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  • This House supports 'L' becoming widely available

    Infoslide

    'L' is a pill that allows individuals to ignite or reignite feelings of love for a target individual in themselves. Feelings can fade over time, but it can be used repeatedly. For the medication to be effective, the user must consciously desire its success and actively envision the target individual.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · ESL Semifinals · 2024-12-21

  • In response to high levels of cartel and gang violence in Latin America, This house prefers for politicians' campaigning to prioritize paz total policies over mano dura policies.

    Infoslide

    Paz total (total peace) is a crimefighting policy focused on negotiating with as many criminal groups as possible to achieve their disarmament and reintegration into society. Mano dura (iron fist) is a crimefighting policy focused on aggressively suppressing criminal groups through increased police and military presence and harsh criminal penalties.

    Cambridge Mini 2024 · Gold Final · 2024-12-14

  • This house would decriminalize recreational drug use

    Infoslide

    'Decriminalize' refers to the act of removing criminal penalties or legal sanctions for certain actions or behaviors. When an activity is decriminalized, it is no longer treated as a criminal offense, but it may still be subject to civil penalties or administrative regulations. On the other hand, 'legalize' means to make something fully legal and permissible under the law. When an activity is legalized, it is not only free from criminal penalties but is also explicitly permitted and regulated by the legal system.

    IDS KNC 2023 · Rookie Semifinals · 2024-11-24

  • This house, as Johnny, would accept Joey‘s offer

    Infoslide

    You‘re Johnny, a charismatic prohibitionist, who works an exhausting dockworker job in 1930s, New York. Every day you spend 12 grueling hours unloading freight trucks to barely keep your conservative family fed. In short, you’re struggling to make ends meet. One afternoon, your shady cousin Joey shows up at the docks. Seeing your frustration boil over as you complain about your endless struggles, Joey leans in and offers you a way out: a job as a barman at his speakeasy, paying triple what you make now The offer is tempting, but the risks are real. As a prohibitionist, you strongly oppose the illegal alcohol trade. Moreover, being caught means a year in prison and a crushing 5k fine – money you‘d never repay. Still the thought of seeing your kids go hungry again makes the offer hard to ignore.

    Vilnius Speakeasy 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-23

  • This house, assuming the technology exists, W secretly pump Soma into the airvents at all debate tournaments

    Infoslide

    In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Soma is a drug that produces happiness and soothing with no side effects. It can be administered through a powder, pill, or aerosol.

    CP Panda 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-11-12

  • This house believes that China should use violent force to crackdown on organised crime in the Golden Triangle

    Infoslide

    The Golden Triangle is a hotbed of criminal activity at the border of Laos, China, Thailand, and Myanmar. It is one of the world's largest drug trafficking corridors both into and out of China, hosting scam centers, illegal gambling operations, and human trafficking dens. Most illicit activity is centered in a Special Economic Zone protected by Laos' government where large organised crime groups from Mainland China are allowed to operate casinos, some of which are rumored to have ties to high-ranking CCP officials. The Thai army polices the border both to curtail crime and to secure its territorial claim.

    LSARIC Inter University Debating Championship 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-10

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of Bongbong Marcos to denounce Duterte as opposed to staying neutral

    Infoslide

    Former President Rodrigo Duterte was known for his “war on drugs” which has led to the deaths of over 12,000 Filipinos, mostly urban poor, with at least 2555 killings attributed to the Philippine National Police. Recently, he admitted that he ordered his policemen to “encourage suspected criminals to fight back” so that they could “justify the killing.”

    North Luzon Invitational Debates 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-11-02

  • This house believes that states should allocate the majority of settlement funds towards direct benefits for current and historic victims of the opioid epidemic (e.g. housing vouchers, paying medical expenses, naloxone distribution) rather than towards preventative structural change (e.g. funding medical research, producing anti-stigma marketing campaigns, building out healthcare infrastructure)

    Hart House Inter-Varsity 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-10-18

  • This House, as Walter White, regrets breaking bad

    Infoslide

    _Breaking Bad_ (TV Series) Breaking bad refers to an individual of previously good social standing taking a sudden and radical shift towards a life of crime. For example, Walter White, an American High School chemistry teacher, starting a crystal meth empire after recieving a stage IV cancer diagnosis. (_In-Universe_ rules apply)

    UQ Fictional IV 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-10-12

  • This House supports Dr Gregory House being suspended from practicing medicine

    Infoslide

    _House_ (TV Series) Dr Gregory House is the world's leading diagnostic physician. He currently suffers from an opioid addiction and is known for his erratic behaviour and unconventional methods. (_In-Universe_ rules apply)

    UQ Fictional IV 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-12

  • This house believes that the life in the cartel is a better life for Tony Montana than a life of following the law.

    Infoslide

    Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee, arrives to Miami, where he experiences racial discrimination and has few economic opportunities. Rather than continuing as a dishwasher at a diner, he joins a cartel and starts selling cocaine.

    Sofia Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-10-11

  • This house, as Anaximander, would give Aphroxyla the elixir.

    Infoslide

    There is a real and fully functional love elixir, although it is very rare. You manage to acquire a vial capable of making any person fall madly and permanently in love with you. You are Anaximandros. For the past 4 years, you have been deeply in love with Afroxyanthi. You are very good friends, but nothing more. Afroxyanthi has put you in the friend zone and is in a happy relationship with Xenophon. Your friends also tell you that she is out of your league.

    11ο Πρωτάθλημα Ρητορικού Ομίλου Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών · Round 2 · 2024-10-10

  • This house supports the introduction of Enhanced Games

    Infoslide

    "The Enhanced Games are an Olympic-style competition where athletes can take performance-enhancing drug. At the Enhanced Games, the “couple of hundred” competitors will be able to take any performance-enhancing substances they like from anabolic steroids to growth hormones, testosterone replacement therapy etc. "

    Debutant 9.0 Freshers APD 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-09

  • This House would ban the research, production and use of moral enhancement drugs.

    Infoslide

    Over the last decade, scientists have identified a range of chemicals that exist naturally in the brain and shape individuals’ moral behaviour. Significant amounts of research is now being carried out to create moral enhancement drugs, which would alter the levels of such chemicals. Such drugs have been shown to increase individuals’ tendencies to display empathy and care for others, to behave in altruistic way, and to resist pressures to act in ways that violate their personal ethical beliefs

    Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-10-05

  • This house believes that China should use violent force to crackdown on organised crime in the Golden Triangle

    Infoslide

    The Golden Triangle is a hotbed of criminal activity at the border of Laos, China, Thailand, and Myanmar. It is one of the world's largest drug trafficking corridors both into and out of China, hosting scam centers, illegal gambling operations, and human trafficking dens. Most illicit activity is centered in a Special Economic Zone protected by Laos' government where large organised crime groups from Mainland China are allowed to operate casinos, some of which are rumored to have ties to high-ranking CCP officials. The Thai army polices the border both to curtail crime and to secure its territorial claim.

    Krabi ABP 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-10-05