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  • This house believes that pet poisoning should be a criminal offense rather than a civil offense.

    Infoslide

    Recently, increased cases of pet poisoning have been reported in China. Civil offenses are disputes between private parties, typically resolved through compensation. In contrast, criminal offenses are viewed as violations against society, prosecuted by the state and punishable by imprisonment.

    2024 SUN YAT-SEN DEBATE CHALLENGE · Round 3 · 2024-12-14

  • This house would publish the technology, rather than destroy it

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    You are a biologist at a university who spent their entire life researching gene editing, but has been skeptical about how often and where it should be used. You suddenly discover a technology which allows the editing of genes to an unprecedented degree. It would allow to modify any existing creature in any way we can imagine and to revive any previously extinct animal. Your wife, whom you have 2 children with, strongly opposes any form of gene modification, but has stayed with you because of your critical stance of when it should be used. You are certain that this technology will not be recreated by someone else.

    Amsterdam Open 2024 · Novice Brake · 2024-11-30

  • This house believes that Developed Countries should heavily subsidize lab-grown meat.

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    "Traditional food production involves raising animals in farms where they are grouped into cattles, chicken, fish, pigs, etc. These large agricultural sectors are monitored closely by farmers and relevant professionals. A rising alternative of meat source, lab-grown meat is produced by culturing animal cells in a controlled environment without the need to raise and slaughter animals."

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Junior Octofinals · 2024-11-23

  • This house believes that Developed Countries should heavily subsidize lab-grown meat.

    Infoslide

    "Traditional food production involves raising animals in farms where they are grouped into cattles, chicken, fish, pigs, etc. These large agricultural sectors are monitored closely by farmers and relevant professionals. A rising alternative of meat source, lab-grown meat is produced by culturing animal cells in a controlled environment without the need to raise and slaughter animals."

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Octofinals · 2024-11-23

  • This house prefers a world where all environmental policies are decided through a planetary parliament

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    For the purposes of this debate, a “planetary parliament” is a parliament consisting of Earth’s living and nonliving constituents. Ideally, half of the members of this parliament would comprise of a diverse set of experts representing humanity's diverse interests, while the other half would be experts nominated by environmental groups to legislate on behalf of nonhumans, such as animals, plants, and nonliving entities (e.g., atmosphere, lithosphere, etc.), among others.

    National Debate Championship Hermosa 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-13

  • This house supports the narrative of Intrinsic Equality.

    Infoslide

    The Intrinsic Equality narrative argues that the lives of animals hold exactly the same value as human lives, based on philosophical and empirical arguments, such as recent evidence of conscious experience in some groups of animals.

    Condeb ProAM 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-11-03

  • This house believes that you should wake the other deer up

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    In Nara Park, there are many deer, and their favorite food is "Shikasenbei," which they are fed daily by tourists and local residents. Imagine you are one of these deer. One day, you suddenly gain human-level cognition and realize that the deer in Nara Park were originally as intelligent as humans, but their intelligence has been suppressed by a chemical in the "Shikasenbei." For the purposes of this debate, you have a sufficient number of "Shikacookie" that, if a deer eats it, can develop immunity to the chemical in the regular "Shikasenbei" and regain human-level cognition. Now you have two choices. 1\. Distribute the "Shikacookie" to the other deer and wake them up 2\. Keep consuming "Shikasenbei" and gradually return to deer-level cognition

    JPDU Autumn Tournament 2024 · Rookie Final · 2024-10-19

  • This house, as an intelligent rat in NYC, W choose to attempt to take over the city

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    You are an intelligent rat living in NYC with the ability to think, strategize, and rally other rats. The city is cracking down on rat extermination with a goal to eliminate the rat population

    Waterloo Autumn HST · Junior Finals · 2024-10-06

  • This House believes that animal rights groups should prioritise their campaigns on farmed animals being treated well and killed without excessive pain and suffering, rather than discouraging the use of animal-based products.

    Asian Online Debating Championship Junior 2024 · U13 Octofinals · 2024-10-05

  • This house, as a Jewish advocating for environmental protection, W dismiss the legitimacy of The Genesis.

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    Genesis is the beginning book of the Old Testament and is a scripture describing how this world was created. Later in centuries, 1:26-28 started to be criticised for its implication of human dominion over the nature. it says; 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (NIV version)

    Evergreen Cup 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-09-14

  • This house prefers a world in which people predominantly buy into animal welfare, rather than a world in which people predominantly buy into animal rights.

    Infoslide

    Animal welfare refers to a positionality that animal does not obtain a legal status/judicial personality to practice rights. Rather, it sees animal as a legally passive actor to receive protection by human given their natural obligation, whereas animal rights refers to a positionality that animal does obtain a judicial personality.

    Evergreen Cup 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-09-14

  • This house, as the otter, W Remain in the Zoo

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    You are an otter living in the London Zoo. One day, you see a hole in the fence that would allow you to escape and live, without being caught, in Greater London.

    Ayr Schools 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-08-31

  • This house, as European fur suppliers, would pivot to faux fur instead of investing in more sustainable fur sourcing.

    Infoslide

    Kopenhagen Fur is a large Danish fur company founded in 1930, which has historically only focused on real furs. It has recently lost clients like Gucci which have committed to stop using real fur.

    Queen's Summer Open 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-08-24

  • This house, as a major animal advocacy group, would prioritize efforts to improve the lives of mammals with high cognitive abilities (e.g. pigs and cattle in farms, dogs in shelters) over focusing on improving the welfare of more abundant, less intelligent animals (e.g. fish, chickens).

    Pre-EUDC Challenge 2024 Mini · Round 2 · 2024-07-20

  • This house would mandate graphic warning labels for animal-based non-food products (e.g. fox in cage for fox fur coats, cow in line at slaughterhouse for leather products)

    Infoslide

    Graphic warning labels inform users on the risks or harms associated with using products, along with a picture that illustrates these risks or harms. For example, cigarette warning labels list one or multiple illnesses associated with smoking and show a graphic picture of someone with the illness.

    Debatable Open 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-06-30