's media.","y":2019,"t":"Bard IV","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":6301},{"m":"THBT small island nations should declare a state of emergency due to climate change","y":2019,"t":"Bard IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6302},{"m":"THW ban the use of fully autonomous weapons in warfare","y":2020,"t":"MonDO 2020","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":6303},{"m":"THP a world where people cannot lie","y":2020,"t":"MonDO 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6304},{"m":"THBT Joe Biden should have picked Elizabeth Warren as the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential candidate.","y":2020,"t":"MonDO 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":6305},{"m":"THW significantly restrict military recruitment in impoverished areas.","y":2020,"t":"MonDO 2020","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":6306},{"m":"THO the humanisation of villains in popular media","y":2020,"t":"MonDO 2020","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":6307},{"m":"TH, as the feminist movement, would oppose the practice of female pop artists sexualising themselves in their work.","y":2020,"t":"MonDO 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":6308},{"m":"THS judicial activism","y":2020,"t":"MonDO 2020","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6309,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it was in the interest of the UAE to reject the Israel-UAE peace deal","y":2020,"t":"MonDO 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6310,"hi":1},{"m":"THW not allow unvaccinated children to attend schools","y":2020,"t":"Zagreb Random Pro Am","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":6311},{"m":"TH, as the EU, would withhold development aid from countries with poor women's rights records, e.g. age of consent, laws around domestic violence or property laws","y":2020,"t":"Zagreb Random Pro Am","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":6312},{"m":"For crimes with low prosecution and conviction rates (e.g. sexual assault, domestic violence or membership of criminal gangs), THW lower the burden of proof from \"beyond reasonable doubt\" to \"on the balance of probabilities\"","y":2020,"t":"Zagreb Random Pro Am","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":6313,"hi":1},{"m":"As an average student from lower socio-economic class who lives in a developing country, This House Would choose a generalist career path over becoming a specialist","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"actor","id":6314,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Prefers a world where altruism is the only acceptable motive in doing good deeds","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6315,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming Israel will accept, as Palestinian Authority, This House Would let go of the Gaza Strip in exchange of Palestinian independence in the West Bank","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":6316,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the romanticization of staying productive while working from home amidst the pandemic","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":6317},{"m":"This House Prefers a world where China becomes the largest global oil & natural gas exporter","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6318},{"m":"As feminist, THO such coverage","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"Novice_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":6319,"hi":1},{"m":"In the wake of Jacob Blake shooting, As African-American athletes in the NBPA, This house would boycott the remaining of the NBA season","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":6320,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT US presidential debates bring more harms than good","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":6321},{"m":"As left-wing democrats, this house regrets Joe Biden's decision to choose Kamala Harris as VP Candidate","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":6322},{"m":"THBT Indonesia's state-owned enterprises should solely focus on distributive function (i.e. distribute services, provide job) even at the expense on revenue generation","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6323},{"m":"THW ban foreign investment on Indonesia tech startups","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum Open 2020","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":6324},{"m":"This House supports the introduction of a two-tier education system, that places non-academic students in separate schools that cater towards vocational qualifications and practical skills.","y":2013,"t":"Joynt Scroll 2013","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":6325},{"m":"This House believes that the Kingitanga should be disestablished.","y":2013,"t":"Joynt Scroll 2013","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6326},{"m":"This House believes that if humanity becomes capable of interstellar travel, it should implement and enforce the \"Prime Directive\".","y":2013,"t":"Joynt Scroll 2013","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":6327},{"m":"This House believes that the modern NZ Labour party should not regret the reforms of the fourth Labour Government.","y":2013,"t":"Joynt Scroll 2013","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6328},{"m":"This House condemns televisions shows that glorify the rich","y":2013,"t":"Joynt Scroll 2013","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6329},{"m":"This House believes that political Islam is incompatible with democracy.","y":2013,"t":"Joynt Scroll 2013","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":6330},{"m":"This House believes that if technology permitted us to identify people who are genetically predisposed to commit crimes, it would be appropriate for the state to monitor them and limit their activities.","y":2013,"t":"Joynt Scroll 2013","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":6331},{"m":"This House believes that it is time for the LGBTQIA movement to break up.","y":2013,"t":"Joynt Scroll 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You own a private art gallery which the rich, famous, and influential fly from around the world to visit. Recently a photograph has come to prominence among elite art circles, and as a consequence has become incredibly sought after - hailed for its gritty realism. It is a graphic photograph of a woman killed and raped by her husband, taken by police as evidence. You have been offered the original photograph for your collection. 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adults, This House Prefers a world where individuals are unaware of the existence of organized religions for the duration of their childhoods","y":2020,"t":"Bishop Anthony Lobo Championship 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":6449},{"m":"THBT developing states should aggressively incentivize collective farming","y":2020,"t":"SEC Schools Championship 2020","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6450,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world without lying","y":2020,"t":"SEC Schools Championship 2020","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6451},{"m":"THR the romanticizaion of motherhood","y":2020,"t":"SEC Schools Championship 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":6452},{"m":"THBT all acts of election campaign should be prohibited with the exception of public debates","y":2020,"t":"SEC Schools Championship 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":6453},{"m":"In developing 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periods, or events) in politics","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":6462},{"m":"THBT technocrats (highly educated and skilled experts) within authoritarian states should collectively refuse to work with/for the government","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6463},{"m":"THP a world where sexual compatibility is prioritized over emotional compatibility in relationships","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":6464},{"m":"THBT parents have a duty to push their children to succeed even if it comes at the expense of their happiness","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":6465},{"m":"THS parents actively confiding in their children about financial problems and personal insecurities","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online 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Online Debate Open","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":6470},{"m":"THBT Iran should end its nuclear weapons program","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6471},{"m":"TH, as Bernie Sanders, Would have stayed in the race as opposed to dropping out","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":6472},{"m":"TH, as a prominent religious leader of a major organised religion, would promote any scripture/interpretation/doctrine that says that the determinant factor of entering heaven is good deeds and not the level of faith/piety","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":6473},{"m":"THP a world where the belief or disbelief in God or Gods is seen as an involuntary decision","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate 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narrative that refugees' entitlement to help should be conditional upon their potential utility to the economy","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"HS_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6483},{"m":"In post-conflict societies, THW actively suppress information and interpretation, that paints any past dictator in a sympathetic light","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"HS_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":6484},{"m":"THR \"self-crit\" culture.* * \"Self-crit culture\" refers to a culture where individuals are encouraged to publicly and openly criticise themselves for their shortcomings.","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":6485},{"m":"THO the use of scientific discoveries obtained through unethical means","y":2020,"t":"Taiwan Online Debate 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as Rey Skywalker after the battle of Exegol, we would re-start the Jedi Order","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6496},{"m":"That the Star Wars sequels are better than the Star Wars prequels","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6497},{"m":"That it is in the interest of the Sith (circa 35 BBY) to abolish the Rule of Two","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6498,"hi":1},{"m":"That, as Billie Eilish, we would release a Christmas album","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":6499},{"m":"That, with hindsight, we really do regret Glee","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":6500,"hi":1},{"m":"That, as Clutch Mami, we would sign with a major record label rather than remain independent","y":2020,"t":"Pop 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audiences (eg. Riverdale, Avatar the Last Airbender)","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":6511},{"m":"That Tumblr should unban pornography","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":6512},{"m":"That we support the Hollywood Blockbuster model","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":6513,"hi":1},{"m":"That the Pokemon anime should soon replace Ash as the show's main protagonist","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":6514},{"m":"That we believe that the ending of Bojack Horseman series should have been him dying at the end of 'The View From Halfway Down'","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6515,"hi":1},{"m":"That, as Morty, we would sever ties with Rick","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6516,"hi":1},{"m":"That we would prefer prominent authors to write books about utopia, not dystopia","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":6517},{"m":"Without having regard to future events of the show, That the protagonists of the 100 were wrong to seek to expose the Primes","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":6518,"hi":1},{"m":"That Curtis should destroy the train and end humanity rather than taking control.","y":2020,"t":"Pop Culture Grand Prix","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":6519,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the age of digital information (e.g. social media, online news, etc.) has done more harm than good in protecting democracy","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":6520},{"m":"THBT feminism is in opposition to capitalism","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":6521},{"m":"Assuming that Joe Biden wins the presidential election, THBT the US should continue to pursue antagonistic and confrontational trade strategies against China (engaging in trade wars, etc)","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6522},{"m":"THW weigh shareholder votes in line with the length of time their shares have been held.","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":6523},{"m":"THBT religions should promise reward in the afterlife as opposed to promising material reward in this life, with both outcomes contingent on faithful practice","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"ProAm_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":6524},{"m":"TH Prefers Western entertainment (TV Shows, Movies, Theatre) which assumes fluid sexuality (How to Get Away With Murder, Imagine Me & You, High Fidelity, Game of Thrones, Trinkets) for its characters rather than centering a narrative of non-hetero sexuality (Love Simon, Carol, One Day at a Time, The Half of It)","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":6525},{"m":"THW legalize the buying and selling of one's remaining lifetime years.","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":6526},{"m":"TH, as the Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front, would ally itself with the Pakistani government to push back against abrogation of Article 370 by the Indian government","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":6527,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the rise of anti-natalism","y":2020,"t":"Yale NUS Pro Ams 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":6528},{"m":"THBT the Mexican govenment should retroactively legalise the production and distribution of drugs, instead of keeping them illegal","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6529},{"m":"THR the ideological dominance of the left in the feminist movement","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":6530},{"m":"THW heavily penalise corporations for punishing their employees for engaging in legally permitted speech","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":6531},{"m":"THBT the IMF should adopt a policy of not bailing out countries that take out significant loans from China under One Belt One Road","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":6532,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of the ruling party of Kazakhstan to hold free and fair local elections of akims and maslikhats","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":6533,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the use of the Hannibal Directive in combatting terrorist organisations","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":6534,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban advanced simulations","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":6535,"hi":1},{"m":"TH prefers a world in which every individual is perceived to have equal access to a deeper connection with religious deities (as opposed to e.g. religious leaders being perceived to have more such access)","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":6536},{"m":"TH, as the researchers, would have eaten the crops during the siege","y":2020,"t":"Tilbury House Online Open 2.0","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"actor","id":6537,"hi":1},{"m":"That we regret the culture of fearing death","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":6538},{"m":"That, as a promising university graduate, we should opt to make the largest amount of money possible and donate it to charities instead of directly working in social fields.","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":6539},{"m":"That we would not publish this information","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":6540,"hi":1},{"m":"That liberal supreme court s should misinterpret the constitution to advance civil rights","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":6541,"hi":1},{"m":"That the LGBTQ+ movement should not allow police officers at pride events (such as the pride march).","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":6542},{"m":"That, as the queer (LGBTQIA+) community, we would reject the 'born this way' narrative.","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":6543},{"m":"That curricula in post-colonial states should focus on locally-authored literature, to the absolute exclusion of 'great work' such as Shakespeare.","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"other","id":6544},{"m":"That we should implement a Mastery Learning framework at all levels of education","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":6545,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as an educational institution, would prohibit all sports programs that pose a risk of CTE.","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"actor","id":6546,"hi":1},{"m":"That we would ban the short selling of shares","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":6547,"hi":1},{"m":"That we prefer a world where cooperatives (employee owned businesses) were the norm.","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":6548},{"m":"That local communities should be able to cap the number of tourists that enter their region over a specific period of time.","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":6549},{"m":"That we regret Hamilton","y":2020,"t":"Karachi Debate 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universities treating students as customers","y":2021,"t":"19th Annual Premchand Debates 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":6668},{"m":"THW ban public universities from patenting technology they develop.","y":2021,"t":"19th Annual Premchand Debates 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":6669},{"m":"THBT international organizations should make development aid conditional upon the adoption of a Feminist Foreign Policy in countries with high Gender Inequality Index","y":2021,"t":"7th Visayas University Debate Championship 2021","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":6670,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Biden administration should compensate migrant families affected by the Trump administration's border separation policy","y":2021,"t":"7th Visayas University Debate Championship 2021","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":6671},{"m":"THR the popularity of redemption 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determine your success","y":2021,"t":"Juniors Asia Debate Championship 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":6957},{"m":"THBT post-colonial states should actively and significantly decentralise state control to local tribal authorities or regional leaders","y":2021,"t":"NALSAR IV 2021","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":6958,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative that we should derive meaning from work","y":2021,"t":"NALSAR IV 2021","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":6959},{"m":"THW ban viatical settlements","y":2021,"t":"NALSAR IV 2021","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":6960,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the medicalisation* of mental health. *Medicalisation of mental health refers to the increasing trend of treating mental health phenomena with medicines and the perception of mental health phenomena as medical conditions.","y":2021,"t":"NALSAR IV 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Open 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":7142},{"m":"That all welfare benefits should be calculated without reference to relationship status","y":2021,"t":"Oceania Queer Open 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":7143},{"m":"This house opposes live-action porn","y":2021,"t":"Oceania Queer Open 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":7144},{"m":"This House believes that the feminist movement should actively advocate for open relationships","y":2021,"t":"Oceania Queer Open 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7145},{"m":"This house supports mimicking the style of distinctive and historic buildings in new building projects across their cities of origin (Eg Gaudi in Barcelona, Bo-Kaap in Cape Town, tiled buildings in Lisbon)","y":2021,"t":"Oceania Queer Open 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":7146},{"m":"THA The USA would aggressively pursue policies to increase the population size, including but not limited to incentivising greater childbirth rates and expanding immigration policy, with the goal of reaching a population of 1 billion","y":2021,"t":"Oceania Queer Open 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":7147},{"m":"THW ban aid organizations from using images of graphic suffering in their campaigns without the consent of all subjects","y":2021,"t":"Oceania Queer Open 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":7148},{"m":"That we should support Western government punishment of media houses and tech companies that cooperate with Chinese censors.","y":2021,"t":"Oceania Queer Open 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":7149},{"m":"That, should we encounter less advanced alien life, we would avoid all contact and keep our existence a secret unless/until they have discovered space travel themselves. 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etc.) and instead mandate that companies meet a threshhold of public good (including but not limited to environmental and/or social activism, providing infrastructure to underprivileged communities, establishing scholarship or educational funds, etc.) proportionate to their size.","y":2021,"t":"VIT Round Robin 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":7157},{"m":"TH, as a union representing workers in the mining sector, would publicly call for climate action.","y":2021,"t":"VIT Round Robin 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":7158},{"m":"THBT the media should not take institutional stances on the innocence or guilt of people who have been charged with a crime, but not yet convicted or acquitted.","y":2021,"t":"VIT Round Robin 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":7159},{"m":"THR debating in high school for WSDC selections","y":2021,"t":"5th Linkbate Debating Championship 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China's vaccine diplomacy.","y":2021,"t":"5th Linkbate Debating Championship 2021","r":"U16_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":7164,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Biden Administration should impose sanctions on countries heavily trading with military-controlled enterprises in Myanmar","y":2021,"t":"5th Linkbate Debating Championship 2021","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7165,"hi":1},{"m":"In post-conflict states, THBT schools should prioritize teaching aspects of unity/reconciliation even if it comes at the expense of accuracy.","y":2021,"t":"5th Linkbate Debating Championship 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":7166},{"m":"In the world of Pokémon, THBT governments should heavily subsidize young trainers to not pursue a path in becoming the Pokémon Champion.","y":2021,"t":"5th Linkbate Debating Championship 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websites which host independent journalists (e.g. Substack) does more harm than good","y":2021,"t":"Pakistan Debate Open 2021","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":7175,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the United States, would 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.)","y":2021,"t":"Pakistan Debate Open 2021","r":"Open_PartialOcta","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":7176},{"m":"THR the narrative that homeownership is aspirational","y":2021,"t":"Pakistan Debate Open 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":7177,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the lifting of the trade embargo against Cuba is in the interests of the Biden 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2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":7182},{"m":"This House welcomes the substitution of written materials (e.g. novles, Kindle, comic books) by digital entertainment (e.g. tv, movies, video games) in the lives of children","y":2021,"t":"NSDA China 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":7183},{"m":"THW tell the friend","y":2021,"t":"Ramaiah Round Robin 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":7184,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing countries should adopt MGNERA-style rural employment guarantees","y":2021,"t":"Ramaiah Round Robin 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":7185,"hi":1},{"m":"THO retrospective representations of BIPOC characters in film or tv adaptations (eg brigerton, shadow & bone the tv show, etc)","y":2021,"t":"Ramaiah Round Robin 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":7186},{"m":"THS giving legal personhood to internationally recognised important environmental spaces (eg Mount Everest, the Amazon) as a form of conservation","y":2021,"t":"Ramaiah Round Robin 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7187,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as an HIV+ individual with an undetectable viral load, would not tell their prospective partners about their HIV status","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Open_Z","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":7188,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the \"born this way\" narrative","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Open_Z","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":7189,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as a mother will teach her daughter that \"there are no good men\"","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Open_Z","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":7190},{"m":"THBT true women's liberation is incompatible with capitalism.","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7191},{"m":"THBT the transgender rights movement should distance itself instead of closely align with the feminist movement.","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7192},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should actively encourage women to adopt traditionally \"masculine\" traits (eg assertiveness, being unemotional) to climb up the social ladder","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7193},{"m":"THS the creation and use of Lethal Autonomous Robots","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":7194,"hi":1},{"m":"THO embedded journalism","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 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the IOC should strip awards of athletes on the basis of bad behavior","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":7200,"hi":1},{"m":"THS removing gender categories in all sporting events","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":7201},{"m":"THBT micro-finance organisations (charities, NGOs, Development Banks) should offer micro-finance loans in developing nations only to women","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7202,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT international organizations should make development aid conditional upon democratic reforms.","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":7203},{"m":"THBT post-conflict states should not instill nationalism through the education system","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7204},{"m":"THW deny state-sponsored healthcare for those who refuse to get vaccinated","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":7205},{"m":"THW nationalise all housing","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":7206,"hi":1},{"m":"THW nationalise Facebook","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":7207},{"m":"THR the glorification of the narrative that \"What does not kill you makes you stronger\"","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":7208},{"m":"THR the narrative that lying is immoral","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 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burden of proof in sexual assault cases to a balance of probabilities rather than beyond a reasonable doubt","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":7214},{"m":"TH, as progressive activists in highly religious states, would make use of religious texts to justify progressive reform","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":7215},{"m":"THW ban the use of Smart Drugs for non-medical purposes in schools","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":7216,"hi":1},{"m":"THW give additional benefits to families on welfare whose children perform well in school","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":7217},{"m":"THBT job recruiters should remove all academic restrictions for job applications","y":2021,"t":"Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":7218},{"m":"THS a Multi-Speed Europe","y":2021,"t":"EUDC 2021","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7219,"hi":1},{"m":"THP religious organisations to actively propagate the idea that faith in a higher power cannot be explained with logic, rather than attempt to explain faith rationally","y":2021,"t":"EUDC 2021","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":7220},{"m":"THP humans to aquire memories* of their past lived experiences upon reaching adulthood rather than staying oblivious * memories of past lived experiences include events, interactions and emotions, but not skills","y":2021,"t":"EUDC 2021","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":7221,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Myanmar opposition movement should prioritise demands for an immediate, internationally-observed election 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based on merit rather than economic necessity.","y":2021,"t":"EUDC 2021","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":7230},{"m":"THW prioritise means-based[1] rather than target-based[2] regulation [1] e.g of means-based regulations: setting standards that attempt to make the workplace more accessible or banning the use of polluting technologies [2] e.g of target-based regulations: setting hiring quotas for employees from one particular group, or making companies reduce carbon emissions to X under threat of fines","y":2021,"t":"EUDC 2021","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":7231},{"m":"THP a world without sexual desire","y":2021,"t":"China Queer Open 2021","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":7232},{"m":"TH as a leading LGBTQ+ advocacy group in East Asia Would set up expanding awareness, acceptance, and adoption f marriage of convenience as a top priority","y":2021,"t":"China Queer Open 2021","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":7233,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of Dangai Dramas in China","y":2021,"t":"China Queer Open 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":7234,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is justified for trans activists to provide credible supply of hormonal drugs to minors regardless of parental consent","y":2021,"t":"China Queer Open 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7235,"hi":1},{"m":"TH celebrates the hypersexualisation of queer people","y":2021,"t":"China Queer Open 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":7236},{"m":"THP a world WITH straight pill","y":2021,"t":"China Queer Open 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7237,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a social norm of being primarily responsible for your own pursuit of happines to one of being primarily responsible for the happiness of others","y":2021,"t":"The Interschool Debate 2021","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":7238},{"m":"THW help cover up their child's involvement in murder","y":2021,"t":"The Interschool Debate 2021","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":7239,"hi":1},{"m":"THW choose option A","y":2021,"t":"The Interschool Debate 2021","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":7240,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban the development and the use of geo-engineering techniques","y":2021,"t":"The Interschool Debate 2021","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":7241},{"m":"THR the narrative of \"individual environmental responsibility\"","y":2021,"t":"The Interschool Debate 2021","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"regret","id":7242},{"m":"THO leaders of social movement from entering politics (including but not limited to becoming a politician, joining a political party, etc.)","y":2021,"t":"The Interschool Debate 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of Nations has done more harm than good to developing countries.","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"Open_PDO","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":7278,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the premium placed on \"hiya\" as a moral virtue","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":7279,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as a working-class Filipino abroad in the technology industry, would come home and work in the Philippine technology sector (e.g. research and development, fintech, edtech, and e-commerce)","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":7280},{"m":"THR the emphasis placed on ilustrados (e.g. Jose Rizal, Juan Luna, Felix Hidalgo) in Philippine History","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":7281},{"m":"THR the commercialisation of self care","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":7282},{"m":"THP a user-centric model of compensation as opposed to a pro-rata model of compensation within music streaming