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  • 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 parents should teach daughters to assume men are "guilty until proven innocent".

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    For the purposes of the debate, assuming a man is "guilty until proven innocent" means to assume he is ill-intentioned until proven otherwise. Believing a man is "guilty until proven innocent" may imply, among other things, believing he is untrustworthy, overwhelmingly driven by lust, or harbours a tendency to look down upon women.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that feminist groups on American college campuses should campaign for the banning of Greek life.

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    <div class="docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable" dir="ltr" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(68, 71, 70); padding: 3px 21px 3px 5px; margin-left: -5px; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem;">Greek life refers to social organizations on U.S. college campuses, called fraternities (for men) and sororities (for women). Those wishing to enter one will, in the beginning of their college life, undergo an initiation period, and then participate in regular chapter meetings, often live in a house with other members, and are expected to make the organization their primary social circle. Fraternity or sorority allegiance and loyalty is tight-knit and expected to last a lifetime.</span></div>

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house supports the glorification of adventurous lifestyles (e.g. lifestyles that involve experimenting & exploring experiences that are foreign to oneself, casual spontaneity, embracing opportunities with many unknowns etc.)

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-24

  • In countering anti-immigration sentiments, This house believes that left-wing movements should primarily adopt a cultural approach instead of an economic approach.

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    For the purpose of this debate, the 'cultural approach' to migration contends that an increase in the immigrant population enhances the host nation’s cultural diversity, attempting to dispel the anti-immigration sentiment glorifying the preservation of cultural purity. The 'economic approach' frames migration in economic terms, arguing that immigrant integration yields economic benefits and seeks to counter rhetoric which suggests that immigrants cause negative economic ramifications.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that LGBTQ movements should actively disassociate with drag culture

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    Drag culture refers to a performance culture where individuals, often men, dress and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. In modern times, drag culture is associated with gay culture. It is often celebrated as a form of queer expression and art.

    Autumn Tournament 2025 · ラウンド1 · 2025-10-18

  • This house would implement a cultural dividend

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    A "cultural dividend" is a significant tax on the revenue of works that reference a culture the artist is not an immediate and direct member of. The cultural dividend would be paid to the culture's country of origin. For example, a white designer being inspired by traditional Malay batik prints would pay cultural dividends to Malaysia; Colombian born-and-raised singer Shakira who draws on her Lebanese heritage in her music would pay cultural dividends to Lebanon.

    Malaysia Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-18

  • This House believes that major entertainment studios should prioritize creating new diverse characters instead of modifying established characters to promote representation. This is a debate motion about whether entertainment companies should focus on creating original diverse characters rather than changing existing popular characters to increase representation of underrepresented groups.

    Curitiba Week of British Parliamentary 2025 · Final Schools · 2025-10-17

  • This house, as Nezuko, would not kill Tanjiro

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    Muzan, the demon king, uses his blood and active consciousness to create demons. To combat Muzan, the Demon Slayer Corps was created with the single duty of eliminating all demons. Tanjiro, a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, discovers that his sister, Nezuko, has become a demon but decides to save her since since she has retained her human consciousness. In the end, Nezuko, through immense willpower and aided by the human transformation drug of Tamayo, a doctor, is successfully able to regain her full humanity. On the other hand, Tanjiro was successfully able to defeat Muzan but now is near-dead from the injuries he sustained. However, in an alternate universe with a tragic twist of fate, Muzan, in his dying moments, successfully transfers his blood and consciousness to Tanjiro. While Tanjiro has now become a sun- resistant demon, Muzan's active consciousness controls Tanjiro. Muzan now uses Tanjiro's body to spread his blood and create more sun-resistant demons. However, Muzan discovers that Tanjiro would experience lucid intervals when Tanjiro is near his sister, allowing Tanjiro to temporarily regain his consciousness. Nezuko knows that the only way to stop Muzan is to suppress his active consciousness during a lucid interval and kill his brother.

    Cebu Debate Open · Round 1 · 2025-10-17

  • This house believes that Drag Race Philippines should abandon the versus-the-world format and instead exclusively cast Filipino drag performers for an all-stars format

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    Drag Race is an international franchise which features drag performers who compete to win. For the non-regular "All-Stars" season, producers have the option to exclusively cast returning drag performers who previously competed in the same local franchise (e.g., Drag Race Espana) or adopt a versus-the- world format which would cast drag performers from different international franchises who largely represent their own home franchises (e.g., Drag Race UK versus the World, Drag Race Philippines Slaysian Royale).

    Cebu Debate Open · Round 4 · 2025-10-17

  • This house believes that it is in the queer community’s interest to point out the Manosphere’s homoaffectivity.

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    The manosphere is a masculinist subculture composed exclusively of men who, in turn, promote masculine personal development, whether through criticism of feminism (strong or moderate) or by advocating that men invest their time in themselves without the need to seek a romantic relationship or build a family. It is a community centered on masculinity and men’s communities, espousing ideas such as “only men know how to love.”

    Open Estou Além 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-17

  • This House regrets that feminism has prioritized the narrative of individual empowerment at the expense of collective mobilization. This is a debate motion that critiques a perceived shift in feminist focus from collective action to individual empowerment narratives.

    Curitiba Week of British Parliamentary 2025 · Rodada 1 · 2025-10-17