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Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Month: December 2013

WUDC motions

WUDC 2014 Chennai motions

Peter Mesarec December 31, 2013

Round 1: This house believes that the United States of America should fund moderate Madrassas (schools of Islamic study) throughout the Islamic worldRound 2: This house would allow first-time offenders to, …

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Peter Mesarec December 26, 2013

If you are feel that you always need to search different debate motions, STOP! I always try to help you and here is another way how I can make your …

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Other tournament motions

Oxford IV 2006

Peter Mesarec December 26, 2013

Round 1: This house would grant anonymity to sex offenders. Round 2: This house would allow the UN to hire mercenaries. Round 3: This house would support all forms of …

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Oxford IV 2001

Peter Mesarec December 26, 2013

Round 1: This house believes in the right to euthanasia. Round 2: This house prefers the moral foreign policy to the principle of neutrality. Round 3: This house would keep …

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Oxford IV 2003 motions

Peter Mesarec December 26, 2013

“This House Believes that Politicians should Give Up the Gun Before Being Elected” “This House Believes that the WTO should Have an Environmental Conscience” “This House Would Criminalise Tobacco Smoking” …

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Oxford IV 2005 motions

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house would lift the international ban on whalingRound 2: This house would mandate the use of condoms in pornographyRound 3: This house would introduce a salary cap for …

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Oxford IV 2009

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house would allow deaf couples to use medical technology to ensure they have deaf offsprings.Round 2: This house would welcome a European superstate.Round 3: This house would …

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Oxford IV 2010 motions

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This House believes that Adoption Agencies that receive state funding should give priority to same sex couples and infertile couples.Round 2: This House would ban the use of armed combat …

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Oxford IV 2011

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This House Believes That Sex Education Classes in Schools Should Teach Techniques For Pure Sexual Gratification (including, but not limited to, anal sex, oral sex, mutual gratification and …

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Cork IV 2013

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house believes that once artists earn enough to constitute a comfortable wage, they have a duty to make their work freely availableRound 2: This house believes that …

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Iron Man tournament, Münster 2013

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house believes that our legal system should neither regulate nor judge behaviour that takes place solely in virtual online worlds like “Second Life” and leave the making …

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UCU Open 2013

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house would, assuming it were feasible to enforce, support a global inheritance tax of 100% on all cash and assets beyond the first €5000 (and substantial taxes …

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Yorkshire Novices tournament debates 2013

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house believes that it is legitimate for environmental campaign groups to use ecoterrorism to achieve their goalsRound 2: This house regrets the annual commemoration of past warsRound …

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Zeit Debatte Frankfurt 2013

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house would make purchasing sexual services punishable by law. Info: Adults over 18 are allowed to prostitute themselves, get social security and sue for compensations. Bans can …

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Random themed debate motions

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

This is a list of debate motions, not from debate tournaments, but they are great to debate. They are themed, so find your theme and pick your motion. If you …

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John Smith Memorial Mace 2013

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house would ban the advertising of financial products that entail an obligation of consumer debtRound 2: This house believes that domestically, Margaret Thatcher’s premiership did more harm …

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Cambridge IV 2013

Peter Mesarec December 25, 2013

Round 1: This house would give primates (e.g. monkeys) and cetaceans (e.g. dolphins) the same rights to life, freedom from physical harm, and freedom of movement as humans.Round 2: This …

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Bogwall, Edinburgh 2013

Peter Mesarec December 21, 2013

Round 1: This house believes the (same-sex couples) Marriage Bill 2013 should remove the right of religious institutions to refuse to perform same-sex marriagesRound 2: This house believes that past …

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UK Debate Challenge 2013

Peter Mesarec December 21, 2013

Round 1: This house believes that feminists should oppose restrictions on the wearing of the burkha and the hijabRound 2: This house would remove all non-military sanctions on IranRound 3: …

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Oxford IV, Oxford 2013

Peter Mesarec December 21, 2013

Round 1 motion: THW provide mobile teachers for the compulsory education of the children of travelling communities (e.g. Roma and Irish Traveller)Round 2 motion: THBT developed economies should collectively agree …

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1st Hangzhou Winter BP Debate Open

Peter Mesarec December 21, 2013

1st Hangzhou Winter BP Debate Open 2013, 13th to 15th December, Hangzhou, China Round 1: The Zombie Apocalypse is starting in Beijing. There are some infected, some immune, and some …

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Australs motions

University of Queensland Australs 2005

Peter Mesarec December 15, 2013

Round 1: Justice That the Indonesian President should pardon Scapelle Corby. That individuals found guilty of crimes overseas should serve their sentences in their country of origin. That trial by …

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Australs motions

Buddle Findlay Vic Australs 2006

Peter Mesarec December 15, 2013

Debate motions from the debate tournament Australs 2006 in Buddle Findlay Vic Adjudication test That we should uphold the right of Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Women’s debate That we …

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Australs motions

UT Mara Australs 2007

Peter Mesarec December 15, 2013

Motions from Australs in 2007 in UT Mara Round 1: DEMOCRACY That presidential democracies should change to parliamentary democracies. That the media should be required to cap political advertising by …

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Australs motions

Monash Australs 2009

Peter Mesarec December 15, 2013

Debate motions from the Australs 2009 held in Monash Round 1: Education That extra fees or donations above the actual cost of education should not be used to gain admission …

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Auckland Australs 2010 motions

Peter Mesarec December 15, 2013

Round 1: ReligionThat we should prevent parents from raising their children in a particular religious faithThat governments should refuse to recognise Scientology as a religionThat it should be a crime …

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Australs motions

Korea Australs 2011

Peter Mesarec December 15, 2013

Motions from the 2011 Australs in Korea Round1:SportThat sporting teams should not tour nations whose players have been found guilty of match fixingThat sporting bodies should allow the use of …

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Australs motions

Wellington Australs 2012

Peter Mesarec December 15, 2013

Here are the debate motions from Australs 2012: Round 1 SportTWS ban eating contests.That sporting leagues should never suspend players for off field behaviour.That developing nations should not host international …

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UT MARA Australs 2013

Peter Mesarec December 15, 2013

ROUND 1: EducationThat universities should not have patents.That we would abolish tenure for university professors.That states that don’t provide free tertiary education should subsidize career paths for students that is …

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UADC 2010 motions
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UADC 2010 motions

Peter Mesarec December 10, 2013

Round 0: BAN THW ban websites that do your assignments for you THBT governments should totally ban smoking THW ban hymen reconstruction surgery Round 1: RELIGION THBT the right to …

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United Asian Debating Championship Motions

UADC 2011 motions

Peter Mesarec December 10, 2013

The United Asian Debating Championships in 2011 were held by University of Macao and here are the motions: Round 1: THW not allow minors to be involved in politics.THW scrap the …

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United Asian Debating Championship Motions

UADC MMU 2012 Motions!

Peter Mesarec December 10, 2013

The 2012 United Asian Debating Championships were held by Multimedia University and won by a team from Nanyang Technological University. If you are looking for motions from this tournament, this is the place. …

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UADC Manila 2013 Motions
United Asian Debating Championship Motions

UADC Manila 2013 Motions

Peter Mesarec December 10, 2013

The 2013 United Asian Debating Championships were held by University of the Philippines Diliman and Ateneo de Manila University. The winners of the Championships were from University of the Philippines Diliman. Here …

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Other tournament motions

IDAS 2013 tournament motions

Peter Mesarec December 3, 2013

Round 1 THW impose a tax on men to reduce the gender pay gap.Round 2 THBT EU nations should stop cooperating with the USA on intelligence matters.Round 3 THW NOT WATCH PORNRound 4 …

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