services","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":7283,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the glorification of \"ride or die\" relationships","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":7284,"hi":1},{"m":"THW legalise assisted suicide","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":7285},{"m":"THP pedophilia to be framed as a psychiatric disorder as opposed to being purely criminal in public discourse","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":7286},{"m":"THR the rise of care bots","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":7287,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the glorification of PM Justin Trudeau","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":7288},{"m":"THBT the Nobel Committee should revoke Abiy Ahmed's Nobel prize","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":7289},{"m":"THO Joe Biden's decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":7290},{"m":"THBT religious organizations should actively endorse candidates in the 2022 Philippine national elections","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":7291},{"m":"TH, as the Roman Catholic Church, supports its members building a personal relationship with God even at the expense of practicing religious traditions (e.g. engaging in the sacraments, spiritual direction, etc.)","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":7292},{"m":"THBT religion is incompatible with social development","y":2021,"t":"PIDC 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":7293},{"m":"THBT developing 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That the antivax movement was actually started by Big Pharma to make more sick people who will buy medicines, or that masks block 5G signals)","y":2021,"t":"The Novice Debate 2021","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":7332},{"m":"THW cap the amount of wealth any single individual can own","y":2021,"t":"The Novice Debate 2021","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":7333},{"m":"THW abolish the fruits of the poisonous tree doctrine in criminal trials","y":2021,"t":"The Novice Debate 2021","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":7334,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT X should go to her dream school right away","y":2021,"t":"Pro Ams Parliamentary 2021","r":"Open_Final","c":"","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":7335,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the governments of functional democracies should set up appointed boards to assess the efficacy of charitable organizations, and remove the tax-exempt status of charities determined to be of low social 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referenda","y":2021,"t":"Pro Ams Parliamentary 2021","r":"2b","c":"","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":7341,"hi":1},{"m":"THO this trend of happy endings in movies about minority communities","y":2021,"t":"Pro Ams Parliamentary 2021","r":"1b","c":"","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7342,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative that centrist/moderate ideologies are superior to ideologies characterized as 'extreme' or 'radical'","y":2021,"t":"Pro Ams Parliamentary 2021","r":"4a","c":"","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":7343},{"m":"In academic departments relating to the study of marginalized groups (e.g. women's studies, Africana studies, etc.), THW only allow people who belong that marginalized group to work in that department (as professors, department heads, etc.)","y":2021,"t":"Pro Ams Parliamentary 2021","r":"3a","c":"","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":7344},{"m":"THBT within broad budgetary constraints economic policies should be decided by unelected economic experts 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developing countries should primarily pursue legislative change as a means of achieving workers' rights, instead of directly negotiating with companies (eg: Lobbying the government to implement minimum wage and maximum work hour laws, instead of directly negotiating with companies to convince them to increase wages and reduce working hours)","y":2021,"t":"SASDC 2021","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":7494},{"m":"THBT the media should not report on the mental health of those accused of crimes","y":2021,"t":"SASDC 2021","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":7495},{"m":"THBT educational institutions should heavily de-emphasize the value of academic excellence (eg: Using Pass/fail marking, abolishing distinctions or letter grading)","y":2021,"t":"SASDC 2021","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":7496},{"m":"THBT the US should seek stronger cooperation with Russia to weaken an emerging China-Russia 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leave equally.","y":2021,"t":"NDT WSDC","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":7501},{"m":"TH regrets the policy of denaturalization used by Western states against their nationals in the fight against ISIS","y":2021,"t":"NDT WSDC","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":7502},{"m":"THW ban saviour siblings","y":2021,"t":"NDT WSDC","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":7503,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban the advertising of beauty products","y":2021,"t":"NDT WSDC","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":7504},{"m":"THBT schools should adopt a disciplinary approach to students who bully which prioritizes rehabilitation instead of punishment.","y":2021,"t":"NDT WSDC","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":7505},{"m":"THW criminalise the denial of genocide","y":2021,"t":"NDT WSDC","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":7506},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THW develop non-sentient artificial intelligence that imitates deceased loved ones in appearance, personality, and mannerisms","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia Nationals WSDC","r":"PreUniversity_Final","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":7507},{"m":"THW require partners to pay their house husbands/wives for household chores","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia Nationals WSDC","r":"HSNovice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":7508},{"m":"You are in a stable relationship with a wealthy, workaholic partner but you are emotionally and physically unsatisfied, THW cheat","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia Nationals WSDC","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":7509},{"m":"In the event of a Chinese invasion of of Taiwan, TH, as the USA, Would intervene militarily","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia Nationals WSDC","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":7510},{"m":"THBT developing countries are justified in and should pursue IP theft as a strategy for development","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia Nationals WSDC","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":7511},{"m":"TH, as an Eldian child in Marley, W volunteer to be a Warrior","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia Nationals WSDC","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":7512,"hi":1},{"m":"THW suspend labour unions for healthcare workers in times of crisis","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia Nationals WSDC","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":7513,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as an intelligent but poor student, would pursue vocational education over a traditional college degree","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia Nationals WSDC","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"actor","id":7514},{"m":"THS a widespread implementation of San Pedro's prison structure","y":2021,"t":"KCL 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capitalism brings more harm than good for disenfranchised groups","y":2021,"t":"KCL Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":7523},{"m":"THBT the Biden administration should adopt a diplomatic rather than an antagonistic approach to Russia","y":2021,"t":"KCL Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7524},{"m":"THBT developing states should place significant caps on the construction of high-rise residences in urban areas","y":2021,"t":"KCL Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":7525},{"m":"THW burn the letter without having read it","y":2021,"t":"Habib University Debating Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":7526,"hi":1},{"m":"THW accept the offer","y":2021,"t":"Habib University Debating Championship","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":7527,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Prefers media portraying marginalized 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the English Rule over the American Rule","y":2021,"t":"Credence BP","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":7673,"hi":1},{"m":"THW not roll out the Earth Timer app","y":2021,"t":"Credence BP","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":7674,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the USA, would sanction Honduras","y":2021,"t":"Credence BP","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":7675,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should support organisations that explicitly exclude cisgendered men (ie sororities, all female startups, female-only networking groups)","y":2021,"t":"Credence BP","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7676},{"m":"THR the trend of celebrities and artists openly supporting politicians.","y":2021,"t":"Credence BP","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":7677},{"m":"THR the emphasis on the concept of justice in the afterlife within religious preaching","y":2021,"t":"Alex Trebek 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feminism has done more harm than good","y":2021,"t":"Smart Debates Mini","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7743,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the end of US Constructive Engagement with China","y":2021,"t":"Smart Debates Mini","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7744,"hi":1},{"m":"THW convert marriages into renewable contracts with agreed upon terms and conditions that are revisited every few years","y":2021,"t":"Smart Debates Mini","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":7745},{"m":"THP a world where familial care labour is seen as a distinct service job rather than a personal/private responsibility","y":2021,"t":"Australasian Womens Debate Open","r":"Gold_Final","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":7746,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where people are believed to be fundamentally selfish","y":2021,"t":"Australasian Womens Debate 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MARKETING ONESELF AS A MOTHER OR WIFE) AS A TACTIC IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN","y":2021,"t":"Australasian Womens Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":7751},{"m":"TH, as an activist group, would adopt consensus decision-making processes as opposed to majority voting.","y":2021,"t":"Australasian Womens Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":7752},{"m":"This House, as the single person, would take the pill.","y":2021,"t":"Nanjing Online Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"actor","id":7753,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That developing countries should impose a tax on citizens who choose to take up long term employment outside of their country of origin.","y":2021,"t":"Nanjing Online Tournament","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":7754},{"m":"This House Prefers a world in which there are a small number of large-scale, globally-active NGOs as 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world where major environmental resources (i.e. Amazon Forest, Major Rivers, Arctic) are under universal jurisdiction as opposed to national/sovereign jurisdiction","y":2021,"t":"Pretoria Parliamentary IV","r":"2","c":"Africa","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7764,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require Facebook to pay royalties to news media organizations for displaying their content.","y":2021,"t":"Pretoria Parliamentary IV","r":"1","c":"Africa","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":7765},{"m":"This House prefers works of art that portray injustices through the perspective of an imagined future, as opposed to the past","y":2021,"t":"Queer Round Robin","r":"Open_Final","c":"","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":7766},{"m":"This House welcomes Caitlyn Jenner's gubernatorial candidacy for California","y":2021,"t":"Queer Round Robin","r":"5","c":"","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":7767},{"m":"THBT the lgbtqia+ community should actively de-glamorise coming 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House, as a religious parent in a Western country, would prefer to raise their children in a closed religious community (e.g. ultra-orthodox) rather than a mixed/more open community","y":2021,"t":"Theology Open","r":"4","c":"","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":7779},{"m":"This House believes that the point system should reward/punish actions based solely on their consequences, as opposed to motivation being decisive","y":2021,"t":"Theology Open","r":"3","c":"","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":7780,"hi":1},{"m":"This House prefers personally-adjustable religious rituals as opposed to generally prescribed ones (e.g. fasting, minimum amount of prayers per day, etc.)","y":2021,"t":"Theology Open","r":"2","c":"","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":7781},{"m":"This House prefers to believe in a watchmaker God as opposed to an interventionist God","y":2021,"t":"Theology Open","r":"1","c":"","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":7782,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world with a general 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religions hold that their concept of the afterlife is based on the principle of divine mercy, as opposed to divine judgement","y":2021,"t":"Sabanci Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":7797,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Green Political Parties should take pro-capitalist stances as well as be willing to form coalitions with right wing parties","y":2021,"t":"Sabanci Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":7798,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban the football clubs who proposed the formation of the European Super League from their domestic leagues for 2 years","y":2021,"t":"Sabanci Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":7799,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow parents to remove their children from specific classes at school (e.g sports, religious studies, sex education, science) on moral, religious or political grounds","y":2021,"t":"Sabanci Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":7800},{"m":"THBT democracy is incompatible with the development of the Global South","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7801},{"m":"Assuming we have reached the point of Singularity, THBT AI should be allowed to run for public office.","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":7802,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the villification of centrism","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":7803},{"m":"THR the naming of discoveries and inventions after the scientists that pioneered them","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":7804},{"m":"TH, as the space exploration community, would take a pessimistic stance regarding first-contact.","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":7805,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban the use of 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diplomacy\" to cooperative and collaborative rhetoric in pursuit of its maritime and territorial claims.","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":7811,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is in the best interest of Iran.","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":7812,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the leader of a post-revolutionary state, would abandon all attempts to create a national identity.","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":7813},{"m":"THR the glorification of leftist martyrs (e.g. Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis in the Netherlands, Wang Erxiao in China).","y":2021,"t":"Horizon Cup","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":7814},{"m":"THBT current socialist states (e.g. Cuba, Venezuela, Vietnam) should adopt and develop Project CyberSyn.","y":2021,"t":"Horizon 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credit) over direct transfers in cash or kind (e.g., rations and grocer","y":2021,"t":"National Law School Parliamentary Debate","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":7903},{"m":"THBT states should provide significant incentives(tax breaks, preference in state contracts, exclusive access to state infrastructure) to corporations that have demonstrated triple-bottom-line results","y":2021,"t":"National Law School Parliamentary Debate","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":7904,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is legitimate for students from a lower socioeconomic background to cheat on their job application including cheating in placement tests, lying on their resume, etc.","y":2021,"t":"National Law School Parliamentary Debate","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":7905},{"m":"THW reveal the information to the world","y":2021,"t":"National Law School Parliamentary 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faith-based rehabilitation programs in prisons in developing countries","y":2021,"t":"Taylor's Genders","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":7935},{"m":"TH supports the rising trend of celebrities and influencers taking key roles in activism (e.g in environment, human rights, social justice movements etc.)","y":2021,"t":"Taylor's Genders","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":7936},{"m":"This House Believes that Environmental Activists Should Focus on the Culpability of Large Corporations for Environmental Degradation, Rather Than Emphasize the Role of Personal Responsibility (e.g. Using Less Water, Recycling Household Waste)","y":2021,"t":"Oldham Asia Pacific & Atlantic","r":"1","c":"Asia & Americas","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":7937},{"m":"This House Regrets the Rise of the Gig Economy (e.g. Gojek, Grab, Uber, AirBnB)","y":2021,"t":"Oldham Asia Pacific & Atlantic","r":"3","c":"Asia & 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marriage","y":2021,"t":"Chanakya National Law University BP","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":7960},{"m":"THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT RETRIBUTION IS A LEGITIMATE JUSTIFICATION FOR VIOLENCE","y":2021,"t":"Hanoi Debate Open","r":"Junior_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":7961},{"m":"GIVEN THE ABILITY, THIS HOUSE WOULD COPY ALL IMPORTANT MATERIALS CONTAINING MODERN CIVILIZATIONS' ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE FROM THE LAST 1000 YEARS (INCLUDING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, HUMANITIES SUCH AS LITERATURE AND ART, HISTORY AND POLITICS, CONFLICTS AND NATURAL DISASTERS, ETC), TRANSLATE AND DISTRIBUTE THEM TO EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD IN THE YEAR 1021","y":2021,"t":"Hanoi Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":7962},{"m":"THIS HOUSE WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY TAX ALL EXPENDITURES ON PRIVATE EDUCATION AND USE THE REVENUE TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION.","y":2021,"t":"Hanoi Debate 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would play Meghan Markle on the Crown","y":2021,"t":"Pop Posting Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":7998,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as Homer Simpson would choose to lodge the crayon back into our brain","y":2021,"t":"Pop Posting Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"actor","id":7999,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as a Squib would choose to live in the Muggle world over the magical world","y":2021,"t":"Pop Posting Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"actor","id":8000,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the shift of Debating Pop Posting from being predominantly a pop culture Facebook group to the way that it is now","y":2021,"t":"Pop Posting Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":8001},{"m":"TH, as Lucasfilm, would make R-Rated Star Wars films","y":2021,"t":"Pop Posting Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"actor","id":8002,"hi":1},{"m":"THW reveal this to superman","y":2021,"t":"Pop Posting 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Genders","r":"Bronze_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":8039},{"m":"THP a centralised Islam as opposed to a decentralised Islam","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":8040},{"m":"THP a world where religion promised blessings in the material world as an outcome of piety as opposed to spiritual rewards in the afterlife","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":8041},{"m":"THW recognise a religious / cultural defense as an excusable defense against certain crimes","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":8042,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a system of alloparenting as opposed to a nuclear family","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating 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status","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":8059},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement in Malaysia should celebrate the participation of women as sugar babies","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":8060},{"m":"THS counterfeit culture","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":8061,"hi":1},{"m":"THW abolish the fruit from the poisonous tree doctrine for white-collar crime prosecutions.","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":8062,"hi":1},{"m":"THW enforce blind recruitment in corporate employment","y":2021,"t":"Malaysia National Universities Debating 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'model minority' has brought more harms than benefits to the Asian diaspora in Western nations","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":8128},{"m":"That the government should force all religious charities to strictly avoid religious messaging in all charity activities","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":8129},{"m":"That we would support a dominant narrative in society that there exists a soulmate for everyone","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":8130},{"m":"That, as the feminist movement, we would encourage women to reject acts of chivalry (e.g. men buying drinks, holding doors open, \"ladies first\")","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":8131},{"m":"That the state should offer a wage to primary domestic caregivers","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":8132,"hi":1},{"m":"That the feminist movement should encourage women to avoid feminine linguistic behaviours (e.g. uptalk, low modality language)","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":8133,"hi":1},{"m":"That Australia should give temporary work visa holders the right to vote","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":8134},{"m":"That we, as the Liberal Party, would introduce a meaningful quota for women running in winnable seats","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":8135},{"m":"That Progressives in Australia should not support the Greens' hung parliament strategy","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":8136,"hi":1},{"m":"That states should actively discourage self-segregation of immigrant/ethnic/religious communities","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":8137},{"m":"That, as China, we would impose economic sanctions on Myanmar","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":8138,"hi":1},{"m":"That democracies should hold elections immediately post-COVID","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":8139,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should abolish academic tenure","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":8140,"hi":1},{"m":"That we support government bonded scholarships in developing countries","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":8141,"hi":1},{"m":"That we should have distinct teaching professionals teach at universities rather than professors","y":2021,"t":"Online 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allow prisoners to volunteer for socially utile but undesirable activities in exchange for a lighter sentence (e.g. experimental drug trials, military service, hard labour)","y":2021,"t":"Online Easters","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":8151},{"m":"THP Popular Voting (voting by the audience) over the Recording Academy's System for the Grammys","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":8152},{"m":"TH (as a social movement) will not employ memes as a vehicle to communicate with the public","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":8153},{"m":"THW \"cancel\" (in reference to cancel culture) all TV shows that depict the police as a good actor","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":8154},{"m":"THBT the United Nations should be disbanded","y":2021,"t":"Premchand 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all social media companies to verify each profile on their platform","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":8160,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as Harry Potter, would forgive Severus Snape","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"actor","id":8161},{"m":"THP human decision making on purely intellectual grounds (considering solely : logic, quantifiable consequences, numerical outcomes etc) instead of purely on emotional grounds (considering solely : subjective outcomes to individuals, emotional impact on others, etc)","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":8162},{"m":"Assuming it is feasible, THW give parents of newborn children a choice to watch a trailer of their child's life","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":8163},{"m":"TH(RP USA) supports the termination of federal government lawyers for refusing to defend new laws on account of conscience/personal opinions.","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"other","id":8164},{"m":"THS the rise of political constituencies (eg IPAC) in Indian politics","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":8165},{"m":"THP a system where individuals can be elected to high ranking police executive positions (eg : commissioner of police)","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":8166},{"m":"THBT Indian States should take away wealth (beyond the sustenance threshold) from religious institutions and use it for government spending","y":2021,"t":"Premchand Debates","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8167},{"m":"THP religions that propagate divinity lies within self as opposed to a distinct god","y":2021,"t":"Premchand 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assuming you have to choose one, would prefer to believe in a world of many morally ambiguous spiritual entities","y":2021,"t":"Jozi Rumble: Greatest of All Time","r":"3","c":"Africa","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":8178},{"m":"THBT social movements should prioritise the use of hacktivism as a method of protest","y":2021,"t":"Jozi Rumble: Greatest of All Time","r":"5","c":"Africa","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8179},{"m":"THS the use of emotional support services","y":2021,"t":"Kolkata Debates","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":8180},{"m":"TH as a feminist movement would support scientific research towards artificial womb technology","y":2021,"t":"Kolkata Debates","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":8181},{"m":"THB that the \"lesser evil\" narratives to gain votes is an un-democratic narrative.","y":2021,"t":"Kolkata Debates","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":8182},{"m":"THS association of aesthetic choices with social values or lifestyle in countries of high social and income inequalities","y":2021,"t":"Kolkata Debates","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":8183},{"m":"TH prefers a world where a God is portrayed as an imperfect being","y":2021,"t":"Junior Debate Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":8184},{"m":"THW require companies allocate seats on their boards of directors to workers","y":2021,"t":"Junior Debate Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":8185},{"m":"THBT human rights standards ought to be absolute and independent of cultural context","y":2021,"t":"Junior Debate Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8186},{"m":"THBT the usage of negative campaign advertisements does more harm than good","y":2021,"t":"Junior Debate 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follow the company's protocol around their distribution and usage.","y":2021,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":8242},{"m":"THP this world over ours","y":2021,"t":"Colgate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":8243,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require all isolated religious communities [e.g. Hasidic Jews] to give all 18-year olds a 'Rumspringa'","y":2021,"t":"UCL IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":8244,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the glorification of sports in schools and universities","y":2021,"t":"UCL IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"regret","id":8245},{"m":"THBT Abiy Ahmed should allow Tigray to secede from Ethiopia and form an independent state","y":2021,"t":"UCL IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8246,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT courts should break up consistently dominant political parties","y":2021,"t":"UCL IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":8247},{"m":"THBT governments in developing countries should mandate monthly salaries for homemakers","y":2021,"t":"UCL IV","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8248},{"m":"THBT the scientist should use the machine to clone themselves","y":2021,"t":"UCL IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":8249,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow individuals and organisations to sue for deplatforming","y":2021,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":8250,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as a state with aging population, would opt for policies that icrease immigration (e.g. more visas, more social benefits to work migrants) rather than ones that encourage citizens to have more children (e.g. tax benefits, increased childcare)","y":2021,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":8251},{"m":"Assuming that the 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governments access to user data, quid pro quo funding for incumbent regime)","y":2021,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":8255},{"m":"THW start the rebellion","y":2021,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":8256,"hi":1},{"m":"THW introduce the \"New Life\" program","y":2021,"t":"Edinburgh Cup","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":8257,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT queer artists should prioritize depicting happy, than tragic LGBT experiences in their art","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"other","id":8258},{"m":"THBT museums should be compelled to return all artifacts and artworks to their country of origin","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":8259},{"m":"THR the feminization of characters or storylines that deviate from long-standing canon (e.g. Doctor Who's 13th Doctor, the movie adaptation of Captain Marvel, Enola Holmes, and Oceans 8) as opposed to the creation of original media with prominent female leads","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":8260},{"m":"THW grant financial incentives to indigenous people to send their kids to mainstream schools over their local indigenous schools","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":8261},{"m":"THBT heads of public universities (deans, chancellors, etc.) should be elected by the student body","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":8262},{"m":"THBT educational institutions should heavily de-emphasize the value of academic excellence (e.g. implementing a pass or fail system, abolishing all academic distinctions, etc.)","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":8263},{"m":"THBT the use of Impact Factors has done more harm than good to the scientific 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Organisation","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":8274,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the European Union should suspend the memberships of Hungary and Poland","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8275},{"m":"THP a world where human beings naturally expired at age 50","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":8276},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THW allow individuals one opportunity to meet the future version of their romantic partner","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":8277},{"m":"THP communal child-rearing to family-based child rearing","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":8278,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the LGBTQ+ movement should prioritize narratives highlighting the unique experiences of each sector (i.e. experiences of gays being distinct from those of lesbians) rather than highlighting unified struggles","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":8279},{"m":"TH, as a liberal church leader, would emphasize teaching universal reconciliation over eternal damnation","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":8280,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT