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This house opposes all religious practices that require a significant amount of personal sacrifice from the religion’s followers (eg: dietary restrictions, wearing beards, etc)
Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-12
This house regrets the dominance of “trauma plot” within contemporary literature
Infoslide

Trauma plot refers to literature that centers around characters looking to the buried pain in the past as an explanation of the present.

Debatable Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-12
In schools from areas with low educational attainment, This house would implement a curriculum that is majority knowledge-based as opposed a curriculum that is understanding-based
Infoslide

For the purposes of this debate, a knowledge-based curriculum emphasizes facts and information that students are expected to retain and memorize, while an understanding-based curriculum emphasizes big ideas, principles, and contexts that students are expected to derive from and relate to the facts and information.

Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-12
This house prefers a world where all environmental action pushed solely for carbon reductions rather than carbon offsets
Infoslide

A carbon offset is a means of compensating for one's carbon emissions by engaging in an activity that decreases the same amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Examples include purchasing and sustaining forest land or deploying carbon capture and storage technology.

Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-04-12
This house, as the average American lower middle class individual, regrets U.S. government's efforts to strengthen domestic manufacturing
- Economics
- Trade
- Labor
- Social Policy
Infoslide

The Trump administration has levied multiple tariffs on US imports, such as 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum. His efforts have also secured nearly $2 trillion in new U.S.-based investments, such as a $100 billion investment from TSMC for U.S.-based semiconductor chip manufacturing, and a $500 billion investment from Apple for U.S.-based factories. "In late 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and sent military forces to the National Assembly, attempting to arrest opposition lawmakers.

Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-12
This house believes that the CCP should abolish the Gaokao
Infoslide

The Gaokao is the nationwide standardised test in China conducted for undergraduate admissions. Typically, the exam is taken by high schoolers at the end of their final year and is considered as one of the toughest exams in the world.

Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-12
This house would introduce a duty to rescue into law
Infoslide

Under a duty to rescue, people would be held liable for failing to make a reasonable attempt to come to the aid of someone who could face potential death.

Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-12
This house believes that the feminist movement should focus on redefining motherhood rather than rejecting traditional maternal roles.
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-12
This house would ban tuition centers
- Education/Academia
- Social Policy
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-12
This house supports the use of court-appointed conservatorships for public figures who demonstrate a pattern of self-destructive or harmful behavior.
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-04-12
This house would require private schools to allocate a percentage of seats for low-income students
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-12
Assuming feasibility, This house would let individuals sell years of their life for financial compensation.
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-12
This house supports the use of court-appointed conservatorships for public figures who demonstrate a pattern of self-destructive or harmful behavior.
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Pre-Quarter Finals · 2025-04-12
This house prefers a wage system that pays laborer based on effort as opposed to standardised rates
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-04-12
This house, as the feminist movement, opposes female influencers from using an idealised family life as the main-source of content.
Debatable Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-12
This house believes that paywalls and subscription models for online journalism should be removed
Debatable Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-12
This House Believes that the Medical Licensing Board for Nurses and Doctors should be staffed by civil servants as opposed to nurses and doctors’ representatives
- Healthcare
- Law
- Labor
- Social Policy
Infoslide

Self-advocating encourages patients to make sure their issues are not dismissed by medical professionals. This includes doing your own research, asking for a second opinion, making sure doctors note down denying tests in your medical record, etc

Debatable Open 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-04-12
This House Believes That Individuals Should Have Complete Control Over Who Can Monitor Their Online Activities
Debatable Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-12
This house would prohibit governments from bailing out failing industries
Infoslide

A government bailout is financial assistance provided by the government to struggling businesses, industries, or financial institutions to prevent their collapse. This can come in the form of loans, grants, or asset purchases, often to stabilize the economy and protect jobs.

Debatable Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-12
This house, as a feminist residing in a progressive nation, would actively advocate for separatist feminism
Infoslide

Separatist feminism argues that in order to oppose and fight against patriarchal norms, women must separate themselves from men and male-dominated institutions. This form of feminism has inspired various female-centred societies and encourages the sustaining aspect of building an alternative community for sites specific to women and female empowerment.

Debatable Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-12