💭 Motion Statistics
Round 1

THR the success of white artists who co-opt minority dominated music subcultures (e.g. Rap, jazz, hip-hop, etc.) (white artists)

18%
23%
4 Gov wins 5 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion

THR the popularization of dramatization of true crime genre in popular culture (crime genre)

18%
36%
4 Gov wins 8 Opp wins
imbalanced at 50% level
No teams vetoed this motion

THR the decision of The Billboards to stop counting bundled music for their charts (Billboards)

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0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Round 2

This House Prefers a world where RegretMeNot is available. (RegretMeNot)

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5%
5%
1 Gov win 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
38%
15 Gov vetoes 1 Opp veto
imbalanced at 0.1% level

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) (Flowers)

15%
15%
3 Gov wins 3 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
30%
1 Gov veto 12 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 1% level

Assuming with certainty that they will never meet again, THBT the lovers would be better off not falling in love in the first place (Lovers)

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45%
15%
9 Gov wins 3 Opp wins
imbalanced at 10% level
8%
15%
3 Gov vetoes 6 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
Round 3

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). (billionaire-run NGOs)

15%
3 Gov wins 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
15%
20%
6 Gov vetoes 8 Opp vetoes
probably balanced

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 (centralized welfare system)

15%
50%
3 Gov wins 10 Opp wins
imbalanced at 10% level
10%
5%
4 Gov vetoes 2 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

THW vote for low-welfare, low-taxation party. (low-welfare, low-taxation)

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15%
5%
3 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
20%
18%
8 Gov vetoes 7 Opp vetoes
probably balanced
Round 4

THO the perception of female sensual dances in Bollywood Movies (e.g. Mayya Mayya, Lazy Lamhe, Zara Zara Touch Me, etc.) as vulgar (Sensual Dances)

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40%
5%
8 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
18%
1 Gov veto 7 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive

TH as X would choose not conceive a child (Conception)

20%
20%
4 Gov wins 4 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
13%
20%
5 Gov vetoes 8 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 50% level

THBT Konam Sapoor should sell the script (Konam Sapoor, Jaran Kohar)

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15%
3 Gov wins 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
30%
8%
12 Gov vetoes 3 Opp vetoes
imbalanced at 5% level
Quarterfinals

THBT Adam and Eve's banishment from the Garden of Eve should be depicted as an act of liberation rather than a punishment (Adam Eve)

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50%
0 Gov wins 2 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
25%
13%
2 Gov vetoes 1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive

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. (Afterlife)

25%
25%
1 Gov win 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
25%
2 Gov vetoes 0 Opp vetoes
balance inconclusive
Semifinals

TH, as the climate movement, would strongly advocate to add ecocide to the Rome Statute (Rome Statute)

50%
0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
25%
0 Gov vetoes 1 Opp veto
balance inconclusive

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 (sovereign countries)

50%
0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Novice Semi Finals

THBT Western liberal democracies should finance the creation and operation of “Recovery from Religion” organisations (Western liberal democracies)

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50%
50%
1 Gov win 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Novice Finals

TH, as the climate movement, would strongly advocate to add ecocide to the Rome Statute (Rome Statute)

100%
0 Gov wins 1 Opp win
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion
Grand Finals

THP a world with Ubermensch mentality. (Ubermensch)

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100%
1 Gov win 0 Opp wins
balance inconclusive
No teams vetoed this motion