The stipulations are clear, the geographical bias and context is explicitly worded, so this is pretty much a straightforward motion. The goal of this motion is to have a discourse that aims to seek the best way to improve a country (of course, you don’t say). That being said, of course both Team Affirmative and…
In panic, I spent three entire minutes elaborating an argument of how the government would create reforms in education if the adjudicator supported my side. The opposing speaker struck my case down by simply saying, “No, the government will not do that. The government is only interested in getting re-elected. There are millions of externalities…
Note: This motion is from an online debate competition called as It Matters Online Debate 2020. So the motion’s full credit goes to the event and A-core. The content of analysis however is the writer’s work and responsibility. Disclaimer: The motion analysis will provide information in regard to the potential case direction and arguments that…
A principle of international law which holds that defined territorial areas and elements of humanity’s common heritage (cultural and natural) should be held in trust for future generations and be protected from exploitation by individual nation states or corporations. (Wikipedia) There are generally two possible ways to expect where this debate will go: one is…
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…