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  • This House would not read fairy tales to children

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    A fairy tale is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. Couple of additional characteristics of fairy tales are happy ending and having sometimes romantic segment ('…and they lived happily ever after…'). Some examples of fairy tales are; Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel etc.

    Indo-Pacific World School Debate Open 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-01-19

  • This house supports the use of lifestyle clauses in prenuptial marriage agreements

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    Prenuptial agreements, or ‘prenups’ are signed before marriage, and dictate how assets will be divided in the case of a divorce. For example, each partner in the marriage should get 50% of the money and properties, or one gets all the money, and the other gets all the properties. Lifestyle clauses are terms in prenuptial agreements that require a party to pay financial penalties if they violated the clause and end up getting a divorce. Such terms can prohibit a partner from cheating, the division of labour for childcare, the raising of children in a particular religion, or the amount of time partners should spend together.

    Western Canada BP Champs · Round 2 · 2024-01-13

  • This house would create a community of Lemongrab-type people for him to live in

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    You are the young Princess Bubblegum, sovereign of a land called Candyland, whose inhabitants are candy people whom you created. The first candy person you created was the Earl of Lemongrab. Lemongrab is unable to communicate effectively with most people, including ordinary Candyland citizens, and reacts intensely to things not going his way (but reacts positively to rules and order). You consider him a 'failed experiment', and ordinarily he lives alone in Castle Lemongrab. At one point, you and your friend (Finn the Human) were turned into younger child versions of yourself. On a legal technicality the Earl of Lemongrab was able to seize power over the throne. You (and Finn) tried pulling pranks on Lemongrab to get him out of power. This was unsuccessful, but you did eventually manage to restore yourself and Finn back to your original ages, whereupon Lemongrab voluntarily returned power to you, since he was no longer legally the ruler. After being dethroned and being shunned by the candy people, Lemongrab no longer wishes to be part of the community. However, one day you discover that he has been returning to stare at the candy people while they sleep. (The constitution of Candyland legally allows him to do this for some reason.)

    Charity Fantasy Open 3.0 · Round 1 · 2024-01-01

  • This house would allow parents to remove their children from specific classes at school (such as sports, religious studies, sex education and science) on moral, religious or political grounds

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Round2 · 2024-01-01

  • This house believes that Black parents living in developed nations should actively discourage their kids from using African-American Vernacular English in favour of Standardized English

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    African-American Vernacular English is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities, by most working- and middle-class African Americans. It is a form of English that is often categorized as "unprofessional" in corporate and academic settings.

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Round2 · 2024-01-01

  • This house would heavily discourage 自然派育児 (shi-zen-ha-iku-ji)

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    自然派育児 is a parenting style based on rejection of artificial products. Supporters of 自然派育児 often eat only organic food, glorify natural childbirth heavily, reject science-based medical treatment.

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Rookie Grand Final · 2024-01-01