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This house would penalize sports teams for the behavior of their fans
- Sports
- Social Policy
- Law
Costeas-Geitonas School Debate Cup 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01
This House prefers a world where all individuals have a strong belief in In-Yeon
Infoslide

In-Yeon (인연) is a Korean concept roughly translating to “fate” or “connection across lifetimes.” It’s the belief that every encounter between people, even fleeting ones, is the result of countless prior connections in past lives, and that these meetings carry deep significance.

University of Western Ontario Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-11-01
This house would ban prediction markets
Infoslide

Prediction markets are online markets that allow visitors to bet money on real-life events (eg. elections, political actions, wars). If their prediction is correct, they receive a monetary reward proportional to the risk of their prediction.

Costeas-Geitonas School Debate Cup 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-11-01
This house supports a hedonistic approach to life
Infoslide

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
Where resources are significantly limited, This house believes that states should actively promote religion in areas of high poverty
South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · ESL Semifinal · 2025-11-01
This house opposes the religious practice of idol worship in India
- Religion
- Culture
- Asia
- Art
DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Pre-Semifinals · 2025-11-01
This house believes that gay rights movements should denounce entertainment contents which feature same sex relationships produced by non-LGBT producer (e.g., BL comics produced by heterosexual woman).
- LGBTQ+
- Culture
- Social Justice
- Media
Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド1 · 2025-11-01
This house prefers post-colonial nations prioritising history curricula that actively focus on transformative narratives depicting agency and self-determination over narratives of victimhood in past oppression.
SMU Novice Debating Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-11-01
This house prefers to be born in a religion that proselytises* rather than one that does not (*seeks to convert others)
Prague Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01
This house prefers a world where no one has a desire for external validation
Prague Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-11-01
This house would take the offer
Infoslide

The year is 1716. You are a British sailor on a private merchant ship. Having left your recently wed wife in England, it is your first time at sea, and you have almost arrived to the Carribean port city. Suddenly a ship comes portside and they reveal themselves to be pirates. They board your ship, throw the captain and officers overboard, steal all the booty, and offer the rest of the crew to join them. Anyone who refuses, will be left to sail or swim to the port city.

Erasmus Novice Cup · Round 3 · 2025-11-01
This House believes that trials for crimes against humanity* should continue even after the death of the defendant or suspect. *e.g. genocides, wars, and abuse of state power.
Armorial 2025 · Rodada 2 · 2025-11-01
This House, as a begginer hero in high crime city, would choose to follow Batman's philosophy over Punisher's philosophy
Infoslide

When dealing with heinous crimes, Batman's philosophy is based on a moral code of not killing, believing that criminals, regardless of their crimes, should be judged by the law and given a second chance. The Punisher's beliefs revolve around a distrust of the justice system, believing it is corrupt and inefficient, and that the best moral way to deal with heinous crime is by eliminate those who perpetuate it.

South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · Novice Final · 2025-11-01
THR the decreasing number of young adults visiting night clubs
Erasmus Novice Cup · Round 2 · 2025-11-01
This house would abolish conscription in South Korea.
- Military
- Asia
- Law
- Human Rights
Infoslide

In South Korea, conscription has been a legal requirement for all male citizens since 1957. According to the countrie's rules, all men who turn 18 are required to serve in the armed forces for a minimum of 18 to 21 months.

South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-11-01
This house regrets the trend of large accounting firms (e.g., Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG), and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), etc.) expanding their business into management consulting.
- Economics
- Law
- Labor
Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-01
This House supports the normalization of human-AI relations
Infoslide

For the purposes of this debate, human-AI relations describes a relationship between humans and artificially intelligent entities (i.e. robots, androids, LLMs) that identically parallel relations between humans (i.e. friendship, attraction, trust). An example of human-AI relations include a recently viral video of children playing sports with a humanoid robot in China.

University of Western Ontario Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Junior Semifinals · 2025-11-01
This house believes that it is in the interest of land-rich nations to sell land to countries existentially threatened by climate change
SMU Novice Debating Championships 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01
Under veil of ignorance, This house would choose to be born with a high emotional sensitivity rather than with low emotional sensitivity.
Infoslide

For the purposes of this debate, "emotional sensitivity" refers to the degree to which an individual perceives, internalizes, and reacts to emotional stimuli — both their own and others'.

Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ESL Final · 2025-11-01
This house regrets the narrative that all suffering has a point.
SMU Novice Debating Championships 2025 · High School Grand Final · 2025-11-01