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  • This house supports major media houses adopting undercover journalism.

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    **‘Undercover journalism’ is a form of reporting in which journalists conceal their identities or true intentions to gather information that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to obtain. This method often involves the journalist posing as someone else, using hidden cameras or recording devices, or gaining access to restricted areas under false pretences.**

    Chung Ling Private Debate Championship 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-09-07

  • This house believes that cyber-vigilantism brings more harm than good.

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    ‘Cyber-vigilantism’ is when people take the law in their own hands on the internet, without seeking help from the legal system. This includes the creation of name-and-shame websites for perpetrators, crowdsourcing and leaking of private information of such individuals etc.

    Chung Ling Private Debate Championship 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-09-07

  • This house opposes the idolization of "Power Fantasy" characters

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    In stories, "Power Fantasy" characters are those whose natural and/or bestowed traits make them much more powerful than others. They shape the story's narrative by perfoming extraordinary feats and are seen as symbols of control and/or victory. They are often physically attractive, emotionally guarded (choose not to open up to others), and exhibit a sense of superiority. (E.g. James Bond, Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen, Sung Jin-Woo from Solo-leveling, and John Wick)

    Muntazar Asian Parliamentary Debate · Round 1 · 2024-09-07

  • This house would ban all pre-electoral prediction polls

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    For the purposes of this debate, Pre-electoral prediction polls refer to the public display of all electoral surverys on various platforms such as social media, traditional news channels, etc.

    Muntazar Asian Parliamentary Debate · Round 2 · 2024-09-07

  • As a reputable children's book author, this House would choose to queer code main characters in the story

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    Queer coding is the act of using subtext to code a character in media as queer. The process of queer coding entails applying characteristics associated with queerness to a character, without ever confirming it.

    Muntazar Asian Parliamentary Debate · Quarterfinals · 2024-09-07

  • This house, as the drag queen, would lean towards conventional drag as opposed to sticking with alternative drag

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    You are a rising young drag-queen in the province known to have an alternative, unconventional drag style. One day, you receive and accept an offer to be part of the new season of Drag Race Philippines. Competing with your unconventional drag supplies would significantly lessen your expenses for the show. However, upon beginning your preparations, your drag mother suggests you rebrand into the more conventional drag style seen in mainstream media.

    Philippine Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-09-07

  • This house supports the trend of converting complex representation into idealized representation while adapting source material to movies and shows. (e.g. House of the Dragon, The Witcher, etc)

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    Complex representations of women portray them as morally ambiguous, with intricate motivations and internal conflicts. Idealized representations of women depict them as morally principled, purpose- driven, and self-assured. They are shown as averse to negative emotions and make decisions with a focus on the overall consequences.

    Muntazar Asian Parliamentary Debate · Round 1 · 2024-09-07

  • THO the practice of stunt casting on Broadway

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    “Stunt casting” refers to the practice of casting actors who are prominently known for their work in television or film - regardless of any lack of experience onstage - in plays or musicals as a way to increase interest and ticket sales for the production in question (eg casting Sabrina Carpenter as Cady in Mean Girls: The Musical, North West's casting as Young Simba in The Lion King, and David Hasselhoff being cast as the titular character(s) in Jekyll & Hyde).

    Ayr Schools 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-08-31

  • This house regrets the prevalent concept of "the marketplace of ideas”

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    The marketplace of ideas holds that the truth will emerge from the competition of ideas in free, transparent public discourse and concludes that ideas and ideologies will be culled according to their superiority or inferiority and widespread acceptance among the population.

    Malaysia Debate Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-08-31

  • This House, as a talented professional tennis player born in 1990, regrets the dominance of the Big Three.

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    For the last twenty years three men known as “the Big Three” - Roger Federer of Switzerland, Rafael Nadal of Spain and Novak Djokovic of Serbia - have dominated men’s tennis. 80% of the Grand Slam tournaments held since 2003 (when Federer won his first title) have been won by one of the Big Three. Considered the three best tennis players of all time, they hold the top three places in all time records for Grand Slam titles, finals, semifinals, quarterfinals and total match wins. The most successful contemporary of the Big Three is Andy Murray who won 3 grand slams in his career; the Big Three each won 20+ grand slams. Federer, now 42, retired in 2022. Nadal, 38, is expected to retire in the next twelve months due to accumulated injuries but won Roland Garros (a Grand Slam tournament held on his preferred surface, clay) as recently as 2022. Djokovic, 37, won the Olympic gold medal in men's tennis at the Paris Olympics.

    ANU Equinox 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-08-30

  • This house prefers a world in which Michelle Obama had immediately entered the race to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for President upon his withdrawal

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    A Reuters/Ipsos poll in July 2024 found that Michelle Obama outpolled Donald Trump as a presidential candidate by 11% nationally. This far outstripped potential Democratic alternatives such as Kamala Harris (-1%), Gavin Newsom (-3%) and Joe Biden (0%). Assume for the purposes of this debate that upon dropping out of the race, Joe Biden would not have immediately endorsed any particular candidate.

    ANU Equinox 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-08-30