King’s College IV, London
R1: THBT Bert and Ernie should get marriedR2: TH regrets the 2001 Afghanistan invasionR3: (infoslide explaining that in 10 years it will be possible to send a manned mission to …
Month: February 2013
Nikolausturnier, Münster, Germany 2012
R1: THW force insurance companies to have equal insurance premiums for men and womenR2: THW give the members of every political party the right to determine the voting behaviour of …
Moscow Open, Moscow, Russia
R1: THBT citizens have no moral obligation to obey laws which they personally believe may be unjustR2: TH supports direct elections of governors in RussiaR3: THW only allow pornography produced …
IDEA Debate@Europe final event, Amsterdam 2012
R1 THBT the European Union should ban art, including literature or film, that directly insults any religionR2 THBT the EU should oblige its member states to include positive references to …
Cork IV, Cork, Ireland 2012
R1: THW require prospective parents to obtain parenting licences prior to having childrenR2:R3: THW require all news media to graphically depict under-reported armed conflictsR4: THBT the EU should suspend the …
BGU IV, Beer Sheva, Israel 2012
R1: TH supports a preference for mothers in custody trialsR2: THW grant high ranking army officers the right to veto government decisions regarding securityR3: THW abolish intellectual property rights over …
Münster Ironman, Münster 2012
R1: THBT separate sports competitions for women harm the feminist causeR2: THW set up Christian mission schools in PakistanR3: THW ban transport of persons and goods by beamingR4: THW not …
Lund Debate Challenge, Lund 2012
R1: THW decriminalize incest between consenting adultsR2: THB enterprises and charities are more effective for development than official development assistance (ODAs)R3: THW collect DNA of every newborn child in order …
Zeit Debatte Tübingen, Tübingen 2012
R1: Should prisoners temporarily lose their right to vote?R2: Should punishment for use of doping be subject to a statute of limitation?R3: Should people who are in a relationship with …
Cicero Debattoernooi, Tilburg 2012
R1: THW force universities to create stricter entrance requirements, even if this would lead to fewer studentsR2: THW ban the publication of any photographic and film material that portrays crime …
John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg, London 2012
Round 1: THW Abolish National School CurriculumsRound 2: THBT in Times of High Unemployment, Governments Should Remove all Minimum Standard Regulations in the Labour MarketRound 3: THB India should not …
John Smith Memorial Mace, Irish Leg 2012
Heat 1, 2, 3: THW create a permanent seat for the Travelling Community in the Dáil.Heat 4, 5, 6: THW create a constituency for the Irish abroad.Heat 7, 8, 9: …
Iasi BP Open 2012
R1: THW not make state health care available to smokersR2: TH regrets the influence of computer games on the next generationR3: THW ban pornographyR4: THBT the European Union should open …
Cambridge IV 2012
R1: The state should pay a living wage to stay at home parentsR2: Infoslide: There are strong allegations that the Rwandan government of Paul Kagame is funding anti-govenment rebel fighters …
Brno Open, Brno 2012
R1: THW adopt life sentences without parole.R2: THW not read fairytales which contain gender stereotypes to children.R3: THW grant tax cuts to large foreign investors.R4: THW cancel permanent membership and …
Open de Debates da Sociedade de Debates da Universidade de Coimbra 2012
R1: TH supports lifting the celibacy of the Catholic ChurchR2: THW ban the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, from adopting childrenR3: THW require all Portuguese to spend 25 € per month …
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ESCP Debating Open, Paris
R1: THBT states in the developing world should invest in sex tourismR2: THW allow all doping in professional sportsFinal: THW choose immortality over the opportunity to have children Peter MesarecHey, …
UK Debate Challenge, York 2012
R1: THW abolish all political partiesR2: THW allow workers to sell employment rights back to their employersR3: THBT the right to decide the timing and manner of one’s death is …
Vienna Freshers 2012
R1: THW ban smoking entirelyR2: THBT there should be obligatory equal parental leave for women and menR3: THW prosecute violent fouls as criminal assaultR4: THBT testing on animals is immoralFinal: …
