Arts & Culture debate motions (page 3)

THW award state funding for the arts through lottery

North-East German Regional Championships · 2

THW ban the use of photoshop in magazines and advertising

Copenhagen Open · 3

THW build Dostoevsky's edifice

Copenhagen Open · Open_Final

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?

Zeit Debatte Mainz · Open_Semis

THW prohibit works of art that undermine/go against morality

French Language World Championships Debating · 1

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

Deutsche Debattiermeisterschaft (German Language Debating Championships) · 4

TH supports Kanye West's use of the Confederate flag

Bristol Open · Open_Final

THW ignore the snake and not eat from the fruit

Jena Frauenturnier (Women's tournament) · 2

THW require all photoshopped images to be labelled

Durham Open · 3.3

THW reallocate names randomly

Durham Open · 4.1

THW abolish government funding of art

Durham Open · 8.3

TH regrets the commercialisation of indigenous cultures

Durham Open · 9.3

Should debaters who win their first ZEIT DEBATTE stop participating in these tournaments as speakers?

Methusalem Cup · 2

THW ban the use of circus animals

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español (CMUDE) · 4

TH supports Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" album cover

Rijeka Open · 2

THBT governments should prioritise economically productive public spending over investing in arts, humanities, etc. when deciding on their budget.

Edinburgh Cup · Open_Semis

THBT institutional art credentials are bad for art

Yale IV · 4

THBT copyright of photographic art featuring individuals or communities of people should belong to those people, not the artist.

Strathclyde Cup · 3

THW immediately evacuate all relics off cultural or historical import currently located in unstable countries to stable Western nations

Belgrade Open · Open_Final

TH welcomes the rise of art that celebrates a lack of economic wealth

Thessaloniki Open · 2

TH, as a superhero, would agree to use their powers solely in service of the democratic state

Cambridge IV · 2

THS the objectification of men in popular culture.

Cambridge IV · 3

THW tax low-brow art to subsidize high-brow art

Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa) · 3

THBT football fans should boycott the 2022 world cup in Qatar

Cambridge Women's · 2

TH, as the Dutch government, would ban all depictions, and the impersonating, of Zwarte Piet

Birmingham IV · 1

THBT limitation nurtures creativity

French Debating Association Tournament · A3

THBT Art is the highest achievement of humanity.

French Debating Association Tournament · C1

THBT social disgust is a sufficient justification for censoring art

Kingsmill Moore Invitational · 1

THW ban the teaching of Romeo and Juliet in schools

Trinity IV · 3

Should Bilbo stay home?

Beginner Tournament Mainz (DCJG) · 3

THW return all national treasures to their countries of origin, provided they sincerely commit to preserve and display them.

Sciences Po Open · 1

THBT artists from privileged groups should not depict characters from underprivileged groups in their work

The Galway Open (Irish National Law Debates) · 4

THW allocate state funding for the arts exclusively to new and original work, and never to reproductions of 'great works' or other old plays, opera, music, films or art

LSE Open · 5

THBT white entertainers should refrain from using cultural modes of expression that come from minority cultures.

NAUDC (also Hart House IV) · Open_Quarters

THW require universities to increase funding for classics and deprioritise funding for popular culture choices

Royal Holloway Open · 4

THW not give out separate art prizes (like the Oscars) for men and women

Zeit Debatte Marburg · 3

TH, as commissioner Gordon, would never use the bat signal.

Paris Open · 1

TH welcomes the anglicization of the French language

Paris Open · 4

THBT French millionaires should escape to England

Transatlantic Debating Championships · Open_Semi_1

THB America has no culture

Transatlantic Debating Championships · Open_Semi_2

THB France should be more German

Transatlantic Debating Championships · Open_Semi_3

Should we teach beggars profitable street arts?

Potsdam Puls Punk · 1

THBT the state should never ever fund the arts or cultural activities.

HSE Open · Open_Semis

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)

Jacobs Open · 3

THBT all state funding of the art should be allocated to artists through a random and equal lottery

Kyiv Open · 3

THW censor art that desecrates religious symbols

Denny Crane · Open_Final

THW subsidise art that glorifies the working class

Oxford Women's Open · 5

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

Stockholm IV · Open_Semis

Should self-incriminating reports for tax evasion no longer lead to amnesty/ower punishment?

Brüder Grimm Cup · 1

Should works of art no longer be restored?

Brüder Grimm Cup · 3

THBT Stark Industries should have open-sourced the Iron man suit.

GDPPC Open · 3

THBT that Australia should replace its current flag with the aboriginal one

Vienna Mini · 2

THW ban video games in which the player engages in brutal and immoral violence in a realistic setting

Manchester EUDC 2013 · 1

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

Manchester EUDC 2013 · 6

THBT the state should not fund any works of art or performances that the average citizen would not recognize as having artistic merit

Manchester EUDC 2013 · ESL_Final

THBT African countries should adopt English as the principle language of instruction

Manchester EUDC 2013 · Open_Quarters

THW prefer to experience art knowing nothing of the artist.

Commonwealth Open (Australs style) · Open_Semis_1

TH has received incontrovertible proof that the Mona Lisa is a forgery. THW not reveal that information.

Commonwealth Open (Australs style) · Open_Semis_2

THS the right of an artist to absolute posthumour control of their work.

Commonwealth Open (Australs style) · Open_Semis_3

Should the Gauls end their resistance to the Romans?

