Motions

Rookie Grand Final

  • 1
    THR the emphasis of the effect of environmental factors to success
  • 2
    THBT labeling others as “メンヘラ(me-nn-he-ra)” to justify cutting them off does more harm than good for self-development
  • 3
    THW heavily discourage 自然派育児 (shi-zen-ha-iku-ji)
  • Grand Final

  • 1
    TH, as you, would quit your job at your local community paper and take the job at the region wide newspaper.
  • 2
    THP being a conventionally attractive individual with average levels of intelligence opposed to an averagely attractive individual with high levels of intelligence
  • 3
    THP to live in the world of "Matched"
  • Semi Final

  • 1
    THBT Japanese new principle of weapons exports is in the interest of Japan
  • 2
    THR the narrative of the American Dream
  • 3
    THR the emphasis on regional representation in adjudication core
  • Quarter Final

  • 1
    TH, as the Japanese LGBTQIA+ movement, regrets the popularization of Boy's Love and Yuri content
  • 2
    TH, as the Ballroom community, would welcome individuals with no Ballroom background to partake in traditionally Ballroom-exclusive acts
  • 3
    THP that the LGBTQIA+ movement emphasizes differentiating individuals (e.g. differences of being black gay person and a white gay person) within one minority group as the main approach rather than the message of strong cohesion
  • Round4

  • 1
    THR the prevalence of Mary Sue characters in mainstream movies and TV shows
  • 2
    TH, as the Korean feminist movement, opposes the rise of K-pop
  • 3
    THBT artists (e.g. Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Emma Watson) actively participating in politics do more harm than good to democracy
  • Round3

  • 1
    THR the rise in political consumerism
  • 2
    THBT all large data AI repositories should be forced to pay companies for training data skimmed from the internet, even in instances where they are typically free for users (e.g. youtube, Reddit, Facebook, CNN, BBC, etc.)
  • 3
    THO 100% zero-emission vehicle policies
  • Round2

  • 1
    THR the glorification of studying abroad in university
  • 2
    THBT Black parents living in developed nations should actively discourage their kids from using African-American Vernacular English in favour of Standardized English
  • 3
    THW allow parents to remove their children from specific classes at school (such as sports, religious studies, sex education and science) on moral, religious or political grounds
  • Round1

  • 1
    THW prohibit mass media from entering sites of disaster
  • 2
    THW legalize the usage of recreational drugs (e.g. cocaine, marijuana, MDMA, etc.) in areas where they are highly prevalent
  • 3
    THS the use of artificial intelligence to triage patients when medical resource is severely limited (e.g. pandemic, major disaster)