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…
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…
This is another one of the classics that, debate coaches, who are more of a play-safer, by now, will usually try to run when being faced with ultra-extra-conservative debaters as their students. This motion deals quite the significant shock therapy and requires ultra-extra-conservative to think out of their comfort zone whilst still not exactly and…
The wording of the motion does not explicitly call for a mechanism/goal or any complex and specific setup whatsoever from Team Affirmative. However, there are several important things to focus on this motion. We get it that the military sector is generally an undesirable channel to invest DEVELOPMENTAL aid on. Team Affirmative should expect 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…