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  • This house supports a hedonistic approach to life

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    A hedonistic approach to life means that people should prioritize experiences, choices, and actions that maximize simple and short term sensual pleasure.

    Prague Open 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-11-01

  • “This House prefers a predominantly polytheistic world.”

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    Polytheism refers to a belief system that involves the worship of multiple deities instead of just one.

    Armorial 2025 · Rodada 4 · 2025-11-01

  • In highly competitive societies (e.g. India, China), This house prefers instilling children with traits of personality [A], as opposed to traits of personality [B]

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    Personality [A] is characterised by a focus on the individual being self- reliant and resilient. The norm is to be direct, blunt, and not averse to confrontation. Personality [B] is characterised by a focus on the individual focusing on the preservation of relationships. The norm is to be pleasant, appeasing of others, and averse to confrontation.

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-01

  • This house supports the increasing prominence of country music in the mainstream

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    The rise of country music has seen an increase in both the popularity of traditional country music and an increase in fusion between country music and other genres (e.g., country-pop, country-R&B)

    Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-31

  • This house believes that the belief in Tadhana has no place in modern-day Philippine society

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    Tadhana is the Filipino belief in fate or destiny where outcomes in life are pre-determined by some divine entity.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Round 4 · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that the Filipino belief in "Gaba" has done more harm than good

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    "Gaba" is loosely used to determine person's fate and destiny according to the actions they commit. It is the karmic justice that says people who do good will be rewarded and people who do bad will be punished.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Open Finals · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that individual awards should carry greater weight than team championships when evaluating all-time great athletes.

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    In competitive sports, an all time great athlete's legacy includes both individual awards (MVPs, Scoring Records, Ballon d'Ors) and team championships (NBA Championship, Stanley Cup, World Cup, World Series).

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-25

  • This House Believes That the Martin family should go to London over Tanzania.

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    The Martin family lives in London Ontario. It is comprised of William Martin, 44, a civil engineer who enjoys craft beer, history, and golf, Jane Martin, 42, a pediatrician who enjoys hiking, photography, and enjoys planning detailed itineraries, Rose Martin, 13, who is artistic, shy, and loves K-pop, and Logan Martin, 9, who is energetic, an animal lover, and a huge fan of soccer. The Martin family is upper middle class and hasn’t gone on a family vacation since COVID. After thinking through their options, they have come down to London (UK) or Serengeti National Park Tanzania

    Unity Cup 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that CJ Opiaza should not accept the crown

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    In pageantry, "in the case that the winner failed to fulfill her duties, the first runner-up will take her position." Recently, Miss Grand International dethroned their reigning Miss MGI 2024 Rachel Gupta of India for her inability and unwillingness to fulfill her responsibilities. Gupta gave her own statement accusing that the organization has mistreated her, the org was quick to deny this. CJ Opiaza is the first runner-up and is set to be the first MGI titleholder from the Philippines.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Round 2 · 2025-10-25