Motions

Grand Finals

  • 1
    Without having regard to future events of the show, THBT the protagonists of the 100 were morally reprehensible to seek to expose the Primes
  • 2
    TH, as Melissa, Would reveal the truth to the world
  • 3
    THP a world with Ubermensch mentality.

    • Novice Finals

  • 1
    THBT it is legitimate of Japan to release the nuclear waste water into the sea even if it causes harm(s) to other nations in the region.
  • 2
    TH, as the climate movement, would strongly advocate to add ecocide to the Rome Statute
  • 3
    THBT the fight against Climate Change should include taking international action against sovereign countries (such as exclusion from international institutions, sanctions, military intervention, etc.), which allow environmental abuses through direct action or negligence

    • Novice Semi Finals

  • 1
    THBT Adam and Eve's banishment from the Garden of Eve should be depicted as an act of liberation rather than a punishment
  • 2
    Of religions that promise reward for faithful practice, THW prefer religions that promise reward will come in the afterlife as opposed to those that promise material reward in this life.
  • 3
    THBT Western liberal democracies should finance the creation and operation of “Recovery from Religion” organisations

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THBT it is legitimate of Japan to release the nuclear waste water into the sea even if it causes harm(s) to other nations in the region.
  • 2
    TH, as the climate movement, would strongly advocate to add ecocide to the Rome Statute
  • 3
    THBT the fight against Climate Change should include taking international action against sovereign countries (such as exclusion from international institutions, sanctions, military intervention, etc.), which allow environmental abuses through direct action or negligence

    • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    THBT Adam and Eve's banishment from the Garden of Eve should be depicted as an act of liberation rather than a punishment
  • 2
    Of religions that promise reward for faithful practice, THW prefer religions that promise reward will come in the afterlife as opposed to those that promise material reward in this life.
  • 3
    THBT Western liberal democracies should finance the creation and operation of “Recovery from Religion” organisations

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THO the perception of female sensual dances in Bollywood Movies (e.g. Mayya Mayya, Lazy Lamhe, Zara Zara Touch Me, etc.) as vulgar
  • 2
    TH as X would choose not conceive a child
  • 3
    THBT Konam Sapoor should sell the script

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THP a world where billionaire-run NGOs enact high risk structural solutions (eg research into genetically altering mosquitos to not carry malaria, lobbying for welfare reform) over low risk reactionary aid (eg malaria nets, GiveDirectly).
  • 2
    TH prefers a world where the state allowed its citizens to choose where the money from their tax allocated to welfare goes, as opposed to a centralized welfare system
  • 3
    THW vote for low-welfare, low-taxation party.

    • Round 2

  • 1
    This House Prefers a world where RegretMeNot is available.
  • 2
    THP a world where artists create breakup songs about their growth and self-empowerment (Flowers by Miley Cyrus) to loathing over their exes (Love the Way You Lie by Rihanna)
  • 3
    Assuming with certainty that they will never meet again, THBT the lovers would be better off not falling in love in the first place

    • Round 1

  • 1
    THR the success of white artists who co-opt minority dominated music subcultures (e.g. Rap, jazz, hip-hop, etc.)
  • 2
    THR the popularization of dramatization of true crime genre in popular culture
  • 3
    THR the decision of The Billboards to stop counting bundled music for their charts