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  • This House Believes That mainsteam queer movements should discourage queer people from defining themselves based on their sexual identity labels

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    Sexual identity labels refer to how a person self-categorises their sexual or romantic attraction towards others (e.g. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Asexual)

    Bristol Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This house believes that pro bono legal work does more harm than good.

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    Typically, professionals in fields like law, medicine, finance, technology, and consulting offer their expertise pro bono to individuals, non-profit organizations, or communities who cannot afford these services otherwise. The intention behind pro bono work is often to increase access to essential services, address inequalities, and contribute to the public good.

    Vistaar: NIT Durgapur PD 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This house would remove all statutes of limitations.

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    The statute of limitations sets a time limit for filing lawsuits. For crimes with this limit, prosecution is barred after the period ends. e.g. In India, the statute of limitation for theft is 3 years. The time limit varies for different types of crimes and offenses, but usually only some major, grave crimes (e.g. war crime, murder etc) do not have a statute of limitation.

    Vistaar: NIT Durgapur PD 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This house regrets the bureaucratization and standardization of a criteria and definition for Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines

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    Currently, there is no universal definition of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) under international law, an intentional decision based on the rationale of the right to self-identification and the fear of over-inclusion or exclusion of certain groups. However, in Philippine law, the Indigenous People's Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA) defines IPs as those who “have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory.... became historically differentiated from the majority of Filipinos..... may have been displaced from their traditional domains” allowing communities to legally identify as IPs through a bureaucratic process under the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples.

    Luzon Novice Debate Cup 2025 · Lakan Finals · 2025-03-29

  • This house believes that governments should prioritise policies aligned with Buen Vivir

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    Buen Vivir is an indigenous peoples' philosophy that sees nature as a living being that has the same rights to life and happiness as people. According to Buen Vivir, society should heavily prioritise environmental protection, human rights and social justice at the expense of profits, competition and economic growth. Examples of countries that have committed to the advancement of Buen Vivir are: Ecuador and Bolivia

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Round 4 · 2025-03-29

  • This house would include openly LGBT villains in your movies instead of queer coded heroes

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    The Hayes Code was a set of censorship guidelines enforced by major studios in the USA from the 1930s-1950s. These included that LGBT characters could not be represented in the media unless they were villains. Queer coding is the attribution of stereotypical LGBT traits to fictional characters without explicitly stating their gender or sexualities. It is 1950, you are a young, prominent director in Hollywood who is closeted

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Open Grand Final · 2025-03-29

  • This house prefers a World where Developing Economies implement Model X

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    Model X : In countries like Argentina, Finland, Singapore, and Cuba, access to higher education has no restrictions and is free. All students who have completed high school can enroll in any university course without paying tuition fees and with no limit on available spots. In other words, entrance exams are not required.

    Vistaar: NIT Durgapur PD 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-29

  • This house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for social movements to catalyse change (e.g. for not taking environmentally sustainable actions, or violating lockdown/quarantine policies)

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This house prefers women enrolling in separate women's military factions (e.g. Cumann na mBan in Northern Ireland, the Women's Protection Unit in Syria, etc) as opposed to enrolling in a mixed-gender military faction.

    Eindhoven Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-29

  • This house opposes the narrative that the arc of history bends towards justice

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    "Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not yet alright, it's not yet the end" - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Round 3 · 2025-03-29

  • This house regrets the narrative within the political left that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism

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    The mantra 'There is no ethical consumption under capitalism' suggests that it is impossible to consume goods in a capitalist society without inherently causing harm or supporting unethical practices

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This House Opposes the use of moralistic advocacy by progressives (e.g. the 'golden rule', appeals to moral authority, assuming the moral high ground, mocking/demonising right-wing views, etc.)

    Bristol Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-29