This House Regrets the Trend of Celebrities Making Recounts of Their Struggle with Psychiatric Disorders

*sigh* hate value-judgment debates using the word “regret” like this. Hate them. The reason why, is because there are multiple possible scenario and directions this kind of debates could unfold. The word regret is very ambiguous and opens numerous possible multi-interpretation. Hate it. For this motion, we will try to explore the two possible outcomes…

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Full Debate Indonesia WSDC 2017 Grand Final (England vs Singapore) – This House Supports restrictions on free speech to combat the rise of right-wing populism.

WSDC 2017 Grand Final (England vs Singapore) Motion: This House Supports restrictions on free speech to combat the rise of right-wing populism. Proposition: England Opposition: Singapore Result: Singapore won this debate with 8-1 split. Video attachment: WSDC 2017 Grand Finals England vs Singapore – YouTube This debate is transcribed by Farhana Rahman for the Debating404…

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This House Believes That State Should Take Over the Custody of Children Whose Parent(s) Is Diagnosed with Psychiatric Disorder

A pretty straightforward motion. It would be helpful if Team Affirmative clarifies some (not-so) ambiguous wordings of the motion and sets up a proper debate, though. But even if not, the debate has a proper course already set. The wordings used just happen to have extra room for multi-interpretation. One important thing to note, is…

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PM Bangladesh UADC 2020 Round 6 – This House regrets Juan Guaidó’s decision to boycott the Venezuelan elections

(Prime Minister) Bangladesh UADC 2020 Round 6 Video Source: YouTube Three things coming from the prime minister. Firstly about why representation is likely to be done in an equitable fashion at least the extent to which it is going to be effective. Secondly,  why the counterfactual which is that Maduro has absolute control is really bad….

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This House Believes That Doctors Should Be Obligated to Report Suspected Cases of Domestic Abuse

First of all, defining domestic abuse. You can read more here. Any form of physical, sexual or mental and emotional abuse which might amount to criminal conduct and which takes place within the context of a relationship. The relationship will be between partners (married, co-habiting, civil partnership or otherwise) or ex-partners. The abuse can be…

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