THBT Governments Should Abandon The Strategy of “Decapitation” in Fighting Terrorism

Info Slide:  In the context of anti-terrorism, “decapitation” refers to the strategy of targeting terrorist leaders for assassination. Dan Lahav, 2016 HWS Round Robin GF Check the video here. Opening Let’s be sharp on burdens. The fact that you have F16 in an army doesn’t mean you’re going to automatically always use your F16s when…

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A Strategy of Recruiting People to Your Debate Club

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 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 Governments Should Stop Funding Scientific Programs that Have No Immediate Benefit for Humankind (Space Travel and Exploration, Human Cloning)

(+) Government While the people in developing countries suffer from starvation during droughts, while the cure for cancer and HIV hasn’t been found, while climate change is an imminent threat to the global society, it is unrealistic to pursue advancements that have no urgency and no particular communities to benefit. Let’s clearly say from the…

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