Debate Motions

[faaip_de_oiad]

Post the best debate motions you've encountered in the debate competitions you've participated in. To make things more interesting, you could post the weirdest and the most 'challenging' (i.e. worst :p ) ones as well.

This House would allow the auction of indigenous art
Round 7, Inquirer Inter-Collegiate Debate Championships (2004)

- my choice was heavily influenced by the result of the debate. hehe.


*okay*

[Ischaramoochie]

THBT Saddam should be sent to Never-neverland :D

[boss2677]

THIS HOUSE WOULD RELEASE CHILD SEX OFFENDERS CONDITIONAL ON CHEMICAL CASTRATION

[faaip_de_oiad]

^ hahahahahahaha. i was prime minister for a BP debate that had this as a motion. I had to be pretty creative in the formulation of the proposal.

[kungpow]

There's this type of debate where the topic is funny ones...I think its called send-up debate...I remember watching one where the topic was "Is the toilet seat being discrimated?"

[acacia_tree]

sa UST inter-collegiate debate:
UST is the oldest university!

sa La Salle:
La Salle's better than Ateneo. habambuhay nilang pinagdedebatihan yan. sila sila.

[Ischaramoochie]

"THBT we should clone extinct animals"

... as if that was even possible :rolleyes:

[kundera_tan]

sa UP PI SIGMA OPEN DEBATE (2004)


"That a common ASEAN currency be adopted"

----this was in the final round between Alpha Sigma (I think) and The UP DEbsoc. Debsoc was on the affirmative and won.

noong 2003.....
"That the BIR be privatized"
The Alpha Sigma Fraternity won against the Portia Sorority....

[pee_rata]

de la salle's tau gamma also loves debate.

go ask cardona.

[golden tammaraw]

what came first?

the chicken or the egg?

[Ischaramoochie]

Originally posted by golden tammaraw
what came first?

the chicken or the egg?

if it were to be based strictly on the genetic makeup of the mutation which produced the species of chicken, then the answer would be the egg.