Oxford IV 2012
R1: THBT Google, YouTube, & social media websites should remove content which it deems to insult religionsR2: THB the ANC should nationalize all minesR3: THBT Western governments should buy the …
Welsh Novices, Aberystwyth 2012
R1: THW not allow anybody under the age of 18 to leave school without first having passed all of their examsR2: THW institute gender and racial quotas in all government …
Durham IV, Durham 2012
R1: THW ban male circumcision for Under 18s, except for medical reasons.R2: TH wants the USA to lead a Coalition of the Willing to intervene militarily in Syria.R3: THBT developed …
Newcastle IV, Newcastle 2012
R1: THBT the media should not report on a terrorist attack immediately after the eventR2: THW introduce irreversible laws to be programmed into robotsR3: THW take charitable status away from …
UCU Open, Utrecht 2012
R1: THW Remove All UEFA’s Limits on Football Club Spending (which includes transfer and salaries).R2: THBT the European Union should guarantee membership to regions of member states that secede from …
Imperial Open, London 2012
R1: THBT the West should support a power-sharing deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban R2: THBT Latin American countries should use private military contractors to police high crime …
UCD Vice-President’s Cup, Dublin 2012
R1: THW allow people in developing countries to sell themselves into slaveryR2: THW require artists to obtain permission from the subject/muse of a work of art prior to its releaseR3: …
UCD Novice IV, Dublin 2012
R1: THBT the right to bear arms is the right to be freeR2: THBT the world would be a better place if nobody believed in GodR3: THW ban private healthcare …
Namda Novices, Manchester
R1: THW, ban national football teams who fans use racist or homophobic chants, from international competitionR2: THW require local councils to provide sufficient plots for gypsies in spite of local …
Bogwall (SSDC Novices), Durham 2012
R1: THW legalise polygamyR2: THW financially incentivise votingR3: THBT the West should impose sanctions on Israel until it disbands its nuclear programme and relinquishes control of all nuclear weaponsR4: THW …
SOAS IV, London 2012
Round 1: TH regrets the criminalisation of squatting.Round 2: THW allow high-ranked army officials, when in agreement, to reverse decisions made by democratic governments regarding military missions.Round 3: THW fund …
Gutenberg Cup, Mainz, Germany 2012
R1: Should Robin be allowed to drive the Batmobil too?R2: Does Snowhite need only one Dwarf?R3: Do we need a women’s quota in prison?Semi: Do we need an ECO-label for …
Dutch Debate Masters 2012
R1: THW abolish ethical checks on social science experimentsR2: THBT Turkey should intervene militarily in SyriaR3: THW set a maximum amount to be spent on health care per QUALY (Quality …
UCL President’s Cup, London 2012
R1: THBT adults who are not on the organ donor list should not be eligible to receive organ transplantsR2: THBT players who are found to have racially abused their fellow …
Alternative Open, Glasgow 2012
R1: THW ban memory erasing technology (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)R2: THBT it is legitimate for Replicants to destroy any and all means of replicant production (Bladerunner)R3: THW establish …
Edinburgh Cup 2012
R1: THBT the State should pay for university educationR2: THW abolish all hate crime laws and instead prosecute according to criminal lawR3: THS eco-terrorismR4: THBT the identity of the artist …
Open de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
R1: THW prohibit the grievance of religious beliefsR2: THW defend that universities give preference to disadvantaged studentsR3: THBT illegal downloading is not criminalR4: THW allow private companies to resort to …
DDG Master’s Cup 2012
Motions from the DDG Master’s Cup 2012, Eisenach, Germany, September 29-30. The tournament was held in german language, the debate topics are translated. Round 1: This house believes in the right …
Roosevelt Academy Open (RA Open), Middelburg, the Netherlands 2012
Tournament topics from the Roosevelt Academy Open 2012 Round 1: This house would abolish referendaRound 2: This house would not allow immigrants with illiberal values, such as homophobia, to settle …
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Red Sea Open 2012
