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  • Assuming the technology exists this house would oblige all farmers to shift their meat animals to ones genetically engineered to not feel pain.

    Ryoso Cup 2021 1.22-23 · School Final · 2021-12-07

  • This house would require companies to place images of animal suffering on all products that involve processes which harmed or killed animals.

    Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2021 · 3 · 2021-11-20

  • This house believes that animal rights advocacy should be targeted at people to change their preference for meat, rather than at corporations/businesses to adopt close meat substitutes (e.g., convincing restaurants to sell plant-based meat, funding research into cell-based meat alternatives).

    Satyam Jha Memorial ProAm Debate 2021 · 3 · 2021-11-05

  • That the government should fund graphic advertising campaigns to discourage people from eating meat (e.g. placing images of dead animals or slaughterhouses on meat packaging).

    Junior Division - International Debating Championships 2021 · 1 · 2021-10-15

  • This house would fight the horse

    Infoslide

    You have been kidnapped by Andrew and Alex to settle a debate from the group chat. You awaken in a colosseum and are given a choice; fight a single horse or 200 ducks.For the sake of this motion you are an average debater unarmed there is no escape and the fight will be to the death.

    Edinburgh Online Open Motions 2021 · 4 · 2021-10-09

  • This house would create an underwater octopus society

    Infoslide

    Scientists have achieved breakthrough understanding in understanding octopus physiology and neuropsychology granting them the ability to genetically engineer octopuses to grant them human lifespans cognitive functions facilitate improved communications between octopodes and technologically uplift them to match humanity.

    Edinburgh Online Open Motions 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-10-09

  • This house as climate activist would start using visceral projections (i.e. images of animal death stories of climate disaster etc.) over scientific evidence as their main method of advocacy

    Asia Pacific WSDC 2021 · 2 · 2021-10-08

  • This house would take the sponsorship

    Infoslide

    You are a vegan social media influencer with a platform based on following a vegan lifestyle. You have previously been offered small corporate sponsorships from companies selling meat alternatives. Recently, the largest meat producer in your country has brought to market a lab grown meat product that does not require the use of animals at any stage in its development. this company is currently subject to particular criticism by the animal rights movement for the methods used in the production of its meat based products and has a history of poor interactions with animal rights activists. The new product remains more expensive than traditional forms of meat but is otherwise identical to those products. this company offers you a large sponsorship to promote their product as a cruelty-free alternative to meat.

    Queen's Tower Charity Open 2021 · 2 · 2021-09-25

  • That governments should require that meat packaging include images that vividly and accurately reflect the experiences of the animals slaughtered.

    NLUJ PD 2021 · 5 · 2021-09-25

  • Assuming anatomic feasibility, this house, as John Cena in his 2nd term as US President, W release a chemical which caused all animals, and their offspring, (excluding humans) to grow to random sizes, between a mouse and a double-decker bus

    International Zoo Open · 3 · 2021-09-04

  • This house would reveal themselves to the world

    Infoslide

    You are 6 sentient otters in a trenchcoat successfully masquerading as a human living a comfortable life as an accountant in the Midwest USA.

    International Zoo Open · 4 · 2021-09-04

  • This house would Heist the Zoo

    Infoslide

    All Zoo animals are sentient and can talk to each other, without humans realising. Your name is Icarus, an Owl who is the leader of an underground resistance movement in the New York sewer system with your fellow escaped zoo animals. Your squad is comprised of a Chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky, a Tiger named Tony, a Beaver named Woody, an Octopus named Dr. Peuss, a Zebra named Zoinky, and four penguins named Private, Kowalski, Skipper, and Rico. The group is discussing what to do next. There is a fully formed plan to head to Madagascar, where you can all peacefully live the rest of your life in the wild. The alternative proposal is to begin a mass resistance movement, liberating zoos across the country, freeing animals and recruiting them into your underground network. As you are very wise, you have the final say.

    International Zoo Open · 2 · 2021-09-04

  • EXCH tactics of mixing Veganimite into water by activists is justified (Veganimite)

    Infoslide

    In 2022, the chemical Veganimite was invented, when consumed, a strong aversion to meat appears. A group of radical vegan activists has stolen a large dose of Veganimite and is mixing it into the regional water supply.

    Школьный ЛД турнир 2021 г.Кокшетау · Open Final · 2021-08-22

  • In the world of Pokémon, this house believes that governments should heavily subsidize young trainers to not pursue a path in becoming the Pokémon Champion.

    Infoslide

    Pokémon are creatures with specialized abilities and are highly sentient. In the world of Pokémon, many young trainers strive to become the Pokémon Champion through competing in battles and outclassing their opposition. In Pokémon battles, they are ordered to attack each other until one Pokémon faints. There are also other paths to being a trainer that are less well-known, less well paid, and less lucrative (becoming a chef or being a Pokémon Beauty Contest Champion).

    5th Linkbate Debating Championship 2021 · 4 · 2021-08-21