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  • This house regrets The Rise of Single Issue Voting

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    Single Issue Voting refers to the practice of casting a vote in an election based primarily, or exclusively on one specific issue that is of significance to the voter

    Mastermind Chronicles 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-08

  • This House Prefers a World where the LGBTQ+ movement pursued the liberationist approach rather than the assimilationist approach.

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    Since the 1990s, the assimilationist approach to LGBTQ+ advocacy emphasised that queer identity and relationships are "just like" their heterosexual counterparts, and that therefore LGBTQ+ people should have access to existing social institutions such as marriage and family life. The liberationist approach to LGBTQ+ advocacy would have argued that these institutions are inherently restrictive and should not be central to a person's life.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 7 · 2025-08-03

  • This House Prefers a World where a more optimistic set of artists rose to prominence after World War I rather than the Lost Generation.

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    For the purposes of this debate, the Lost Generation is a group of writers and artists who created their art in and around World War I (e.g. writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald; other artists such as Edvard Munch and Otto Dix). The art of the Lost Generation featured prominent themes of disillusionment, defeatism, and uncertainty about the future. The artists often drew from their experience of the war and their troubled personal lives. Their art has had significant influence over later artistic trends and holds a prominent position in many art and literature curriculums globally.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-08-03

  • This House Prefers a World in which all football clubs follow the regional recruitment model.

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    Under a regional recruitment model, professional football clubs only sign players who are either born in their region or spent a significant portion of their life there. For example, Athletic Bilbao in Spain only signs players who were born in or lived significant part of their lives in the Basque region.

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-08-03

  • This House Prefers a World where religious closeness is dominant, as opposed to a world where religious distance is dominant.

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    Religious closeness is the belief that God is everywhere and in everything. It preaches that individuals should consider the divine implications of their daily actions (e.g. cooking, gardening, work, etc.) and act as if they are doing them for God and in the name of God. Religious distance is the belief that God is distant from the world. It preaches that individuals can only find God by religious practices (s.a. praying, meditating, giving offers, etc.) and should only be contacted for significant decisions (e.g. choosing who to marry, dodging the draft, etc.).

    Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-08-03

  • This House supports the erosion of shame-based morality in Asian societies.

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    In many Asian societies, shame-based morality is a cultural system where ethical behavior is largely governed by the fear of public embarrassment and the desire to maintain social and familial honor. Shame-based morality emphasizes external judgment - what others will think, how society will perceive you, and whether your actions bring honor or disgrace to your family or community.

    Saigon Debate Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-08-02

  • This house regrets the decline of dynasties in the NBA

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    Dynasties refer to NBA teams that achieve sustained dominance, typically winning at least three championships within a short amount of time while maintaining a core roster. Famous dynasties include Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls from 1991 to 1998, the Showtime Lakers from 1980 to 1988, the Shaq and Kobe Lakers from 2000 to 2002, and, most recently, the Curry-led Golden State Warriors from 2015 to 2022.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · High School Quarterfinals · 2025-08-02

  • This house opposes the fandomization of contemporary politics

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    For the purposes of this debate, fandomization refers to the development and growth of a community around a common interest, usually a TV show, video game, or a public figure. Fandomization involves community engagement in the form of fan creations such as art or fanfiction, as well as interactions between members of the fandom in online chatrooms and forums.

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-08-02

  • This House regrets the rise of celebrity ownership of football teams.

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    Over the past 15 years, celebrities (e.g., ex-players, actors and musicians) have bought significant stakes in football teams. Some celebrities own outright stakes, while others are minority owners as part of private equity- led consortiums. Examples include Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney purchasing Wrexham, David Beckham establishing Inter Miami, Tom Brady owning a stake in Birmingham City, and Kylian Mbappe owning FC Caen.

    Saigon Debate Championship 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-02

  • This house, as a parent of an average child, would rather be a free-range parent as opposed to a helicopter parent

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    A free-range parent is one that practices a permissive parenting style which highlights independence of children, it focuses on having unstructured and flexible parenting. A helicopter parent is one that maximizes their role in their child’s life by providing constant guidance and supervision, this style aims to protect and actively guide children throughout their developmental years.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02

  • This house believes that the Philippine queer community should actively oppose the meme-ification of the "baklang kanal"

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    The meme-ification of the "baklang kanal" refers to the cultural pivot of the concept from a derogatory term used for "ill-mannered, unrefined gays" to a widely popular logline for online comedic material. Featuring tropes like crass and witty monologues, warfreak skits, "squammy" behavior, and flirtatiously "makalat" stitches with reels by attractive men, influencers like Pipay, Sassa Gurl, Macoy Dubs, and many others have transformed the notion from an insult to a hallmark of online Pinoy humor.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-02

  • This house would heavily invest in Indigenous Ecological Knowledge for biodiversity conservation in the Philippines

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    Indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) in the Philippines is a rich system of environmental understanding rooted in the lifeways of Indigenous Peoples, such as the Ifugao, Dumagat, and Manobo. It guides sustainable farming, forest stewardship, and species protection based on generations of lived experience. However, recent decades have seen a sharp decline in the use and transmission of IEK.

    Grassroots Debate Open Pre-NDC 2025 · Open Semifinals · 2025-08-02

  • This house believes that the intellectualization of romance does more harm than good

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    The intellectualization of romance refers to the tendency to rationalize romantic interest or relationships as opposed to attempting to face emotional vulnerability or express emotions authentically. Instances of this include gamifying interactions with your love interest, deliberately avoiding communicating emotions in the fear that it appears like a "concession," or overly analyzing trivial interactions in search of positive signaling. Examples of media that depict the intellectualization of romance include Kaguya-Sama: Love is War and the Love Hypothesis, franchises that emphasize logical reasoning in the face of emotional vulnerability as opposed to acknowledging the scope or intensity of one’s feelings.

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2025 · Junior Finals · 2025-08-02

  • This house supports the rise of pop psychology in the Philippines

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    Pop psychology pertains to the wide range of content about psychological concepts, terminology, therapy techniques, and such in popular culture. It focuses on the proliferation of self-help mechanisms such as online psychological tests, psychological advice, and discourse about mental health online.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02