Motions

Round 1

  • 1
    THBT art surrounding social issues should prioritise depicting an optimistic view of the world (e.g. The Beatles' "Imagine", "Black Panther", The "Barbie" movie, etc.) over a pessimistic one (e.g. "Handmaid's Tale", "Parasite", George Orwell's "1984", etc.)
  • 2
    THO the glorification of love* in Bollywood *not just romantic love
  • 3
    THBT all forms of AI-generated art should be exempt from any intellectual property protections (i.e. patents, trademarks, copyrights etc.)

    • Round 2

  • 1
    THBT developing economies should prioritise bottom-up development strategies over top-down development strategies
  • 2
    THW heavily tax newer residents of megacities
  • 3
    THW give local communities the right to veto economically significant projects that encroach on their land (e.g. expropriation, deduction in value, pollution, etc.)

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THBT the rise of productivity media (i.e. self-help book, motivational videos, efficiency hacks etc.) does more harm than good.
  • 2
    THO Mattel's making of Barbie dolls out of feminist icons (e.g. Amelia Earhart, Freida Kahlo, Katherine Johnson etc.)
  • 3
    THBT parents should teach their daughters to distrust men.

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THW introduce significant cost caps in all sports
  • 2
    TH, as a rising and talented young player about to enter a professional football league, would prefer a middle-tier team over a top-tier team
  • 3
    THS the creation of Enhanced Games

    • Round 5

  • 1
    THBT indigenous communities should be granted Sovereign Immunity
  • 2
    THW allow victims to veto plea bargains
  • 3
    THBT criminals should be granted the right to vote

    • Pre Semifinals

  • 1
    THP a world where humans don't experience a honeymoon phase in relationships
  • 2
    THS radical honesty in relationships (e.g. familial, romantic, platonic)
  • 3
    TH, as a person of average attractiveness, would choose to date using the Love is Blind dating model over dating apps

    • Semifinals

  • 1
    THW allow multinational companies to militarize in order to secure their supply chains
  • 2
    THW criminalise the payment of ransoms* *A sum of money demanded or paid for the release of captives from kidnappers, pirates, etc.
  • 3
    THW ban armed military drones

    • Grand Final

  • 1
    THBT apoliticality is immoral
  • 2
    THP a world where Karmic reincarnation exists as opposed to one where it does not
  • 3
    TH, as a middle-class woman living in North-East Asia, would choose not to have children

    • High School Semifinals

  • 1
    THP a world where humans don't experience a honeymoon phase in relationships
  • 2
    THS radical honesty in relationships (e.g. familial, romantic, platonic)
  • 3
    TH, as a person of average attractiveness, would choose to date using the Love is Blind dating model over dating apps

    • High School Finals

  • 1
    THO the narrative that time heals all wounds
  • 2
    THO the glorification of self-sacrifice in historic military narratives
  • 3
    THBT India and Pakistan should introduce a common history curriculum