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  • This house supports the glorification of Seishun in pop culture

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    “Seishun”(青春) refers to the precious period of school and campus life (especially high school). It brings bittersweet memories and freshness to you.

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド2 · 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 prefers a world where the KM Nanavati verdict was not overturned by the Bombay High Court

    Infoslide

    India abolished the jury system after the infamous K. M. Nanavati case (1959), where a naval officer was tried for killing his wife's lover. The jury initially acquitted him, but the verdict was overturned by the Bombay High Court, citing media influence and public sentiment swaying the jury's decision. This led to India formally phasing out juries with the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) reforms in 1973. Since then, India has relied solely on bench trials, where judges deliver verdicts based on law and evidence.

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

  • This House regrets the recent rise of works about radical class subjugation

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, works about radical class subjugation feature extreme, science fiction scenarios where a detached, wealthy elite subjugates lower classes through violence, confinement, and extreme deprivation (e.g., _The Hunt_ , _Squid Game_ , _The Hunger Games_).

    McGill IV 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-14

  • This House regrets the shift in consumption from offline, single-player video games (e.g., God of War, Grand Theft Auto V, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) to online, multiplayer video games (e.g., Rust, Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto Online)

    McGill IV 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-14

  • This house regrets the stigmatisation of parasocial relationships.

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    Parasocial relationships are one sided relationships, where one person extends emotional energy, interest, and time to the other party (or the persona), who is completely unaware of the other's existence. Parasocial relationships are most common with celebrities, organizations (such as sports teams) or public figures

    Cambridge Schools 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-08

  • This house prefers a world where transmedia storytelling was not the dominant form of media production.

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    Transmedia storytelling refers to the creation of stories that span different media. Examples would be Star Wars (spanning across films, TV shows, comic books, novels, video games, etc) or Marvel (spanning films, TV shows, comic books, etc.). Alternatives to transmedia storytelling would be media uniquely made for TV rather than being adapted into a movie, novel series being exclusive to print rather than being adapted to film.

    Ramjas British Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-03-08

  • This house believes that feminist movements should actively support depictions of reverse sexism in the media

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    Reverse sexism is the practice of reversing sexist behaviours that typically apply to one gender so that they are instead applied to another (e.g. Barbieland’s matriarchy in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Anne Hathaway playing an older woman in a romance with a much younger man in The Idea of You, and Sandra Oh’s on-screen husband in Killing Eve who plays a gender-inverted "nagging husband" that no one listens to and whom Eve treats with contempt).

    Malaysia Online Debate Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-08

  • This house supports Jonathan Haidt's policy proposals

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    In the book The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt proposes a series of policies to protect young children from social media. The policies include no smartphones before high school, no social media before 16, and phone-free schools. The premise of the policy proposal is that children should have smartphone-free childhoods.

    Malaysia Online Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-08

  • This house would quit the Valorant professional scene and prioritize content creation.

    Infoslide

    You are a professional Valorant player and a well-established and popular streamer. You are also above the average age of the current league. In 2021, you won the global championships and were regarded as one of the best players of all time. In the next two local qualifiers, your team, the same team you had in the 2021 global championship, did not qualify for the next round and was eliminated in the preliminaries. One of your teammates, also one of the youngest players in the league currently, is surpassing your KDA (Kill- Death- Assist) statistics. The next season's qualifiers will start December this year. This is your last shot to win another championship and solidify your case as one of the greats in the sport.

    JUSTICE 1.0 · Round 3 · 2025-03-07

  • In movies with pro-feminist narratives, This house prefers depictions of implicit sexism (Eg. Mrs, Legally Blonde etc.) over depictions of explicit sexism (Eg. Dangal, Pink etc.)

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    Novice finals Implicit Sexism refers unconscious biases and socially ingrained stereotypes that influence attitudes and behaviors toward gender, often in subtle ways. Eg. Assuming women would be better caregivers, or they would struggle with STEM etc.) Explicit Sexism refers to overt and intentional discrimination, prejudice, or derogatory attitudes based on gender. Eg. Denying a woman a promotion based solely on her gender, using sexist slurs etc.

    RML PD 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-03-02

  • This house, as original producers of regional films, W deny Bollywood the right to produce remakes, unless a quota for regional actors/actresses is guaranteed. (Eg. "Mrs" from "The Great Indian Kitchen", "Drishyam" from "Drishyam" etc.)

    RML PD 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-02

  • This house supports the rise of pocketing

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    Pocketing means keeping someone you’re dating separate, or “pocketed,” from the rest of your life, like not introducing them to your friends, not inviting them to events nor making mention of your relationship on social media.

    Malaysia Charity Open 2024 · Round 2 · 2025-03-02

  • This house would prioritize artistic quality over commercial success

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    You are Hideaki Anno. During your university days, you co-founded an animation studio in Japan named Gainax. You have had some past success in creating critically acclaimed works, and landed prestigious roles working in other animation studios. However, you have struggled with mainstream commercial success, and Gainax is in a precarious financial position as a result. You are also struggling with depression and creative burnout. Gainax can fund one more large project

    RML PD 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-02

  • This house believes that it is in the interests of the Conservative Party to actively rehabilitate the image of the Cameron Years (e.g. by ceasing attacks on their record in 2010-16; promoting their achievements in Government; promoting Cameron-aligned MPs to Cabinet)

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    The Cameron Years refer to the period 2005-2016 where David Cameron was the leader of the Conservative Party. In these years, he sought to modernise the party, passing Marriage Equality in 2013 and actively promoting women into prominent cabinet positions. During his time as Prime Minister (2010-16) Cameron led a both coalition and majority governments. His governments embarked on a sustained austerity package in the wake of the financial crash; tended to favour military interventions; and gave Britain a referendum on EU Membership (with Cameron supporting Remain).

    St Andrews Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-01