liberals should abandon the narrative that \"some things are not up for debate\"","y":2021,"t":"MINT","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":8281},{"m":"THBT states should heavily invest in video games as a significant educational tool for the future","y":2021,"t":"BiTS Pilani","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":8282,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that leaders of minority religions in Europe should advocate for cultural assimilation over seclusion from the majority","y":2021,"t":"BiTS 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THW choose to float shares of the company on the stock market.","y":2021,"t":"IIT BHU PD","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":8313},{"m":"TH, as the people of the community, would abandon all research to kill the dragon","y":2021,"t":"Cameroon Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Africa","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":8314,"hi":1},{"m":"THW press the button once when young, as opposed to daily","y":2021,"t":"Cameroon Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Africa","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":8315,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the concept of Civilisation state, in African countries where there are recurring identity conflicts","y":2021,"t":"Cameroon Debate Open","r":"5","c":"Africa","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8316,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the production of fictional medical series","y":2021,"t":"Cameroon Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Africa","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":8317,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow single parents to raise their children 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opposition boycotts of all elections that are known to be not free and fair","y":2021,"t":"People's Speak Invitational","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8337},{"m":"THBT minorities should emphasise their conformity with, rather than distinctiveness from, the dominant culture as a strategy for improving social conditions","y":2021,"t":"People's Speak Invitational","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8338},{"m":"THBT religious preachers should not offer services to individuals who currently belong to criminal organisations","y":2021,"t":"People's Speak Invitational","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":8339},{"m":"THBT the Indian National Congress should appropriate \"Nationalism\" in it's opposition of BJP","y":2021,"t":"People's Speak Invitational","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":8340},{"m":"THR the commercialisation of the 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take control of regions over attempting to engage with the central government for federal level political concessions","y":2021,"t":"Brickfields Asia College Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":8359},{"m":"THW consider personal wealth an aggravating circumstance","y":2021,"t":"Lasallian Interschool Training","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":8360,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT criminal justice policy should be outsourced to technocrats as opposed to elected representatives","y":2021,"t":"Lasallian Interschool Training","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":8361},{"m":"THR the diversion of all public healthcare resources from primary and preventive care to fighting the pandemic","y":2021,"t":"Lasallian Interschool Training","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":8362},{"m":"THBT developing countries should disregard intellectual property rights (i.e. patents) on treatments 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allow the operation of only those humanitarian and development aid organisations that operate according to the principles of effective altruism.","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":8658,"hi":1},{"m":"THS medical conscription during pandemics","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":8659},{"m":"TH, as the Biden administration, Would fund moderate Madrashahs (schools of Islamic study) throughout the Islamic world","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":8660},{"m":"TH, as the Republican Party, would chose to disassociate with Donald Trump's legacy","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":8661},{"m":"TH as Black Lives Matter Activists, would reject the Blacks Employment Act","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":8662,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the portrayal of sex workers as victims","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":8663},{"m":"TH belives that prominent male feminist should focus on dismanting gender norms which primarly harm men.","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":8664},{"m":"THR the feminist attempt at sexualising religious attire (eg. Hijab, Cheongsum, Saree)","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":8665},{"m":"TH, as a POC from and in a poorer and underdeveloped area witnessing a non-violent crime (theft, trespassing, drug possession) by another POC, would choose to not call the cops.","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"actor","id":8666},{"m":"THS regional organisations setting up binding human rights courts","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8667},{"m":"THBT atheist cult of personalities (Richard Dawkain, George Carlin, Christopher Hitchens, etc.) have done more harm than good for Atheism","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":8668},{"m":"THS former colonial states involvement in propping up autocratic, but stable, regimes as opposed to attempting to establish a representative government","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8669},{"m":"THBT developing countries should significantly limit the number of individuals from political dynasties who can stand for elected offices","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8670},{"m":"THBT post colonial states should actively and significantly decentralise state control to local tribes/regional leaders","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8671},{"m":"TH, as the West, would cut ties with Myanmar until Syu Ki is restored into power","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":8672},{"m":"THBT academics should not teach and publish content on places and peoples with whom they do not personally identify (e.g. white academic publishing on South Asian history, non-queer academics writing on queer history)","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":8673},{"m":"This House prefers a world where the 'Evil West' narrative is the dominant narrative in academic circles.","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8674,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require university students from developing countries who obtained education in the West to work in their country of origin for a number of years after graduation.","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":8675,"hi":1},{"m":"In areas with high local unemployment rates, THW signicantly tax companies for hiring non-local employees","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":8676},{"m":"In the aftermath COVID-19, THBT Indian Sub-Continent (pakistan, bangladesh, india, sri lanka) should focus on building its manufacture sector over entrepreneurship/startup","y":2021,"t":"Christ University Parliamentary Debate","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8677},{"m":"This house regrets the school grading system which prioritizes academic performance instead of practical skills and knowledge","y":2021,"t":"Foundation Week:","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":8678},{"m":"THS the section sorting of students according to their academic rank","y":2021,"t":"Foundation Week:","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":8679},{"m":"THW ban plea bargains","y":2021,"t":"Canada Random Pro Am","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":8680,"hi":1},{"m":"THR professional art critique","y":2021,"t":"Canada Random Pro Am","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":8681,"hi":1},{"m":"TH regrets the prevalence of strong ties between universities and corporations (e.g. research, job hunting workshop, etc.)","y":2021,"t":"Canada Random Pro Am","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":8682},{"m":"In states within the Global South, THBT social movements should integrate religious messages and institutions into their advocacy, rather than distancing themselves from them.","y":2021,"t":"Canada Random Pro Am","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8683},{"m":"THBT the West should not push back against the expansion of Chinese tech giants (E.g. 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Championship","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":8694},{"m":"THW deny organ transplants for patients living an unhealthy lifestyle","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":8695},{"m":"THBT states should relax labor standards in times of pandemics","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8696},{"m":"TH Supports the lifting of foreign ownership restrictions in the Philippines.","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8697},{"m":"TH celebrates the ban of AO3 in China","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8698,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of social media influencers","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":8699,"hi":1},{"m":"Given these biases, THW prohibit the use of AI in social institutions (e.g. universities, government, corporations etc.)","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":8700,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming the technology is developed completely, THW allow the use of gene editing technologies in developing embryos during early pregnancy","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":8701,"hi":1},{"m":"THP the allocation of resources to Geoengineering projects as opposed to climate change mitigation","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8702},{"m":"THBT developing states should adopt a social credit system","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8703},{"m":"THS the abolition of the Party List sytem","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8704},{"m":"THBT online activism is counterproductive for sociopolitical movement","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8705},{"m":"THW censor movies that objectify women","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":8706},{"m":"THBT athletes should be allowed to compete in the gender category they self-identify with","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":8707},{"m":"THW mandate all universities and colleges to permanently shift to online learning","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":8708},{"m":"THR the shift from output to input based grading system in Philippines education","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":8709},{"m":"THBT students must have a power to reject an invited speaker from speaking at their academe","y":2021,"t":"Bulacan High School Public Debate Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8710},{"m":"THS states offering citizenship based on sporting ability","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":8711,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the trend of prominent businesswomen giving advice on succeeding in status quo corporate culture (e.g. lean-in feminism), rather than fighting to radically reform that culture","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":8712},{"m":"THP parenting models that adultify teenagers (i.e., giving them more responsibilities and autonomy, assuming higher capacity for independence) to those which emphasize their status and treatment as children (i.e., refraining from giving them adult responsibilities, emphasizing they are legal minors)","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":8713},{"m":"THBT the East African Federation should seek to pivot to China over the US","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8714,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming it were feasible (both technologically and otherwise), THBT all human combatants in military conflicts should be replaced by robots","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":8715},{"m":"THS the use of \"not proven\" verdicts in criminal courts","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":8716,"hi":1},{"m":"In cases of capture by terrorist groups, THBT armies should indoctrinate soldiers to take their own lives","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":8717},{"m":"THP a world in which Recall regularly records and distributes memories at a global scale","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":8718,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the industrial revolution","y":2021,"t":"Manchester IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":8719,"hi":1},{"m":"THW abolish veto in the Council of the European Union","y":2021,"t":"Aberdeen Mini","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":8720,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT women in managerial positions in male-dominated industries should preferentially treat other women in the company (e.g. fast-track other women for promotions, pay women more in their teams, etc.)","y":2021,"t":"Aberdeen Mini","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":8721},{"m":"THBT states should prioritize bilateral trade agreements over multilateral, large agreements (e.g. NAFTA or the plan to create the Trans-Pacific Partnership, known as TPP)","y":2021,"t":"Aberdeen Mini","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8722},{"m":"TH, as Fatah, would go forward with Palestinian elections without agreement on a joint Hamas/Fatah list","y":2021,"t":"Aberdeen Mini","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":8723,"hi":1},{"m":"THR Falun Gong Media","y":2021,"t":"Aberdeen Mini","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":8724,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT activist scholarship does more harm than good.","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":8725,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative of \"Asian Values\"","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":8726,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT high school English classes should teach popular contemporary works (e.g., J. K. Rowling) rather than classics (e.g., Shakespeare).","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":8727},{"m":"THBT animal rights groups should focus their advocacy on creating a world where farmed animals are treated well and killed humanely, rather than on eradicating animal-based products","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":8728},{"m":"THBT film directors should never cast non-LGBTQ+ actors as characters who are LGBTQ+.","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"Novice_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":8729},{"m":"THS Amazon's decision to stop servicing Parler.","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":8730,"hi":1},{"m":"THW attempt to make contact with indigenous people in isolation.","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":8731,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT feminists in developing countries should not glorify female leaders from prominent political families.","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":8732},{"m":"Assuming the technology existed and it was safe, THW allow people to erase certain memories.","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":8733},{"m":"THS radical land redistribution in developing countries.","y":2021,"t":"HK WSDC","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":8734},{"m":"This House Would force YouTube to remove advertisements from emergency/ health videos","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":8735},{"m":"TH, as a parent, would raise their child to be a social media influencer","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"actor","id":8736},{"m":"TH, as an individual, would quit social media","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"actor","id":8737},{"m":"This House believes that animal education programming such as Planet Earth, Our Planet, My Octopus Teacher etc, have done more harm than good for our perception of the environment and wildlife.","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":8738},{"m":"THW cull the Colombian cocaine hippos","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":8739,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the decline of kayfabe in professional wrestling","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating 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glassworker, Shehr-e-tabassum, etc) over live action works (Lal Kabootar, Pinky Maimsaab)","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":8745},{"m":"This House Would prefer the prioritization of funds going towards the liberal arts rather than STEM fields in universities in the developing world","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating Championship","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":8746},{"m":"This House Regrets the negation of agency in social science","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating Championship","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":8747},{"m":"This House Prefers college application processes that focus on an individual's personal story and background (e.g. CommonApp) over ones that focus on academics and accolades (e.g. UCAS)","y":2021,"t":"Ziauddin University Debating 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China","y":2021,"t":"Katipunan Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8758},{"m":"TH prefers a world where all marriage contracts are temporary and renewable","y":2021,"t":"Katipunan Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":8759},{"m":"THR the notion that compromise in politics is a virtue","y":2021,"t":"Katipunan Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":8760},{"m":"THR the designation of Cultural and Natural Heritage sites as World Heritage sites by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee","y":2021,"t":"Katipunan Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":8761,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the strategy of charitable causes to appeal towards one's individual heroism in order to encourage altrustic behavior","y":2021,"t":"Katipunan Debate Open","r":"HighSchool_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":8762},{"m":"THBT automation will be good for democracy","y":2021,"t":"Katipunan Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8763},{"m":"TH prefers a world where political disclosure does not include discussion of any candidate's personal experience or a character","y":2021,"t":"3rd NPD UPES","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":8764},{"m":"TH (as the conscience of an 18 year old) would take the potion","y":2021,"t":"3rd NPD UPES","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":8765,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of social media as the dominant source of news","y":2021,"t":"3rd NPD UPES","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":8766},{"m":"TH (As the time traveler) would go back, Kidnap baby Hitler and place them in the custody of a Jewish family","y":2021,"t":"3rd NPD UPES","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":8767},{"m":"THW introduce uniform cost caps for national administrative bodies in sports","y":2021,"t":"3rd NPD UPES","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":8768},{"m":"TH (as India) believes that it should not criminally prosecute free speech","y":2021,"t":"3rd NPD UPES","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":8769},{"m":"THBT first world feminists should not get involved in third world feminists' battles","y":2021,"t":"3rd NPD UPES","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":8770},{"m":"THBT children should learn history as a unifying national story rather than a criticism of the past","y":2021,"t":"3rd NPD UPES","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":8771},{"m":"THR modern medicine's prioritisation of longevity over quality of life (e.g. extending lifespan vs. palliative care)","y":2021,"t":"LSE Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":8772},{"m":"THP a world where, after COVID-19 is no longer a threat to public 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fictional characters being reimagined to have different ethnicity","y":2021,"t":"Palestine Pop Culture Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":8783,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Avengers should sign the Sokovia accords","y":2021,"t":"Palestine Pop Culture Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":8784,"hi":1},{"m":"THW nationalise all fictional works (books, movies, tv shows) that portray national political and historical events","y":2021,"t":"Palestine Pop Culture Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":8785},{"m":"Assuming the Good Place existed, THP a world where people on Earth were aware of it's existence","y":2021,"t":"Palestine Pop Culture Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":8786,"hi":1},{"m":"THW rather be a part of the '27 club' than live an average length, nondescript life","y":2021,"t":"Palestine Pop Culture 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social media companies banning Donald Trump)","y":2021,"t":"Odesa ESL","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":8804},{"m":"THP a world in which the majority of people believe in moral pessimism rather than moral optimism.","y":2021,"t":"Odesa ESL","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":8805,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that party leaders should be selected by the highest ranked members rather than through vote by all registred members","y":2021,"t":"Odesa ESL","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":8806},{"m":"THBT the adoption of the economic liberalism as a dominant doctrine by major international financial institutions does more harm than good","y":2021,"t":"Odesa ESL","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8807},{"m":"THBT the \"curated self\" phenomenon has done more harm than 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Republican Party will embrace right populism rather than returning to its neoconservative roots.","y":2021,"t":"Founder's Trophy","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":8813},{"m":"THBT Indonesian liberals should prioritize advocating economic justice (i.e revoking Omnibus Law & UU Minerba) even at the expense of compromising the advocacy of social progress (i.e. supporting PKS & Islamic groups that support economic justice but opposes social progress by being enthusiastic to RUU Larangan Alkohol and cynical to RUU PKS)","y":2021,"t":"Founder's Trophy","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":8814},{"m":"THW hold multinational company legally liable for the adverse human rights impact caused by its suppliers","y":2021,"t":"Founder's Trophy","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":8815},{"m":"TH, as gender and sexual minorities, would adopt respectability politics","y":2021,"t":"Founder's 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identity","y":2021,"t":"Warwick IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":8831},{"m":"THBT corporations should not take an active role in discussions on social issues","y":2021,"t":"Warwick IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8832},{"m":"TH supports Western universities terminating Confucius Institutes on their campuses","y":2021,"t":"Warwick IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":8833,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as Biden, would take significant steps to reverse course on the Trump administration's Israel policies","y":2021,"t":"Warwick IV","r":"Gold_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":8834},{"m":"THP a world in which religious leaders (priests, imams, rabbis etc.) are not seen as having a deeper connection with religious deities than regular members of the faithful","y":2021,"t":"Warwick 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areas before returning refugees to their home countries","y":2021,"t":"Philippine Queer Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":8844},{"m":"In former authoritarian countries, THP revolutionary leaders not to run for political office","y":2021,"t":"Imperial Pro Am","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":8845},{"m":"THW replace direct state funding for the arts with the regular distribution of culture vouchers","y":2021,"t":"Imperial Pro Am","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":8846,"hi":1},{"m":"In countries where same-sex marriage is legal, THS the establishment of \"Gaybourhoods\" by the government.","y":2021,"t":"Imperial Pro Am","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":8847,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban all public advertisements which have the aim of promoting financial products to ordinary citizens (for example: loans, investments in hedge funds, etc).","y":2021,"t":"Imperial 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and Emirates sponsoring sports teams","y":2020,"t":"ILNU Pre UADC","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":9061},{"m":"THBT players should get a cut of fantasy sports revenue as a performance bonus","y":2020,"t":"ILNU Pre UADC","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":9062},{"m":"THBT the state should bear all costs of elective sex reassignment surgery","y":2020,"t":"ILNU Pre UADC","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9063},{"m":"That local communities facing economic recession should be allowed to sell the rights over cultural heritage sites","y":2020,"t":"ILNU Pre UADC","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":9064},{"m":"THS the recent wave of Arab states' normalisation of ties with Israel","y":2020,"t":"ILNU Pre UADC","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9065},{"m":"THBT regional peace talks should be led by external powers (i.e. six party structure) over 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reckless driving, indecent exposure, etc.) should be tried solely by members of their local community","y":2020,"t":"Visayas Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9084},{"m":"THW allow citizens to sue local governments for failed or insufficient responses to crises","y":2020,"t":"Visayas Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9085},{"m":"THR the narrative that long-term relationships (e.g. familial, platonic, romantic) are more valuable","y":2020,"t":"Visayas Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":9086},{"m":"THW stop teaching children that all opinions should be respected","y":2020,"t":"Visayas Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":9087},{"m":"THR the stigmitisation of outsourcing eldercare in Asian societies","y":2020,"t":"Visayas Debate 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Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9105,"hi":1},{"m":"TH prefers a pessimistic view of AI as opposed to an optimistic one","y":2020,"t":"Visayas Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9106},{"m":"THS the rise of virtual influencers","y":2020,"t":"Japan BP Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9107,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Would mandate property developers to build low-cost housing proximate to their high-end construction projects","y":2020,"t":"Japan BP Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9108},{"m":"This House Prefers the characterisation of politics as a \"career\", instead of \"social / public service\"","y":2020,"t":"Japan BP Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9109},{"m":"This House Believes That minority religions in the West should strongly encourage their congregations to refrain from public display of their faith","y":2020,"t":"Japan BP Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9110},{"m":"In countries with deep ethnic and religious divides (e.g. Iraq, Libya, and Egypt), This House Prefers autocracies to decentralised democracies","y":2020,"t":"Japan BP Open","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":9111},{"m":"Assuming a nuclear non-proliferation treaty is offered by Joe Biden, This House, as Iran, Would choose to accept the offer","y":2020,"t":"Japan BP Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9112},{"m":"This House Believes That micro-finance organisations (including but not limited to NGOs, charities, and developmental banks) should offer micro-finance loans in developing nations exclusively to women","y":2020,"t":"Japan BP Open","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9113},{"m":"THS the Regional Comprehensive Economic 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monarchies have no place in modern politivs","y":2020,"t":"Mindanao IV","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9125},{"m":"TH, as the editors of Nature Communications, would remove this article from their publication","y":2020,"t":"Mindanao IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"actor","id":9126,"hi":1},{"m":"For developing countries, THBT Biden's victory is not worth celebrating","y":2020,"t":"Mindanao IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9127},{"m":"THBT monarchies have no place in modern politics","y":2020,"t":"Mindanao IV","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9128},{"m":"THR the prevalence of using precedent as a standard in court rulings","y":2020,"t":"Mindanao IV","r":"Open_Octa","c":"","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"regret","id":9129,"hi":1},{"m":"THW choose to live in the Anarchistic World","y":2020,"t":"Mindanao 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commercialisation of religious holidays","y":2020,"t":"IIUM Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":9136},{"m":"THW ban pre-election polls","y":2020,"t":"IIUM Debate Open","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9137,"hi":1},{"m":"THW impose limits on corporate borrowing","y":2020,"t":"IIUM Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9138,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT complete human liberty can only be achieved absent the state","y":2020,"t":"IIUM Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9139},{"m":"THW ban all research into genoeconomics","y":2020,"t":"IIUM Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":9140,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT feminists from positions of privilege should actively refrain from taking leadership roles in the feminist movement.","y":2020,"t":"WDF Opens 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For example, Jesus Christ as an activist for the disenfranchised rather than the Son of God","y":2020,"t":"WDF Opens XIV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":9145},{"m":"When allocating COVID-19 vaccines, THW significantly deprioritise people who have failed to comply with COVID-19 regulations* *e.g.: not wearing a mask, not socially distancing, avoiding travel restrictions","y":2020,"t":"Pre-Korea Worlds","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9146},{"m":"THO the expectation that one's monetary earnings should be in proportion with one's effort and hard work","y":2020,"t":"Pre-Korea Worlds","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9147},{"m":"THBT Central Bank leaders should be elected by an independent panel of experts, rather than selected by politicians","y":2020,"t":"Pre-Korea Worlds","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9148},{"m":"THP a world in which the registry exists","y":2020,"t":"Pre-Korea Worlds","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":9149,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world in which moderate US Republican & Democrat representatives form their own political parties","y":2020,"t":"Pre-Korea Worlds","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9150},{"m":"THBT South Korean feminists should advocate for the conscription of women","y":2020,"t":"Pre-Korea Worlds","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9151},{"m":"THBT religious organisations should deny religious services* to current members of criminal organisations *e.g. confession, last rites, marriage services, removing access from places of worship","y":2020,"t":"Pre-Korea Worlds","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9152},{"m":"THW break up Facebook Inc","y":2020,"t":"Pre-Korea Worlds","r":"EFL_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9153},{"m":"THO the centrality of national identity in sport","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":9154},{"m":"THW restrict foreign investors from buying domestic league teams","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":9155},{"m":"TH as a new follower of a major sporting league (i.e. EPL, NFL) would choose to follow a less successful team from one's local area than a more successful but not geographically close team","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"actor","id":9156},{"m":"THR the glorification of start up culture","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":9157},{"m":"THW allocate development aid primarily to countries ranked highly on the Democracy Index","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9158},{"m":"THS placing excess profit taxes on corporations which disproportinately benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9159},{"m":"THBT SK should not continue to repatriate North Korean refugees or \"defectors\"","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9160,"hi":1},{"m":"THW, as the incoming Biden administration, seek to normalise ties with Iran","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":9161},{"m":"TH, as India, would accept China's proposal","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9162,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT dating shows where women are in a position of power are good for feminism (e.g. the Bachelorette and If You are the One)","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9163},{"m":"THW prohibit the teaching of religion to