Motions

Novice Finals

  • 1
    THP a world where the dominant narrative is that life after death is eternal nothingness as opposed to the concept of heaven and hell
  • 2
    THP a world where polytheistic religions (e.g. Hinduism, etc.) are the norm rather than monotheistic religions (e.g. Christianity, Islam, etc.)
  • 3
    TH, as a parent belonging to a minority religion, would discourage their children from expressing their faith publicly (e.g. crossing yourself, wearing hijabs, kippahs or other articles of faith, posting on social media, publicly attending mass, synagogues etc.)

    • Novice Semi Finals

  • 1
    THR the issuance of nomadic visas by developing countries
  • 2
    THBT developers of application software should allow consumers to preview and vote on allowing future updates of software
  • 3
    THBT governments should increase the integration of data based prediction models in decisions for public policy

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    THBT the feminist movement should support right-wing female politicians (e.g. Claudia Sheinbaum, Roberta Metsola, Nikki Haley, etc.)
  • 2
    THR the use of sexual trauma and assault as a plot device
  • 3
    THW participate in the Eurovision with a drag act as an act of protest against anti-LGBTQIA+ host countries

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT organized religion does more harm than good to developing nations
  • 2
    THR the rise of apatheism
  • 3
    THP a world where all religious deities are seen as morally fallible

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THR the use of PMCs in Third World Countries
  • 2
    THBT the EU should provide membership to regions who have seceded from EU states
  • 3
    THW abolish the International Criminal Court (ICC)

    • Round 5

  • 1
    THP a model of economic development that primarily relies upon microfinance as opposed to the development of traditional financial institutions.
  • 2
    THR the rise of BlackRock
  • 3
    THW refuse to bail out the big banks that failed

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THR ‘love teams’
  • 2
    THBT entertainment award shows (e.g. Oscar's, Emmy's, Grammy's, Tony's) does more harm than good
  • 3
    THO the use of A.I in creating song covers or original music (e.g Lana Del Rey singing Skyfall, songs made using A.I generated vocals of Spongebob character)

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THS the rise of Middle Eastern investment into sports leagues (e.g Saudi Arabia building up a football league involving star player Cristiano Ronaldo)
  • 2
    THBT national sports leagues should require teams to include a minimum number of domestic players in their starting line-up
  • 3
    THW accept the MGF offer

    • Round 2

  • 1
    In areas with high unemployment, THW remove minimum wage
  • 2
    THBT it is in the best interest of the Malaysian Federal Government to grant greater political autonomy to Malaysian state governments
  • 3
    THW prosecute and charge Zahid

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THBT states should stop providing tax incentives as a means of regulating carbon emissions
  • 2
    THBT ecotourism does more harm than good
  • 3
    THW condition development aid on a state’s renewable energy policies