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This House believes that the device does more harm than good
Infoslide

For the purpose of this debate, you have obtained a small, portable device with two buttons: A “save” button and a “return” button. When you hit the “save” button, you are able to save the current time point, like in a video game. When you hit the “return” button, your life will return to the last time you saved. The machine will not erase any of your memories. If you do not keep and use the device, it will eventually blow up on its own.

War of Words Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-19
This House Believes that governments should actively prioritize economic equality over economic growth
War of Words Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-19
TH, as an intelligent rat in NYC, would choose to run for mayor
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You are an intelligent rat living in NYC with the ability to think, strategize and rally other rats. There is an election for mayor soon and the incumbent mayor is pushing a new policy to exterminate all rats in NYC.

Ayrshire Schools Debate Competition 2025 · Junior Finals · 2025-06-19
This house believes that teachers' salaries should be fixed to the academic improvements of their students.
Ayrshire Schools Debate Competition 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-19
This house believes that queer advocacy groups should prioritize empowering individuals to pursue non-state-dependent relationships (e.g. chosen families, live-in relationships, co parenting, etc.) over campaigning for state-recognized unions (e.g. marriage, adoption, etc.)
- Law
- Romance/Sex
- LGBTQ+
- Social Policy
- Human Rights
Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-06-17
This house, as the vegan movement, W reject partnerships with lab-grown meat companies in favor of prioritizing investments in whole-food plant-based systems
Infoslide

Lab-grown meat companies refer to firms that produce animal meat by cultivating animal cells in bioreactors. Examples include Upside Foods, Mosa Meat, etc. On the other hand, whole-food plant-based (WFPB) systems focus on natural, minimally processed plant foods like vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts, and seeds.

Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-17
This house believes that the human obligation to alleviate suffering extends equally to wild animals as it does to pets
Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-17
This house would mandate real-term (i.e. adjusted for inflation) funding cuts for tertiary education programmes whose graduates have below-median tax contributions five years after graduation
Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-17
This house would require the GPIF to significantly increase investments in domestic private equity and venture capital funds, even at the expense of reducing investments in its offshore assets
Infoslide

The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is Japan’s primary public pension fund and the largest in the world, managing over ¥220 trillion (approximately USD $1.5 trillion). As of recent years, roughly 50% of GPIF’s portfolio is invested in foreign assets—split evenly between foreign equities and foreign bonds. These include major holdings primarily in the U.S. stock indexes (such as the S&P 500) and debt instruments like the U.S. Treasury securities.

Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-17
This house supports parents intervening in subtle social conflicts among children in primary school
Infoslide

Subtle social conflicts refer to non-physical, emotionally ambiguous interactions that involve exclusion, manipulation, or social imbalance rather than overt aggression. Some examples of such conflict include exclusion-based play, mocking/teasing masked as jokes, ignoring one child inside a group, etc.

Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 8 · 2025-06-17
This house prefers a world where time-bound family formations (e.g., 25-year co-parenting contracts, renewable spousal units, etc.) is the norm
Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 8 · 2025-06-17
Assuming feasibility, This house prefers distributing development aid to individual citizens rather than governments
Malaysia Debate Open 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15
This house believes that governments should relocate citizens in disaster-prone areas as opposed to investing in defensive infrastructure
Malaysia Debate Open 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-06-15
This house would impose an exit tax on multinational corporations that relocate their production processes out of declining cities
Infoslide

Declining cities are cities with significant decline in industrial activity as well as high rates of outward migration in the past 5 years. Production processes refer to the extraction, manufacturing and assembly processes to produce goods.

Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-15
This house prefers a world where the 'Die With Zero' philosophy was the dominant approach to personal savings
Infoslide

For the purpose of this debate, the "Die With Zero" philosophy refers to the idea that individuals should aim to use up all their wealth before they die as opposed to saving up wealth until past their death.

Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-15
This house prefers bottom-up unionism rather than representative unionism
Infoslide

In bottom-up unionism, strike decisions and contract acceptances are decided by referendums involving union members. On the other hand, representative unionism refers to a philosophy of union organization which emphasizes the election of leaders through a ballot process. In this model, union leaders negotiate on behalf of unions and decide on strike activity.

Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-15
This house, as the RN, would publicly abandon its anti-abortion stance
Infoslide

In 2024, France became the first country in the world to give the right to abortion in the constitution. The Rassemblement National (RN) is a nationalist right-wing political party in France that has historically held conservative views on abortion.

Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-15
This house would peg politicians' salaries to the bottom 1% of household incomes in their constituencies
Infoslide

For the purpose of this debate, to "peg" means to tie or fix one thing directly to another so they move together, but are not necessarily equal. For example, a salary pegged to the median wage could be a multiple of the median wage.

Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-06-15
This house prefers a world where individualism was the dominant social norm over collectivism
Infoslide

For this debate, individualism refers to a framework emphasizing personal autonomy, self-reliance, and individual goal attainment, while collectivism refers to a framework prioritizing group cohesion, shared responsibilities, and community interests above those of the individual.

Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-06-15
This house prefers Montessori education over traditional educational systems in primary schools
Infoslide

Montessori education is a child-centric approach that emphasizes independence, self-directed learning, and hands-on activities. There are no tests or fixed curriculum milestones for an entire class, but rather students are encouraged to learn at their own pace with teachers acting as facilitators.

Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-15