GM Oxford IV 2020 Open Finals – This house regrets the narrative that there exists no objective truth

Jacklin Kwan, Oxford IV 2020 Open Finals Member of Government Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/wJwtOUB-9XE?t=2888 Opening I think the framing that is symmetric on both sides is that people still need to make decisions based on a singular conception of truth, in order to not do contradictory shit. They still need to make decisions on policy…

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This House Regrets the Remilitarization of Japan

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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This House Believes That Debt Relief Should Be Granted to Developing Countries on The Basis of Past Colonial Exploitation

Let’s do the motion dissection by focusing on the different aspects of the wording, one at a time. First, “granted on the basis of past colonial exploitation”. In order to help the understanding of that, let us deliver it to you this way: “you are going to base debt relief grants, ONLY on past colonial…

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This House Would Require All Game Companies or Manufacturers or Developers or Designers to Install a Bug or Feature or Code or Whatever Which Will Forcibly Disable Their Programs and Prevent Them from Running for Fifteen Minutes, Every Hour

Ayy, (one of) my personal favorites! You know, being an addict and such, ha ha. I have made sure that the wording of the motion doesn’t create any bias nor multi-interpretation. Like your typical general motions, geographical context should automatically, and also, upon no setup, be in your standard liberal democratic countries. And, also, again,…

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