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  • This House supports the normalization of human-AI relations

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    For the purposes of this debate, human-AI relations describes a relationship between humans and artificially intelligent entities (i.e. robots, androids, LLMs) that identically parallel relations between humans (i.e. friendship, attraction, trust). An example of human-AI relations include a recently viral video of children playing sports with a humanoid robot in China.

    University of Western Ontario Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Junior Semifinals · 2025-11-01

  • This house prefers out-of-school youth policies that support non-formal education (e.g., alternative schools, homeschooling, vocational education, etc.), as opposed to reintegration to formal education.

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    For the purposes of this debate, “out-of-school youth” refers to young people who do not currently attend formal education due to reasons such as chronic absenteeism, school refusal, expulsion, or voluntary withdrawal.

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド2 · 2025-11-01

  • This house believes that states with low fertility rates should implement the Hanson Proposal

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    The Hanson Proposal would provide parents with a portion of all tax revenue paid by their children. It would also provide them with tax credits each year until their child turns 18. This would be revenue neutral, funded by the abolition of aged pensions.

    King's College London Intervarsity 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-11-01

  • This house prefers a world with the widespread culture of indebtedness.

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    For the purposes of this debate, the "culture of indebtedness" is an ethical norm that states “what you owe must be repaid”. The application of the norm can range from interpersonal relationships to the collective identity of the community.

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-11-01

  • When deciding divorce asset division, This house believes that courts should exclude the fault of each spouse and make a judgment solely based on economic factors.

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    In a divorce lawsuit, courts decide how to divide the assets jointly accumulated during the marriage between the spouses. It accounts for economic factors, including each spouse's financial and non-financial contributions, future needs, and debts. The court may adjust the division ratio to disadvantage the spouse deemed as at fault for the divorce (i.e., adjust from 5:5 to 6:4).

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド5 · 2025-11-01

  • This House supports the rise of the gig economy in developing countries

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    A gig economy describes a labor market where freelance or short-term contracts are common. Independent contractors fill these roles in verbal or written agreements, and receive paid compensation. Examples include: online tutors, delivery drivers, freelance programming, hired househelp, etc.

    University of Western Ontario Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01

  • This house prefers a world where a small robot flies beside everyone’s head and scolds people if they violate utilitarian ethics.

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    Utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness).

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-25

  • This House Prefers a world where modern policing follows the “mercenary police model.”

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    Under the mercenary police model, local governments don't hire their own public police forces. Instead, they contract private security firms to perform police functions such as patrolling, investigation, and emergency response.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-25

  • This House Believes That American Universities should attempt to correct the significant Liberal bias among professors.

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    Liberal professors outnumber conservative professors many times over in elite American universities. Nationwide, it is 6:1, increasing to 14:1 for the humanities, and 28:1 in the Northeast where many elite American universities are.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-25

  • This house prefers a world in which individuals gain access to the Dreamscape for one month if they are handed a Coke with their name on it.

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    'Share a Coke' has been a multi-national marketing campaign by Coca-Cola since 2011. It replaces the traditional Coke logo from one side of the bottle with the phrase "Share a Coke with" followed by a person's name. For the purposes of this debate, individuals cannot order these Coke bottles online; the bottles can only be found by accident during an unrelated shopping trip. (2/2) The Dreamscape is a finicky new invention that has the capacity to bring any and all sentient beings from an individual’s dreams into reality. Individuals do not get to choose which beings from their dreams are manifested — they only get to choose to use the machine. These beings only survive as long as the individual has access to the Dreamscape. Once created, these beings retain their physical characteristics & supernatural powers, should they possess any. For example, if someone dreams of a strong giant, this giant will retain its size and strength upon entering reality. Most of the time, these beings will pursue socially good objectives, albeit imperfectly — e.g., a giant may be unnecessarily destructive; a shaman may accidentally turn water into wine, etc. Some of the time, these beings will pursue socially bad objectives.

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that governments should offer significant financial support for minority residents to open businesses (e.g., grants, subsidized rents, or low-interest loans) in commercial ethnic districts (CEDs) as opposed to limiting outside businesses from moving into the district (e.g., zoning limits on chain stores or non-ethnic enterprises).

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    <span data-sheets-root="1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">Commercial ethnic districts (CED) refer to areas of a city where businesses are primarily owned and operated by a particular minority ethnic group, and where bussinesses largely revolve around that group's culture (e.g. restaurants serving ethnic cuisine, boutiques selling traditional attire, etc.).&nbsp;Prominent examples of CEDs include Chinatowns in London &amp; San Fransisco, Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, and Little India in Singapore.</span><p><google-sheets-html-origin style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium;"></google-sheets-html-origin></p>

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-10-24

  • In ageing societies, This house believes that pension funds should invest significant portions of savings in speculative assets (e.g. acquiring equity in hedge funds or private equity firms, trading in financial derivatives).

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Pre-Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that feminist groups on American college campuses should campaign for the banning of Greek life.

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    <div class="docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable" dir="ltr" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(68, 71, 70); padding: 3px 21px 3px 5px; margin-left: -5px; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem;">Greek life refers to social organizations on U.S. college campuses, called fraternities (for men) and sororities (for women). Those wishing to enter one will, in the beginning of their college life, undergo an initiation period, and then participate in regular chapter meetings, often live in a house with other members, and are expected to make the organization their primary social circle. Fraternity or sorority allegiance and loyalty is tight-knit and expected to last a lifetime.</span></div>

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24