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Hart House IV 2022
Oct 13, 2022 · BP
Motions from this series
Hart House IV 2022 (2022)11 motions
- Round 0THW ban zoos
- Round 1THS Joe Biden not running for re-election in 2024
- Round 2THO the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture
- Round 3THR the decline of the Catholic Church's art patronage
- Round 4THS a universal right of territories to secede from parent nations by referendum
- Round 5THR the belief that forgiveness is a virtue
- QuarterfinalsTHS the implementation of a financial transaction tax
- Novice SemifinalsTHR the narrative of intergenerational meritocracy
- SemifinalsTHP a world in which religious beliefs are not codified in a scripture or doctrine
- Grand FinalTHP a world where Augmented Eternity is widely accessible
- Novice FinalsTH, as a contestant on a reality show, would attempt to portray themself as a villain as opposed to a hero
Hart House IV 2021 (2021)11 motions
- Round 1THP media funding models that rely on primarily advertising to models that rely primarily on subscriptions.
- Round 2TH prefers a world where supreme court justices remain anonymous to the public
- Round 3THBT Canada and the United States should nationalize their oil industries.
- Round 4THR the pre-dominance of youth within social movements (i.e tailoring social media presence to teenage and young adult consumers, the presence of young leaders)
- Round 5THS the Chinese government's efforts to disparage and exclude the influence and visibility of prominent, highly successful entrepreneurs.
- Novice Semi FinalsTHR the decision of many public health authorities to optimize for anticipated public reactions (vs. strictly truth) in their messaging during the pandemic (e.g. emphasizing no evidence masks are effective in March 2020 to discourge hoarding; adjusting vaccine guidance to encourage take up etc.)
- QuarterfinalsTHR the decision of many public health authorities to optimize for anticipated public reactions (vs. strictly truth) in their messaging during the pandemic. (e.g. emphasizing no evidence masks are effective in March 2020 to discourge hoarding; adjusting vaccine guidance to encourage take up etc.)
- SemifinalsTHR the decline of class as the primary organizing political identity in liberal democracies.
- ESL FinalTHS the use of artificial intelligence within conflicts (i.e AI-led drones, AI-led ground troops)
- Novice FinalTHW require colleges to roughly approximate the economic breakdown of society in the composition of their student body (e.g. admit an equal number of candidates from each wealth quartile)
- Grand FinalTHBT the United States should have maintained a prominent military presence in Afghanistan long-term.
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
Economics19%
Social & Identity16%
Politics9%
Media9%
Education6%
Religion6%
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Practice Economics motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
17% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.9.
Last edition: 17 of 77 teams broke.
- 202011 pts · 78.9 speaks16/116
- 202111 pts · 80.0 speaks16/113
- 202210 pts · 77.9 speaks17/77
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break17 teams
- Novice break8 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Chris P. | LO | THS a universal right of territories to secede from parent nations by referendum | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Jacob S. | GW | THR the belief that forgiveness is a virtue | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Jason X. | MG | THO the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Max R. | MO | THS a universal right of territories to secede from parent nations by referendum | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Reana Y. | MO | THO the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Matt M. | MO | THS Joe Biden not running for re-election in 2024 | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Miles W. | DLO | THO the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Karel B. | LO | THO the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture | 83 |
| Zeus E. | DLO | THS a universal right of territories to secede from parent nations by referendum | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Miles W. | OW | THS Joe Biden not running for re-election in 2024 | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Max R. | MG | THR the belief that forgiveness is a virtue | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Matt M. | LO | THO the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture | 83 |
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