WSDC 2025 Grand Final (India vs Australia) Motion: TH prefers a world with a strong belief in Seriti Info Slide: Seriti is communitarian philosophy found in the Setswana, Sesotho, and Sepedi cultures. According to this philosophy, a person’s moral, spiritual and social standing – their seriti- is bestowed upon them by their ancestors, living and…
In BP debate, the WUDC manual is the law of the land. Each year, it is revised by the WUDC Adjudication Core. In a nutshell, here are the major changes in this year’s manual. This manual really gets into a lot of technical issues within debate, but there are big-picture changes as well. This article…
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…
Serbia WSDC 2024 Semi Finals Motion: This House would allow violent offenders to opt into Pavlovian conditioning as a substitution for prison time. Info Slide: For the purposes of this debate, Pavlovian conditioning will cause a patient to experience severe nausea when committing or even thinking about violence. The effects of this conditioning are irreversible….
Government Framing: In status quo, Media, films, songs, and literature commonly portray love as spontaneous, irrational, and uncontrollable. Phrases like “love at first sight” or “you can’t help who you love” reinforce this. Rampant dating culture (e.g., on apps like Tinder or in reality shows like Love Island) emphasizes emotional chemistry and physical attraction, not…