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Hart House Inter-Varsity 2020
2020-10-17 · BP
Motions
Hart House IV 2020 (2020)10 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 🐪 J., 🇬🇧 Jason X., 🇨🇦 Navin K., Sebastian D.
- Round 1THR the rise of OnlyFans in the pornography market
- Round 2THBT Supreme Courts should abide by a textualist model of interpretation
- Round 3THS the phenomenon of green card marriages
- Round 4THBT organized religious groups should formally recognize scripture that contradicts primary religious texts
- Round 5THW prohibit cities from offering tax credits and other incentives to attract large companies
- Novice Semi FinalsTHW abolish sex-based segregation in sports in favour of ability-based segregation
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the Argentinian government should have rejected the 2018 IMF bailout and sought to negotiate further concessions, even at the risk of not receiving a bailout
- Novice FinalTHP a world in which parents follow an authoritarian parenting model rather than an egalitarian parenting model
- SemifinalsAssuming feasibility, THW nationalize all high-cost research equipment and create a national pool of this equipment where all researchers must apply to a centralized agency for access
- Grand FinalTHBT it is in the interest of countries that experienced Japanese colonial occupation (e.g., South Korea, China, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam) to boycott the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo if far-right paraphernalia (e.g., displays of the Rising Sun flag) are permitted.
What gets set here
Economics30%
Social & Identity20%
Media10%
Law & Crime10%
Religion10%
Sport10%
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14% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.9.
Last edition: 16 of 116 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break11 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Sandy G. | LO | THBT Supreme Courts should abide by a textualist model of interpretation | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Naomi P. | PM | THBT Supreme Courts should abide by a textualist model of interpretation | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Max R. | DLO | THS the phenomenon of green card marriages | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Emma J. | DLO | THW prohibit cities from offering tax credits and other incentives to attract large companies | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Max R. | GW | THW prohibit cities from offering tax credits and other incentives to attract large companies | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 David E. | MO | THS the phenomenon of green card marriages | 83 |
| Elaina T. | DLO | THBT organized religious groups should formally recognize scripture that contradicts primary religious texts | 82 |
| 🇨🇦 Jun K. | GW | THBT organized religious groups should formally recognize scripture that contradicts primary religious texts | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Eva-Marie Q. | OW | THS the phenomenon of green card marriages | 82 |
| 🇨🇦 Reana Y. | LO | THS the phenomenon of green card marriages | 82 |
| 🇨🇦 Emma J. | MG | THBT organized religious groups should formally recognize scripture that contradicts primary religious texts | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Dennis S. | DLO | THBT Supreme Courts should abide by a textualist model of interpretation | 82 |
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