children under the age of majority","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9164},{"m":"THW out the poitician","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9165,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of political centrism","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":9166,"hi":1},{"m":"As a post colonial state, THS a benevolent dictatorship over a representative democracy","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9167},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THW legalise the buying and selling of citizenship","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":9168},{"m":"THR the glorification of humility","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":9169},{"m":"THR commercial genomic sequencing services accessible by the general public (i.e. 23&Me, Ancestry.com, MyTrueAncestry)","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":9170,"hi":1},{"m":"Once a pandemic has been declared, THW ban all reporting on the pandemic from non-governmental sources","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9171},{"m":"THBT Citizens should be granted the authority to determine how covid 19 stimulus packages are directed","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9172},{"m":"THBT Government agencies that regulate vaccines should only test whether a vaccine is safe ,not weather it is effective before approving it for public use","y":2020,"t":"TIB-JUDO Pre Eminence","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9173},{"m":"THBT progressive social movements in India (e.g. feminist or LGBTQ+ movement) should strongly distance themselves from the West (e.g by not accepting funding, not exchanging information, or heavily emphasising their cultural specifity)","y":2020,"t":"Birmingham ESL","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9174},{"m":"TH, as fans of the club, supports an imminent takeover by the Saudi Arabian Delegated Treasury Agency.","y":2020,"t":"Birmingham ESL","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":9175,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT ethnic communities should not shame their members for being 'white-washed'","y":2020,"t":"Birmingham ESL","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9176},{"m":"THW 'resurrect' their significant other","y":2020,"t":"Birmingham ESL","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9177,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the glorification of suffering in art","y":2020,"t":"Kinnaird College Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":9178},{"m":"THBT the Vatican should not have renewed its agreement with the CCP","y":2020,"t":"Kinnaird College Debating Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9179,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT prominent male feminists should focus on dismantling gender norms which primarily harm men","y":2020,"t":"Kinnaird College Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9180},{"m":"THBT governments should significantly reduce financial support for struggling businesses during the covid-19 crisis, and instead divert spending to broad stimulus spending (e.g. enhanced welfare packages, infrastructure projects, tax breaks etc.)","y":2020,"t":"Kinnaird College Debating Championship","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9181},{"m":"THP a society where people feel a strong obligation to sacrifice their own interests for the interests of their immediate community, rather than follow their own interests","y":2020,"t":"Kinnaird College Debating Championship","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9182},{"m":"THBT criminal justice policy (eg enforcement, sentencing, rehabilitation, and monitoring) should be outsourced to technocrats instead of elected representatives","y":2020,"t":"Kinnaird College Debating Championship","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9183},{"m":"THS opposition boycotts of all elections that are known to not be free or fair","y":2020,"t":"Kinnaird College Debating Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9184},{"m":"This House Believes That all countries should impose mandatory military conscription","y":2020,"t":"Deree Invitational","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9185},{"m":"This House Believes That feminist organizations should not support female political cadidates who campaign using traditional gender roles (eg marketing oneself as a good wife, over-emphasizing traditional motherhood)","y":2020,"t":"Deree Invitational","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9186},{"m":"This House Believes That the international community should impose sanctions on Brazil, in order to curb their harmful environmental policies (eg deforestation, destruction of certain natural habitats, rampant pollution)","y":2020,"t":"Deree Invitational","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9187},{"m":"This House Regrets the rise of citizen journalism","y":2020,"t":"Deree Invitational","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9188,"hi":1},{"m":"THW abolish pharmaceutical patents in favour of subsidies, tax breaks and public interest grants","y":2020,"t":"Deree Invitational","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9189},{"m":"THBT progressive social movements should primarily use class consciousness as a rallying mechanism, rather than focusing on racial identity","y":2020,"t":"Deree Invitational","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9190},{"m":"THW make bullying a crime","y":2020,"t":"Deree Invitational","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9191},{"m":"THP a world in which the Sorting Hat is used to determine where individuals attend University (Infoslide: The Sorting Hat is a sentient hat that magically determines where students belong academically, by judging each student's qualities and personality traits, thus placing them in the most appropriate house that upholds those qualities. On VERY rare occasions it has been known for a student to talk with the hat and influence where it decides to place them in.)","y":2020,"t":"Aberstywyth Mini","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9192},{"m":"THS the statement that one should \"ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.\"","y":2020,"t":"Aberstywyth Mini","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9193},{"m":"TH, as Comedian DJ, would accept the offer to join Taskmaster","y":2020,"t":"Aberstywyth Mini","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":9194,"hi":1},{"m":"THW cease the research and teaching of heliocentrism","y":2020,"t":"Aberstywyth Mini","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9195,"hi":1},{"m":"THP living the events of the perfect day over and over again, rather than acting differently to pursue different events","y":2020,"t":"Aberstywyth Mini","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9196,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the development and use of sentencing algorithms","y":2020,"t":"USU IV","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9197,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the Arab LEague's refusal to condemn the Israel-UAE normalisation deal","y":2020,"t":"USU IV","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9198,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, s such a person, would choose to destroy the evidence","y":2020,"t":"USU IV","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"other","id":9199,"hi":1},{"m":"This House, as the Transitional Military Council of Sudan, would pay the United States compensation in exchange for being removed from the 'State Sponsors of Terrorism' list.","y":2020,"t":"USU IV","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9200,"hi":1},{"m":"THW implement the Kafala system for immigrants in the USA","y":2020,"t":"USU IV","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9201,"hi":1},{"m":"This House regrets the glorification of the narrative that hard work is the key to success.","y":2020,"t":"USU IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"regret","id":9202},{"m":"THS the international codification of \"just post bellum\"","y":2020,"t":"USU IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9203,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports the rise of academic piracy sites. (E.g. Sci-Hub, Lib-Gen, Academic Torrents)","y":2020,"t":"Idea Lite","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9204},{"m":"TH believes that the environmental movement should employ strategies that aim to abolish capitalism rather than to reform it","y":2020,"t":"Idea Lite","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9205,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the Republican Party, would publicly support Donald Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 Presidential Elections","y":2020,"t":"Idea Lite","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9206},{"m":"TH believes that social media sites should censor the statements of individuals that aim to diminish the threat and reality of COVID-19. (I.e. conspiracy theories on if it actually exists, incorrect statements on masks not working)","y":2020,"t":"Idea Lite","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9207},{"m":"THBT developing countries should deprioritise extractive industries","y":2020,"t":"Idea Lite","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9208,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where the dominant religion is Religion A as opposed to Religion B","y":2020,"t":"Idea Lite","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9209,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT protest movements should actively integrate religious figures and institutions in opposition to authoritarian regimes","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9210},{"m":"THW ban the development of Neuralink technology, or any other brain-computer interface","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":9211,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT heads of state in democratic nations should be limited to one term in office","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9212,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT, rather than give money to Foreign Aid and International Development Institutions, developed countries should instead directly fund the Global Solidarity Fund","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9213,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT humanity should invest considerable amount of resources into the exploration of deep space (e.g. colonising, space mining, exploring deep space, finding alien races)","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9214},{"m":"TH regrets the demonisation of populist leaders (e.g. Donald Trump, Marine LePen, Jair Bolsonaro)","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":9215,"hi":1},{"m":"When evaluating financial risk and value, THBT financial institutions and credit rating agencies should actively account for climate and nature based impacts and risk","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":9216},{"m":"THW join the resistance against the AI","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9217,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming it could be done instantly, THW remove all nuclear weapons and the capacity to build them from the current world","y":2020,"t":"Cambridge IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9218},{"m":"THS the idea of content on OTT platforms being regulated","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9219,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, believes that Google should allow fantasy sport apps like Dream 11 to be hosted on Playstore in India","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":9220,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming validity of the theory, TH will actively reduce growth in technology to avoid the Singularity","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":9221,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the concept of Criminal Contempt of Court","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"regret","id":9222,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is justified to make a criminal go through the exact same horror or pain as the victim as a \"form of justice\"","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9223},{"m":"For scenarios where such a victim is revived by the killer, THW acquit the accused","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9224,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the idea that UCL in future editions should opt for a 1 leg knockouts over the traditional system.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9225,"hi":1},{"m":"TH would prefer a maximum of 5 overseas players in a squad instead of 4 currently.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9226,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT India should allow players born in other countries to play for the National team.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":9227,"hi":1},{"m":"TH as Norwegian Nobel Committee will strip Aung Sang Soo kyi of her Nobel Prize.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":9228,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the creation of armed forces units made up of foreign soldiers based on political interests, with such units being under the direct control of the government","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9229,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the De-Ba'athification of Iraq's military.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":9230,"hi":1},{"m":"In a Post-Apocalyptic world devastated by a global Nuclear War, THS the creation of a World Government.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9231},{"m":"TH, as the INC at the onset of World War 1, will violently revolt against the British colonizers instead of accepting the offer","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":9232,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the Nuremberg Trial after WWII, will grant amnesty to those Nazi officials who are ready to be a witness against the masterminds of the Holocaust and other Nazi war crimes and crimes against humanity.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"actor","id":9233},{"m":"TH, as the Indian BJP Government in 1st week of March 2020, will strictly ban the celebration of Holi in India in the wake of COVID19 concerns","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9234,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where COVID-19 is seen as the new normal rather than one where it is seen as an extraordinary situation.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9235},{"m":"TH, as a state, will take a utilitarian approach when making policies to deal with a pandemic.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":9236,"hi":1},{"m":"In religious issues involving a particular religious group (For ex- Triple Talaq or Sabrimala), THBT only members of that religious community should be allowed to file a court case.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"other","id":9237},{"m":"TH, as X, will not use the machine.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":9238,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as Ariana Grande upon being offered to headline at the event, will completely boycott Coachella and turn the offer down.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9239,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT X did the right thing.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9240,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT 'allegory of the cave' is analogous to a modern 'western liberal democracy'.","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9241,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as X, will go to the police and snitch on the friend","y":2020,"t":"La Liberta","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9242,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative that marrying someone with similar socio-economic background is necessary for a successful marriage","y":2020,"t":"Asia Pro Ams","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":9243},{"m":"THW ban the trade of Carbon Quotas","y":2020,"t":"Asia Pro Ams","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9244},{"m":"In a post Covid society, THP the continuation of online classes over face-to-face classes","y":2020,"t":"Asia Pro Ams","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9245},{"m":"THW prefer a world where nobody has the ability to lie","y":2020,"t":"Asia Pro Ams","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":9246},{"m":"THBT South Korea should give up on seeking reunification with North Korea","y":2020,"t":"Asia Pro Ams","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9247},{"m":"Assuming the technology exists, THW allow people to own AI robots and carry out actions on the robots that would otherwise be deemed as illegal if done to humans","y":2020,"t":"Asia Pro Ams","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9248},{"m":"THO the depiction of conflicts in non-documentary films (e.g. The Land of Blood And Honey, Saving Private Ryan, Hair).","y":2020,"t":"Nijmegen Online Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9249},{"m":"THW allow workers to make a choice between a lump sum pension payment and a staggered pension payment.","y":2020,"t":"Nijmegen Online Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9250,"hi":1},{"m":"In emerging democracies, THS capping the maximum number of seats in parliament that a political party can get.","y":2020,"t":"Nijmegen Online Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9251},{"m":"THBT non-autocratic states with compulsory military service should allow individuals to exempt themselves on moral grounds.","y":2020,"t":"Nijmegen Online Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9252},{"m":"THBT humanities and social science faculties should prioritize the hiring of conservative academics.","y":2020,"t":"Nijmegen Online Open","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9253},{"m":"This House, as Joe Biden upon the availability of a vaccine to coronavirus-19, we would use strong coercive measures to induce participation (e.g. reducing welfare payments for those that don't comply or not allowing unvaccinated children to attend school).","y":2020,"t":"Sydney Mini","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9254},{"m":"This House regrets the politicisation of student unions in the developing world.","y":2020,"t":"Sydney Mini","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9255},{"m":"This House would forcibly break up banks that exceed a certain size.","y":2020,"t":"Sydney Mini","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9256},{"m":"This House supports materialism","y":2020,"t":"Sydney Mini","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9257},{"m":"This House supports the piracy of academic resources in developing countries.","y":2020,"t":"Sydney Mini","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9258},{"m":"This House believes that in post-conflict societies, the national government should actively attempt to recruit militias and insurgency groups into the national military over attempting to quash them.","y":2020,"t":"Sydney Mini","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"other","id":9259},{"m":"This House regrets the narrative that the empowerment of historically oppressed communities is an intergenerational obligation for members of that community.","y":2020,"t":"Sydney Mini","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9260},{"m":"THR the growing involvement of politicians in social media","y":2020,"t":"Maharashtra Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":9261},{"m":"THBT space exploration should be carried out by private corporations instead of government","y":2020,"t":"Maharashtra Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9262},{"m":"THP leadership social movements over ones with leaders","y":2020,"t":"Maharashtra Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9263},{"m":"THW replace the income tax system with an imposition of wealth tax on individuals.","y":2020,"t":"Maharashtra Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9264,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where people prioritise Eudaimonic happiness over Hedonic happiness","y":2020,"t":"Maharashtra Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9265},{"m":"THR the emphasis placed on individuals to sacrifice their own happiness for their families","y":2020,"t":"Maharashtra Debate Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"regret","id":9266},{"m":"This House Prefers a world where hobbies and interests (e.g. sports, video games, and arts) are perceived to be primarily recreational in nature, rather than primarily competitive","y":2020,"t":"Derozio Memorial Debate","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":9267},{"m":"This house opposes the popular idealisation of the 'strong mother who can do it all'","y":2020,"t":"Derozio Memorial Debate","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9268},{"m":"THW abolish the party whip","y":2020,"t":"Derozio Memorial Debate","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9269,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of pop psychology (eg personality tests, self help books that make psychological claims)","y":2020,"t":"Derozio Memorial Debate","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":9270,"hi":1},{"m":"THO international bodies making bailouts contingent on democratic reforms","y":2020,"t":"Derozio Memorial Debate","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9271},{"m":"THR the rising trend of homeschooling within ethnic/racial minority groups","y":2020,"t":"Derozio Memorial Debate","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":9272,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT pro-democratic opposition activists in semi-authoritarian states should not seek political office in the current regime","y":2020,"t":"Derozio Memorial Debate","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9273},{"m":"THR the decline in solidarity strikes","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9274,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as Iran, would accept the Iran Deal Plus","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9275,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the democratisation of powerful civil service positions","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9276,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, This House believes that the Holy Kaaba should be under the custody/guardianship of the OIC, instead of Saudi Arabia.","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9277,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that progressive activists in conservative societies should aggressively adopt conservative language/rhetoric in advocating for their agenda.","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9278},{"m":"This House would mandate that social media users select middleware packages to curate the information they see on their social media accounts.","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":9279,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where the average person experiences substantially less intense emotions","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9280},{"m":"TH, as Moon-Jae In, Would repatriate North Korean defectors","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9281,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the creation of \"ASEAN bonds\" to fund the post-COVID 19 regional economic recovery","y":2020,"t":"Melbourne Mini","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9282,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of left-wing Democrats to refrain from public criticism of Joe Biden's administration","y":2020,"t":"Oxford Womxn's Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9283},{"m":"THP the German model of higher education","y":2020,"t":"Oxford Womxn's Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9284,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the glorification of maximising productivity (for example: the rise of productivity influencers, long working hours being generally seen as admirable)","y":2020,"t":"Oxford Womxn's Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","intl":1,"id":9285},{"m":"THR the continued existence of NATO after the fall of the Soviet Union","y":2020,"t":"Oxford Womxn's Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":9286},{"m":"TH, as the woman, would commit to not engage in romantic relationships","y":2020,"t":"Oxford Womxn's Open","r":"Open_Z","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","intl":1,"id":9287,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT contemporary social movements should focus on class differences rather than on identity-based differences (gender, race, religion etc.)","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9288},{"m":"THP lockdown policy decisions in federal governments to be made regionally (e.g. by states, provinces) rather than by the centralized government","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9289},{"m":"THP activist messaging to focus on how things could be (a positive vision for the future) rather than on how things are (how bad things are currently)","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9290},{"m":"THW allow victims of violent crimes to veto the prosecution of their offender","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9291},{"m":"THR the increasing emphasis upon publicity and performative expressivism in social movements.","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9292},{"m":"TH, as Saudi Arabia, W provide funding and support to Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and encourage their aggression against the Ethiopian federal government","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9293,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prefer to be born with HSAM","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":9294,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative that there is no objective truth","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":9295},{"m":"THW leave Dharma","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"ESL_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9296,"hi":1},{"m":"THP to live in a world where most individuals lead polyamorous relationships, as opposed to single-partner relationships","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9297},{"m":"THR the Americanization of social justice debates, e.g. focus on police brutality as a result of BLM, use of english terms by social movements rather than words in local languages and the focus on American icons such as MLK or RBG","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9298},{"m":"THW hold social media platforms liable for illegal content that is posted (fake news, defamation, etc.)","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9299},{"m":"THO the glorification of career achievements as a basis for self worth","y":2020,"t":"Oxford IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9300},{"m":"THR the westernization of hallyu","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":9301,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the Republican Party, Would Adopt A Political Strategy Of Distancing The Party Away From Trump","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9302},{"m":"THBT explicit expressions of female sexuality in the entertainment industry has done more harm than good to the feminist movement (i.e. Cardi B's WAP)","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9303},{"m":"THP the cancellation of sovereign debt over Debt Service Suspension Initiative for the world's poorest countries.","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9304,"hi":1},{"m":"THR that leftist movements/organisations in Southeast Asia transitioned to political parties. (Examples include but are not limited to: Parti Sosialis Malaysia, Makabayan Blok in the Philippines, and RC in Indonesia)","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9305},{"m":"THBT all claimants of the South China Sea should train and deploy their own maritime militia","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9306,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT ASEAN is failing in the SCS","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9307},{"m":"THBT the Global Middle Class shoudl adopt a nihilist outlook on life","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9308,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative that resilience is a virtue","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":9309},{"m":"TH, as a swing voter who supported ousting Park Geun-Hye, regrets voting for Moon Jae-In","y":2020,"t":"KIDA Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9310,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should aggressively advocate for the removal of children's cartoons that fail The Maisy test","y":2020,"t":"Northern Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9311,"hi":1},{"m":"In secular states with a majority religion, THW use religious/conservative language and rhetoric to spread environmental awareness","y":2020,"t":"Northern Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9312},{"m":"THBT the Biden administration should actively seek to normalize relations with China","y":2020,"t":"Northern Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9313},{"m":"THBT developed countries should deploy protectionist policies to protect low-wage workers.","y":2020,"t":"Northern Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9314},{"m":"TH, as liberal media companies, would not interview public figures who espouse regressive views/opinions","y":2020,"t":"Northern Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"actor","id":9315},{"m":"THR the dominant narrative that one should \"fight the good fight\"","y":2020,"t":"Northern Debate Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":9316,"hi":1},{"m":"As an average religious person, THR the emphasis on piety/performing acts of worship in religion","y":2020,"t":"Northern Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":9317},{"m":"THBT the United States should implement quotas for their non-male candidates in presidential primaries","y":2020,"t":"ADU Novice Championships","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9318},{"m":"THBT parents of promising athletes should encourage their children to pursue education at the cost of their athletic career","y":2020,"t":"ADU Novice Championships","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":9319},{"m":"TH, as Wakanda, would remove the cloaking field","y":2020,"t":"ADU Novice Championships","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":9320,"hi":1},{"m":"THW remove all restrictions on how welfare recipients are allowed to spend their payments (excluding child benefits)","y":2020,"t":"ADU Novice Championships","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9321},{"m":"TH, as Colombia, would legalise all drugs","y":2020,"t":"ADU Novice Championships","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":9322},{"m":"THP a world where children are raised communally as opposed to by their nuclear family","y":2020,"t":"ADU Novice Championships","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":9323,"hi":1},{"m":"THW stay in Springfield","y":2020,"t":"ADU Novice Championships","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":9324,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where God is seen as fallible, rather than infallible","y":2020,"t":"ADU Novice Championships","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9325,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THW forcibly delete all soldiers' memories of combat situations upon their discharge.","y":2020,"t":"Evergreen","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9326},{"m":"TH, as a PrettyCure(プリキュア), W actively use their powers to instill democracy in dictatorial regimes.","y":2020,"t":"Evergreen","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9327,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing countries should severely restrict the foreigner's right to purchase real estate.","y":2020,"t":"Evergreen","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9328},{"m":"THW immediately return all treasures and artifacts to indigenous groups that originally possessed them.","y":2020,"t":"Evergreen","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9329},{"m":"THBT The media should not be involved in voting for sporting awards","y":2020,"t":"VUBP","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9330},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should actively promote that women participate in the military and attempt to climb its hierarchy rather than oppose the military as a whole.","y":2020,"t":"VUBP","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9331},{"m":"THBT social media companies should use algorithms to push individuals away from pseudoscientific beliefs and practices (i.e. Tarot Readings, Astrology and Horoscope, Wicca, Fortune Telling, etc.)","y":2020,"t":"VUBP","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9332},{"m":"In the onset of the refugee crisis, THP a world where the European Union struck a more aggressive deal requiring Turkey to shoulder the entirety of the refugee burden in exchange for a significantly greater amount of aid and European Union membership by 2020.","y":2020,"t":"VUBP","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9333,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where people believed that God did not intervene at all over one where God has a plan and actively intervened in human affairs","y":2020,"t":"VUBP","r":"HighSchool_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9334},{"m":"In a country with a National Healthcare plan, THW ban private healthcare","y":2020,"t":"VUBP","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9335},{"m":"Assuming its full and effective enforcement, THBT liberal democracies should require licenses for individuals to engage in romantic relationships","y":2020,"t":"VUBP","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9336},{"m":"This House Would allocate the majority of government sports funding to encourage grassroots participation (e.g. amateur community clubs, after school sports clubs, etc.) rather