Round 1: This house, as Germany, would immediately cease all reparations to the State of IsraelRound 2: This house would incentivize employers to hire non-college graduatesRound 3: This house believes …
British parliamentary debate format
# of people in the debate: 8 # of people in a team: 2 # of teams in the debate: 4 Duration of the speeches: 5 or 7 minutes Questions …
Karl Popper debate format
# of people in the debate: 6# of people in a team: 3# of teams in the debate: 2Duration of the speeches: 5 minutes Order of the speeches: 1. Affirmative …
American parliamentary debate format
# of people in the debate: 4 # of people in a team: 2 # of teams in the debate: 2 Duration of the speeches: 7 minutes constructive speech and …
Lincoln/Douglas Debate Format
Short introduction of the LD debate format: Number of people in the debate: 2 Number of people in a team: 1 Number of teams in the debate: 2 Duration of …
Asian Parliamentary Debate format
This article has been rewritten. It now features a short description of the format, and then you can find a transcript of a longer lecture, if you would like to …
New webpage
It was about time, the old website was broken so many times, was ugly and reallin insecure. This is now the new version of the website. Most of the content …
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Well, we don’t mid you just browsing around the page, but it you feel that you are a bit lost on the page, we would like to help you. First …
EUDC 2012 Belgrade results
Champion: BPP A (Jack Watson, Harish Natarajan) Finalist:Oxford A (Tom Hosking, Hasan Dindjer.)TCD Hist. A (Christine Simpson, Mark Haughton.)Cambridge A (Joe Roussos, Ashish Kumar) ESL Champion:Leiden A ESL Finalist:Berlin ARRIS …
EUDC 2012 Belgrade motions
R1: THB parents should choose not to send their children to private school.R2: THBT First Nations’ Peoples (e.g. Native Americans) who live in geographically separate areas should be given complete …
EUDC 2011 Galway Motions
Round 1: This house would bring back death penalty.Round 2: This house would prohibit the media from using software to cosmetically improve an individual’s appearance.Round 3: This house believes that …
EUDC 2010 results
Find the EUDC Amsterdam 2010 results (tab) here: Amsterdam EUDC 2010 speaker tab Amsterdam EUDC 2010 team tab Peter MesarecHey, my name is Peter and I’m the author of this …
EUDC 2010 motions
Round 1: THBT the EU should pursue new member states by removing all non-economic membership conditions, including political system and global locationRound 2: THBT schools should prioritise authority of the …
How to pick a debate topic
Every debate tournament, or a meeting of a debate club needs a debate topic. I'm speaking here about debate topics, because I see a difference between a debate motion and …
Prepare for debates and help the community
I was thinking about how to prepare for the upcoming Euros in Tallinn and got to the conclusion that doing more and more debates, as we did in the past …
Freakonomics – A good debater book
Since debate is not only a tournament sport for me, I try to read different books, related to debate, to get ideas how to debate from them. Of course, all …
How to make a public speech – Eye contact
The second article in the series speaks about the eye contact. You have probably heard before, that 'the eyes are the window of the soul'. I do not believe in …
How to manually TAB a tournament
This article is about how to TAB a tournament, if you do not want to use any software, if you do not know how to use it or you just …
British parliamentary debate – roles of the speakers
In British parliamentary debate there are different kinds of motions. If you understand the difference between these motions, you understand how you should create arguments and how the roles of …
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How to make a public speach – Hand gestures
This article is the first in the series called “what to do to be a good speaker”. The articles are going to speak about different aspects of what is a …
Time allocation and sign posting
Im going to do two articles in one, because the both things, that I’m going to write about, talk about what you should do in your speech. A good time …
1st government case building
This article will give you some basic ideas about how to construct the 1st government's case. I will later also post some systems, that I received from different people that …
How is debate different from an argument?
