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This house believes that Hindu leaders in Malaysia should cooperate with the government’s move to relocate the temple
Infoslide

The Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman Temple, a 130-year-old Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, is being relocated to a location 50 metres away from its current location after the Malaysian Government sold the land to Jakel Trading for a mosque project.

Ateneo Debate Open Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-12
This house would privatize Malaysian GLC’s
Malaysia National Universities Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-04-12
This House Would allow authors to make legally binding declarations prohibiting some or all of their unpublished works from being published posthumously.
- Law
- Art
- Privacy
- Private Property
Infoslide

Many works of literature have been published after their author's death, despite the author asking that they not be published. This includes almost all of Emily Dickinson's poetry, Roland Barthes's personal diary, Sylvia Plath's Ariel, and works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mark Twain and Vladimir Nabokov.

Glasgow Ancients 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-11
This House would implement a full inheritance tax on all estates.
13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Round 4 · 2025-04-05
This house believes that the government should nationalize all sin industries (e.g. alcohol, gambling, and tobacco industries)
77th MUKMEM 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-05
This house regrets the growing trend of repurposing heritage sites for practical use.
Infoslide

For the purposes of this debate, the modernization of heritage sites for functional use involves transferring historic buildings to private entities, which then repurpose them for commercial activities. Examples of this phenomenon include turning historic churches in the UK into nightclubs or converting old castles into hotels.

MRU IV 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-05
This house prefers a world where all individuals, regardless of socio-economic status, will their wealth (money, property, and assets) to charities or nonprofit organisations of their choice, rather than to personal beneficiaries (spouses, children, extended family, or friends).
All Nigerian Youth Debate Championships 2025. 🫴🎉 · Round 5 · 2025-04-04
In times of corporate financial distress, This house would require business owners to use personal funds to pay off investors or stabilize the company
KDS DAE RT 2025 · Open Octo-finals · 2025-04-04
This house would implement the Golden Lump of Coal Award
Infoslide

Every year the total weight of fossil fuels burned by a company and its contribution to the company's economic output is globally ranked and publicly released. The company at the top of the list gets a Golden Lump of Coal as an award and is dissolved. All assets, revenue, etc. are then redistributed to climate change affected countries directly affected by the dissolutions and environmental charitable causes.

Cardiff Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-22
This house believes that Governments should nationalise all sectors whose access fall under basic human rights.
Infoslide

Basic human rights are fundamental rights awarded to citizens by the state which everyone should freely access regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion . These rights include the right to education and the right to access medical and health care.

Summer Wars 3.0: The Battle of Supremacy · Quarterfinals · 2025-03-20
This house prefers private equity takeovers over government bailouts in strategic industries
Infoslide

Strategic industries are sectors critical to a nation's security, economy, and long-term stability, including but not limited to defense, energy, education, etc.

CBS PD 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-15
This house would grant fans partial ownership of sports teams.
- Sports
- Private Property
- Economics
- Law
Infoslide

In February 2025, Dallas Mavericks' General Manager Nico Harrison orchestrated a blockbuster trade, sending franchise cornerstone Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a future first-round pick. This unprecedented mid-season move, involving two high- profile NBA stars, was met with widespread shock and disapproval from Mavericks fans. Protests erupted outside the American Airlines Center, with supporters expressing their frustration and even staging a mock funeral for Dončić. In recent developments, Manchester United has implemented significant cost- cutting measures, including but not limited to the elimination of free staff lunches. These measures come amid reports of potential further job cuts, with up to 200 additional staff positions at risk, following a previous round of layoffs last year.

CBS PD 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-15
This house would nationalise all housing.
Intertext School's AP 2025 (S) · Round 2 · 2025-03-15
This house would nationalise all housing.
Intertext School's AP 2025 (J) · Round 2 · 2025-03-15
This house opposes guerrilla filmmaking
- Privacy
- Art
- Law
- Media
- Private Property
Infoslide

"Guerrilla filmmaking" is a form of independent filmmaking characterized by minimal crew, extremely low budgets, and limited use of props. These films are usually made quickly, often without securing permits, property owners' permission, or consent from people appearing in the films.

Dartmouth United States Universities' Debating Championships 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-03-01
This house would privatise the oceans.
Queen Mary IV 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-01
This house prefers the economic status quo to market socialism.
Infoslide

In the status quo, most firms are owned by founders and/or private investors. Market socialism is a system in which firms are instead entirely owned by their employees, each of whom holds an equity stake in the business.

Hart House High Schools 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-02-15
This house would place a cap on the overall amount of wealth that parents can pass down to their children (e.g. inheritance, trust funds, gifts that are given after they turn 18, etc.)
Western World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-01-31
This house believes that it is in the interest of African countries to aggressively nationalize the mining and extractive sector
Kamalig Novice Asian Parliamentary 2 · Round 4 · 2025-01-25
This house regrets the private ownership of culturally significant art.
Eurasian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Son Final · 2025-01-18