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  • This House would restrict the access to OverTheRainbow exclusively to historically marginalized groups

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, OverTheRainbow refers to a fictional virtual existence where human consciousness is consensually uploaded after physical death. On OverTheRainbow, individuals can exist digitally in their ideal form forever or whenever they want to end it with no aging, illness, or disabilities with Infinite opportunities for love, adventure, and personal growth.

    The 2nd Indonesia Wom*n and Gender Minorities: Asian Parli. · Open Grand Final · 2025-05-03

  • This house prefers school education focused on Emotional Intelligence, over the one which focuses on Academic Achievements

    Infoslide

    There are two methods of school education: 1\. Focus on Emotional Intelligence (EI) Focuses on skills like empathy, teamwork, and self-awareness. Helps students build good relationships and handle stress. 2\. Focus on Academic Achievements (AA) Focuses on learning subjects like math, science, and language. Emphasizes grades, exams, and test scores.

    Columbia World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-05-03

  • This House supports the prominence of the FIRE movement among milennials

    Infoslide

    Proponents of the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement strive to accumulate assets until the resulting passive income provides enough money for their living expenses potentially allowing them to retire decades earlier than the standard retirement age.

    Columbia World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-03

  • This House Regrets the UEFA requirement

    Infoslide

    In 2022, UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) announced a new licensing requirement. This requirement demands that all clubs who wish to be eligible to play in European football leagues (e.g. Champions League, Europa League or Conference League) must also operate an elite women's team. This forced many clubs to either establish completely new women's teams or to buy up and rename existing women's teams.

    Baltic IV 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-03

  • This House, as the CCP, Would abolish the Hukou system

    Infoslide

    The Hukou (户口) system is a household registration policy in China that classifies citizens as either rural (agricultural) or urban (non-agricultural) residents. Urban Hukou holders receive access to benefits such as property rights, social services, and broader economic opportunities in major cities. Rural Hukou holders can apply to convert their status, but approval is limited and not guaranteed. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has historically used the Hukou system to regulate internal migration and control labor distribution across regions.

    Baltic IV 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-03

  • As the LGBTQ+ movement in a conservative area, this house would prioritize promoting “chosen family” over advocating for family acceptance

    Infoslide

    A "chosen family" is a non-biologically related group of people who provide social, sometimes material support. It is based on chosen bonds instead of blood ties, and usually satisfies the role of a traditional family. ”Chosen families" are common in the LGBTQ+ community who have low or no contact with their biological family, usually caused by rejection and/or traumas.

    The 2nd Indonesia Wom*n and Gender Minorities: Asian Parli. · Novice Grand Finals · 2025-05-03

  • This House, as parents in conservative areas, prefer sending their low-support-needs autistic child to a regular school instead of a special needs school.

    Infoslide

    ”Low-support-needs autism" refers to a person on the autism spectrum who requires minimal support to manage their daily life and social interactions, meaning they can largely function independently while largely passing as a neurotypical person. For example, only needing certain accomodations when places are too loud, specific material needed for their school uniform, or not picking up on social cues.

    The 2nd Indonesia Wom*n and Gender Minorities: Asian Parli. · Schools Grand Final · 2025-05-03

  • C. This house opposes assisted endurance art

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of the debate, ‘assisted endurance art’ refers to artistic performances whereby the artist invites members of the public to inflict harm upon them. Examples include Abel Azcona's ‘The Death of The Artist’ (Azcona stood exposed on a raised platform with a loaded gun, in response to multiple death threats he received following previous works) and Marina Abramovic's ‘Rhythm 0’ (over the course of 6 hours, Abramovic invited the public to do anything to her using any of the 72 objects laid out).

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-05-02

  • This house prefers niche banking becoming the predominant form of banking in the financial sector

    Infoslide

    A niche bank has a specific customer base, to whom it offers bespoke financial products and services that meet a highly specific financial and emotional need. It only serves the needs of a certain demographic segment of the population, and tailor their entire advertising, product mix, and operations to this target market's preferences.

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-02

  • This house prefers a world where consensus media was was the primary form of financial journalism, as opposed to diverse media

    Infoslide

    Consensus media refers to news organisations that were consumed on mass within communities - ie the 6 o’clock news on national television being consumed by a large majority of the population, there being a few “go to newspapers” and “traditional news platforms” being the main source of information for the majority of people. In contrast, diverse media refers to a norm where diverse sources and forms of media exist, and individuals often have differing primary preferences in media consumption.

    Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-02

  • This house, as FIDE, would abolish gender-specific chess titles

    Infoslide

    FIDE is the world governing body for chess, overseeing rules, rankings, and titles like Grandmaster. While open titles have no gender restrictions, FIDE also awards exclusive titles to women, such as Woman Grandmaster (WGM), which require a lower ELO rating than their open counterparts.

    49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 1 · 2025-04-26

  • In areas of socio-economic deprivation, This house would prioritise hiring teachers from the local community over teachers from outside the area.

    Infoslide

    In the Philippines, many socio-economically deprived areas, such as remote provinces, indigenous communities, and urban poor zones, struggle with teacher shortages and poor educational outcomes. The Department of Education typically assigns teachers through a centralized ranking and deployment system. "Local teachers" refers to those originally from or long-term residents of the area, while "outside teachers" come from other regions.

    49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 3 · 2025-04-26

  • This house opposes the culture of toxic positivity

    Infoslide

    "Toxic positivity" refers to the concept that keeping a positive mindset and being optimistic is the right and best way to live your life.

    Aberdeen Schools 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-26