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  • This house prefers the Grimm Brothers' method of storytelling over Disney's method of storytelling when it comes to producing children's media

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    The Disney method is a storytelling style that is sanitised, optimistic and visually appealing, often involving musical elements and comic relief. It emphasises hope, perseverance and friendship, and typically ends happily. The Grimm Brothers' method depicts stories as darker, moralistic and often violent tales with clear consequences. It emphasises realism, fear, and caution. These stories usually involve suffering as a path to learning and tend to lack sanitised happy endings

    Vanguard Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-09-26

  • THW prefer to live an average*, long life over a extremely succesful**, short life. *i.e. middle income, functional family, meeting your basic material needs **i.e. very high income, regarded and respected by family and peers, access to extremely prestigious spaces

    India WUDC Fundraiser · Semifinals · 2025-09-26

  • This house opposes the rising trend of death celebration among the global left

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    Death celebration refers to the growing social media trend of collectively celebrating the passing of individuals who previously held political views or engaged in actions that may be viewed as socially regressive, bigoted or harmful to minority communities. Common examples include the social media reactions to the death of Hulk Hogan, FW De Klerk and, most recently, Charlie Kirk.

    Cape Town Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-09-25

  • This house, as the South African Department of Arts and Culture, would prioritise increasing accessibility to the film industry (eg. providing young actors and crew members with more employment opportunities) over advocating for and implementing more equitable payment structures for legacy performers

    Cape Town Open 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-09-25

  • This house regrets the romanticization of science-based fitness

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    Science-based fitness refers to the application of training, nutrition, and recovery practices that are grounded in aggregated research and scientific evidence on the most effective ways to achieve health and fitness goals. This approach emphasises diligent tracking of all calories consumed, eating in a caloric deficit, designing workout routines with optimal splits, consuming 1.5 to 2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight, and consistently training with progressive overload. Additionally, it discourages the use of performance-enhancing drugs Prominent proponents of science-based fitness include Jeff Nippard, Dr. Mike Israetel, and Eric Helms.

    Cape Town Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-09-25

  • THP the establishment of an inclusive literary canon to the establishment of any literal canon.

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    "Literary canon" refers to an established set of works that are considered high-culture and have achieved the status of "classics". An inclusive literary canon refers to one in which works from authors of diverse backgrounds-and often more contemporary works-are considered part of that canon.

    CranesTrials25 online · Round 5 · 2025-09-23

  • This House opposes the mainstreaming of high-risk sexual activities in queer spaces

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    For the purposes of this debate, high-risk sexual activities are practices that carry an elevated risk of stigma, policing, or personal harm. Examples of this include but are not limited to: 1\. Cruising, the process of seeking anonymous, casual sexual encounters in public or semi-public spaces, 2\. Chem-sex, the act of engaging in sexual intercourse while under the influence of hard drugs, 3\. BDSM, a set of sexual practices involving bondage, domination, sadism and masochism, and 4\. Unprotected sexual intercourse with multiple sexual partners

    tabserverofturkey Online Pre-WUDC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-09-13