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This House Regrets the Rise of Social Media as A Primary Source of News Distribution
Firstly, by definition, the rise of social media would be illustrated as the trend of people obtaining information not using the traditional fashion such as TV or newspaper, but relying on the digital communication. There are various reasons of why the trend is shifting toward the technology ground. Mainly it is due to the fact…
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This House Believes That Voters Should Pass A Political General Knowledge Test Before Being Allowed to Vote
Before going any further, we have an important task to do, i.e. defining the political general knowledge test. Basically we could interpret it as a form of examination that consists of questions regarding to the basic political system (e.g. why we should vote, how vote affects the country, etc.) along with various information of a…
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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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This House Would Offer Terminally Ill Patients the Option of a Cash Grant If They Forgo Treatment and Consent to Early Euthanasia
From the motion above, we could concur that there are several keywords/variables we could explore, which are: ‘offer an option’, ‘terminally ill patients’, ‘cash grant’, and ‘giving up life”. The room of the debate is clear enough to not to be misinterpreted. There will be some arguments revolving around rights vs utilitarian approach, comparison between…
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As Modern Society, This House Would Leave Religion
In the given motion, there are 3 variables that we can explore and characterize, which are modern society, leave, and religion. So, for the first variable: modern society, it could be elaborated like our present condition (the Millenials, the people whose life is greatly influenced by science or information technology, like internet. Generally people who…