Motions

Grand Final

  • This house believes that postcolonial states, when developing their cultural and national identity (lifestyle, political discourse, history curriculums, anthems, street names, holidays, flag, national heroes etc.) should prioritize pre-colonial history and notions of indigeneity over themes of anti-colonial resistance.

    • Semifinals

  • THBT democratic states with growing economies (Brazil, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Kenya) should attempt to develop closer economic, political and military ties with China at the expense of closer ties with the US

    • Quarterfinals

  • THW require all isolated communities to give all 18-year-olds a 'Rumspringa'

    • Octofinals

  • This house believes that social movements should use the courts rather than the legislature to advance social change

    • Round 6

  • This house believes that developing countries should drop local languages (Tamil/Hindi in India, Urdu in Pakistan, Bengali in Bangladesh) in favor of English as the primary medium of instruction in schools

    • Round 5

  • This house prefers a world where professional sports adopt a rookie draft rather than a free agency model

    • Round 4

  • This House Supports the use of extraction rights to natural resources as a form of collateral for external debt held by governments

    • Round 3

  • This house would end the relationship before your partner leaves

    • Round 2

  • This house prefers historical media that focuses on the experiences of ordinary people (All Quiet on the Western Front, The Help, Les Miserable) rather than media that focuses on the lives of great figures and important leaders of society (Napoleon, Oppenheimer, Malcolm X)

    • Round 1

  • This House opposes the stigma against laziness