This house, as an university, would take down statues of controversial figures
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This house believes that Northeast Asian countries should prioritize reconciliation over justice/redress in resolving historical conflicts.
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This house regrets the decline of Black Militant Groups (i.e. the Black Panther Party, the Black Liberation Army
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This house believes that states who stayed neutral throughout WWⅡ should pay reparations to the victims of Nazi aggression
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In retrospect, this house would have preferred Truth and Reconciliation Comissions over the ICTY to deal with the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars
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This house supports the destruction of historical artifacts seen to glorify atrocities.
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This house would prosecute the perpetrators of Bloody Sunday.
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This house believes that governments should strictly regulate construction and renovation in order to preserve historical architecture (buildings, parks, public spaces etc).
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This house would rebuild the Husartsan memorial
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This house believes that the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra should regularly play the works of Richard Wagner
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This house believes that versions of history taught by states through the education system should not be designed to promote national pride.
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That the state should exclusively focus on rectifying current inequalities to the exclusion of compensating for historical injustices.
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That UNESCO should not designate historical site of discrimination against minorities as cultural heritage sites
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This house as a time traveler would go back kidnap baby Hitler and place him in the custody of a Jewish family
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This house would actively de-emphasize the need for world leaders to apologize for the atrocities of their nations’ past
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Following the total defeat of the French army in 1940, the British Government received an offer of peace from Nazi Germany. Any terms would have left Hitler in control of continental Europe, but would have prevented (at least in the short-term) an attack on Britain. The Cabinet of new Prime Minister Winston Churchill was divided over whether to enter into negotiations. this house, as Winston Churchill, would argue against peace.
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Cecil Rhodes was the creator of the Rhodes scholarship for Oxford. He was also a British imperialist known for beginning enforced racial segregation in South Africa and for his belief in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race. He is commemorated in a number of ways at Oxford University, including through a prominent statute. A student movement called “Rhodes must fall” is campaigning for the university to remove all references to him from the campus. this house believes that Rhodes must fall.
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Cecil Rhodes was the creator of the Rhodes scholarship for Oxford. He was also a British imperialist known for beginning enforced racial segregation in South Africa and for his belief in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race. He is commemorated in a number of ways at Oxford University, including through a prominent statute. A student movement called “Rhodes must fall” is campaigning for the university to remove all references to him from the campus. this house believes that Rhodes must fall.
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Following the total defeat of the French army in 1940, the British Government received an offer of peace from Nazi Germany. Any terms would have left Hitler in control of continental Europe, but would have prevented (at least in the short-term) an attack on Britain. The Cabinet of new Prime Minister Winston Churchill was divided over whether to enter into negotiations. this house, as Winston Churchill, would argue against peace.
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In 49BC, the general Julius Caesar attempted to return from a successful campaign in Gaul to Rome. The Roman Senate, fearing Caesar’s popularity with his army and the people, issued an ultimatum that Caesar was to not cross the border marked by the River Rubicon, else he would be named a traitor and spark a civil war. this house, as Caesar, would cross the Rubicon