than invest in achieving success in prestigious competitions (e.g. intensive coaching academies, player and personnel salaries, etc.)","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":9337},{"m":"THS the adoption of variable minimum wage laws","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9338,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Regrets the narrative that the process of overcoming illnesses (e.g. cancer) is a \"fight\".","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":9339},{"m":"THW implement a system of voter insurance for national elections","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9340,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes.","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9341},{"m":"THBT authors should remain silent on interpretations of their work after the work has been published","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9342},{"m":"THW require all art institutions to dedicate a significant portion of funding to commissioning art from new artists","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"ESL_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":9343},{"m":"THBT feminists in Muslim-majority countries should advocate for the abolishment of Sharia Courts rather than working to reform it (e.g. advocating for more female judges, pushing for feminist interpretations of the Quran)","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9344,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT freedom movements in authoritarian regimes should prioritize women as their leaders (e.g. Maria Kolesnikova in Belarus, Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, Alaa Salah in Sudan)","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9345},{"m":"THW ban relatives of past office holders from ever running for office","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"Schools_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9346},{"m":"THBT Asian regimes accused of committing human rights violations should be investigated by TRCs rather than subject to punitive mechanisms (ICTs, ICC)","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9347},{"m":"TH supports BRICS* countries creating regional alternatives to the current international economic institutions (i.e. the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation) * Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa\"","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9348},{"m":"THBT western liberal democracies should admit immigrants by lottery rather than by prioritizing factors such as salary, education, and language competency (excluding immigrants with serious criminal convictions)","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"Schools_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9349},{"m":"Assuming the One Ring had been destroyed and Sauron defeated, TH, as a Hobbit, would never leave the shire","y":2020,"t":"Doxbridge III","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"actor","id":9350,"hi":1},{"m":"THR social progressives using large generalisations in their campaigning (all Trump supporters are racist, all men are trash, all cops are bastards)","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9351},{"m":"THBT up and coming POC chefs should join Bon Appetit rather than set up their own food videos on social media","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9352,"hi":1},{"m":"THR multinational corporations paying protection fees to militant groups","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":9353,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the manager should hand over the employee to the authorities","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9354,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban the use of faith-based rehabilitation in prisons","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9355},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THBT citizens from other countries should be given the right to vote in the elections of hegemonies","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9356,"hi":1},{"m":"THW invade Nagorno-Karabakh","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9357,"hi":1},{"m":"With the knowledge of hindsight, TH prefers a unitary government with a directly elected Prime Minister in Malaysia","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9358,"hi":1},{"m":"As LGBTQIA+ community in conservative areas, THW discourage our opened identity member from having relationship with closeted individuals","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":9359},{"m":"THP a political culture where opposing politicians treat each other with hostility (e.g. not publicly fraternizing, making directly attacking remarks)","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9360},{"m":"THP a world where epistemic humility is universally embraced","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9361,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Thailand protesters should escalate their actions to become violent.","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9362},{"m":"THR the romantization of orphan's life in popular media (i.e. Harry Potter, Naruto, Disney Princesses)","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":9363},{"m":"TH celebrates the decline of nation's economic interdependency in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9364},{"m":"As a progressive movement, (e.g. Feminists, LGBT+ movements), THW not celebrate our members entering traditionally anti-progressive institutions (i.e Military, Police Force, Conservative Political Parties)","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9365},{"m":"Post-2020 election, TH as the US Democratic party would choose to focus less on identity politics instead of pandering to the woke community\"","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9366,"hi":1},{"m":"In conservative countries, THBT progressive women's groups should refrain from attacking female politicians regardless of their policies","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"Novice_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9367},{"m":"THBT entertainment platforms (e.g. Spotify, Netflix) should remove all works from artists that have committed immoral or criminal acts in their personal lives.","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9368},{"m":"THBT as the Christian church would actively recognize that the dogmas taught now is different from what it was in the past","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9369,"hi":1},{"m":"THW give two votes for every Eastern Indonesian person voting in 2024 presidential election","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9370},{"m":"As Ariel, THW Choose Nanda instead of Jesse","y":2020,"t":"JOVED","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"actor","id":9371,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT health care workers should not have the right to strike in times of a pandemic","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9372},{"m":"THBT the media should be held responsible for civic decline","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9373},{"m":"TH, as the mother of a girl living in a developing nation, would teach their daughter to embrace the persona of a \"modern working woman\"","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9374,"hi":1},{"m":"THW apply a weight to election votes that is inversely proportional to the wealth of the voter","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9375},{"m":"THR the celebritization of elected officials (ie Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar)","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":9376},{"m":"TH, as the Democratic Party, would seek to expand the number of justices on the supreme court.","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9377},{"m":"THBT any global revolution should first target institutions responsible for climate change.","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9378},{"m":"In times of economic crisis, THW would abolish the minimum wage","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9379},{"m":"TH, as a Gen-Z couple, would chose to not have children.","y":2020,"t":"Huber Debates","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9380},{"m":"THP Subdury Schools","y":2020,"t":"Hugill Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9381,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the gamification of the workplace","y":2020,"t":"Hugill Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9382,"hi":1},{"m":"THW repeal the Johnson Amendment","y":2020,"t":"Hugill Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9383,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the Implementation of Performance Based Funding Metrics for Public Universities","y":2020,"t":"Hugill Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9384,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT that women belonging to privileged backgrounds should actively decline positions of power within the Feminist movement","y":2020,"t":"Hugill Cup","r":"5","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9385},{"m":"THBT Central Banks should act to financially disempower and disincentivize practices that worsen climate change.","y":2020,"t":"Hugill Cup","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9386,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the use of war-like terminology in the combating of coronavirus","y":2020,"t":"Hugill Cup","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":9387},{"m":"THS the use of Erotic Capital in women's career development","y":2020,"t":"Asian High School Debating Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9388,"hi":1},{"m":"THW relocate high-risk communities that refuse to resettle in response to climate change","y":2020,"t":"Asian High School Debating Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9389,"hi":1},{"m":"THW hold bystanders to crime liable for not responding to crime","y":2020,"t":"Asian High School Debating Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9390},{"m":"THW require meat packaging to display image that accurately reflects the experiences of animals throughout the manufacturing process","y":2020,"t":"Asian High School Debating Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","id":9391},{"m":"THBT Minority Social Movements Should Use Religious Texts To Respond To Oppressive Religious Ideologies and Customs, As Opposed To Secular Values","y":2020,"t":"Asian High School Debating Championship","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9392},{"m":"THBT Indonesian workers are justified in using in-person tactics (eg: large public gatherings, protests, picketing) to protest the Omnibus Law during the pandemic","y":2020,"t":"Asian High School Debating Championship","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9393,"hi":1},{"m":"THW Prefer To Live In A World Where Everyone Is Born With A Fluid Sexuality","y":2020,"t":"Asian High School Debating Championship","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"policy","id":9394,"hi":1},{"m":"Given The Existence Of Technology That Permanently Removes The Ability to Sense Both Pleasure And Pain, THW Use It","y":2020,"t":"Asian High School Debating Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":9395},{"m":"THW refrain from using alarmist messaging during pandemics (e.g. dramatic death rate predictions), and instead adopt optimistic messaging aimed at improving morale (e.g. celebrating recovery rates, showcasing regular activities done with COVID protection measures etc)","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9396},{"m":"THR the rise of Big Data","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":9397,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the mother of a girl living in a third world nation, would teach their daughter to embrace the persona of \"a modern working woman\"","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9398,"hi":1},{"m":"THW aggressively prioritise programs with high MVPF","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":9399},{"m":"THW expose Harvey Dent","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9400,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming Trump wins the 2020 Presidential Election, TH, as a Democrat citizen of a minority ethnicity in the US, would choose to find ways to immigrate","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9401},{"m":"TH, as ASEAN, would kick out member states that are overtly influenced by external actors","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9402,"hi":1},{"m":"This house regrets the characterisation of a set of typical moods as \"normal\" and mood disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety) as \"abnormal\"","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","id":9403},{"m":"TH regrets the villainization of people who are perceived to be intently pursuing positions of power","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"ESL_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":9404},{"m":"THW agree to sabotage \"The Process\"","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"ESL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9405,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prefer a world where the dominant religion is religion X as opposed to religion Y","y":2020,"t":"Malalysia AW*DC","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9406,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the rise of telecommuting","y":2020,"t":"NAMDA Novices","r":"1","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9407,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require western media outlets to collaborate on reporting of foreign issues with, and include a statement from, a qualified regional representative","y":2020,"t":"NAMDA Novices","r":"2","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":9408},{"m":"THBT the creation of social media platforms has done more harm than good","y":2020,"t":"NAMDA Novices","r":"3","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9409},{"m":"THW remove state incentives for people to have children (e.g. child tax credits, direct cash transfers etc.)","y":2020,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup","r":"1","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":9410},{"m":"THP a world where states nationalize insolvent local papers instead of a world where the state allows them to go into insolvency.","y":2020,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup","r":"2","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9411,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the feminist movement, would promote narratives about the importance of relying on and supporting other women (e.g. 'sisterhood'), as opposed to emphasising self-reliance.","y":2020,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup","r":"3","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9412},{"m":"Given the technology to accurately measure and transfer happiness, THW progressively tax and redistribute happiness","y":2020,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup","r":"4","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":9413,"hi":1},{"m":"THW criminalise gang membership","y":2020,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup","r":"Silver_Final","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9414},{"m":"THW allow the public to pardon individuals convicted of crimes via referendum","y":2020,"t":"Strathclyde President's Cup","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe and IONA Debating","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9415},{"m":"This House would abandon the use of foreign board examinations in Pakistan","y":2020,"t":"The Lyceum Debate Championship","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":9416},{"m":"This House Believes that developing countries should privatize their State Owned Enterprises(Such as airlines, railway, utility companies)","y":2020,"t":"The Lyceum Debate 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Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9421,"hi":1},{"m":"In times of pandemics, THW significantly the minimum safety and efficacy standards required for the approval of treatments and vaccines * including but not limited to measures such as: waiving medium-term and long-term safety testing, accepting drugs that do not yet show superior outcomes compared to existing treatments, allowing more severe side effects than those that are usually permitted","y":2020,"t":"Effective Altruism Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":9422},{"m":"Assuming that social, political, and economic capital can be quantified, THW make the weight of votes inversely proportional to a person's capital","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":9423},{"m":"THS defunding the police as opposed to seeking internal reform","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9424},{"m":"THW ban senior corporate officials (e.g. CEOs, CFOs, COOs etc) from serving in their role for more than four years","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9425},{"m":"TH supports Duterte's decision to lift the ban on oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9426,"hi":1},{"m":"TH opposes awarding Samuel Paty the Legion of Honor","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9427,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT feminists should actively oppose narratives that instrumentalise the benefits of gender equality (eg: productivity benefits of diversity, economic growth)","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9428},{"m":"THBT governments should establish and fund a separate healthcare system exclusively run by and for the indigenous people","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9429},{"m":"TH, as the European Union, would guarantee membership to regions of existing EU member states that secede (e.g. Catalonia, Scotland)","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9430},{"m":"THW mandate large financial institutions on the brink of collapse to be bailed-in by their creditors, as opposed to pursuing a state-funded bail-out","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9431,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the government should secretively create an artificial common enemy to unite Country V","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9432,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the monetisation of all derivative fanworks","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9433,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where individuals donate their money to charity rather than having an equivalent amount taken from them in taxation to provide welfare","y":2020,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity XII","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9434},{"m":"THW REDUCE THE PRISON SENTENCES OF CONVICTS OF SERIOUS CRIMES IF THEY VOLUNTEER FOR CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BUT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9435},{"m":"THBT the technology should be destroyed","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9436,"hi":1},{"m":"As the Democratic Party, THW seek to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Cour","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9437},{"m":"In post colonial societies (Brazil, Singapore, Congo) TH prefers a benevolent dictatorship to a fully representative democracy","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":9438},{"m":"THW Require adult children to take care of their parents","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9439},{"m":"TH Opposes the depiction of individual struggle as a source of empowerment (e.g. cancer patient in chemo, feminist in conservative country, BLM in the US)","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9440},{"m":"THBT women from privileged backgrounds should decline any senior or leadership positions within the feminist movement.","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9441},{"m":"THBT parents from marginalised minority communities in the West should teach their children to believe in relying upon their own communities as opposed to state authorities (e.g. police forces).","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9442},{"m":"TH prefers a world where individuals engage in interpersonal discourse with little to no emotions, as opposed to with strong emotions","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9443},{"m":"TH prefers a world where Islam had its own centralised personal authority (like the Pope in Catholicism)","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9444},{"m":"THO the ideology of globalism","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9445,"hi":1},{"m":"THW recognise religious indoctrination as a mitigating factor in criminal sentencing","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"HighSchool_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9446},{"m":"THS the Extinction Rebellion Movement","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"HighSchool_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9447,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where people predominantly believe that free will does not exist","y":2020,"t":"Shanghai International Debate Open","r":"HighSchool_Final","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9448,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of OnlyFans in the pornography market","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":9449},{"m":"THBT Supreme Courts should abide by a textualist model of interpretation","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9450},{"m":"THS the phenomenon of Green Card marriages","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9451},{"m":"THBT organized religious groups should formally recognize scripture that contradicts primary religious texts","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9452},{"m":"THW prohibit cities from offering tax credits and other incentives to attract large companies","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9453},{"m":"THW abolish sex-based segregation in sports in favour of ability-based segregation","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":9454},{"m":"THBT the Argentinian government should have rejected the 2018 IMF bailout and sought to negotiate further concessions, even at the risk of not receiving a bailout","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9455},{"m":"THP a world in which parents follow an authoritarian parenting model rather than an egalitarian parenting model","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9456},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THW nationalize all high-cost research equipment and create a national pool of this equipment where all researchers must apply to a centralized agency for access","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":9457},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of countries that experienced Japanese colonial occupation (e.g., South Korea, China, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam) to boycott the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo if far-right paraphernalia (e.g., displays of the Rising Sun flag) are permitted.","y":2020,"t":"Hart House IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9458},{"m":"THBT it is the duty of parents to raise their children free of gender roles","y":2020,"t":"KCL Pro Am","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9459},{"m":"THBT schools should teach history as a product of social and institutional factors, rather than the product of grand figures","y":2020,"t":"KCL Pro Am","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9460},{"m":"THP a world where everyone is implanted with the EPA device at birth","y":2020,"t":"KCL Pro Am","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":9461,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative of \"changing the system from within\"","y":2020,"t":"The Women's Debate","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9462},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should campaign to deconstruct masculinity (ie. claiming that being assertive is bad) rather than service masculinity for feminist goals (ie. women can be assertive too)","y":2020,"t":"The Women's Debate","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9463},{"m":"THBT countries, like Switzerland, that were neutral in WWII should pay financial reparations to states occupied by the Nazis","y":2020,"t":"The Women's Debate","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9464},{"m":"THW remove all benefits (including but not limited to unemployment benefits and healthcare) from those who can, but are unwilling, to work","y":2020,"t":"The Women's Debate","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9465},{"m":"THBT children should be taught from a young age that harshness is incompatible with good intentions","y":2020,"t":"JPDU Autumn Tournament","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9466},{"m":"THW tax male consumer more when they buy services/products from corporations with huge gender pay-gaps","y":2020,"t":"JPDU Autumn Tournament","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":9467},{"m":"THBT gay and lesbian communities should actively advocate against the idealization of monogamous romantic relationships","y":2020,"t":"JPDU Autumn Tournament","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9468},{"m":"THO the retreat of foreign capital from coal-fired power plants in developing countries","y":2020,"t":"JPDU Autumn Tournament","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9469},{"m":"THW legally require adtech giants (e,g Facebook, Google) to pay traditional media organisations for sharing or displaying their news content","y":2020,"t":"JPDU Autumn Tournament","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":9470},{"m":"THW not punish people below the poverty line for economic crimes","y":2020,"t":"JPDU Autumn 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Joker in Batman; Thanos in Avengers; Don Juan etc)","y":2020,"t":"JPDU Autumn Tournament","r":"Rookie_Final","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":9473},{"m":"THBT the intimate ties between the MOF and the banks centered around the main bank system have done more harm than good to the Japanese economy","y":2020,"t":"JPDU Autumn Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9474,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the Open Access movement","y":2020,"t":"NTU Pro Ams","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9475,"hi":1},{"m":"THW provide significant tax benefits to publicly listed STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) companies whose top executives are at least 50% non-cisgender men.","y":2020,"t":"NTU Pro Ams","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":9476},{"m":"THR the glorification of revolutions in history textbooks","y":2020,"t":"NTU Pro Ams","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9477},{"m":"There exists a device that can ensure its user does not ever experience romantic love again. This process is irreversible. THW allow consenting adults to use the device on themselves.","y":2020,"t":"NTU Pro Ams","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"other","id":9478},{"m":"THBT over-populated developing countries should encourage the emigration of labour","y":2020,"t":"NTU Pro Ams","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9479},{"m":"THP centralised over decentralised forms of civil rights activism","y":2020,"t":"NTU Pro Ams","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9480,"hi":1},{"m":"THW establish an environmental commissioner who has universal prosecutory powers for crimes against the environment","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9481},{"m":"THW legalise the licensed hunting of endangered animals","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9482},{"m":"Assuming feasibility, THW mandate a central global authority to control food markets (supply, production, price etc.)","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9483},{"m":"THBT countries with widespread poverty should not pursue lockdown as a key COVID strategy","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9484,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the allocation of funds to corporations in COVID bailouts","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":9485},{"m":"THO Chinese investment in Africa","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9486,"hi":1},{"m":"In countries where most citizens have tribal identities, THBT legislative bodies should provide significant legislative representation to tribal chiefs","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9487},{"m":"TH, as a parent, would actively avoid gender markers when raising young children (e.g. dressing children in pink or blue, encouraging girls to play with dolls and boys to play with toy trucks)","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9488},{"m":"THBT LGBTQ+ characters in pop culture and films should only be played by LGBTQ+ actors","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9489},{"m":"THW drastically reduce the number of university spaces on offer","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":9490},{"m":"THBT class pets do more harm than good","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9491},{"m":"TH, as a parent, would prioritise improving their child's academic performance and building up skills, even at the expense of leisure time and extra-curricular activities","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"actor","id":9492},{"m":"THBT art museums should not hold reserve collections larger than 20% of total volume of collection","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9493},{"m":"THR the trend of increasing Israel integration with the Middle East","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9494,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the increasing protectionism in West against the Chinese technological ecosystem","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9495,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as Vietnam, would withdraw from the territorial dispute in the South China Sea in order to pursue better relations with China","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9496},{"m":"THBT the quest for the meaning of life is overrated","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9497},{"m":"THP the worship and belief of multiple deities (eg. Hinduism, Chinese folk religion) to that of a single deity (e.g. Judaism, Christianity, Islam).","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9498},{"m":"THW recognise a culture defense","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":9499,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the consequences of of low severity crimes (e.g. shoplifting, public intoxication) should be determined by members of the community in which the crime took place.","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9500},{"m":"THBT social media companies (Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Instagram, etc) should hand over user's private data to authorities upon court order","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9501},{"m":"THBT all major legislative decisions must be approved by citizen consultation councils before they are passed.","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9502,"hi":1},{"m":"THW adopt a \"three strikes rule\" in disqualifying elected officials who fail to deliver on campaign promise","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9503},{"m":"During times of crisis, THBT governments should conceal information from, misguide, or actively lie to their citizens in order to mitigate harms of the crisis","y":2020,"t":"DAV Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9504},{"m":"THO the insertion of Artificial Intelligence into the fields of art and creativity","y":2020,"t":"WDF Genders Debate","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9505},{"m":"In the context of an upcoming election, TH, as a left-leaning journalist, would choose to not positively portray any conservative policies","y":2020,"t":"WDF Genders Debate","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9506},{"m":"THO the notion that marriage is incompatible with feminism","y":2020,"t":"WDF Genders Debate","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9507},{"m":"In times of economic hardship, THBT governments should prioritise direct spending (e.g. infrastructure projects, jobs programs) as opposed to giving citizens money to spend themselves (e.g. tax cuts, additional welfare)","y":2020,"t":"WDF Genders Debate","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9508},{"m":"THBT parents and educators should actively encourage children to invest in their appearance and attractiveness","y":2020,"t":"WDF Genders Debate","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9509},{"m":"THBT children should be taught to be self-sufficient instead of seeking and building communities (families, friendships, relationships, etc)","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum X ADC Pro Ams","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9510,"hi":1},{"m":"THW impose an additional tax on any profits / earnings made in times of an economic crisis","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum X ADC Pro Ams","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9511,"hi":1},{"m":"As the feminist movement, THR the cancellation of sexual predators on social media","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum X ADC Pro Ams","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9512,"hi":1},{"m":"Given a limitation in resources, THBT developing countries with a large population should de-prioritize mass vaccination efforts and focus on building a post-pandemic world (i.e. digitalization, enabling remote working, fixing city planning, etc)","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum X ADC Pro Ams","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9513,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the recent disbandment of Front Pembela Islam by the Indonesian government","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum X ADC Pro Ams","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":9514,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the anti-establishment factions (e.g. Donald