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  • This house prefers a world in which individuals gain access to the Dreamscape for one month if they are handed a Coke with their name on it.

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    'Share a Coke' has been a multi-national marketing campaign by Coca-Cola since 2011. It replaces the traditional Coke logo from one side of the bottle with the phrase "Share a Coke with" followed by a person's name. For the purposes of this debate, individuals cannot order these Coke bottles online; the bottles can only be found by accident during an unrelated shopping trip. (2/2) The Dreamscape is a finicky new invention that has the capacity to bring any and all sentient beings from an individual’s dreams into reality. Individuals do not get to choose which beings from their dreams are manifested — they only get to choose to use the machine. These beings only survive as long as the individual has access to the Dreamscape. Once created, these beings retain their physical characteristics & supernatural powers, should they possess any. For example, if someone dreams of a strong giant, this giant will retain its size and strength upon entering reality. Most of the time, these beings will pursue socially good objectives, albeit imperfectly — e.g., a giant may be unnecessarily destructive; a shaman may accidentally turn water into wine, etc. Some of the time, these beings will pursue socially bad objectives.

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that individual awards should carry greater weight than team championships when evaluating all-time great athletes.

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    In competitive sports, an all time great athlete's legacy includes both individual awards (MVPs, Scoring Records, Ballon d'Ors) and team championships (NBA Championship, Stanley Cup, World Cup, World Series).

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-25

  • This House Opposes the recent West African coups

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    Since 2020, several countries in the Sahel region of West Africa including Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad have experienced military coups. These events have often followed public dissatisfaction with civilian governments due to economic hardship, the perceived failure to combat Islamist insurgencies, and French military, economic, and political influence. These new juntas have distanced themselves from France and have formed closer connections with Turkey, Russia, and The Wagner Group.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Semifinal · 2025-10-25

  • This House Believes That American Universities should attempt to correct the significant Liberal bias among professors.

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    Liberal professors outnumber conservative professors many times over in elite American universities. Nationwide, it is 6:1, increasing to 14:1 for the humanities, and 28:1 in the Northeast where many elite American universities are.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that the Evidential Problem of Evil means that a benevolent God does not exist

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    The 'Evidential Problem of Evil' can be described as follows: Premise 1: There exist instances of intense suffering which an omnipotent, omniscient being could have prevented. Premise 2: Such a being would prevent any such suffering if it existed.

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that parents should teach daughters to assume men are "guilty until proven innocent".

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    For the purposes of the debate, assuming a man is "guilty until proven innocent" means to assume he is ill-intentioned until proven otherwise. Believing a man is "guilty until proven innocent" may imply, among other things, believing he is untrustworthy, overwhelmingly driven by lust, or harbours a tendency to look down upon women.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-24

  • In functional democracies, This house would grant courts the power to bar certain parties and/or candidates from running for office on the basis that them holding office would pose significant threats to democracy.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that governments should offer significant financial support for minority residents to open businesses (e.g., grants, subsidized rents, or low-interest loans) in commercial ethnic districts (CEDs) as opposed to limiting outside businesses from moving into the district (e.g., zoning limits on chain stores or non-ethnic enterprises).

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    <span data-sheets-root="1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">Commercial ethnic districts (CED) refer to areas of a city where businesses are primarily owned and operated by a particular minority ethnic group, and where bussinesses largely revolve around that group's culture (e.g. restaurants serving ethnic cuisine, boutiques selling traditional attire, etc.).&nbsp;Prominent examples of CEDs include Chinatowns in London &amp; San Fransisco, Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, and Little India in Singapore.</span><p><google-sheets-html-origin style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium;"></google-sheets-html-origin></p>

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-10-24

  • In ageing societies, This house believes that pension funds should invest significant portions of savings in speculative assets (e.g. acquiring equity in hedge funds or private equity firms, trading in financial derivatives).

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Pre-Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that feminist groups on American college campuses should campaign for the banning of Greek life.

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    <div class="docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable" dir="ltr" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(68, 71, 70); padding: 3px 21px 3px 5px; margin-left: -5px; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem;">Greek life refers to social organizations on U.S. college campuses, called fraternities (for men) and sororities (for women). Those wishing to enter one will, in the beginning of their college life, undergo an initiation period, and then participate in regular chapter meetings, often live in a house with other members, and are expected to make the organization their primary social circle. Fraternity or sorority allegiance and loyalty is tight-knit and expected to last a lifetime.</span></div>

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house supports the glorification of adventurous lifestyles (e.g. lifestyles that involve experimenting & exploring experiences that are foreign to oneself, casual spontaneity, embracing opportunities with many unknowns etc.)

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-24

  • This house welcomes the separation of GAFCON from the traditional Anglican communion

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    In October 2025, the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON)—a coalition of predominantly Global South Anglican provinces—announced that it would no longer recognize the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury or the traditional instruments of the Anglican Communion. The decision followed the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, which GAFCON leaders criticized as reflecting a departure from traditional doctrine. GAFCON declared plans to form its own theocratic leadership and governance structures, as well as establish a parallel Anglican denomination to the traditional Anglican communion.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that civil action groups should prioritize petitioning the Supreme Court as opposed to pursuing appeals from lower-court cases

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    In most legal systems, a petition and an appeal are distinct processes for bringing a case before the supreme court. An appeal is a continuation of an existing case, where a higher court reviews the legal correctness of a regional court's decision. A petition, in contrast, is a formal request by a certain entity (e.g., civil action groups, corporations, government entities, individuals) for the Supreme Court to choose to hear a new case. While appeal trials are guaranteed to any party who demonstrates credible doubt in the lower court's decision, petitions are not guaranteed to any party; the Supreme Court chooses which petitions to hear.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-24

  • In countering anti-immigration sentiments, This house believes that left-wing movements should primarily adopt a cultural approach instead of an economic approach.

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    For the purpose of this debate, the 'cultural approach' to migration contends that an increase in the immigrant population enhances the host nation’s cultural diversity, attempting to dispel the anti-immigration sentiment glorifying the preservation of cultural purity. The 'economic approach' frames migration in economic terms, arguing that immigrant integration yields economic benefits and seeks to counter rhetoric which suggests that immigrants cause negative economic ramifications.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house regrets the decline of Black Liberation Theology in African American activism

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    James Cone argues that “the task of black theology is to analyze the nature of the gospel of Jesus Christ in the light of oppressed blacks so they will see the gospel as inseparable from their humiliated condition, and as bestowing on them the necessary power to break the chains of oppression.” Throughout the Black Freedom Struggle, African American activists have mobilized Black theology to inspire forms of political action, shape the institutional design of social movements, generate theories of political organizing, deploy political rhetoric, and orient critiques of American society. Black theology has historically animated various movements, including (most famously) the Abolitionist Movement and the Civil Rights Movement led by stalwarts like Pauli Murray, Maria Stewart, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X. As Taylor Branch writes, The civil rights movement fused the political promise of equal votes with the spiritual doctrine of equal souls.

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house would ban AT1s

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    Additional Tier 1 Contingent Convertibles (AT1s) are bonds issued by banks that pay regular interest but have no fixed maturity. Banks can choose to repay them but are not required to. If the bank’s capital falls below a set threshold or regulators intervene, the bonds convert to equity and may be written off entirely.

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-24

  • This house would create prehistoric world.

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    Thanks to advancements in genetic research, scientists have managed to "recreate" dire wolves, an Animal that went extinct during the ice age. Further research is ongoing to resurrect the woolly mammoth, Sabretooth tigers and even dinosaurs. Prehistoric world would be an amusement park/zoo where visitors could see and interact with these creatures.

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-10-24