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  • This house believes that attacks on military targets, in which many civilian victims can be expected, are legitimate

    Zeit Debatte Dresden · 5 · 2014-01-10

  • This house regrets politicians emphasising and overusing the phrase “War on XXX” (such as War on Terror)

    BP Novice 2013 · Open Quarters · 2013-12-01

  • THW, as a liberal democracy, restrict coverage of small-scale terrorist attacks.

    Oxford IV · Open_Quarters · 2013-11-10

  • This house supports the Animal Liberation Front

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    The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international leaderless animal rights organisation that engages in illegal acts of sabotage. Activists remove animals from factory farms and laboratory environments, establish animal sanctuaries, and provide veterinary services. They also target laboratories and factory farms via arson, bombing, and other forms of property damage. The ALF’s actions have not resulted in any human casualties.

    Guindon Cup (University of Ottawa) · 3 · 2013-11-08

  • In this situation this house would make it official policy to torture the terrorist’s family members for crucial information

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    A terrorist has planted highly lethal explosives within the US. The US has captured the terrorist and has tortured him for the locations of the bombs but does not respond. The interogator states that the only remaning way to make the terrorist talk is to torture his children in front of the terrorist.

    4th Hong Kong Debate Open 2013 · 2 · 2013-11-01

  • Resolved: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency outweigh the harms.

    November · N/A · 2013-11-01

  • This house believes that Rolling Stone should not have portrayed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a sympathetic manner

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    in July 2013, Rolling Stone Magazine published this cover.The story focused on the background of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving man accused of committing the Boston marathon bombings. It included quotes from his friends and sports coach, referred to him by his nickname and emphasised how similar he was to any ordinary American teenager. Motion: T

    UCD Novice Cup · Open Final · 2013-10-24

  • This house believes that it is legitimate for states to show the full horror of terrorism.

    9th Momiji Cup 2013 · Open Octos · 2013-10-16

  • This house would prohibit the payment of ransoms by governments or individuals

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    Taking hostages for ransom has become highly prevalent across the globe. For example, there have been several recent instances of armed bandits abducting schoolchildren in northern Nigeria. Kidnappings have also frequently occurred in other places, such as American journalist James Foley's kidnapping by by ISIS, which demanded a large ransom for his release. In recent years there has also been a proliferation of ransomware, computer malware by which hackers freeze access to data (for individuals, hospitals, schools, local governments, etc.) and demand payment in exchange for giving back access to that data. Such ransomware has recently been used by Russian-state backed hackers to ascertain leverage on Ukraine and by Chinese nationalists to target Tibetans.

    Yale IV · 5 · 2013-10-06

  • This house supports government collection of private information as a security measure

    McGill Novice · 3 · 2013-09-30

  • TH regrets that Western Media demonised Islamist Terrorists rather than portraying them as criminals with legitimate grievances

    Manchester EUDC 2013 · Open_Semis · 2013-08-18