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  • This house regrets the dominant narrative that moral progress is inevitable (e.g.”The moral arc of history bends towards justice”).

    Prague Open 2019 · 2 · 2019-12-01

  • This house would venerate Toshimichi Okubo instead of Takamori Saigo as a hero

    Infoslide

    Takamori Saigo and Toshimichi Okubo were central figures in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Takamori Saigo was a military leader who disagreed vehemently with westernization and resigned from the Meiji government for its refusal to invade Korea. Saigo was a traditionalist who wished to preserve samurai values. He instigated and died in a rebellion against the Meiji government over its mistreatment of the samurai caste. Toshimichi Okubo was a bureaucrat responsible for the establishment of a modern governmental structure in Japan. He went on tour to the West and came back convinced that Japan needed to adopt the Western method of development. As Home Minister Okubo fought and defeated his former friend Saigo. The samurai deemed Okubo as a traitor and assassinated him as a result. Saigo is still worshipped in Japan today venerated as the “last true samurai” and a defender of Japanese national identity. Okubo is not.

    Japan BP 2019 · Open Final · 2019-11-30

  • This house prefers a world in which media commemoration of revolutionary leaders (Founding Fathers of the USA, Che Guevara) focuses primarily on their failings.

    5to Torneo Express - Miguel Grau Seminario · Open Final · 2019-10-24

  • This house regrets the Reformation

    Infoslide

    The Reformation refers to a period in the 16th century where Christians across Europe challenged the authority and teachings of the Catholic Church. It resulted in many new Protestant denominations being formed including Calvinism and Lutheranism. During this period, Henry VII founded the Church of England (Anglicanism) because the Pope refused to annul his marriage. The Catholic Church subsequently engaged in a series of reforms (the Counter-Reformation)

    Joynt Scroll 2019 · 4 · 2019-09-06

  • This house believes that communities that have been victims of atrocities should emphasise the narrative of the 'banality of evil' when interpreting those atrocities

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    The concept of the 'banality of evil' claims that great acts of evil can be committed by ordinary individuals within a bureaucracy. Under this theory, most perpetrators of great evil are ordinary people, with no motive for their actions other than promoting their own advancement in the system.

    Athens EUDC 2019 · Open Semis · 2019-08-05

  • Assuming the Sudanese civilians manage to take power from the military That the new civilian government should revert to its pre-1970 flag.

    Bali Australs 2019 · 3 · 2019-07-01

  • This house believes that former British colonies should no longer allow the maintenance of all physical remnants of colonial history (architecture paintings etc.)

    Vietnam UADC 2019 · EFL Final · 2019-06-24

  • This house opposes artwork that humanizes pro-regime germans during the Second World War

    Tilbury House Cologne Open 2019 · Open Final · 2019-06-07

  • This house believes that Gavrilo Princip was justified in killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Infoslide

    “Our shadows will be walking through Vienna, strolling through the court, frightening lords.”

    Vienna IV 2019 · Open Final · 2019-05-17

  • This house supports using social media platforms to depict stories from the Holocaust

    Infoslide

    “Eva’s Stories” is an Instagram account based on the true diary of a teenage Jewish girl in the holocaust, portraying her journal entries as an Instagram feed.

    Vienna IV 2019 · 2 · 2019-05-17