Mo­ti­ons

Selec­ted sug­gested mo­ti­ons

1.     JU­NI­OR LEVEL mo­ti­ons that can be & have been de­ba­ted :

This House Be­lie­ves that cats make bet­ter pets than dogs. / that school uni­forms should be ab­olis­hed / that Santa Claus needs a new image / TH wel­co­mes the spi­rit of Christ­mas. / THB that Xmas sucks. / that there are too many rules / that power cor­rupts. / that Chris­to­pher Co­lum­bus went too far. / that te­le­vi­si­on does more harm than good. / that the pen is migh­tier than the sword. /  that cen­sor­ship is nee­ded in a de­mo­cra­cy. / that sin­gle-sex schools should be ab­olis­hed. / that the com­mu­ni­ty is more im­portant than the in­di­vi­du­al. / that de­ba­ting spoils your cha­rac­ter.

  2.     SE­NI­OR LEVEL (part­ly. from New Ze­a­land tour­na­ments)

This House Be­lie­ves that God is dead. /.that mar­ria­ge is out­mo­ded. / that the media ser­ves us well. / that money makes the world go round. / that Hol­ly­wood has a lot to an­s­wer for. / that the edu­ca­ti­on sytem has fai­led us. / that we must pre­pa­re for war to prevent war. / that ci­vi­li­sa­ti­on has fai­led. / that Dis­ney beats Shake­speare. / that our world is in good hands. / that we should look back in anger. / TH wel­co­mes the pas­sing of com­mu­nism. / that our health sys­tem is ma­king us sick. / that ro­mance is dead. / that eu­tha­na­sia should be le­ga­li­sed. / that the world needs Uncle Sam. / that our teachers are fai­ling us. / that tech­no­lo­gy has outs­trip­ped mo­ra­li­ty. / that we should cut the tax cuts. / that the na­ti­on state has had its day. / that birth con­trol is the an­s­wer. / that hu­man­kind is the next di­no­saur. / that the best go­ver­ment is a small go­vern­ment. / that what we re­al­ly, re­al­ly want is Shake­speare, not the Spice Girls. / that greed is good. / .that high fen­ces make good neigh­bours. / that tra­di­ti­on is a mills­to­ne. / that tou­rists are a glo­bal me­nace. / that na­tio­nal boun­da­ries are out of date. / that right ju­s­ti­fies might. / that smo­king should be ban­ned. / that Ame­ri­can cul­tu­re is to be re­g­ret­ted. / that there should be a right to die. / that we should keep out of other peop­le's wars./ that in de­mo­cra­cies we should break un­just laws. / that we need a world go­vern­ment. / that the death pe­nal­ty is ju­s­ti­fied under some cir­cum­stan­ces. / TH would turn its swords into ploughs­ha­res. / THB that only the rich can af­ford the en­vi­ron­ment. / that fat cats should be put on a diet./ that the Pope should marry.  

3.     WSDC  GRAND FI­NALS:  

• 2001: This House Be­lie­ves that. com­pen­sa­ti­on should be paid for in­jus­ti­ces com­mit­ted by pre­vious ge­ne­ra­ti­ons.
• 2000: THB that na­tio­nal se­cu­ri­ty con­cerns ju­s­ti­fy the re­stric­tion of civil li­ber­ties.
• 1999: THB that the state has a duty to pro­tect in­di­vi­du­als from them­sel­ves.
• 1998: TH would con­ti­nue to pro­se­cu­te WW2 cri­mi­nals.
• 1997: THB that free speech should be li­mi­ted.
• 1996: THB that the go­vern­ment should re­gu­la­te the media.
• 1995: THB that the United Na­ti­ons has fai­led .
• 1994: THB that the United Na­ti­ons is the best hope for our fu­ture.
• 1993: THB that there is a new world order.
• 1992: TH de­plo­res the media's dis­tor­ti­on of po­li­ti­cal is­su­es.
• 1991: THB that the United Na­ti­ons has pro­ved its­elf to be im­po­tent.
• 1990: Be it re­sol­ved that we re­g­ret na­tio­na­lism.
• 1989: THB that the pla­net is in good hands.

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