Well, it is interesting, when I go to a company, to ask for a sponsorship,and explain it all to them, they look me weird, and often I get the question …
Building a proposition case
How to make a proposition case is probably the most important question. The debates are good or bad mostly because of the propositions case and the proposition is mostly punished …
IDAS Last call
RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW! THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ACADEMY SLOVENIA THE BEST IN WUDC/BP DEBATE INSTRUCTION 23-30 NOVEMBER 2008 Visit the website for more information …
IDAS 2008 – Updates
This post will lead you to several updates and new information that we released about the International debate academy Slovenia 2008. Because we would like to teach you what you …
Come to IDAS 2008
23-30 NOVEMBER 2008 Debate lectures and workshops with practice debates, and it all ends with a debate tournament. Faculty and tournament judges: Loke Wing Fatt, Jens Fischer, Sam Greenland, …
IDAS 2007 speaker tab
# Name Team Total Average R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 1 Anna Kerr Kerr/Belak 458 76,33 74 80 76 73 75 80 2 Spela Kranjc Kunej/Kranjc 453 75,5 72 …
IDAS 2007 team tab
Finals: 1. gov – Bellwood-Culy 1 opp – Dobranič-Cimerman – Winners 2. gov – B. Ploštajner-Jakovac 2. opp. – Ćeranić, Jankovi??-Romano # Name Rank Speaks R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 …
IDAS 2007 trainers debate – THW apologise for colonialism
International debate academy Slovenija 2007 trainers debate. Debate on the motion: This house would apologise for colonialism. 1. gov: Alfred C. Snider and G. Rhydian Morgan 2. gov: Jens Fischer …
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Application open for the International debate academy Slovenia
Webmaster: Well, we have opened the application process. It is fairly simple, just scroll down, you will find links to the application form, fill it out and that’s it. Just …
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International debate academy Slovenija 2008 schedule
Webmaster:I wrote allready about IDAS, probably the best way to learn and practice British parliamentary debate. I started there and am still there, this will be my sixth time (I …
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International debate academy Slovenia 2008
Webmasters says: This is the place, where I first met debate. And I have participated at all the IDAS’es that there were. Believe me, I have not seen a better …
International debate academy Slovenia 2007 motions
Webmaster: I have no idea, how I’ve missed that, posting motions from the best debate workshop there is 😀 Check out the IDAS 2008 announcement and join us. Here are …
International Debate Academy Slovenia 2007
TH believes positive discrimination is the best way to achieve equal opportunities. TH supports that affirmative action to remedy the effects of discrimination is justified. TH believes that racial equality …
International Debate Academy Slovenia 2005
This house believes that China is a threat to international security. This house believes UN should replace USA in Iraq. This house believes UN and USA should cooperate when fighting …
IDAS 2008 motions
ROUND ONE THW make voting compulsory.ROUND TWO THW not negotiate with the leaders of Iran. ROUND THREE This house would not prosecute battered wives for killing their husbands. ROUND FOUR …
IDAS introduction
Webmaster: This is a not so short introduction of the International debate academy Slovenia (short IDAS), a debate training, that has grown in the past, and is still growing. I …
IDAS starting in less than a week
So, it’s this time of the year again, and the best of the best of the debate trainers from around the world will get together in Ormož again (do check …
IDAS 2009 motions
Round 1: This house would give foreign residents the right to vote in general elections Round 2: THW allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. Round 3: TTHW link executives' salaries …
Debate video – St. John’s Debate vs. Irish Times Champions
A video posted by Steve with a debate on the motion This House believes that development aid should be tied to women’s rights. An hour long debate video worth watching! …
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US BP Nationals Final video 2009
The video can't be embeded into this post, so follow this link. {mosloadposition user9} The motion: THW outlaw the personal possesion of guns. Peter MesarecHey, my name is Peter …
