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  • This house believes that Governments should nationalise all sectors whose access fall under basic human rights.

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    Basic human rights are fundamental rights awarded to citizens by the state which everyone should freely access regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion . These rights include the right to education and the right to access medical and health care.

    Summer Wars 3.0: The Battle of Supremacy · Novice Semifinals · 2025-03-20

  • This house believes that Governments should nationalise all sectors whose access fall under basic human rights.

    Infoslide

    Basic human rights are fundamental rights awarded to citizens by the state which everyone should freely access regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion . These rights include the right to education and the right to access medical and health care.

    Summer Wars 3.0: The Battle of Supremacy · Quarterfinals · 2025-03-20

  • This House Would impose a BBC-style impartiality requirement on all news platforms.

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    The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is legally required to cover the news impartially. This means: 1\. It cannot take sides on controversial issues. 2\. The amount of coverage each viewpoint gets should roughly reflect the level of support that viewpoint has in society. 3\. It is not required to be neutral on certain fundamental issues like the rule of law and the legitimacy of the democratic process.

    Junior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-19

  • This house believes that parents of the Little Rock Nine should not send their kid to Little Rock Central High School

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    TIME SET: 1957 In 1957, nine African American students, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls, were selected to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. Briggs v. Elliott case of 1952, evidence showed that Black students in Clarendon County, South Carolina, attended schools in dilapidated buildings, lacked basic amenities like heating, and used hand-me- down textbooks from White schools. In the crumbling, overcrowded Black schools, students face not just broken desks and outdated books but also the grim reality of rising crime, drug use, and staggering dropout rates. Little Rock Central High School was previously all-white, and faced immense opposition to the desegregation. It has witnessed violence, and now, Federal troops have been deployed to protect the school from riots and vandalism.

    CBS PD 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-15

  • This house believes that you should trigger Mugentsukuyomi（無限月読）

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    In the age of "Shinobi(Ninja)," 5 superpowers were always at war, using a magical power called "Chakra." Chakra is the internal energy of people, and with Chakra, humans can use some "Ninjutsu" (e.g., cause thunder, heal injured people.) You are one of the best Shinobi in the world. Your brother was killed in the war, and at the end of his life, you promised him to create a world without war. After tens of years of experimentation, you invented a Ninjutsu called "MugenTsukuyomi," which, once triggered, shows a never-ending illusion to every person until they die. In the illusion of Mugentsukuyomi, people can live in the world they want to live. While you spend time on experiments, the world has changed. Because of massive casualties in the war, 5 superpowers made an armistice and shifted to using diplomatic efforts to solve a conflict. Mugentsukuyomi needs a large amount of Chakra at once to trigger, and to fulfill the requirement, you have to kill thousands of people.

    Asian Bridge 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-15

  • This House Supports KIRA

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    <span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size: 14px;">In recent years, serious criminals around the world have been dying mysteriously of heart attacks. It is widely speculated that these deaths are caused by 'KIRA.' Some say that KIRA is a messenger of God and this is divine judgment, while others condemn them.</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Despite concerns about justice, most people concede that KIRA's criteria for punishment are "persuasive". They appear to follow a consistent pattern: for instance, those involved in unintentional traffic accidents are spared, while those guilty of drunk driving or egregious traffic violations are punished with death.</span></p><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Over the years, global crime rates have decreased by 70%, and KIRA's punishments have now extended to those committing minor offenses, such as petty theft or vandalism.</span></p>

    Asian Bridge 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-15

  • This house would require laws that curtail individual freedom (e.g., abortion, vaccination requirements during a pandemic, a ban on unhealthy products, etc.) to be discussed and decided by deliberative mini-publics

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    Deliberative mini-publics are institutions in which a diverse body of citizens is selected randomly and anonymously to decide on issues (if the majority of participants agree with the proposal after the discussion, the policy will be implemented.)

