Motions from Past Worlds
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ATHENS 98
First Rounds
This house believes in Economic policy before
social policy
This house would look to the East
This house would put an immediate ban on land
mines
This house believes he who controls information
technology controls the world
This house believes that the glass is half full
This house believes that marriage is an outdated
institution
This house believes that environmentalism is
mostly hot air
This house believes that liberty should be rationed
This house would protect the rights of smokers
Qtr Final : THis house would give national
treasures back to its people
Final: This house believes that humanitarism
is a first world affectation
STELLENBOSCH 97
First Rounds
1. This house believes that developing nations
need strong dictatorship.
2. This house would legalize prostitution.
3. This house has an unhealthy obsession with
sport.
4. This house believes that the U.S. is more
sinned against than sinning.
5. This house would let the information superhighway
run free.
6. This house believes that fanaticism works.
7. This house would allow same-sex couples to
adopt children.
8. This house will regret the trade bloc.
9. This house believes that the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission is a weak response.
Octo Final: This house supports privatization
Qtr Final: This house would adopt quotas.
Semi Final: This house believes that one
man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Final: This house would legalize all drugs.
CORK 96
First Rounds
1.This house would put pragmatism before its
principles.
2. This house would test nuclear weapons.
3. This house would rebuild the Berlin Wall.
4. This house would sacrifice economic growth
for the good of the environment.
5. This house would give racists a platform.
6. This house would make the blood of the patriarchy
run in the streets. (enforced humour round)
7. This house would heed its priests.
8. This house believes that developing nations
should adopt Western feminism.
9. This house would in trial by jury.
Octo Final: This house would reject big
government.
Qtr Final: This house believes that the
melting pot has failed.
Semi Final: This house would let the language
die.
Final: This house believes that strong
dictatorship is better than weak democracy.
PRINCETON 95
First Rounds
1. This House would plan for peace by preparing
for war.
2. This House has more to fear than to hope from
genetic engineering.
3. This House would open its doors to the world.
4. This House believes that the separation of
church and state has gone too far.
5. This House believes that the United Nations
belongs on the ash-heap of history.
6. This House believes that American culture
is an oxymoron. (enforced humour round)
7. This House believes that capitalism is a dead
end.
8. This House believes economic sanctions should
not be used to influence domestic policy.
9. This House believes that the government that
governs least, governs best.
Octo Final: This House supports the statement,
"Yankee Go Home!"
MELBOURNE 94
First Rounds
1. This house believes that right is more important
than peace.
2. This House believes that political correctness
is the new McCarthyism.
3. This House believes that space exploration
can no longer be justified.
4. This House believes that Islam has had a bad
press.
5. This House believes that the blood of East
Timor is on Australia's hands.
6. This House believes that there is in this
age a dearth of heroes.
7. This House believes that feminism should give
way to multiculturalism.
8. This House believes that the West will regret
free trade.
9. This House believes that cricket is to sport
as Rolls-Royce is to motorcars. (enforced humour round)
Octo Final: This House believes that the
state of the union is stuffed.
Qtr Final: This House would support affirmative
action.
Semi Final: This House believes that the
Pope should get married.
Final: This House believes that Machiavelli
is the way to go.
DUBLIN 92
First Rounds
1. This house would support positive discrimination.
2. This house would support the right to strike.
3. This house believes that sex kills romance.
4. This house believes that freedom of the individual
is a myth.
5.Short men cast long shadows while the sun sets.
(enforced humour round)
6. This house reveres the memory of the British
Empire.
7. This house would out-closet homosexuals.
8. This house rejects consensus.
9. This house would abolish capital punishment.
Octo Final: The problems of the nation
are better solved by the private sector than by government.
Qtr Final: This house would give land
for peace.
Semi Final: A Federated Europe will protect
the weak from the strong.
Final: Nationalism is a hangover from
history.