WUDC Cork 2009 Room 4
Monash A UCD L&H B advances Brandeis A Nottingham A advances This House would arm militias to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. {mosloadposition user9} Peter MesarecHey, my name is Peter …
WUDC 2009 quarterfinals video
TH believes that the ICC should prosecute crimes against the democratic process. UCD L&H A 1O Nottingham A 2G Oxford A Advances Oxford B Advances{mosloadposition user9} Peter MesarecHey, my name …
WUDC 2009 Cork Finals video
Final round: This House would ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy. Monash University (Australia), Harvard University (USA), Oxford A & Oxford C (UK) {mosloadposition user9} Peter MesarecHey, my name …
WUPID 2008 Finals debate video
Final Round, World Universities Peace Invitational Debates 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sponsored by CIMB Group. THW use the military against Somali pirates. 1st Govt University of Vermont, Lucas Caress & …
WUPID 2008 semifinals video
Semifinal debate at World Universities Peace Invitational Debates 2008. THBT South American countries should nationalize their natural resources. 1st Govt Queensland A 2nd Govt Monash C advances 1st Opp Harvard …
QatarDebate – Introudction to Debating
QatarDebate, the national debating organization of Qatar, is pleased to announce the release of our first interactive educational tool, 'An Introduction to Debating', an exciting 5-disc DVD training set for …
Presentational debate WDI in BP style
This is a presentational debate from the beggining of the World debate institute 2008. Students and trainers debating against each other. Here are the positions: 1st government Darius Niknamfard & …
Debate – BP Security Cameras in City Centers
The final debate of probably the best debate training in the USA (sorry TUNA, but IDAS rules the Europe 🙂 ). The motion for this round was “This House would …
Lecture – Public Speaking, Debbie Newman
Debbie is a great debate trainer and she will also join us at the IDAS 2008 so watch, comment and rate the video if you like it. Peter MesarecHey, my …
Debating Free Market Issues, WDI, Rhydian Morgan
Rhydian Morgan is one of the rare debate instructors that can and will teach you about using the Marxist arguments in debate. Here and today you can watch him give …
Tips About Refutation – Alfred Snider, WDI
Ideas on how to refute other arguments from Alfred Snider, University of Vermont. The amount of University professors that you can see and listen to at the WDI is probably …
Debating Issues about Indigenous People, WDI, Jackie Massey
Jackie Massey of the University of Oklahoma on a topic, that is probably not directly implementable for the EU, because we do not have indigenous people, but we have other …
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Points of information, WDI, Rhydian Morgan
Rhydian Morgan is still in the USA at the World debate institute. This time he is giving a lecture on points of information. Watch it here! Peter MesarecHey, my name …
Lecture – Basic Research, Alfred Snider, WDI
Probably a lot of us do not do it enough, or some even at all. Getting the basics from here and going on to be a better debater. Alfred Snider …
Basic argumentation – G. Rhydian Morgan at WDI 2008
Webmaster: As I mentioned befor, Rhydian is a dear friend of mine and a great debate professor, I’ve attended a couple of his workshops, and next to them being full …
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EUDC 2008 Tallinn Videos
Final preparations (June 20-21) Arivals Briefings Opening ceremony Opening sauna video Midsummer Night’s Festival (June 23-24) Rounds 1-3 Medieval Scavenger Hunt (June 24) Rounds 4-7 party @ Culture Cauldron (June …
NFL videos by Tuna
National Forensic League to Video Webcast Finals Day The National Forensic League in the USA (http://www.nflonline.org/AboutNFL.AboutNFL), Debate Central (http://debate.uvm.edu), Global Debate and the World Debate Institute at the University of …
Omar Salahuddin bin Abdulah’s key note speach
This video is from the 2nd International debate and rhetorics conference “Thinking and speaking a better world” held in Ljubljana by the Za in proti and WDI. Omar Salahuddin bin …
Debate conference presentations – Argumentation room
I’ve recorded some of the presentations, and here is an Argumentation room, where you can see four different presentations. I hope you will enjoy them! Room 1 Argumentation CHAIR: Michael …
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