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  • This House prefers a world in which all individuals undergo the "test" at the age of 25.

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    For the purpose of this debate, the "test" is an immersive and psychologically realistic simulation where individuals experience tailored scenarios presenting ethical challenges, forcing them to confront their moral flaws. They would "pass the test" by demonstrating through their choices a reliable understanding and application of empathy and ethics in the face of those challenges. When individuals make the wrong decisions in the simulation, they "fail the test", and are granted an unlimited number of retries, for which their memories of previous attempts are wiped. Although specific memories are wiped, the simulation facilitates learning at a subconscious or foundational level, gradually improving the individual's inherent ethical responses. These simulated experiences, however long or intense they may feel to the individual, take only a split-second of time in reality. Individuals only wake up from the simulation after passing the test.

    KUDC x HYDS KIDA National Championship 2025 · Rookie Finals · 2025-05-16

  • This house supports the concept of an 'AI state'

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    For the purposes of this debate, an 'AI State' is a mode of governance fully administered by an advanced Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) system. This system holds authority over legislative, judicial, and executive functions. It is responsible for generating laws, setting policies, allocating budgets, resolving legal disputes, and overseeing enforcement. Human political representatives, civil servants, and judges no longer play decision-making roles. The AI system continuously updates its outputs based on data input from the population, the environment, and other relevant sources. Parameters and design protocols were established during the initial transition period but are no longer actively modified by humans.

    SMU Hammers 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-10

  • This house, as the DEM, would accept guaranteed constitutional protection of minority rights for Kurds in Turkey in exchange for voting to change presidential term limits

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    Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is led by current president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and has declared intentions for Erdoğan to run for a fourth term, despite constitutional term limits. A constitutional amendment requires 360 out of 600 seats in parliament, of which AKP and its allies currently have 321. Erdoğan recently jailed İmamoğlu, the nominee for president from Republican People’s Party (CHP), the second largest political party (146/600), which has been met with popular protest. The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) is Turkey’s third-largest political party and has been historically pro-Kurdish. Kurds have experienced high levels of political oppression in Turkey, such as political bans against Kurdish parties and the denial of basic human rights to citizens of Kurdish origin. In the 2023 election, DEM endorsed the CHP's presidential candidate. The DEM is the only party that might ally with AKP and has the requisite number of seats (57/600) in parliament to enable changes.

    SMU Hammers 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-10

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of past Victors to join the civilian rebellion

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    Panem is a fictional dystopian state divided into 12 economically poor districts. They are controlled and ruled by an oppressive central authority called the Capitol, which is inhabited by wealthy elites. Every year, the Capitol hosts a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games: where a pair of teenagers from each of the 12 districts are put into an arena and fight to the death. The survivors are proclaimed Victors, who are highly rewarded by the Capitol with material success and are celebrated by its citizens. However, the public actions of the Victors are heavily restricted by the Capitol. Recently, there has been a prominent underground civilian rebellion throughout the 12 districts, who aim to revolt against the Capitol’s oppression. The civilians have reached out to the Victors to join their cause.

    Manchester Schools 2025 📚🏫 · Grand Final · 2025-05-03

  • This house believes that the Anti-Gamers should launch a deadly attack on the Pro-Gamers as soon as the lights are shut down

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    Seong Gi-hun is the winner of last year's squid games. With his own motivations, he has also joined the squid games this year. After 4 rounds of games, there are two broad alliances. A group of people led by Seong Gi-hun: called anti-gamers, who want to end the games, and a group of people led by adversaries who want to continue playing the game called pro-gamers. If the majority votes for the game to end, the games would end. Currently, both groups have the same number of members. Seong Gi hun is aware that the organisers of the game, shut down the lights in the room to cause panic after the 4th round of games

    Squid Games IV 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-02

  • A. This house supports the right to be forgotten

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    The right to be forgotten is the right to have data about a person be removed from Internet searches and other directories. It is distinct from the right to privacy, which constitutes information that is not known publicly, whereas the right to be forgotten involves revoking public access to information that was known publicly at a certain time.

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-05-02

  • This house prefers the Hunger Games to the Quid Game in Panem.

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    Panem is a nation with 12 districts, ruled by a dictator. The population of Panem is divided into these districts based on class hierarchy. For instance, District 1 has the wealthiest individuals, District 2 is comparatively less wealthy than District 1, and District 12 has the most underprivileged people. In Panem, there are two historically popular games. The first is the Hunger Games, where 25 participants from each district are chosen via voting and are left in a wild environment where their ability to survive is tested. The gamemasters design multiple threats to ensure that most participants die, and the last one remaining is given a seat in the dictator's court and an opportunity to move to District 1. The second is the Quid Game, a variation of the original Squid Games where 400 participants are randomly selected from the entire nation of Panem, all of whom play popular children's games. There are 10 games, to be played in increasing order of difficulty. Those who fail to complete these games are killed on the spot by the gamemasters. The wealthy can place bets on the game, and all the money collected from these bets is given to the survivors. If more than one person survives after all 10 games, the amount is divided equally among the survivors.

    Squid Games IV 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-02

  • This house opposes the use of cultural relativism in defence of practices that discriminate against women

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    Cultural relativism refers to assessing the moral value of an act relative to the norms and standards of its own culture. Cultural relativism is often used in defense of practices seen as immoral or reprehensible by outsiders, e.g. arranged marriages are morally acceptable in some South Asian countries due to its historical and cultural significance, but is frowned upon elsewhere.

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-05-02

  • B. In post-conflict states, This house supports the use of the Gacaca model in trying individuals accused of committing war crimes

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    The Gacaca courts were a form of community-based courts that were implemented in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide to try individuals accused of committing war crimes. Victims may give speeches about their experiences and ask questions to the accused. The accused were encouraged to take responsibility for their actions and offer apologies before the community would decide the punishment. Gacaca courts were traditionally led by prominent members of the affected communities who usually do not have legal backgrounds. For the purposes of the debate, the Gacaca courts will not substitute formal tribunals for high-ranking militia.

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-05-02

  • This house, as the organization, would refuse to partner with their LGU.

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    You are a small, LGBTQIA+ rights organization in a conservative developing nation. For the first time ever, your local government unit (LGU) is willing to partner with you and other organizations for your city's first Pride Parade; however, your LGU has banned all forms of protest from the parade.

    49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 2 · 2025-04-26

  • This house, as an environmental movement, would use the Social Battering Rams tactic to pass environmental legislation

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    Social Battering Rams refer to individuals/groups that are used/exploited to advance the interests of another (i.e.Aetas in Mt. Pinatubo, Bugsuk in San Miguel land disputes). It can also refer to things used to “break” current societal foundations/standards/ideals

    49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · High School Semifinals · 2025-04-26

  • Assuming it exists, This house would use the Taffy Puller on criminals with sentences that exceed their reasonable lifetime (e.g. a sentence of a century in prison).

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    The Taffy Puller is a device that is able to simulate a virtual environment that feels indistinguishable from the real world but where the passage of time is extremely slow in comparison. One year in it is equivalent to one minute in the real world. The environment in the Taffy Puller is fully customizable. A person can be hooked onto it indefinitely and be sustained via intravenous sustenance.

    49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · College Finals · 2025-04-26