Trump, the Progressive Dems Squad) should create their own political party and pursue the establishment of a multi-party system in the United States","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum X ADC Pro Ams","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":9515,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing countries should pursue higher investments in refineries of raw materials instead of relying on exports","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum X ADC Pro Ams","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9516,"hi":1},{"m":"THW criminalise poltiicians who don't fulfill campaign promises","y":2020,"t":"Argumentum X ADC Pro Ams","r":"AmsAms_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9517},{"m":"THBT Disney should remove from circulation cartoons from its history that contain racist caricatures","y":2020,"t":"St Cats Debate Tournament","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9518},{"m":"THBT Joe Biden should choose to run on a \"Medicare-for-All\" platform","y":2020,"t":"St Cats Debate Tournament","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9519},{"m":"THBT feminists should actively campaign for quotas and increased female involvement in the military","y":2020,"t":"St Cats Debate Tournament","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9520},{"m":"THBT the BLM movement should campaign for the inclusion of more African American police officers instead of the abolition of the police force","y":2020,"t":"St Cats Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9521},{"m":"Assuming the public would never find out, THS historical narratives that prioritize equal representation throughout history, even if people and events need to be fabricated","y":2020,"t":"St Cats Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9522},{"m":"THS the creation of children's literature which teaches that people are neither good nor evil","y":2020,"t":"ULAB Daring Debates","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9523},{"m":"THW ban the consolidation of newspapers by a single entity (eg private equity firms, single media companies)","y":2020,"t":"ULAB Daring Debates","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9524},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement should encourage women in the developing world to take up vigilante justice","y":2020,"t":"ULAB Daring Debates","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9525},{"m":"In areas with rapidly rising property prices, THW suspend all restrictions on property development that are not health and safety requirements (for example, environmental zoning regulations, building height restrictions, and regulations on the appearance of buildings)","y":2020,"t":"ULAB Daring Debates","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9526},{"m":"THS the League One salary cap","y":2020,"t":"Liverpool Invitational Debatte Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"value","id":9527,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as a young educated individual with sole citizenship status in an illiberal democracy, would emigrate elsewhere.","y":2020,"t":"Liverpool Invitational Debatte Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9528},{"m":"THW allow women to activate deadly, rainbow-coloured, laser beams from their eyes, but only whenever they are in the close proximity of men.","y":2020,"t":"Liverpool Invitational Debatte Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":9529},{"m":"THO the creation of this 'superhero academy'.","y":2020,"t":"Liverpool Invitational Debatte Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9530,"hi":1},{"m":"THW no longer grant legal privileges to married couples solely because of their marital status (e.g. marital tax deduction, joint filing tax benefits, health insurance benefits, immigration beneifts, etc.)","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":9531},{"m":"THW dissolve the NCAA and allow all schools to independently set student athlete guidelines","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":9532,"hi":1},{"m":"THW abolish all merit based K-12 schools","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":9533,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the implementation of NSNP policies in the developing world","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9534,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT religious leaders should lead by warning rather than lead by example","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9535,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Planned Parenthood should heavily prioritise providing health care services at the expense of political advocacy","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9536,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as Saudi Arabia, would not join the Emirati and Bahraini moves to normalize relations with Israel","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9537,"hi":1},{"m":"THW offer significant tax breaks to venture capitalists investing in majority Black-owned businesses","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9538,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the dominant narrative that media holds political figures accountable","y":2020,"t":"NAUDC 2020","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":9539},{"m":"THW ban lifestyle clauses in prenupital agreements","y":2020,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9540,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing nations should strongly de-prioritise economic strategies which rely on tourism (e.g., no funding to pro-tourism advertisement, strict regulations and taxation for hospitality industry, strongly prioritising other sectors)","y":2020,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9541},{"m":"THS the attacks of feminists on conservative men based on their masculinity, (e..g. the Shapiro WAP parody, mocking MRAs for being single and living with their parents)","y":2020,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9542},{"m":"THP to live in a world with one dominant global power, rather than in a world with several competing global powers","y":2020,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9543},{"m":"THW grant more power over the EU budget to countries that contribute more money to the budget than they receive in monetary benefits, rather than an equal say in the budget","y":2020,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":9544},{"m":"As a talented graduate of a prestigious university, that wants to make the world a better place, TH would choose to pursue a career in the business and corporate world, rather than in a humanitarian organisation or in the government.","y":2020,"t":"Kyiv Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":9545},{"m":"THW only imprison people who are assessed to pose an active danger to society","y":2020,"t":"Helsinki Pro Am","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9546},{"m":"THBT the feminist movement including men in their campaigns and discussions does more harm than good","y":2020,"t":"Helsinki Pro Am","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9547},{"m":"Assuming the technology to do so safely and reversibly is available, THW remove the ability of soldiers to feel fear","y":2020,"t":"Helsinki Pro Am","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9548},{"m":"THO the \"God's Plan\" narrative","y":2020,"t":"Helsinki Pro Am","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9549,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require sports teams to be owned by their local communities, as opposed to corporations or individuals","y":2020,"t":"Bogwall Novices","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":9550},{"m":"THW ban public debates between candidates in the runup to elections","y":2020,"t":"Bogwall Novices","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9551},{"m":"THBT the environmentalist movement should lobby for legislative change (e.g. emissions trading schemes, banning fracking) rather than individual action (e.g. recycling, reducing car usage)","y":2020,"t":"Bogwall Novices","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9552},{"m":"THBT Western states should support local rebel groups (e.g. by funding them and giving them intel) as opposed to direct military intervention in other states","y":2020,"t":"Bogwall Novices","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9553},{"m":"In times of public crises (e.g. epidemics, natural disasters), THBT the government should be temporarily replaced by technocrats","y":2020,"t":"Bogwall Novices","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":9554},{"m":"THBT the nominees and the winners of the Oscars should always be decided by public vote","y":2020,"t":"Bogwall Novices","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9555},{"m":"That we prefer a world where the only education for children under the age of 10 is in a \"free-school\" environment (ie. where children decide freely what activities they participate in).","y":2020,"t":"Auckland Rumble","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"other","id":9556},{"m":"That, as a small nation with highly aggressive neighbours (for example, Israel, Iran, Taiwan) that can no longer rely on more powerful allies, we would prefer to have a nuclear arsenal.","y":2020,"t":"Auckland Rumble","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":9557},{"m":"That we would prefer Vtubing to become the norm of streaming","y":2020,"t":"Auckland Rumble","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":9558,"hi":1},{"m":"That we would end the practice of deporting criminals","y":2020,"t":"Auckland Rumble","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"other","id":9559,"hi":1},{"m":"That liberal democracies should ban the products of CCP-linked tech giants (for example, BBK, HuaWei, and TenCent, which sell hardware, 5G, and apps like WeChat and TikTok)","y":2020,"t":"Auckland Rumble","r":"Gold_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":9560},{"m":"That we support the End of Life Bill","y":2020,"t":"Auckland Rumble","r":"Plate_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"other","id":9561,"hi":1},{"m":"That NZ should seek to double its population in the next 50 years through immigration","y":2020,"t":"Auckland Rumble","r":"Blue_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":9562},{"m":"That we would prefer working from home to become the norm for office workers","y":2020,"t":"Auckland Rumble","r":"Blue_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":9563},{"m":"THBT India should abolish all limits on MPs' defections","y":2020,"t":"The Contemplative Dialogue Tournament","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9564,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT governments should aggressively subsidize the urban poor to migrate to rural areas.","y":2020,"t":"The Contemplative Dialogue 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Tournament","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9569},{"m":"THP a world where women cannot perceive aesthetic beauty","y":2020,"t":"Haradali Women's Open","r":"1","c":"Africa","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9570},{"m":"THR the glorification of the institution of marriage","y":2020,"t":"Haradali Women's Open","r":"2","c":"Africa","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":9571},{"m":"THR the rise in icons and their cult of personalities in the feminist movement","y":2020,"t":"Haradali Women's Open","r":"3","c":"Africa","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":9572,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT governments should impose strict gender quotas at the level of board of directors in corporations","y":2020,"t":"Haradali Women's Open","r":"4","c":"Africa","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9573},{"m":"THBT feminists should oppose the rise of anti rape products and services","y":2020,"t":"Haradali Women's 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UI","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9579},{"m":"THW allow religious indoctrination as a legitimate defense for crimes","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9580},{"m":"THBT The Criminal Justice System should be redesigned in a way that disproportionately highlights the premise of 'mens rea' over 'actus reus'","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9581,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the advocacy against police brutality would be better of racially blind","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9582},{"m":"TH, as prominent TERFs, would publicly support and financially donate to freedom of gender expression causes that do not contradict with our core belief (donating to cross-dress fashion labels, norm of asking prefered gender pronoun, etc)","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9583,"hi":1},{"m":"As citizens concerned with social justice, TH prefers forwarding Marxists' school of thought that emphasizes on material inequality as a primary source of oppression, rather than intersectionality concept in which identities like race, religion, and sexuality majorly affect them","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9584},{"m":"THBT the US and EU should declare their support to Belarusian civilian and opposition, along with assisting their democratic struggle against the incumbent regime","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9585},{"m":"THR the Israel-UAE conundrum","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9586,"hi":1},{"m":"As China, THW ally with Japan in the Japan-Korea trade war","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":9587},{"m":"TH, as Environmentalist, would abandon fear mongering tactic to convince society to join the movement","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9588},{"m":"THBT governments with long history of racial segregation (i.e. South Africa, the U.S.) should accelerate the creation of a post-racial state (e.g.: incentivizing interracial marriage, subsidizing multiethnic housing)","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"other","id":9589,"hi":1},{"m":"As a child who has differing life and ideological preference with their parents, This House Would actively hide their preference from their parents","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_2","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"actor","id":9590},{"m":"THS filial responsibility law","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_2","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9591,"hi":1},{"m":"This House, as countries with aging population, prefers to accept immigrants over incentivizing citizen to have children","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9592},{"m":"In retrospect, This House Believes That Indonesia should have implemented a full-scale lockdown instead of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) as a response to the COVID-19","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9593},{"m":"Assuming conservatives would accept the RUU-PKS bill afterwards, This House Believes That progressives should agree to explicitly draft the exclusion of sexual minorities from the scope of the law.","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_3","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9594,"hi":1},{"m":"As Conservative Gerindra Supporters, This House Regrets Gerindra's decision to carry candidate from Jokowi's family member.","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_3","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"regret","id":9595},{"m":"This House, as self-proclaimed progressive entertainers (artists, comedian, etc), would speak out against the rise of political correctness culture","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9596},{"m":"THR streaming culture (for example: Netflix, Iflix, Viu, Joox, Spotify)","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_4","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","id":9597},{"m":"This House regrets the capitalization of misery as the main theme in artworks (including but not limited to: Pilu Membiru Experience)","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_4","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":9598},{"m":"THBT secondary educational institutions should teach students topics that are related to child abuse experiences (including but not limited to: identifying abuse & parents' possible personality disorders, ways to cope when living inside an abusive household)","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9599},{"m":"THW force parents to give their children to some proportions of the family's wealth at all times","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9600},{"m":"TH, as immigrant parents, would put their children under Unaccompanied Alien Children Program as opposed to living in Mexico","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9601,"hi":1},{"m":"TH celebrates the racialisation of Christianity","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9602,"hi":1},{"m":"With the benefit of hindsight, THBT Buddha should have pursued equality for gender in his teaching even at the cost of the decreasing societal support","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9603,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT The Vatican should accept and integrate the Darwin's Theory of Evolution in describing the origins of life","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9604,"hi":1},{"m":"As Bernie Sanders voters, THW vote for trump","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9605},{"m":"THW make it compulsory for US presidents to gather 50% of senate approval from outside the party they affiliated with (opposing party, independent) when appointing the next Supreme Court Justice.","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9606},{"m":"THBT prominent non-'establishment favourites' progressives (e.g. Bernie Sanders, AOC) should give up their career in the democratic party and seek political platform elsewhere","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9607},{"m":"THBT anti-omnibus advocates should prioritize advancing economic arguments over human right arguments","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9608},{"m":"TH would march and encourage others to continue the violent protest against the omnibus law until the president issues a decree to postpone and revise the bill.","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9609},{"m":"THBT progressives should support the rising popularity of islamic groups/parties (PKS,FPI) that advocate against the increasingly neo-liberal government","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"Varsity_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9610},{"m":"This House Believes That the state should not enforce anti-discrimination laws to discriminative acts applied by religious institutions to their own members (i.e. refusing to provide sermons for gay marriage even when the state acknowledges marriage equality, etc.)","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9611},{"m":"As the Catholic Church, THW abolish Priesthood","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":9612,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Believes That preachers of Christian faiths should actively prioritise the virtue of 'struggling with God' over 'submission to God'","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9613,"hi":1},{"m":"As member of minorities, This House Would condemn political candidate who pander to their stereotype despite coming from the same background (ie Andrew Yang saying claiming he's good at math, Kamala Harris saying she smokes weed to get 'street cred')","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9614},{"m":"This House, as an average reasonable person, would prefer to live in an economically-performing autocracy rather than a populist democracy with relatively-stagnant economic development","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":9615},{"m":"This House, as Progressives in an increasingly authoritarian governance, prefers coalition with the lesser evil rather than using riot to radically change the status quo (i.e Indonesia, Hong Kong)","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9616},{"m":"This House Believes That humanity should move away from the narrative of individual responsibility in the community","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9617},{"m":"THR the narrative of birth lottery barrier","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":9618},{"m":"THR the dominant narrative that loyalty is a virtue","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":9619},{"m":"THS the increasing decriminalisation of drug use","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9620,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Would require all parties in civil trials to be represented exclusively by state provided lawyers","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Final","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9621},{"m":"This House Would value witness testimonies higher than any material evidence on cases of sexual harassment","y":2020,"t":"Alsa Ecomp UI","r":"HighSchool_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9622},{"m":"THW abolish all ZOs in the United States of America","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9623,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prefer Bail-Ins as opposed to Bail-Outs as a means of economic recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":9624,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the narrative that experiencing the original version of a work of art is unique to the appreciation of that work.","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9625},{"m":"This House Believes That the United States should prioritise democracy promotion (i.e. actively fund resistance groups, provide media attention & political backing etc.) in Eastern Europe as an official foreign policy objective.","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9626},{"m":"This House Believes That Progressive Prosecutors do more harm than good to the progressive movement.","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"7","c":"North America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9627,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Supports the existence of female vigilante groups (i.e the Gulabi Gang, Red Brigade) in developing nations.","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"8","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9628,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Supports Western universities setting up campuses in authoritarian states (e.g. NYU in UAE, Nottingham in China) etc.","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"Open_Octa","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9629},{"m":"THW grant places (cities, states etc.) image rights over their representation in commercial works.","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":9630,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT history curricula should be structured around the lives of ordinary individuals, as opposed to leaders/icons/politicians/the elite.","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"North America","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9631},{"m":"THS the embrace of independence oriented cultures e.g. Honjok Culture","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9632,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the ideal that one ought sacrifice themselves for the greater good.","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9633},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of the US to take measures to significantly reduce its economic ties and connections with China (e.g. reducing investment and redirecting trade, and shifting away from yuan in its reserve currency basket).","y":2020,"t":"USUDC","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9634},{"m":"THO the use of shaming as a practice by activists","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9635},{"m":"THBT Kazakhstan should abandon writing-off loans policy","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9636,"hi":1},{"m":"THW take the job","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9637,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT universities should prioritize increasing diversity (e.g. gender, ethnicity, etc.) among faculty members, even at the expense of qualification","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9638},{"m":"THO the expectation in comitted romantic relationships that they are long-term","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9639},{"m":"THBT governments of developed countries should invest significantly in space exploration","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Open","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9640},{"m":"THBT government agencies that regulate vaccines should only test whether a vaccine is safe, not whether it is effective, before approving it for public use.","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9641},{"m":"THBT the Kremlin should support Svetlana Tichanovskiya","y":2020,"t":"Astana Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9642,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT historically discriminated groups should abandon narratives of historical redress in their campaign for equality.","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9643,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the Democratic Party leadership should publicly commit to using \"procedurally activist\" congressional tactics to pursue their policy objectives","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9644,"hi":1},{"m":"THW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9645,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT investors should be required to invest a significant portion of their portfolios in the real economy","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9646},{"m":"THBT Southeast Asian states should actively move towards the consolidation of a regional alliances at the expense of seeking stronger ties with non-regional allies (e.g by forming closer intra-ASEAN efence ties, increasing ASEAN economic integration, etc)","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9647},{"m":"THW legalise and actively incentivise the use of university bonds","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":9648,"hi":1},{"m":"In areas characterized by significant ethnic and religious cleavages, THP a system of delegative democracy over a system of collusive democracy","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"Open_PartialOct","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9649},{"m":"TH, as a Muslim SEA nation, would reject Saudi Arabian investments in education","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9650},{"m":"TH, as an altruistically minded graduate, would follow the 80,000 hours approach to their professional career rather than joining an altruistic organisation","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":9651},{"m":"THR the \"quantitative turn\" in the social sciences","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9652},{"m":"THBT first generation immigrants should raise their children to fully integrate into their new country, and completely abandon attempts to establish links to their country of origin","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"EFL_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9653},{"m":"TH, as the feminist movement, would advocate for aggressive government intervention to counteract behaviours which the feminist movement determines are predominantly the outcome of adaptive preference","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":9654},{"m":"THR the US's declining relative influence over global governance","y":2020,"t":"Malaysia ABP","r":"EFL_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9655},{"m":"This house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for the environmental movement to catalyse change","y":2020,"t":"USU Novices","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9656},{"m":"THS a social credity system in Western Liberal Democracies","y":2020,"t":"USU Novices","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9657,"hi":1},{"m":"This house prefers a world where romantic love is not the primary consideration in a marriage","y":2020,"t":"USU Novices","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":9658},{"m":"This house would outsource criminal justice policy to technocrats instead of elected representatives","y":2020,"t":"USU Novices","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9659,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would establish free movement of labour in ASEAN","y":2020,"t":"USU Novices","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9660,"hi":1},{"m":"This house supports the continued development of technology that renders human workers obsolete (e.g. self-driving cars, 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the courts, using 'the nuclear option', engaging in legal gerrymandering, etc)","y":2020,"t":"Royal Rhetoric's Wom*n's Open","r":"4","c":"Africa","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9665},{"m":"THBT individuals with same-sex attraction who are open about their sexual orientaton should be reluctant to date closeted individuals","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9666},{"m":"THW ban investors from suing countries on the grounds of indirect expropriation","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":9667,"hi":1},{"m":"THW touch the stone","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","id":9668,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the glorification of self-reliance in creating narratives of success","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9669},{"m":"THBT in countries where the LGBT+ movement has secured significant gains for its community, pride marches should focus on directing anger towards continuing injustices rather than celebrating progress already made.","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9670},{"m":"THP the use of Pay-for-Success funding for charitable programmes to the use of direct government funding","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer Open","r":"6","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9671,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the prominence of declaring one's sexual orientation (EG national coming out Day) as a tactic for acceptance by the LGBT community","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"regret","id":9672},{"m":"THP a world with the Inside-Out reader","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer Open","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Europe","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":9673,"hi":1},{"m":"THP utilitarianism to deontology","y":2020,"t":"Europe Queer 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populations","y":2020,"t":"September BP Open!","r":"1","c":"Africa","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9682},{"m":"TH, as the Republican Party, would confirm Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court before the November election","y":2020,"t":"September BP Open!","r":"2","c":"Africa","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9683,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the widespread belief that children ought to be grateful to their parents","y":2020,"t":"September BP Open!","r":"3","c":"Africa","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":9684},{"m":"THR the modern idealisation of social movement leaders as moderate, pacifist and respectable e.g. Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Rosa Parks","y":2020,"t":"September BP Open!","r":"4","c":"Africa","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9685},{"m":"THS the implementation of anti-democratic measures during the times of global pandemics (e.g. lockdowns, enforced vaccinations, cancelling of elections, use of executive orders","y":2020,"t":"September 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prevalence of poverty porn","y":2020,"t":"SLS PD","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":9691,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT governments should outsource the regulation of big tech giants to technocrats","y":2020,"t":"SLS PD","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9692},{"m":"THBT environmental groups should pivot towards ecoterrorism as their primary mode of activism","y":2020,"t":"SLS PD","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9693,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the increased popularity of sex work based social media i.e. OnlyFans, JustForFans, etc","y":2020,"t":"SLS PD","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":9694,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world where virtual immorality technology exists","y":2020,"t":"SLS PD","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9695,"hi":1},{"m":"If given majority in the Senate in the 2020 American election, THS the Democrats packing SCOTUS","y":2020,"t":"SLS PD","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9696,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the narrative among diasporas of having continual ties to a \"motherland\"","y":2020,"t":"SLS PD","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9697},{"m":"This House prefers a world where religions are more decentralised, as opposed to centralised (e.g. doctrinal differences existing between regions).","y":2020,"t":"ANU Spring","r":"1b","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9698},{"m":"This House regrets the policy of lustration implemented in post-Communist nations in Europe.","y":2020,"t":"ANU Spring","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9699,"hi":1},{"m":"This house will conduct a referendum amongst the armed forces before initiating a war","y":2020,"t":"ANU Spring","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9700,"hi":1},{"m":"This House prefers the characterisation 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not punish or heavily mitigate sentences for civil disobedients (e.g. not punishing them, even if they are found guilty; or reducing sentences).","y":2020,"t":"Duke Pre-USUDCs","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9706},{"m":"TH, as Lebanon, would accept an IMF bailout conditioned on the demilitarization of Hezbollah","y":2020,"t":"Duke Pre-USUDCs","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9707,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the norm of societal association between sex and romantic love.","y":2020,"t":"Duke Pre-USUDCs","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":9708},{"m":"THS the creation of anarchy zones","y":2020,"t":"Duke Pre-USUDCs","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9709,"hi":1},{"m":"TH opposes the narrative that career achievements and successes are intrinsically valuable","y":2020,"t":"Duke Pre-USUDCs","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"North 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association and/or teams' decision to 'cancel' the achievement of atheles with CTE who committed murder/violent crimes","y":2020,"t":"English Parade 2020","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"regret","id":9743,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the shaming of ghosting during COVID-19 pandemic","y":2020,"t":"English Parade 2020","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9744,"hi":1},{"m":"THW oblige all profitable companies to give minimum 50% dividend payout ratio","y":2020,"t":"English Parade 2020","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9745,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prefer a world where each believer established their own connection to God, rather than establishing one through an organised religion","y":2020,"t":"English Parade 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9746},{"m":"THBT artists should have full ownership of their masters","y":2020,"t":"Wolce's Pre 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American rap artist, would prioritise putting out content with themes of African American struggles rather than content with themes of the boujie lifestyle","y":2020,"t":"UMSU Online Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"actor","id":9794},{"m":"TH, as the EU, would actively prevent EU countries (Italy, Slovenia, Lithuania, etc.) from achieving closer ties with China","y":2020,"t":"UMSU Online Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9795},{"m":"THR the narrative that you need to truly love yourself in order to love others","y":2020,"t":"UMSU Online Open","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":9796},{"m":"THS the institutionalisation of the Quad (e.g. a quadrilateral free trade agreement, formalised diplomatic summits and war games etc)","y":2020,"t":"UMSU Online Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9797},{"m":"In retrospect, THBT Brazil should have chosen the FTAA over Mercosur","y":2020,"t":"III Rio Sao Paolo","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9798},{"m":"TH prefers a world with less LGBT representation in pop culture over a world in which the majority of representativeness involves tropes such as \"bury your gays\" and male feminization","y":2020,"t":"III Rio Sao Paolo","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9799},{"m":"TH welcomes \"Minds\"","y":2020,"t":"III Rio Sao Paolo","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9800,"hi":1},{"m":"THW abolish the Political Quota system in Lebanon","y":2020,"t":"III Rio Sao Paolo","r":"4","c":"Latin America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9801},{"m":"TH celebrates the predominance of Macondism in the construction of Latin American identity","y":2020,"t":"III Rio Sao Paolo","r":"5","c":"Latin America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9802},{"m":"THW implement system A in Brazil","y":2020,"t":"III Rio Sao Paolo","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Latin America","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9803,"hi":1},{"m":"For the purposes of this debate, you are Oscar Wilde and you are reflecting on your deathbed. 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or wizard, would create a Horcrux","y":2020,"t":"The Grand Spar: September","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":9809,"hi":1},{"m":"THW grant student council disciplinary power, including the power to take punitive action to the extent of expulsion","y":2020,"t":"The Grand Spar: September","r":"ProAm_Final","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9810,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is in the interests of the Communist Party of the Philippines to cease its armed rebellion and instead run for office.","y":2020,"t":"Proxime Debate Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9811,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT developing countries should invest in green recovery initiatives as opposed to bailing out major industries.","y":2020,"t":"Proxime Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9812,"hi":1},{"m":"THW nationalize healthcare systems and vaccine production in times of pandemics","y":2020,"t":"Proxime Debate Open","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9813},{"m":"TH, as the Republican Party, prefers a depiction of Joe Biden as an establishment centrist, as opposed to a pawn of the progressive Left.","y":2020,"t":"Proxime Debate Open","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9814},{"m":"THS the rise of adult entertainment content subscription service platforms (e.g. OnlyFans)","y":2020,"t":"Proxime Debate Open","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9815},{"m":"THBT social movements should adopt an incrementalist strategy as opposed to pushing for revolutionary change","y":2020,"t":"Proxime Debate Open","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9816},{"m":"THBT the response to global pandemics should be led by the World Health Organization rather than by individual governments","y":2020,"t":"Virtual Vancouver WSDC","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9817},{"m":"THBT Greta Thunberg should receive a Nobel Peace Prize","y":2020,"t":"Virtual Vancouver WSDC","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9818},{"m":"THW abolish open primaries for presidential candidates in the US","y":2020,"t":"Virtual Vancouver WSDC","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9819,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban religious proselytisation in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation","y":2020,"t":"Virtual Vancouver WSDC: Orca","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9820,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT schools should prioritise modern popular literature over classics","y":2020,"t":"Virtual Vancouver WSDC:Caribou","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9821},{"m":"THW ban religious or faith-based rehabilitation programmes in prisons","y":2020,"t":"Virtual Vancouver WSDC:Caribou","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9822},{"m":"THW grant amnesty to dissidents of violent political movements in exchange for removing their right to vote or run for public offices in elections (e.g. the integration of FARC in Colombia)\"","y":2020,"t":"I Rio de Janeiro Pro-Am","r":"Open_Final","c":"Latin America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9823},{"m":"TH regrets the ascension of the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) movement.","y":2020,"t":"I Rio de Janeiro Pro-Am","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Latin America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9824,"hi":1},{"m":"TH supports the creation of groups similar to Gulabi Gang in Latin America","y":2020,"t":"I Rio de Janeiro Pro-Am","r":"5","c":"Latin America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9825,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Asian Muslim countries (e.g. Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, etc.) should reinforce their ties with other Arab countries in detriment of the regional powers (e.g. China, India and Russia)","y":2020,"t":"I Rio de Janeiro Pro-Am","r":"4","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9826},{"m":"TH regrets the ascension of the vision of atheism promoted by Richard Dawkins. Infoslide: Richard Dawkins, in his work \"\"The God Delusion\"\" argues that the tolerance of religion causes harm to society and individuals","y":2020,"t":"I Rio de Janeiro Pro-Am","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":9827},{"m":"THBT the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT, in Portuguese) should abandon the narrative that the ascension of Jair Bolsonaro's ideology (bolsonarismo) was inevitable","y":2020,"t":"I Rio de Janeiro Pro-Am","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9828},{"m":"Assuming viability, THW implement ClassDojo in public and private education systems.","y":2020,"t":"I Rio de Janeiro Pro-Am","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":9829,"hi":1},{"m":"THW hold social media companies liable for the spread of fake news","y":2020,"t":"Asia Open Debate Championship","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":9830,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT it is justified for women to lie about their relationship status and future plans during job interviews","y":2020,"t":"Asia Open Debate Championship","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9831},{"m":"THP a world where all romantic relationships are consensually polyamorous","y":2020,"t":"Asia Open Debate Championship","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9832,"hi":1},{"m":"TH nationalise all development and usage of AI that are likely to replace human labour","y":2020,"t":"Asia Open Debate Championship","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","intl":1,"id":9833,"hi":1},{"m":"In times of crisis, THP a technocracy over a democracy","y":2020,"t":"Asia Open Debate Championship","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9834,"hi":1},{"m":"TH welcomes China's mask diplomacy","y":2020,"t":"Asia Open Debate Championship","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9835},{"m":"THBT it is legitimate for individuals to evade taxes in authoritarian states","y":2020,"t":"Asia Open Debate Championship","r":"HighSchool_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9836,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the narrative that we should be empathetic","y":2020,"t":"Asia Open Debate Championship","r":"HighSchool_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":9837,"hi":1},{"m":"This house regrets hip-hop becoming mainstream","y":2020,"t":"Lund Open 2020","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":9838},{"m":"In civil court cases, TH would allow plaintiffs to sell their right to sue to third parties","y":2020,"t":"Lund Open 2020","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9839},{"m":"This House Supports Twitter as a primary means of political communication","y":2020,"t":"Lund Open 2020","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9840},{"m":"This house would make development aid contingent on advancements in human rights","y":2020,"t":"Lund Open 2020","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9841},{"m":"THP a world where all romantic relationships are arranged by the \"Relationship Algorithm\"","y":2020,"t":"Lund Open 2020","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9842,"hi":1},{"m":"This house would allow patients suffering from early onset dementia to sign a binding will, stipulating that once their cognitive abilities have deteriorated beyond a certain point, they will be euthanised.","y":2020,"t":"Lund Open 2020","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9843},{"m":"THBT the use of appearance to achieve feminist aims does more harm than good","y":2020,"t":"Lund Open 2020","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9844},{"m":"TH, as the Democratic National Committee, would support Bernie Sanders","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"1","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9845},{"m":"THBT art and media should not be subject to any forms of censorship","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"2","c":"North America","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9846},{"m":"THW disallow police officers from unionizing","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"3","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9847},{"m":"THBT the wrongdoings of deceased public figures should dominate public discourse, as opposed to their accomplishments","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"4","c":"North America","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9848},{"m":"THP a world in which it is possible to selectively remove memories","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"5","c":"North America","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9849},{"m":"THS the US pulling out of Afghanistan and transferring control to the Taliban","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"6","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9850},{"m":"THS the suffrage of prisoners","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"Novice_Final","c":"North America","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9851},{"m":"THS the indeterminancy (vagueness and interpretability) of the US constitution","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"Open_Semi","c":"North America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9852},{"m":"THBT capitalism is incompatible with human survival","y":2020,"t":"USC IV","r":"Open_Final","c":"North America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9853},{"m":"THBT the Philippine Opposition should shift its primary strategy from attacking prominent figureheads towards criticizing political institutions.","y":2019,"t":"Philippines National Debate Championship 2019","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9854},{"m":"TH, as the US, W compel US tech companies that have supplied and/or aided the creation of China's surveillance network to sabotage the system (i.e. surveillance, social credit, firewall).","y":2019,"t":"Philippines National Debate Championship 2019","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9855},{"m":"THBT the UN should cease facilitating the writing of a new Syrian Constitution until the \"Syrian-led, Syrian-owned\" Constitutional Committee agrees to include representatives from the Syrian Kurds.","y":2019,"t":"Philippines National Debate Championship 2019","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9856},{"m":"THS the decline of religiosity","y":2019,"t":"Philippines National Debate Championship 2019","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9857},{"m":"THBT the Academy Awards should remove language requirements in the selection process for Best International Feature Film.","y":2019,"t":"Philippines National Debate Championship 2019","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9858,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT parents should raise their children to prioritize collectivism over individualism.","y":2019,"t":"Philippines National Debate Championship 2019","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9859,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban internships","y":2019,"t":"Imperial Novices 2019","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"policy","id":9860},{"m":"THBT environmental policy should be decided by unelected scientific experts selected by their peers","y":2019,"t":"Imperial Novices 2019","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9861},{"m":"THR the trend of more 18-24 year-olds studying at university","y":2019,"t":"Imperial Novices 2019","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":9862},{"m":"THBT it is in the Democratic Party's interest to impeach Donald Trump","y":2019,"t":"Imperial Novices 2019","r":"Schools_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9863,"hi":1},{"m":"THP a world in which everyone follows this philosophy","y":2019,"t":"Imperial Novices 2019","r":"Schools_Final","c":"Europe","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9864,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of political memes","y":2019,"t":"Imperial Novices 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":9865},{"m":"THBT the west should have treated Russia as a post soviet state rather than a continuation of the USSR","y":2019,"t":"Imperial Novices 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9866,"hi":1},{"m":"In light of society's predictions about the future, THS the childless movement.","y":2019,"t":"4th Mindanao Intervarsity","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9867},{"m":"TH as the Catholic Church would adopt Liberation Theology","y":2019,"t":"4th Mindanao Intervarsity","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"actor","id":9868,"hi":1},{"m":"THR media programs which aim to arbitrate cases or disputes among civilians.","y":2019,"t":"4th Mindanao Intervarsity","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"regret","id":9869},{"m":"TH Prefers Socio-political Movements Without Clearly Distinguishable Figureheads","y":2019,"t":"4th Mindanao Intervarsity","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9870},{"m":"THW require all health professionals (e.g. doctors, nurses, physical therapists) to render return service in the Philippines upon graduation","y":2019,"t":"4th Mindanao Intervarsity","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9871},{"m":"THBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM HOSTING INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS","y":2019,"t":"4th Mindanao Intervarsity","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9872},{"m":"THP a world where cannot lie","y":2019,"t":"Eastern Visayas British Parliamentary 5: REVIVE","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9873},{"m":"TH prefer a world where Facebook does not exist","y":2019,"t":"Eastern Visayas British Parliamentary 5: REVIVE","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"other","id":9874},{"m":"THW ban inheritance","y":2019,"t":"Eastern Visayas British Parliamentary 5: REVIVE","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":9875},{"m":"THBT feminist movement should actively discourage women from leaving work to raise children","y":2019,"t":"Eastern Visayas British Parliamentary 5: REVIVE","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9876},{"m":"TH would abolish the Manaus Free Zone","y":2019,"t":"II Rio São Paulo Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Latin America","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9877,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, in China's place, would abolish \"\"one country, two systems\"","y":2019,"t":"II Rio São Paulo Tournament","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":9878,"hi":1},{"m":"TH regrets the ascension of poverty tourism (e.g. ghettos, favelas, etc.)","y":2019,"t":"II Rio São Paulo Tournament","r":"4","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":9879},{"m":"TH would invest in the construction of new buildings in detriment of the preservation of historical buildings","y":2019,"t":"II Rio São Paulo Tournament","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9880},{"m":"TH would abstain from buying fast fashion clothing (e.g. Zara, C&A, Renner, etc.)","y":2019,"t":"II Rio São Paulo Tournament","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9881},{"m":"TH defends the inclusion of e-sports in the Olympic Games","y":2019,"t":"II Rio São Paulo Tournament","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["sports"],"ty":"other","id":9882,"hi":1},{"m":"In lieu of the rise of right-wing nationalism in the West, TH prefers advocacy for refugee rights that highlights the narrative that accepting refugees is economically beneficial over one that uses the human rights narrative.","y":2019,"t":"9th Zamboanga Debate Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9883},{"m":"THR cartoon characters who have traditionally been white being re-imagined to have a different ethnicity.","y":2019,"t":"9th Zamboanga Debate Open","r":"HighSchool_Final","c":"","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":9884},{"m":"THBT development aid that goes to the global south should only be used to fund grassroots NGOs rather than International NGOs.","y":2019,"t":"9th Zamboanga Debate Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9885,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT newly liberated colonies that are ethnically diverse should not adopt the language of its ethnic majority as its national language.","y":2019,"t":"9th Zamboanga Debate Open","r":"4","c":"","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9886},{"m":"THBT the predominant just war tradition that binds countries has done more harm than good to their capacity to fight non-state armed groups.","y":2019,"t":"9th Zamboanga Debate Open","r":"3","c":"","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9887,"hi":1},{"m":"THS companies' usage of the Rainbow in products and ads during Pride Month","y":2019,"t":"9th Zamboanga Debate Open","r":"2","c":"","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9888},{"m":"As a voter, THW choose not to vote for a progressive candidate who is part of a political dynasty.","y":2019,"t":"9th Zamboanga Debate Open","r":"1","c":"","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9889},{"m":"TH, in Southern Cone countries' place, would walk away from Brazil.","y":2019,"t":"II Fluminense Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"other","id":9890},{"m":"TH believes the X Fund is the fairest way to combat drug trafficking in Latin America.","y":2019,"t":"II Fluminense Debate Tournament","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Latin America","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9891,"hi":1},{"m":"TH regrets amnesty laws promulgated at the end of Latin American's military dictatorships.","y":2019,"t":"II Fluminense Debate Tournament","r":"5","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9892},{"m":"TH regrets the end of the \"Pink Tide\"","y":2019,"t":"II Fluminense Debate Tournament","r":"4","c":"Latin America","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":9893,"hi":1},{"m":"TH would hold accountable the Brazilian government for corruption cases involving Brazilian companies in other Latin American countries","y":2019,"t":"II Fluminense Debate Tournament","r":"3","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":9894,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, in the Brazilian government's place, would welcome the Venezuelan immigrants.","y":2019,"t":"II Fluminense Debate Tournament","r":"2","c":"Latin America","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":9895},{"m":"TH would not introduce the sitcom \"\"Chaves\"\" to your son.","y":2019,"t":"II Fluminense Debate Tournament","r":"1","c":"Latin America","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"policy","id":9896},{"m":"TH welcomes the conversion of massive agricultural lands for residential and commercial use","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9897},{"m":"THBT the moderate Left and the National Democratic Front should unite in response to Duterte's consolidation of power in all branches of the government","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9898},{"m":"THR the attachment of national pride to one's consumption","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9899},{"m":"THW not provide rehabilitation to areas with citizens who refuse to leave after repeated relocation efforts by the government","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9900},{"m":"THBT the funds for the rehabilitation of Marawi should be distributed to its survivors rather than remain at the government's discretion","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9901},{"m":"THBT the private sector should take the lead in post-disaster rehabilitation","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9902},{"m":"THR the creation of memorials (e.g., buildings, monuments and statues) to commemorate victims of terrorism","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"regret","id":9903},{"m":"THBT party-list representatives must be a member of the marginalized or underrepresented sector that the party aims to represent.","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9904},{"m":"THR the dominant portrayal of sex workers as victims","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"regret","id":9905},{"m":"THBT members of rebel militia groups who join as minors should be pardoned","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9906},{"m":"THBT Philippine national curricula should portray a unanimously and graphically negative account of the impact of Western colonization.","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9907},{"m":"THBT the Philippines should scrap the AAL","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9908,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the glorification of martyrdom","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_X","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":9909},{"m":"THW require individuals to seek the approval of their families before their request for assisted suicide is honored","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_X","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9910},{"m":"TH prefers the improvement of technologies geared towards working with the present human condition over the adoption of those designed to greatly enhance the human intellect and form","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_X","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9911},{"m":"THBT the trans community should oppose the advertising of gender confirmation surgery and other medical interventions that deal with gender incongruence","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9912},{"m":"THBT the LGBTQIA+ community should abandon shaming as a strategy in dealing with critiques","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9913},{"m":"TH, as the Philippine LGBTQIA+ movement, would prioritize the use of local queer terminology (e.g., bakla, babaylan and binabae) over those that originate from the West (e.g., transgender and genderqueer)","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":9914},{"m":"THS the removal of Filipino as a required subject at the tertiary level","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9915},{"m":"THW remove tax benefits from schools with faculty members who have publicly stated political positions (e.g. in blogs, tweets, and editorials) that contradict progressive values","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":9916},{"m":"THR the rapid expansion of online schools","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"regret","id":9917},{"m":"THBT the 1% should shoulder the costs of going green","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9918},{"m":"As a response to excessive food consumption, THW allocate a fixed ration to all citizens","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":9919},{"m":"THBT the battle against climate change is best fought through the courts","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9920},{"m":"THR Canada's decision to describe the disappearance and murder of its Indigenous women and children as genocide","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9921},{"m":"THS South Africa's land-expropriation-without-compensation reform","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":9922,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT India's ethnic and religious minorities should establish and support ethnicity and religion-based parties as a response to the success of BJP and Narendra Modi in the recent election","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9923},{"m":"THS the US ban on Huawei","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9924},{"m":"In light of recent events, TH, as Iran, would continue to comply with the Iran Nuclear Deal through strategic patience","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9925},{"m":"TH, as Western Liberal Democracies, would actively support civil disobedience in Sudan","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"actor","id":9926},{"m":"THR the act of converting to the religion of your partner as a show of love","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"regret","id":9927},{"m":"THBT Public Displays of Affection (PDAs) do more harm than good to relationships","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9928},{"m":"TH, as an individual migrating to another country, would break up with their significant other over pursuing a long-distance relationship","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9929},{"m":"THBT high-profile crimes should be discussed purely in academic platforms (e.g., in documentaries, educational systems, and museums)","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9930},{"m":"THW ban public figures with pending criminal cases from defending their supposed innocence outside of the court (e.g., through social media, TV networks and news outlets)","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9931},{"m":"THW make news reporting on drugs, vaccines, and other related substances subject to the approval of an independent panel of medical experts","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":9932},{"m":"THR the creation of the Philippine Space Agency","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":9933},{"m":"THBT all research that have been funded through government grants should not qualify for patents","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","id":9934},{"m":"TH, as the scientific community, regrets the premium placed on winning the Nobel Prize","y":2019,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2019","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"actor","id":9935},{"m":"THBT all trials should be incorporeal trials","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9936,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the narrative \"do unto others as you would lke them to do unto you\"","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9937},{"m":"THS Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up large tech companies","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9938,"hi":1},{"m":"THW levy size-based business tax instead of corporation tax on profit","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9939,"hi":1},{"m":"THW abandon the use of GDP as the standard index to measure a nation's prosperity","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9940},{"m":"THBT Google should not have pulled out of the military contract with the Pentagon","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9941,"hi":1},{"m":"THW prohibit the end to end encryption of telecommunication","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9942,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the accelerated competition in the Japanese QR code industry","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":9943},{"m":"THW prohibit the poor and lower middle class from purchasing risk assets","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9944,"hi":1},{"m":"THW mandate all citizens to purchase attorney fee insurance","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9945},{"m":"THW require isolated religious communities to have their children live outside of their communities for a certain period of time (e.g. for one or two years at the age of 15)","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":9946},{"m":"THBT doctors should not report to the police when they give medical treatments to illegal drug users","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9947},{"m":"THW take away the driver's license of the elderly","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9948},{"m":"THR the rise of recruitment the employee referral","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":9949},{"m":"THBT parents should not teach their children to aspire to a dream which is unlikely to be achieved","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9950},{"m":"THBT parents should not teach morality to their underage children through religious context (e.g. \"it is a sin to lie\"; \"help the neighbor\" etc.)","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"value","id":9951},{"m":"THBT parents should not share their children's photo publicly","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["family-and-relationships"],"ty":"value","id":9952},{"m":"THS a two parliament system where one consists of elected representatives and the other consists of experts or individuals with outstanding achievement in their field of study or activity","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":9953},{"m":"THR the common focus by voters on the ideological consistency of politicians","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":9954},{"m":"THBT figureheads of national liberation movement (eg. Aung Sang Suu Kyi, Dalai Lama) should not become politicians after their movement succeeds","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9955},{"m":"THBT Western states should engage in covert cyber-attacks against infrastructure designed to limit freedom of speech* in authoritarian states. *e.g., the Great Firewall of China","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9956},{"m":"THW ban expressions that glorify suicide","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"policy","id":9957},{"m":"THBT professional gaming teams should not hire players who have made sexist remarks","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9958},{"m":"THBT the transgender community should actively seek to separate themselves ( their issues and their collective identity) from the LGBTQ+ community","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9959},{"m":"THBT the LGBT movement should oppose popular artists \"Queerbaiting\" with their own sexuality","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9960,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the academia should disallow researchers to submit theses for a certain period of time(e.g. 2 years) when they submit their theses on predatory journals","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9961,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT universities should abolish preferential admission for the wealthy (such as legacy admission, prioritization based on donation)","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9962},{"m":"THP all scholarships be granted solely on the basis of financial needs as opposed to merit","y":2019,"t":"JPDU Spring Tournament","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9963},{"m":"THW form an ASEAN military alliance for collective defense.","y":2019,"t":"ASEAN Debate Invitational 2019","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9964},{"m":"THBT ASEAN should follow the supranational model of the EU.","y":2019,"t":"ASEAN Debate Invitational 2019","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9965},{"m":"THW create an ASEAN football team to compete for World Cup instead of national teams.","y":2019,"t":"ASEAN Debate Invitational 2019","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":9966},{"m":"Assuming that everyone had perfect information about the implications of climate change, TH, as an individual in a developing country, would consciously choose to ignore climate change","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"actor","id":9967},{"m":"TH, as an African-American queer person, would not support No Justice No Pride.","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":9968},{"m":"THW break up digital congrlomerates (e.g. Google, Alphabet, Facebook, etc.)","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":9969},{"m":"THW replace existing welfare systems, excluding healthcare, with a UBI","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9970},{"m":"THBT liberals should support progressive reinterpretations of religious scriptures as opposed to actively denouncing religion as a whole.","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":9971},{"m":"TH prefers a world where all art is anonymous.","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":9972},{"m":"THBT the LGBTQIA+ movement should advocate for greater inclusion of heterosexuals in their spaces (e.g. organizations, parades, establishments, etc.)","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","id":9973},{"m":"THBT all elected politicians should be paid the middle class income of their country's citizens.","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9974},{"m":"THW require approval from local referenda for all major land development decisions (e.g. when building stadiums, highways, airport, extensions, railways).","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9975},{"m":"THW strip Khabib Nurmagomedov of his UFC lightweight title","y":2018,"t":"Luzon Intervarsity 2018","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":9976},{"m":"TH prefers a global citizenship over national identity","y":2018,"t":"Speak Up 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9977},{"m":"THW consider ECO-terrorism as a mitigating circumstance in court trials","y":2018,"t":"Speak Up 2018","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":9978},{"m":"THBT that the Academy Awards should be genderless","y":2018,"t":"Speak Up 2018","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9979},{"m":"TH, as the Arab world, would exclude the US from participating in multilateral agreements between member nations until the US removes its embassy from Jerusalem","y":2018,"t":"Diliman Debate Open 2018","r":"HighSchool_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9980},{"m":"Assuming its existence, THW reject the installation of non-medical information technology (such as enhanced memory, enhanced perception, and distance communication) within the human body","y":2018,"t":"Diliman Debate Open 2018","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":9981},{"m":"THBT all Western states should cease selling arms to Saudi Arabia until it withdraws from Yemen","y":2018,"t":"Diliman Debate Open 2018","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":9982},{"m":"THBT the sexual revolution has done more harm than good for women","y":2018,"t":"Diliman Debate Open 2018","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9983,"hi":1},{"m":"THW relocate individuals away from remote and economically depressed areas rather than develop these areas","y":2018,"t":"Diliman Debate Open 2018","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9984},{"m":"In post-conflict multi-ethnic societies, THW enforce quotas for minorities in prominent civil and military leadership positions","y":2018,"t":"Diliman Debate Open 2018","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":9985},{"m":"THR the glorification of tech magnates (e.g. