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Doxbridge 3: Return of the King
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Motions
Doxbridge 3: Return of the King (2021)14 motions
- Round 1This House Would allocate the majority of government sports funding to encourage grassroots participation (e.g. amateur community clubs, after school sports clubs, etc.) rather than invest in achieving success in prestigious competitions (e.g. intensive coaching academies, player and personnel salaries, etc.)
- Round 2This House Supports the adoption of variable minimum wage laws.
- Round 3This House Regrets the narrative that the process of overcoming illnesses (e.g. cancer) is a "fight".
- Round 4This House Would implement a system of voter insurance for national elections.
- Round 5This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes.
- OctofinalsTHBT authors should remain silent on interpretations of their work after the work has been published
- ESL QuarterfinalsTHW require all art institutions to dedicate a significant portion of funding to commissioning art from new artists
- QuarterfinalsTHBT feminists in Muslim-majority countries should advocate for the abolishment of Sharia Courts rather than working to reform it (e.g. advocating for more female judges, pushing for feminist interpretations of the Quran)
- ESL SemifinalsTHBT freedom movements in authoritarian regimes should prioritize women as their leaders (e.g. Maria Kolesnikova in Belarus, Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, Alaa Salah in Sudan)
- Schools SemifinalsTHW ban relatives of past office holders from ever running in elections
- SemifinalsTHBT Asian regimes accused of committing human rights violations should be investigated by TRCs rather than subject to punitive mechanisms (ICTs, ICC)
- ESL FinalTH supports BRICS* countries creating regional alternatives to the current international economic institutions (i.e. the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation) * Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa"
- Schools FinalTHBT western liberal democracies should admit immigrants by lottery rather than by prioritizing factors such as salary, education, and language competency (excluding immigrants with serious criminal convictions)
- Grand FinalAssuming the One Ring has been destroyed and Sauron defeated, TH, as a Hobbit, Would never leave the Shire
What gets set here
Social & Identity21%
Politics21%
International Relations21%
Arts & Culture14%
Sport7%
Economics7%
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20% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.8.
Last edition: 32 of 162 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break32 teams
- ESL break22 teams
- Schools break11 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇰 Ahsan M. | MO | This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes. | 88 |
| Speaker S. | DLO | This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes. | 86 |
| 🇵🇰 Imaad J. | OW | This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes. | 86 |
| 🇮🇪 Jack S. | PM | This House Regrets the narrative that the process of overcoming illnesses (e.g. cancer) is a "fight". | 86 |
| 🇳🇱 Floris H. | GW | This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes. | 85 |
| 🇸🇬 Nar M. | DPM | This House Regrets the narrative that the process of overcoming illnesses (e.g. cancer) is a "fight". | 85 |
| Maria M. | MO | This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes. | 85 |
| 🇮🇪 Caoimhin H. | DPM | This House Regrets the narrative that the process of overcoming illnesses (e.g. cancer) is a "fight". | 85 |
| Rifayat W. | LO | This House Regrets the narrative that the process of overcoming illnesses (e.g. cancer) is a "fight". | 85 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuberan K. | DLO | This House Regrets the narrative that the process of overcoming illnesses (e.g. cancer) is a "fight". | 85 |
| Tyson D. | OW | This House Believes That leaders of marginalized minority groups should urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Amna A. | MO | This House Supports the adoption of variable minimum wage laws. | 84 |
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