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  • This house regrets the shift in trend in artistic sports away from awarding points on the basis of style and instead awarding points on the basis of technical skill (e.g. the adoption of the Code of Points system in gymnastics and figure skating).

    Trinity IV 2022 · Pro-Am Finals · 2022-02-19

  • This house regrets the use of bold and graphic imagery in feminist art (genitalia, grotesque figures, blood, etc.).

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    Cornell Novice Nationals 2022 · Grand Final · 2022-02-12

  • This house, as the art community, regrets the rise of NFTs

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    An NFT shows exclusive ownership of a particular digital asset (e.g., a piece of art, an in-game purchase, or a tweet). When you buy a piece of NFT art, you are buying the certificate of ownership and authenticity of the artwork in question.

    Pac Cup 2022 · 4 · 2022-02-12

  • This House regrets the commercialization of counterculture art

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    A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behaviour differ substantially from or oppose those of mainstream society

    CP ProAm 2022 · 2 · 2022-01-31

  • This house as the M+ Museum would not show art in favor of Hong Kong independence.

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    The M+ Museum in Hong Kong meant to be Asia’s premier art institution recently opened. The original vision for M+ was tied to Hong Kong’s relative autonomy. “We have the freedom of speech here” Lars Nittve the first executive director said in 2011. “We can show things that can’t be shown in mainland China.” Last year though Beijing imposed a national security law that allows the government to prosecute subversive speech in Hong Kong. Officials say they will inspect every M+ exhibit.

    Fred Scheller Forensics Invitational 2022 BP Debate · Open Final · 2022-01-28

  • This house would denounce the existing translation and commission another one more in the style in which you wrote it

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    You are the author of a romcom short story that you submitted to an American journal which was published with average success. A Spanish translator picked up your story and took more liberties and your story is wildly successful in Mexico. It is not what you are comfortable with because it is much more erotic and explicit than you would have wanted.

    Winter Carnival 2022 · 3 · 2022-01-14

  • This house believes that classic literary work should be adapted with modern narratives

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    International Scholastic Debating Championships 2022 (Junior) · Grand Final · 2022-01-01

  • That we prefer the norm of fantasy/science fiction writers creating main characters with ordinary abilities as opposed to main characters with magical and never before seen powers and/or abilities.

    Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021 · ESL Final · 2021-12-28

  • That the writer should write the first ending rather than the second ending.

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    A writer has just written one of the great works of dystopian fiction. They have two endings in mind. In one ending the system prevails and the protagonist is consumed (for instance in 1984 Winston's forbidden love for Julia is extinguished and he accepts Big Brother). In the other ending the protagonist brings down the system and the seeds of a new society are sown (for instance in Farenheit 451 Montag escapes and the dystopian city is destroyed).

    Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021 · ESL Final · 2021-12-28

  • That we regret the increasing number of movies made from existing intellectual property.

    Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021 · ESL Final · 2021-12-28

  • This house as a fantasy book series fan would not want the books adapated into movies or series.

    South African National Schools' Senior Debating Championship 2021 · 1 · 2021-12-19

  • This house regrets art award shows (incl. but not limited to Grammy MAMA Oscars BET etc).

    HEDS Debate Competition 2021 · 2 · 2021-12-17

  • This house regrets the sexualization of female artists during their breakthrough period

    Indonesian Varsity English Debate 2022 · 1 · 2021-12-09

  • This house believes that arts (e.g. books songs films etc.) centered around social issues should not use ambiguity in portraying their messages.

    Human Rights Debating Championship 2021 · Open Pre-Final · 2021-12-09

  • As artists this house Celebrates the rise of NFTs

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    Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is a unique one-of-a-kind digital asset that belongs to you and you only. The most popular NFTs right now include artwork and music but can also include videos and even tweets. Cryptocurrencies (commonly Ethereum and Solana) are used in buying NFT. Once owned NFT can be traded with other NFT or crypto.

    Indonesian Varsity English Debate 2022 · Open Semis · 2021-12-09

  • This house regrets the institutionalisation of the arts

    Pan African Universities Debating Championships 2021 · 9 · 2021-12-09

  • As members of minority groups this house prefers to be portrayed and represented in hyper-realistic struggle-based artworks (12 Years A Slave India’s Daughter The Danish Girl etc.) as opposed to utopia-based ones (Afrocentricism in Black Panther The All Women Island of Themyscira in Wonder Woman etc.)

    Indonesian Varsity English Debate 2022 · 1 · 2021-12-09