August 18, 2026
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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.

Farhana050 mins

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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A Strategy of Recruiting People to Your Debate Club

012 mins

Disclaimer: This article is not an authoritative writing. It is particularly based on my personal experience of managing my high school debate club that was quite successful (I thank my colleagues, juniors, teachers, and school for their help), and intended to provide suggestion that may be applied to make debate club more sustainable. But I…

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This House Believes That Universities Should Not Claim Patents over the Products of Their Researchers

015 mins

The good ol’ debate of whether does copyright actually protect their original creators and inventors, or on the contrary, do they actually harm potential insight and demotivate future research and delay improvement? But, anyway, the wording of this motion actually makes things a little bit more complicated than just about this. Alright let’s go. Motion…

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PM Bangladesh UADC 2020 Round 5 – In areas with a significant amount of illegal trade and production of drugs, this House believes that the state should legalise and aggressively produce and sell drugs

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(Prime Minister) Bangladesh UADC 2020 Round 5 Video Source: YouTube The war on drugs, ironically enough, came from a principle of law and order. But the only thing it managed to produce is lawlessness, death, and destruction in every instance and area that is permuted. In the world of government, we seek to rectify this. Firstly,…

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This House Regrets the Remilitarization of Japan

013 mins

This is a pretty straightforward value-judgment motion which weighs the pros and cons, benefits and harms, of a remilitarization action, in the specific context of the motion happening in Japan. Expect both teams to agree not to discuss about the ramifications of remilitarization (or cancelling the remilitarization) in the future. Motions circulating around the wording…

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