This House Believes That Countries with Proper Public Transport Modules Should Ban Private Transport

A pretty straightforward motion that leaves little to no multi-interpretation. Bear in mind, however, that “countries with proper public transport modules” should be immediately translated as “first-world countries”, as those countries are the only ones who are likely to have proper public transport modules. Team Affirmative It is important for Team Affirmative to properly set…

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This House Believes That Disadvantaged Racial Minorities Should Be Granted Automatic Discount(s) in Criminal Sentencing

This motion is fairly straightforward and leaves little to no room for multi-interpretation. “Automatic Discount(s) in Criminal Sentencing”, however, is vaguely worded and it is the sole burden of the Affirmative Team to clear out any ambiguity. AFFIRMATIVE A strategically sound interpretation of automatic discount(s) for this debate would be a model in which racial…

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This House Would Implement Mandatory Paternity Leave for New Fathers

Geographical contexts might prove to be a (slight) problem in this debate, if not any. This pertains to the idea of patriarchal/matriarchal values that might differ in some middle-eastern countries and Islamic Sharia countries. Team Affirmative Argument 1: Because we would like to promote gender equality. Instead of this motion being an action of government…

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