Gutenberg Cup · 1

THBT copyright should expire on the death of the author/artist

SOAS IV · 5

THB the state should fund free access to museums, art exhibitions and other cultural attractions for social welfare recipients

UCD Novice Cup · 3

THB schools in the USA should teach rap lyrics as part of their core English literature curricula

Imperial Open · Open_Final

THW only subsidise art that is understandable to average voter

Middle Man tournament · 5

THBT artists from dominant cultural majorities should not seek to portray minority cultures

UK Debate Challenge · 5

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)

Zeit Debatte Frankfurt · 3

THBT once artists earn enough to constitute a comfortable wage, they have a duty to make their work freely available

Cork IV · 1

THW place a sin tax to low-brow entertainment in order to subsidize high-brow art

UCU Open · 5

THW return all ill-gotten artworks and valuable historical artefacts to the communities of their origin

SSE Riga IV · 5

THW ban the fur industry

Moscow Open · 1

THW aggressively fund art in public places, which depicts struggles on which there is no consensus and of which there are continuing consequences

Sheffield IV · 1

In memory of Nelson Mandela: The year is 1985, THS Paul Simon in breaking the cultural boycott of Apartheid South Africa (for the making of the future Graceland album in collaboration with black musicians)

BGU IV · 5

TH welcomes the rise of art, music and film that celebrates lack of economic wealth

Tilbury House IV · Open_Final

Should natural disasters and extreme weather in the future be named after politicians that are against combatting climate change?

Streitkultur Cup · 2

Should the 9th of November be Germany's national holiday?

Zeit Debatte Hamburg · 2

THBT If You Are Not In Fashion, You Are Nobody

French Debate Association Tournament Preliminary Rounds · 10

THBT If It's Not Fun, You're Not Doing It Right.

French Debate Association Tournament Preliminary Rounds · 16

THW ban "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding"

John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss · Open_Quarter_2

THW drink more milk.

Schwarzwald Cup · 4

TH condems racially provocative art

Estonia Open · 2

THW abolish state imposed heritage protection

Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft · 1

THBT every person has the right to take pictures of works of art or performances and publish them as their own works of art

Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft · Open_Semis

THW include paintings by Wolfgang Beltracchis in the collectinos of leading German art museums (this motion was preceded by an infoslide)

Zeit Debatte Munster · 3

THBT the Israeli MoD museum department should stop all it's funding for sites and museums commemorating the Etzel and Lechi groups.

Zionism Begin Tournament · 1

TH regrets "Aloni Mora" (euphemism for the settlements)

Zionism Begin Tournament · 3

THW not perform any plays of Thomas Bernhard in Austria

German Language Championships · 6

THW put Jeremy Deller's piece (of a bombed car) on the plinth ( on Trafalgar Square)

SOAS Open · 3

THW end all govt funding of the arts

IDC Porto Debate Camp and Open · 1

THBT The Music Industry Should Not Facilitate the Comebacks of Artists Who Commit Violent Crimes

Belgrade EUDC 2012 · 3

THBT western countries should criminalize depictions of the Prophet Muhammed

Roosevelt Academy Open (RA Open) · 4

THBT the identity of the artist should be obscured from those who buy and display the art (approximation)

Edinburgh Cup · 4

Should Robin be allowed to drive the Batmobil too?

Gutenberg Cup · 1

Does Snowhite need only one Dwarf?

Gutenberg Cup · 2

THB that European States should end all funding for the arts until everyone lives above the national poverty level.

SOAS IV · ESL_Final

THBT in order to be eligible for public funding, art must be subject to a double-blind test, in which it is judged anonymously by an art critic, and by members of the public against the work of a 5-year-old

Imperial Open · 4

THW require artists to obtain permission from the subject/muse of a work of art prior to its release

UCD Vice-President's Cup · 2

THBT the works of hip hop legends such as Tupac Shakur, the Wu Tang Clan and JayZ should be taught in schools

UK Debate Challenge · Open_Semis

THBT Wikipedia should be put on the UNESCO World Heritage list

Open de Debates da Sociedade de Debates da Universidade de Coimbra (SDUC) · Open_Semis

THBT the European Union should ban art, including literature or film, that directly insults any religion

IDEA Debate@Europe final event · 1

(infoslide explaining that in 10 years it will be possible to send a manned mission to Mars but they won't be able to return alive) THBT NASA should fund suicide missions to Mars

King's College IV · 3

This house prefers a philosopher King to a tyrannical democracy

Botswana WUDC 2011 · Masters_Final

THW grant aboriginal peoples copyrights over depictions of their culture.

UCD VP · 3

TH is Disgusted by 'Toddlers and Tiaras' and other Child Beauty Pagants

Irish Times Debates First Round · 2

THW prohibit the release of previously unpublished artistic works, after the death of the creator, author or musician

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 · 20

THW End All State Funding For The Arts

John Smith Memorial Irish Mace Round 1 · 31

THW place a special tax on successful artists in order to fund new and developing artists

Oxford IV · 5

TH regrets the rise of a distinct African American culture

Cambridge IV · Open_Semis

THBT state has an obligation to fund the arts

IDAS · 1

THBT Virginia Tech should remember Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter, along with his victims in its memorials … and launch 33 balloons

Cork IV · 4

This House Believes That cultural treasures should be returned to their areas of origin

WSDC 2009 · Round 1 (prepared) · World Schools Debating Championships

This house would put an age limit on debating

Assumption WUDC 2008 · Masters_Final

TH condemns the influence of the music industry on today's youth

WSDC 2004 · Round 8 (impromptu) · World Schools Debating Championships

This House Believes That cultural treasures belong at home

WSDC 2003 · Round 5 (prepared) · World Schools Debating Championships

THW ban all art that offends religious communities

SSE Riga Practice Tournament · 4