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  • This house, as a feminist movement in a conservative society, would adopt 'mirroring'

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    'Mirroring' is a common strategy adopted by some groups of South Korean feminists, which replicates the misogynistic languages and actions made by men against women, in an attempt to reflect the toxic reality that women have suffered. Some examples include mocking and creating derogatory names for men's physical attributes.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · EFL Semi-finals · 2025-10-11

  • This house supports the use of COMPAS

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    COMPAS(Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions) is a computer program that helps judges make decisions, like whether someone should go to jail, get bail, or be closely watched. It uses a set of questions to look at things like a person’s age, past crimes, and social background. Then, it gives a score showing how likely it is that the person might commit another crime. This score is used as an important tool to help judges make their decisions.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-11

  • This house prefers social realism over expressionism in art (paintings, films, documentaries, photos, etc.)

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    For the purpose of this debate, social realism is an artistic movement which seeks to depict everyday life and social conditions in a realistic manner, often times focussing on struggling groups. Expressionism focusses on the portrayal of subjective emotions and inner experiences rather than objective reality. Artists used distortion, exaggeration, and vivid colors to evoke moods and express feelings, often reflecting themes of angst and turmoil.

    Dutch Debating League 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-11

  • This house predicts Zohran Mamdani’s election in 2025.

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    After resigning from office in 2021 amid sexual harassment scandals, Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of the state of New York, returned to the political scene in 2025. The son of a veteran politician, his career has been marked by early involvement in public service, and he was re-elected governor twice. Zohran Mamdani, for his part, is a socialist, a Muslim, a fierce critic of Israel, and an advocate of bold social-justice policies — among them, a rent freeze in New York City. Mamdani’s victory over Cuomo in the Democratic primaries for New York City mayor was greeted by the progressive media as “a major surprise.” Cuomo acknowledged the result but announced that he will run for the office as an independent candidate.

    IV UFMG Open · Rodada 2 · 2025-10-10

  • THO the increasing reliance of groups fighting for social causes on litigation finance firms.

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    <span style="color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);">A litigation financing firm is a third-party financier providing funding to a claimant in order to contest their disputes before a judicial forum. In exchange for funding, such firms lay claim to a share of the proceeds of the case.</span>

    MPSC Nationals 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-09

  • THO the increasing reliance of groups fighting for social causes on litigation finance firms.

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    A litigation financing firm is a third-party financier providing funding to a claimant in order to contest their disputes before a judicial forum. In exchange for funding, such firms lay claim to a share of the proceeds of the case.

    MPSC Nationals 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-10-09

  • This house believes that, following Gen Z–led revolutions akin to a South Asian Spring, protesting youth should not appoint heads of government, rather than consensus pro-revolution political parties.

    MPSC Nationals 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-09

  • This house believes that progressive theologians should reinterpret “holy war” and “martyrdom” in Abrahamic scriptures (e.g., the Bible, the Qur’an, and the Torah) as purely metaphorical references to inner spiritual struggle and commitment to justice, rather than as literal historical or political commands

    Kamalig Pre-NDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-04

  • This house regrets the premium placed on The Sport Ethic

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    The Sport Ethic is a concept developed by sociologists to describe phenomena of behaviors around sports. The four rules of the sport ethic emphasizes on putting the game first, always aiming for wins, taking risks and playing through discomfort, and embracing that there are no barriers in the way to success - all of which revolves around total commitment to the game.

    Kamalig Pre-NDC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-04

  • This House, as a parent of daughters, Would prioritise teaching them to navigate sexism by being socially acceptable and well-mannered, rather than encouraging them to be confrontational and blunt

    Dulwich Schools 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-09-28

  • This house regrets the genre of manufactured discourse

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    Manufactured discourse is a genre of mass entertainment media that brings individuals with opposing views to advocate for their beliefs. Participants may be prompted on certain controversial topics, ask an influential speaker questions, be spontaneously interviewed in public, or have a broadcasted freeform discussion. Examples include Jubilee's "1 Progressive vs. 20 Far- Right Conservatives" YouTube video or the Oxford Union's show debates.

    McGill Central Canadian Novice Championship 2025 · NHSE Semifinals · 2025-09-27

  • This house supports the dominance of non-interventionism in fieldwork research in the social sciences.

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    Interventionism in the social sciences involves giving significant money or resources to participants, developing relationships with participants outside of research, having participants co-design studies, explicitly acknowledging their help when publishing, etc. Fieldwork research involves collecting data in a natural or real-world setting rather than a controlled experiment. Fieldwork typically includes participant interviews, observations and surveys. Examples of fieldwork research include: interviewing prisoners, surveying victims in a post-natural disaster area, surveying political beliefs, etc.

    McGill Central Canadian Novice Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-09-27