Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    A: That, as a person who emigrated from a poor nation to a wealthy nation and then becomes highly successful (for instance, Enis Kantor, Elon Musk, Isabel Allende, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie), we would vocally encourage other people from our homeland to also emigrate
  • 2
    B: That, in countries with a history of ethnic tensions, we would embrace cultural appropriation
  • 3
    C: That we should oppose the promotion and marketing of indigenous cultures for the purpose of tourism
  • ESL Finals

  • 1
    A: That we would ban plain clothes policing
  • 2
    B: That we prefer mandatory community service to be the ordinary and exclusive punishment for misdemeanours (for instance, traffic violations)
  • 3
    C: That people who have suffered acute amnesia should not be punished for crimes they cannot remember
  • EFL Finals

  • 1
    A: That, assuming secure implementation and easy use, we would implement liquid democracy
  • 2
    B: That left-wing political campaigns should heavily prioritize forwarding "firebrand" political candidates
  • 3
    C: That progressives should aggressively but covertly invest in progressive "fake news"
  • Semifinals

  • 1
    A: That, in contexts where significant sectarian violence has recently given way to a increasingly stable unity government, we oppose measures that increase the public's awareness of the scale and details of atrocities (for instance, publishing evidence-gathering reports, Truth and Reconciliation Commissions).
  • 2
    B: That we would prefer a world where Vladimir Putin died today suddenly of natural causes.
  • 3
    C: That we regret Angela Merkel's decision to step down as German Chancellor.
  • ESL Semifinals

  • 1
    A: That authoritarianism will eventually triumph over liberal democracy globally
  • 2
    B: That it is in the best interests of the Biden Administration to restore aid to Pakistan
  • 3
    C: That it is in the interests of the EU to lift sanctions against the Taliban regime
  • EFL Semifinals

  • 1
    A: That we would ban individuals from editing their own genomes.
  • 2
    B: That we oppose Jeff Bezos' investment in anti-aging technology.
  • 3
    C: That we should support the creation of the Facebook Metaverse
  • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    A: That the Great Resignation Trend brings more harm than good.
  • 2
    B: That, as a skilled worker, we would prefer a world where polywork was the norm.
  • 3
    C: That, as a member of a minority community, we would actively discourage a child from that community from pursuing careers in state security apparatuses (military, police, immigration etc.)
  • Octofinals

  • 1
    A: That we would ban the use of any reproductive technology (e.g. abortion, embryo selection) which alters the prevalence of any common disability
  • 2
    B: That we regret the trend of left-wing media coverage of the deaths of individual prominent anti-vax activists from COVID-19.
  • 3
    C: That, after receiving professional and science-based medical advice, patients should have the right to undergo treatments that are contrary to that advice and have not received regulatory approval for that usage (for instance, Ivermectin for Covid-19)
  • ESL Quarterfinals

  • 1
    A: That the writer should write the first ending rather than the second ending.
  • 2
    B: That we prefer the norm of fantasy/science fiction writers creating main characters with ordinary abilities as opposed to main characters with magical and never before seen powers and/or abilities.
  • 3
    C: That we regret the increasing number of movies made from existing intellectual property.
  • Partial Double Octofinals

  • 1
    A: That, as a mid-tier CCP official in a regional government openly opposed to Xi Jinping's property tax plan, we would obstruct rather than facilitate its implementation.
  • 2
    B: That we regret the rise of retail investment.
  • 3
    C: That we prefer a world without corporate tax.
  • Round 8

  • 1
    A: That China should walk back its crack down on private education.
  • 2
    B: That education systems should actively teach "Sticking it to the man".
  • 3
    C: That small or developing countries should replace their school curriculums with a well-performing curriculum of another country.
  • Round 7

  • 1
    A: That we, as Belarus, regret manufacturing the border crisis with Poland.
  • 2
    B: That Western powers should pressure Ethiopia to allow Tigray to secede.
  • 3
    C: That countries should never cooperate with Chinese "hostage diplomacy"
  • Round 6

  • 1
    A: That we support a rise in income-selective dating apps.
  • 2
    B: That we support the commodification of close and intimate relationships.
  • 3
    C: That, in a world where both men and women were equally likely to do it, we would prefer a return to the norm of families in which one parent works and the other remains at home.
  • Round 5

  • 1
    A: That we prefer a world where god judges people on the purity of their intentions, rather than the consequences of their actions.
  • 2
    B: That we prefer a world where hypocrisy is completely de-stigmatised.
  • 3
    C: That we oppose self help narratives that instruct people to reduce their reliance on external validation.
  • Round 4

  • 1
    A: That NATO should vote to expel Turkey.
  • 2
    B: That, if the final Noumea Accord referendum fails, New Caledonia should not conduct regular referenda on independence.
  • 3
    C: That it is in the best interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to quietly abandon its attempt to reunify with Taiwan.
  • Round 3

  • 1
    A: That we prefer the separate model to the concurrent model of women's sports.
  • 2
    B: That student sports should be completely de-professionalised.
  • 3
    C: That sports players should not be punished by sports leagues or clubs for private acts that are not illegal, but may be considered immoral by society (e.g. extra-marital affairs etc.)
  • Round 2

  • 1
    A: That we, as the judge, would rule the crack down legal.
  • 2
    B: That, as New Zealand, we would refuse to extradite Mr Kim to China.
  • 3
    C: That we would allow a substantially lower minimum wage for prisoner labour.
  • Round 1

  • 1
    A: That we support this trend in progressive discourse.
  • 2
    B: That we regret the trend of describing regressive views or speech as violent.
  • 3
    C: That, as a new media company, we would choose to have a cohesive voice without consistent attribution of any particular writers (for example, the Economist) rather than individuals writers having their own independent, recognisable voices (for example, the Atlantic)