Motions

Open Grand Finals

  • 1
    Assuming feasibility, THW leave the vault.
  • 2
    THP status quo to a world where all humans had cutie marks.
  • 3
    THW press the button. (This is not an actor motion)

    • Novice Finals

  • 1
    THBT The Pacific Alliance should introduce a common currency
  • 2
    This house believes that all tech startups that became "unicorns" should be publicly traded.
  • 3
    This house believes that India should adopt aggressive free market policies.

    • Open Semi Finals

  • 1
    THBT The Pacific Alliance should introduce a common currency
  • 2
    This house believes that all tech startups that became "unicorns" should be publicly traded.
  • 3
    This house believes that India should adopt aggressive free market policies.

    • Open Pre-Semi Finals

  • 1
    This House, as a religious individual, would prefer to be a part of a religious community that proselytizes over the one that does not.
  • 2
    This house believes that the point system should reward/punish actions based solely on their consequences, as opposed to motivation being decisive.
  • 3
    This house prefers a world where Karmic reincarnation exists to a world with random rebirth

    • Round 5

  • 1
    THP "Poptimism" to "Rigorous Critique" in music criticism
  • 2
    This House Opposes the commercialization of sex.
  • 3
    THO the popularization of "therapy speak"

    • Round 4

  • 1
    THBT aggressive power projection* in South East Asia is in China's interest *e.g. making territorial claims and increased military presence in the South China Sea; diplomatic pressure; financing large infrastructure projects to exert economic pressure
  • 2
    This House Would transfer management of all water resources to an international body.
  • 3
    This house, as the US, would prioritize economic engagement with North Korea instead of demanding nuclear disarmament

    • Round 3

  • 1
    THBT the environmental movement should focus on ""slow violence"" over ""spectacular violence"" in their messaging."
  • 2
    THO the academisation* of social justice movements
  • 3
    TH, as the queer movement, Opposes the culture of beards

    • Round 2

  • 1
    This house believes that US should ban the private ownership of all guns.
  • 2
    THBT Yin and Yang should be imprisoned.
  • 3
    This house would not allow out of court settlements for workplace discrimination and harrasment.

    • Round 1

  • 1
    TH, as a dual income working couple, would send their child to boarding school
  • 2
    This House Supports academic streaming.
  • 3
    THR the rise of exam preparation hubs in India.