(1st Opp Speaker) Angelia Li, WSDC Canada, WSDC 2020 Finals Context Slide You are a talented, middle-class person in your early twenties about to start your career. You have the choice between a job in which you will make a lot of money and work long hours (e.g. investment banker, corporate lawyer, etc.) and a…
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…
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…
Pretty straightforward motion, involves assumptions, does not create any possible multi-interpretations time-wise. So, pretty much, yeah. A straightforward motion. There are some arguments that might be tied really closely to some geographical factors, though. Another important thing to note, is that debaters should not fall into the trap of misinterpreting this motion into “THW kill…
This is one of the classics that, by now, we expect almost all debate coaches will try to employ when being faced with ultra-extra-conservative debaters as their students. Risk-taker coaches are more likely to try running “This House Would Legalize Gay Marriage” as a stronger form of shock therapy, though, whilst coaches who are more…