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  • 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)

    Oceania Queer Open 2021 · 3 · 2021-08-21

  • 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)

    Oceania Queer Open 2021 · 3 · 2021-08-21

  • This house regrets the modern idealisation of social movement leaders as moderate pacifist and respectable e.g. Nelson Mandela the Dalai Lama Rosa Parks

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    September BP Open · 4 · 2021-07-26

  • This house believes that works that pose a civilization/barbarism dichotomy should not be part of the literary canon.

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    'Civilization or barbarism' is a topic present in numerous Latin American novels of the 19th and 20th centuries. They present a strong contrast between barbarism (wild nature, people from the rural environment, instincts) versus civilization (the city, educated people, domination of impulses). Clearly good or bad characters are used to defend that the sides They represent backwardness or progress. Examples of these highly relevant novels for the national culture of their countries and for the canon of Latin American literature would be: Facundo Doña Bárbara or One Hundred Years of Solitude. Canon: Catalog of authors or works of a genre of literature or thought held as exemplary.

    Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español Ecuador 2021 · 3 · 2021-07-25

  • In scenarios where crimes against humanity have occurred (genocides, wars, abuse of State power, etc.) ECCQ, post-mortem trials should be carried out for criminals never tried in life

    Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español Ecuador 2021 · Open Final · 2021-07-25

  • This parliament will glorify the role of the army more than the revolutionaries in narrating the history of the independence of the country in the textbooks.

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    Debate For Lemon: BRUDF Fundraiser Tournament 2021 · 1 · 2021-07-14

  • That we, as the 14th Dalai Lama, with a choice between reaching Nirvana and reincarnating for a 15th time, would choose reaching Nirvana

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    The Dalai Lama is the highest spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism who exists on a reincarnation cycle, currently on its 14th iteration. He chooses upon death not to reach Nirvana and instead to stay on earth to help others achieve enlightenment. The Panchen Lama is the second highest spiritual figure of Tibetan Buddhism, existing on a tandem reincarnation cycle with the Dalai Lama. The Panchen Lama identifies the next Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama identifies the next Panchen Lama and so on. The current Panchen Lama’s whereabouts are unknown, as he was kidnapped by the CCP as a child. The current Dalai Lama has publicly considered the idea of reaching Nirvana in this lifetime, rather than reincarnating a 15th time.

    ANU Summer 2021 · Semi-Finals · 2021-07-01

  • That we, as Marcus Aurelius, would organise the assassination of Commodus

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    Marcus Aurelius was the last of the “Five Good Emperors” of Rome. He was known as a harsh but fair Emperor who presided over a somewhat peaceful and stable era of the Empire. Today he is remembered for writing for himself the Meditations, a work of Stoic philosophy which focuses on rationality, one’s duty, and remaining undisturbed by what is outside one’s power. The four previous Emperors had died childless; each had adopted as successor a capable man who had proven himself in public life. Marcus Aurelius however had a son, Commodus, who was the presumptive heir and, despite extensive tutoring and training, was clearly predisposed to brutality and despotism. He would likely cause problems if someone else were appointed successor.

    ANU Summer 2021 · Semi-Finals · 2021-07-01