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド1 · 2025-03-15

  • This house would spread Parasyte and negotiate with human beings to stop environmental destruction

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    You are an outstanding biological scientist with a strong commitment to environmental activism. One day, you succeeded in generating and mass- producing "parasyte," a creature that parasitizes humans. Once they take over a human host, they deprive the host of autonomy and begin killing others to reduce the human population on Earth. For the purpose of this debate, it is feasible for you to spread parasyte all over the world without any danger, and your engagement in this would never be known to others.

    Asian Bridge 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-15

  • This house, as a significantly left-leaning journalist in an authoritarian state, W rather join a state owned media channel than an independent media company.

    CBS PD 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-15

  • This house would kill people with high Crime Coefficients

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    For the purposes of this debate, there is a machine capable of measuring the Crime Coefficient of a person i.e. the likelihood of a person commiting a crime. If the coefficient is low, the person can be rehabilitated. However, if it exceeds the limit, the person will commit crime regardless of rehabilitation attempts.

    CBS PD 2025 · Open Semi Finals · 2025-03-15

  • This House Predicts that the Malhaar Certification Initiative will lead to more harm than good

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    In March 2025, Maharashtra's Fisheries and Port Minister, Nitesh Rane, introduced the 'Malhar Certification' initiative. This program aims to certify 'jhatka' meat vendors—those who slaughter animals with a single blow, aligning with certain Hindu traditions. The certification ensures that these meat shops are exclusively operated by members of the Hindu community, particularly from the Khatik caste. The primary objectives of the Malhar Certification are to provide consumers with meat prepared according to Hindu religious practices and to promote economic opportunities within the Hindu community. The initiative also seeks to offer an alternative to 'halal' meat, which is prepared following Islamic procedures. To facilitate this, a dedicated platform—MalharCertification.com—has been launched, allowing vendors to register and obtain certification. The website emphasizes that certified meat is fresh, clean, free from saliva contamination, and not mixed with other animal meats.

    CBS PD 2025 · Open Pre-Semi Finals · 2025-03-15

  • This house prefers a world with the Arkangel.

    Infoslide

    'Arkangel' is a futuristic technology which involves implanting a device into a child's brain, allowing parents to monitor their child's location and vital signs in real-time. Additionally, parents can use a tablet to see through the child's eyes, censor disturbing or sensitive images and events, and track their emotional state. The technology also enables parents to set boundaries and restrictions on what the child sees and experiences, effectively controlling their environment. Parents can choose to remove the device at any time with no repercussions to the child.

    Intertext School's AP 2025 (S) · Round 3 · 2025-03-15

  • This house would ban plea bargains.

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    A plea bargain is an agreement between a defendant and a prosecutor in which the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge or receives a reduced sentence in exchange for avoiding a trial.

    Intertext School's AP 2025 (S) · Round 4 · 2025-03-15

  • This house prefers a world with the Arkangel.

    Infoslide

    'Arkangel' is a futuristic technology which involves implanting a device into a child's brain, allowing parents to monitor their child's location and vital signs in real-time. Additionally, parents can use a tablet to see through the child's eyes, censor disturbing or sensitive images and events, and track their emotional state. The technology also enables parents to set boundaries and restrictions on what the child sees and experiences, effectively controlling their environment. Parents can choose to remove the device at any time with no repercussions to the child.

    Intertext School's AP 2025 (J) · Round 3 · 2025-03-15

  • This house would ban plea bargains.

    Infoslide

    A plea bargain is an agreement between a defendant and a prosecutor in which the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge or receives a reduced sentence in exchange for avoiding a trial.

    Intertext School's AP 2025 (J) · Round 4 · 2025-03-15

  • This house regrets the growing association between the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and Saudi Arabia

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    The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) governs professional women’s tennis but has significantly less financial backing than the men’s tennis association, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). In 2024, the WTA partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), granting it naming rights for select tournaments, sponsorship of tour rankings, and the risk to host the WTA finals, the most prestigious tournament of the WTA Tour, in Saudi Arabia for 3 years. While countries like the Czech Republic and Mexico also bidded to host, their financial offers were less competitive.

    Zimbabwe International World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-03-15