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HWS Round Robin 2024
2024-04-05 · BP
Motions
HWS Round Robin 2024 (2024)11 motions
- Round 1THBT the UK should have provided extensive military support to the independent state of Biafra.
- Round 2THP the establishment of an inclusive literary canon to the elimination of any literary canon.
- Round 3THBT social policies should be decided by mini-publics.
- Round 4THW choose to be born on North Sentinel Island over being born randomly somewhere else in the world.
- Round 5Assuming it is possible to safely and easily move fetuses into safe artificial wombs, THBT womxn should not have the right to an abortion.
- Round 6THW break up the largest asset management firms
- Round 7THR the glorification of ethno-nationalist figures associated with pro-democracy movements (e.g. Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, Alexei Navalny in Russia, Sirimavo Bandaranaike in Sri Lanka, etc.)
- Round 8THR the predominance of romantic love in popular culture.
- Round 9THP a world where post-colonial states adopted and use Interlanguages over the usage of colonial languages (e.g. English, French, etc.)
- SemifinalsTHBT it is in the Houthis' interest to attack ships in the Red Sea.
- Grand FinalTH, as the chemist, would take the chemical weapons job
What gets set here
Social & Identity45%
International Relations18%
Arts & Culture9%
Politics9%
Law & Crime9%
Economics9%
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26% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 21 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 81.5.
Last edition: 8 of 28 teams broke.
- 202022 pts · 81.6 speaks4/16
- 202122 pts · 80.9 speaks4/16
- 202222 pts · 81.6 speaks4/16
- 202324 pts · 82.0 speaks4/16
- 202417 pts · 81.2 speaks8/28
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Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Sandy G. | GW | THW choose to be born on North Sentinel Island over being born randomly somewhere else in the world. | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Ravi S. | MG | THW choose to be born on North Sentinel Island over being born randomly somewhere else in the world. | 86 |
| 🇨🇦 Reana Y. | MO | THW break up the largest asset management firms | 86 |
| 🇬🇧 Max R. | OW | THW break up the largest asset management firms | 86 |
| 🇬🇧 Toby T. | GW | THP a world where post-colonial states adopted and use Interlanguages over the usage of colonial languages (e.g. English, French, etc.) | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | GW | Assuming it is possible to safely and easily move fetuses into safe artificial wombs, THBT womxn should not have the right to an abortion. | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Xiao L. | DLO | THP the establishment of an inclusive literary canon to the elimination of any literary canon. | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Max R. | OW | THP a world where post-colonial states adopted and use Interlanguages over the usage of colonial languages (e.g. English, French, etc.) | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Dennis S. | PM | THW choose to be born on North Sentinel Island over being born randomly somewhere else in the world. | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Max R. | DLO | THW choose to be born on North Sentinel Island over being born randomly somewhere else in the world. | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Manuel M. | MG | THP the establishment of an inclusive literary canon to the elimination of any literary canon. | 84 |
| Matthew S. | DPM | THP the establishment of an inclusive literary canon to the elimination of any literary canon. | 84 |
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