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  • This house supports social media companies removing spaces and content associated with the incel movement

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    Andrew Tate is a social media influencer who has been banned from Youtube, Instagram and TikTok for his misogynistic views. In 2017 Reddit banned r/incels, a forum of 41,000 people who self-identify as "involuntarily celibate".

    Yale Intervarsity 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-11-02

  • This house would accept the offer

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    "Love Island" is a popular TV dating show where singles, or "islanders," live in a tropical villa and must form romantic connections to stay in the competition. They initially couple up based on attraction, with the option to switch partners during "re-coupling." Islanders compete in challenges to test their compatibility, and new arrivals often disrupt existing relationships. Eliminations occur through public voting by viewers or if someone is left single after re-coupling. The winning couple takes home a £100,000 prize. Participants stay in the villa for up to 8 weeks, with all expenses covered. You are a young, single adult living in Manchester. The producers of Love Island have uniquely offered you to participate in the upcoming season.

    Manchester Novices 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-02

  • This house opposes children's media centred around dark themes* (e.g. illness, death, depression) *such as Bridge to Terabithia, Coraline, Coco

    LSE IV 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-11-02

  • This house regrets the dominant portrayal of hedonism as immoral

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    Hedonism refers to the prioritization of pleasure in one's lifestyle, actions, or thoughts.

    Formosa BP Open 2024 · School Grandfinal · 2024-11-02

  • This house prefers LGBTQ+ art that are optimistic and heartwarming (e.g., Heartstopper, Steven Universe, I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross) over LGBTQ+ art that are pessimistic and depressing (e.g., Call me by your name, Banana Fish, Heather by Conan Gray)

    North Luzon Invitational Debates 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-11-02

  • This house believes that news media outlets (e.g. Washington Post, New York Times) should not endorse political candidates for the elections

    Formosa BP Open 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-11-02

  • This house prefers a world where fine dining quality recognition (e.g. Michelin stars, James Beard awards) is evaluated solely on food quality as opposed to a holistic experience.

    Yale Intervarsity 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-11-02

  • In a bid to honour the legacy of actors who pass away mid-production, This house believes that movie industries should retire their roles, rather than recasting those roles with new actors.

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    After Chadwick Boseman, the original actor for T'Challa (Black Panther), passed away in 2020, Marvel Studios decided not to recast T'Challa. Instead, the sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, honored Boseman's legacy by integrating his character's death into the storyline, allowing other characters, particularly Shuri (played by Letitia Wright) to take on more prominent roles. In Peaky Blinders, Polly Gray, played by Helen McCrory who was a central character in the Shelby family, died in April 2021. Before her death, she had completed some initial work on the sixth season but passed away before filming could be completed. In Season 6, the writers chose to honor both the character of Polly and McCrory’s legacy by writing her death into the storyline and retiring her role.

    Emirate Word War VI · Semifinals · 2024-11-01

  • In a bid to honour the legacy of actors who pass away mid-production, This house believes that movie industries should retire their roles, rather than recasting those roles with new actors.

    Infoslide

    After Chadwick Boseman, the original actor for T'Challa (Black Panther), passed away in 2020, Marvel Studios decided not to recast T'Challa. Instead, the sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, honored Boseman's legacy by integrating his character's death into the storyline, allowing other characters, particularly Shuri (played by Letitia Wright) to take on more prominent roles. In Peaky Blinders, Polly Gray, played by Helen McCrory who was a central character in the Shelby family, died in April 2021. Before her death, she had completed some initial work on the sixth season but passed away before filming could be completed. In Season 6, the writers chose to honor both the character of Polly and McCrory’s legacy by writing her death into the storyline and retiring her role.

    Emirate Word War VI · Novice Semi Finals · 2024-11-01

  • This house opposes the rise of political satire in social media discourse.

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    Political satire is the use of humor and exaggeration to criticize or ridicule aspects of government and public affairs. for example, Nigerians nicknaming of their President; T Pain etc.

    Emirate Word War VI · Round 4 · 2024-11-01

  • In art and popular culture, This House Believes That creating new lead characters for minorities (e.g. Hancock, Black Panther) is better than recasting them in existing roles previously played by majority actors (e.g. Ghostbusters, The Little Mermaid)

    England BP 2024 · Silver Finals · 2024-10-26

  • This house regrets the decline of consensus media

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    Consensus media refers to news organisations that were consumed on mass within communities - i.e. the 6 o’clock news on national television being consumed by a large majority of the population, there being a few “go to newspapers” and “traditional news platforms” being the main source of information for the majority of people.

    Dulwich Schools 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-10-26

  • This House Regrets the rise of finfluencers

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    Finfluencers are financial influencers who provide information or advice to people over social and digital platforms. They cover various financial topics such as investing in stocks and other financial assets, personal finance tips, banking advice, insurance or real-estate investment.

    England BP 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-26

  • This House Prefers the separate model to the concurrent model of women's sports

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    In the 'separate' model of women's sport, women's sporting events run at a completely separate time and/or venue to the men's (e.g. the men's Premier League football team plays on different days to the women's Super League football team). In the 'concurrent' model, women's and men's games happen one after the other at the same ground on the same day (e.g. Wimbledon, Rugby sevens).

    England BP 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-10-26

  • This house opposes the celebrification of political figures

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    "Celebrification" is the process by which individuals outside the field of entertainment are transformed into celebrities. They are treated and covered by the media and public not just for their professional roles but also for their personal lives, appearances, charisma, and personal brand, often gaining fan followings akin to entertainment celebrities. This can include meme-ifying politicians and involving them in ongoing trends. Some examples are Kamala Harris' "brat summer", Ed Davey "living the meme" during his election campaign, Nigel Farage's appearances on "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!", and Alexanda Occasio-Cortez streaming Among Us.

    SSDC Bogwall Novices 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-10-26

  • This house regrets the rise of political satire.

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    Political satire is the use of humor and exaggeration to criticize or ridicule aspects of government and public affairs. The effect of this kind of satire rests on the use of allusion, a reference to a well-known person, event, or thing, and caricature, which exaggerates some feature of what is being referenced.

    Seri Iskandar Debate Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-10-21