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg) and their different tech ventures as pioneers of social change","y":2018,"t":"Diliman Debate Open 2018","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":9986},{"m":"THO the narrative that history inevitably moves towards a particular end (e.g. Fukuyama's \"\"end of history\"\", Marx's \"\"global revolution\"\")","y":2018,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9987},{"m":"THS an integrated energy market within the EU","y":2018,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":9988,"hi":1},{"m":"Assuming the US Democrats win the house in midterm elections, TH, as the US Democrats, would move to impeach Donald Trump","y":2018,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":9989,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT successful members of oppressed groups should adopt a narrative that predominantly attributes their successes to chance as opposed to merit.","y":2018,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"5","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9990},{"m":"TH, as Serbia, would develop closer ties with Russia and Turkey at the expense of ties with the EU","y":2018,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"actor","id":9991},{"m":"THBT feminists should attempt to mobilize masculinity in service of feminist goals (e.g. \"\"real men respect women\"\") rather than attempt to deconstruct it (e.g. raising awareness to the issue of toxic masculinity)","y":2018,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":9992},{"m":"In disaster-prone areas, THW replace all state rebuilding and reconstruction efforts with direct cash transfers to affected citizens","y":2018,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","id":9993},{"m":"\"R1: In post-colonial societies, THW require all international media corporations to employ solely domestic journalists in reporting on national news.","y":2018,"t":"Belgrade Open","r":"1","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"other","id":9994},{"m":"THBT people should be more optimistic about the state of the country than objective assessments would warrant","y":2018,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"Open_Final","c":"Europe","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","id":9995},{"m":"THS the rise of Lulu","y":2018,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Europe","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":9996},{"m":"THBT universities should generally prioritise teaching expertise over research expertise when hiring and promoting faculty members.","y":2018,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"4","c":"Europe","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":9997},{"m":"THR the Philippines' decision to pivot towards China","y":2018,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"3","c":"Europe","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"regret","id":9998,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Ireland should allow individual doctors, practitioners and medical institutions the right to opt out of new laws permitting abortion on the basis of conscience","y":2018,"t":"Newcastle Mixed Doubles","r":"2","c":"Europe","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"value","id":9999,"hi":1},{"m":"THW break up cultural enclaves (e.g. Chinatown, Little India)","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":10000},{"m":"In response to Orientalism in Western academe, THS the use of Occidentalist frameworks by non Western academic circles","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":10001,"hi":1},{"m":"THW allow the privatisation of national heritage sites","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Novice_Final","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"policy","id":10002},{"m":"THW reduce income tax for women","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":10003},{"m":"THW not support any attempt to make Kris Aquino an opposition icon","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","id":10004},{"m":"TH, as a feminist, would not support BDSM practices that involve women as the submissives","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Novice_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":10005},{"m":"TH prefers the strategy of creating new sustainable cities in developing countries over upgrading cities in developed countries to be sustainable","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":10006},{"m":"THR the granting of civil rights to corporations (e.g. Freedom of Religion, Right to Political Participation)","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Final","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"regret","id":10007},{"m":"THR the prominence of privatization/private companies in addressing problems of public transportation and transport infrastructure","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":10008},{"m":"THBT effective adoption and innovation of green technology is incompatible with consumerism","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":10009},{"m":"THW decrease funding to local government units that fail to meet gender quotas in public institutions (e.g. government bureaucracy, public schools, police force)","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Semi","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":10010},{"m":"THW prohibit advertising that portrays child models as sexually provocative","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":10011},{"m":"THW censor old media that portrays bigoted plotlines that were a product of their time (eg: Friends)","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":10012},{"m":"THR Facebook's shift towards an algorithm that prioritizes \"meaningful social interactions\" over news and business content","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Quarter","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"regret","id":10013},{"m":"THW abandon all attempts at peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"policy","id":10014},{"m":"THBT the Philippines should lift all restrictions on the foreign ownership of businesses","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":10015},{"m":"TH, as the party, would field Candidate A","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"Open_Octa","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"actor","id":10016,"hi":1},{"m":"THW incentivise members of religious minorities to enroll in predominantly Catholic schools","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":10017},{"m":"THBT people-of-color Evangelical churches should dissociate from their white Evangelical counterparts/leaders which are supportive of Trump","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","id":10018},{"m":"THBT liberal rabbis should actively denounce Zionism","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"7","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":10019},{"m":"THBT the exercise of eminent domain should extend to the expropriation of land to private corporations for their development initiatives","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":10020},{"m":"THBT tech companies should proactively share their data and technology with the government for law enforcement purposes","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"value","id":10021},{"m":"THW give taxpayers the power to direct a fixed portion of their taxes to a government institution of their choice","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"6","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"policy","id":10022},{"m":"THBT the West should no longer lead the fight against terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":10023},{"m":"In light of Trump's statement towards North Korea, THBT South Korea and Japan should adopt increasingly aggressive military posturing in the region","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":10024},{"m":"THBT Latin American countries should collectively impose economic restrictions on the U.S. until it reforms immigration and trade policies towards the region","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"5","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":10025},{"m":"THBT Pride events in conservative countries do more harm than good","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","id":10026},{"m":"TH, as a rich white gay man, would refrain from assuming prominent leadership roles within the LGBT movement","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"actor","id":10027},{"m":"THW lift all age restrictions for gender reassignment surgery","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"4","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"policy","id":10028},{"m":"THW recentralise the Philippine Health System","y":2018,"t":"Philippines Intervarsity Debating Championship 2018","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":10029},{"m":"THBT the course of treatment for children suffering from extremely rare and severely understudied diseases should ultimately be decided by the state and not the 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Central London)","y":2017,"t":"NALSAR IV","r":"3","c":"Asia","top":["social-movements"],"ty":"value","id":10046},{"m":"THBT policies regarding the teaching and use of language ought to be descriptive rather than prescriptive.","y":2017,"t":"NALSAR IV","r":"2","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","id":10047,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban all forms of religious proselytization and faith-based rehabilitation programs in prison","y":2017,"t":"NALSAR IV","r":"1","c":"Asia","top":["religion"],"ty":"policy","id":10048},{"m":"This House Believes That Panama should replace the US dollar with its own independent currency.","y":2025,"t":"WSDC 2025","r":"Round 1 (prepared)","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10049},{"m":"This House Believes That courts should not defer to administrative agencies in statutory interpretation.","y":2025,"t":"WSDC 2025","r":"Round 2 (prepared)","c":"International","top":[],"ty":"value","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10050},{"m":"This House Opposes the prominence of celebrity conflict* in pop culture","y":2025,"t":"WSDC 2025","r":"Round 3 (impromptu)","c":"International","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10051,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Supports European countries gradually withdrawing from NATO and establishing an independent military presence.","y":2025,"t":"WSDC 2025","r":"Round 4 (impromptu)","c":"International","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10052},{"m":"This House Supports the Holy See recognizing the underground Catholic church in China, rather than the government-sanctioned church.","y":2025,"t":"WSDC 2025","r":"Round 5 (prepared)","c":"International","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10053},{"m":"This House Believes That sports leagues should fund 'loyalty bonuses' for accomplished professional athletes who remain with their team for more than 5 years.","y":2025,"t":"WSDC 2025","r":"Round 6 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House Believes That major tourist destinations should significantly limit the number of tourists that can visit.","y":2024,"t":"WSDC 2024","r":"Round 5 (prepared)","c":"International","top":[],"ty":"value","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10066,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Would introduce a governmental basic income for all artists, rather than offering governmental fellowships and grants to certain artists upon application.","y":2024,"t":"WSDC 2024","r":"Round 6 (impromptu)","c":"International","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10067},{"m":"This House Supports France's exit from West Africa.","y":2024,"t":"WSDC 2024","r":"Round 7 (impromptu)","c":"International","top":[],"ty":"value","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10068},{"m":"This House Opposes attempts by the feminist movement to redefine traditionally feminine* roles and behaviours as empowering.","y":2024,"t":"WSDC 2024","r":"Round 8 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instead of charging tuition fees to students upfront, universities collect a portion of their income upon graduation.","y":2022,"t":"WSDC 2022","r":"Round 2 (impromptu)","c":"International","top":["education"],"ty":"value","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10089},{"m":"This House Would create a global carbon market.","y":2022,"t":"WSDC 2022","r":"Round 3 (prepared)","c":"International","top":["economics"],"ty":"policy","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10090},{"m":"This House Would ban free-to-play games","y":2022,"t":"WSDC 2022","r":"Round 4 (impromptu)","c":"International","top":[],"ty":"policy","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10091},{"m":"This House Regrets the decline of the family as the dominant unit of organisation in society","y":2022,"t":"WSDC 2022","r":"Round 4 (impromptu)","c":"International","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"regret","w":1,"intl":1,"id":10092},{"m":"This House Would implement fairness doctrines on broadcast news media with significant audience reach.","y":2022,"t":"WSDC 2022","r":"Round 5 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Unfortunately, you are a citizen of a country that cannot afford to provide the training and facilities you'd need to achieve your potential. Another country has offered you the training and facilities that could make you an Olympian, and potentially an Olympic Champion. The only condition is that you must renounce your current citizenship and become a citizen of this new country. 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Asia should aggressively distance themselves from China (eg. rejecting \"finding your roots\" trips to China, identifying as culturally distinct to Mainland China, avoiding doing business or study in China despite China's overseas-Chinese-friendly policies)","y":2024,"t":"Krabi ABP 2024","r":"Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":10976,"hi":1},{"m":"THW require private equity firms to assume the entirety of the debt obligations assumed during leveraged buyouts","y":2024,"t":"Krabi ABP 2024","r":"Pre-Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":10977,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the international community's attempts to ostracise Israel have done more harm than good","y":2024,"t":"Krabi ABP 2024","r":"Round 6","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":10978},{"m":"In countries with competitive national elections, THS the use of city council dismissals","y":2024,"t":"Krabi ABP 2024","r":"Round 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'normalisation' instead of focusing on the uniqueness of the queer community","y":2023,"t":"Northeast Asia BP 2023","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":["lgbt"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":10988,"hi":1},{"m":"This House would allow corporations to conduct offensive cyber operations against criminal groups that target them using cyberwarfare (e.g. ransomware, hacks)","y":2023,"t":"Northeast Asia BP 2023","r":"Round 3","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":10989,"hi":1},{"m":"This House believes that Malaysia should prohibit vernacular schools","y":2023,"t":"Northeast Asia BP 2023","r":"Round 1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":10990,"hi":1},{"m":"TH opposes the narrative that true love never dies.","y":2023,"t":"NEADC 2023","r":"Schools Finals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":10991},{"m":"THW prohibit entertainment company from including terms and conditions restricting the personal lives of the employees within the working 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2023","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":["war-and-security"],"ty":"value","id":11027},{"m":"In hindsight, THR the 2019 coup against Evo Morales of Bolivia.","y":2023,"t":"Ziauddin University DC 2023","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","id":11028,"hi":1},{"m":"THS Chinese investments in Taliban-led Afghanistan.","y":2023,"t":"Ziauddin University DC 2023","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":11029},{"m":"TH, as Mark, would choose to drop out of college","y":2023,"t":"Ziauddin University DC 2023","r":"Round 5","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"actor","id":11030,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT Book Adaptations (into film or TV) should not deviate from the source material","y":2023,"t":"Ziauddin University DC 2023","r":"Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":11031},{"m":"In the systems of criminal justice by a jury, THW adopt the veil of ignorance.","y":2023,"t":"Ziauddin University DC 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Afghanistan","y":2022,"t":"Asia Universities Debating Championship 2022","r":"Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"actor","intl":1,"id":11121},{"m":"TH as the US would return to the Iran Nuclear Deal","y":2022,"t":"Asia Universities Debating Championship 2022","r":"Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"actor","intl":1,"id":11122},{"m":"TH as Ukraine would hold an official secession referendum in the Donbass region","y":2022,"t":"Asia Universities Debating Championship 2022","r":"Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"actor","intl":1,"id":11123},{"m":"THR using history as the dominant method to achieving national unity","y":2022,"t":"Asia Universities Debating Championship 2022","r":"Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":11124},{"m":"TH prefers a world where the legacies of aggressive or violent radical revolutionaries are celebrated more than the legacies of revolutionaries who prioritised reconciliation and cooperation","y":2022,"t":"Asia Universities Debating 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2023","r":"Grand Final","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":11148,"hi":1},{"m":"TH, as the Malaysian Government would give up its claims to the Spratly Islands to China","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Grand Final","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"actor","id":11149},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest of MUDA to join Perikatan Nasional","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Grand Final","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":11150},{"m":"THS Abiy Ahmed's proposal to centralise the Ethiopian Government","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":11151,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT the UN should intervene in Sudan on behalf of the civilian government","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":["international-relations"],"ty":"value","id":11152,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the Creation of the East African Federation","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National 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2023","r":"Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"policy","id":11158,"hi":1},{"m":"THP the bailout of failing banks rather than the sale of them to bigger banks","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":["economics"],"ty":"value","id":11159},{"m":"This house believes that Malaysia should adopt Singapore's Certificate of Entitlement (COE) system to address traffic congestion effectively","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Novice Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":11160,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that individuals should be financially incentivized for adopting sustainable lifestyles and making environmentally-friendly choices","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Novice Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":11161},{"m":"This house supports the legalization of geoengineering as a means to mitigate the effects of climate change","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Novice Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","id":11162,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the glorification of debate in politics","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Pre-Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"regret","id":11163},{"m":"THR the over-emphasis of analytical rigor in competitive debates","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Pre-Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"regret","id":11164,"hi":1},{"m":"THBT AP is a better format than BP","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Pre-Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":11165},{"m":"THW bring back the jury system in Malaysian Courts","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":11166},{"m":"THW Determine a Person's Ethical or Legal Understanding as an Aggravating Factor in the Criminal Justice System","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":11167},{"m":"THW remove victim impact statements from the criminal justice system","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":["criminal-justice"],"ty":"policy","id":11168,"hi":1},{"m":"THW Ban Nationally Owned or Nationally Linked Organisations from Owning and Sponsoring Sports Clubs","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 3","c":"Asia","top":["medical-ethics"],"ty":"policy","id":11169},{"m":"THW Ban Nations Which Refuse to Compete Against Other Specific Nations (e.g Malaysia & Israel, Ukraine & Russia) from competing in International Sports","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 3","c":"Asia","top":["sports"],"ty":"policy","id":11170},{"m":"THBT TMJ's Purchase and Development of JDT Has Caused More Harm Than Good","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 3","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":11171,"hi":1},{"m":"This House Regrets the Blurred Lines ruling","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 2","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"regret","id":11172,"hi":1},{"m":"This house believes that blockbuster films have a responsibility to address social and ethical issues","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 2","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"value","id":11173},{"m":"This house would grant writers ownership rights over their original characters and storylines, even when working under the employment of studios or streaming platforms","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 2","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","id":11174},{"m":"THBT EMILY's List should also fund pro-choice male candidates","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Universities DC 2023","r":"Round 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services.","y":2025,"t":"Malaysia International WSDC 2025","r":"Round 1","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":11307,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the rise of food & grocery delivery apps (e.g. DoorDash, Grab, Instacart).","y":2025,"t":"Malaysia International WSDC 2025","r":"Round 2","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":11308},{"m":"THS governments enacting local content requirements for renewable energy projects.","y":2025,"t":"Malaysia International WSDC 2025","r":"Round 3","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":11309,"hi":1},{"m":"THR Canada's Online News Act.","y":2025,"t":"Malaysia International WSDC 2025","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":11310,"hi":1},{"m":"THW ban employment discrimination on the basis of political views.","y":2025,"t":"Malaysia International WSDC 2025","r":"16-and-Under Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":11311},{"m":"THBT it is in the interest 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feminist movement, would adopt \"Believe Her\"","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Schools BP 2023","r":"Round 2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"actor","id":12035,"hi":1},{"m":"In coastal states with finite land area, THS the use of land reclamation over land acquisition for government projects (e.g. public housing, public infrastructure)","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Schools BP 2023","r":"Round 3","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":12036,"hi":1},{"m":"THR the binary portrayal of good and evil in art","y":2023,"t":"Malaysian National Schools BP 2023","r":"Round 1","c":"Asia","top":["arts-and-culture"],"ty":"regret","id":12037,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the demonisation of individuals remaining neutral on controversial social issues","y":2024,"t":"Malaysian National Schools BP 2024","r":"Grand Finals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","id":12038},{"m":"TH, as the NRA, supports the trend of punishing parents whose children misuse firearms owned by them","y":2024,"t":"Malaysian National 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That developing countries should encourage students to study locally instead of pursuing education overseas","y":2022,"t":"Asia Scholastic DC 2022 (Junior)","r":"Octofinals","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12104},{"m":"This House Believes That the Academy Awards Should revoke Oscars granted to problematic individuals in the past","y":2022,"t":"Asia Scholastic DC 2022 (Senior)","r":"Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12105},{"m":"This House Prefers individuals seeking maximum financial gain as opposed to meaning or fulfilment from their work","y":2022,"t":"Asia Scholastic DC 2022 (Senior)","r":"Round 2","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12106},{"m":"This House Believes That it is legitimate for politicians to launch personal attacks/insults at their political rivals during an election campaign","y":2022,"t":"Asia Scholastic DC 2022 (Senior)","r":"Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":["politics"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12107},{"m":"This House Regrets the rise of Cryptocurrencies* (ie Bitcoin)","y":2022,"t":"Asia Scholastic DC 2022 (Senior)","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":12108},{"m":"This House Regrets the Social Justice Movements* emphasis on individual rights instead of the individual's obligation to the community","y":2022,"t":"Asia Scholastic DC 2022 (Senior)","r":"Round 3","c":"Asia","top":["ethics-and-philosophy"],"ty":"regret","intl":1,"id":12109},{"m":"This House, as environmentalists, would choose a strategy of working closely with corporations","y":2022,"t":"Asia Scholastic DC 2022 (Senior)","r":"Round 1","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"actor","intl":1,"id":12110},{"m":"THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT COUNTRIES WITH ETHNICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONS SHOULD PROHIBIT VERNACULAR SCHOOLS","y":2023,"t":"Asia Scholastic DC Junior 2023","r":"Round 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to obtain results)","y":2023,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2023","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12146},{"m":"THBT that the Feminist Movement should actively promote norms of stable monogamous relationship","y":2023,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2023","r":"Round 2","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12147,"hi":1},{"m":"THO the narrative that a university education will lead to a better quality of life","y":2023,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2023","r":"Round 1","c":"Asia","top":["education"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12148},{"m":"THBT the project of sexual liberation has failed the feminist movement","y":2024,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2024","r":"Grand Final","c":"Asia","top":["feminism"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12149},{"m":"THW implement the Environmental Credit Score System","y":2024,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2024","r":"Semifinals","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":12150,"hi":1},{"m":"THS the dominance of China in innovating sustainable technology (e.g. EVs, renewable energy)","y":2024,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2024","r":"Quarterfinals","c":"Asia","top":["environment"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12151},{"m":"THW allow employees to relinquish benefits (e.g. leaves, year-end bonuses, HMO) in exchange for a higher monthly salary","y":2024,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2024","r":"Round 4","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":12152},{"m":"THBT the state should aggressively fund the creation and adoption of AI companions for childcare purposes as opposed to traditional child care facilities","y":2024,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2024","r":"Round 3","c":"Asia","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12153,"hi":1},{"m":"In areas with high crime rates, THS the creation of local vigilante groups (e.g. Bakassi Boys in Nigeria)","y":2024,"t":"Asia Novice Debate Open 2024","r":"Round 2","c":"Asia","top":[],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12154},{"m":"THS the rise of true 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African governments should not pursue power-sharing agreements between the ruling party and major opposition parties","y":2024,"t":"Pan African Schools DC 2024","r":"Round 3","c":"Africa","top":[],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12230},{"m":"This House, as developing countries, would institute import bans on food products.","y":2024,"t":"Pan African Schools DC 2024","r":"Quarterfinals","c":"Africa","top":[],"ty":"actor","intl":1,"id":12231},{"m":"THBT the ongoing process of decolonization should include actively disempowering religions that were imposed on the country during colonialism","y":2024,"t":"Pan African Schools DC 2024","r":"Semi Final","c":"Africa","top":["religion"],"ty":"value","intl":1,"id":12232},{"m":"THW ban all forms of monetization for social media accounts run by children","y":2024,"t":"Pan African Schools DC 2024","r":"Round 1","c":"Africa","top":["media-and-technology"],"ty":"policy","intl":1,"id":12233},{"m":"TH Welcomes the decline of the USA as a global 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