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Doxbridge Worlds (Western) 2021
2021-06-01 · England · BP
Motions
Doxbridge Worlds (Western) 2021 (2021)9 motions
- Round 1This House Regrets the rise of abstract art.
- Round 2This House Believes That social movements should emphasise an individual’s capacity to change their circumstances in the face of oppression, as opposed to emphasising the structures that restrict and determine an individual’s fate.
- Round 3TH, as China, would adopt the Chongqing model of economic development instead of the Guangdong model
- Round 4THBT the West should invest domestically in schools that provide alternative progressive interpretations of religious text to combat radicalism
- Round 5THR the creation of progressive political icons in the US (e.g. AOC, Bernie Sanders)
- Round 6THR the rise of Cosmopolitan culture
- Round 7TH prefers a world where people believe in determinism over one where people believe in free will
- Round 8THR the NFL's decision to implement interviewing and hiring incentives (i.e. higher draft picks) for African-American coaches rather than pursuing the punishment of management for unequal hiring practices
- Round 9THBT criminal justice policy should be decided by appointed technocrats rather than elected representatives.
What gets set here
Social & Identity22%
Arts & Culture11%
Economics11%
Education11%
Politics11%
Philosophy11%
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Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
25% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 17 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.6.
Last edition: 32 of 130 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 break14 teams
- EFL break9 teams
- Schools break7 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Hamza C. | PM | THR the rise of Cosmopolitan culture | 86 |
| 🇬🇧 Hamza C. | MG | THR the NFL's decision to implement interviewing and hiring incentives (i.e. higher draft picks) for African-American coaches rather than pursuing the punishment of management for unequal hiring practices | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Daniel J. | PM | THBT criminal justice policy should be decided by appointed technocrats rather than elected representatives. | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Taha I. | DPM | THR the rise of Cosmopolitan culture | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Zarina B. | MG | TH, as China, would adopt the Chongqing model of economic development instead of the Guangdong model | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Matthew F. | OW | THBT criminal justice policy should be decided by appointed technocrats rather than elected representatives. | 84 |
| 🇨🇳 Josh K. | PM | THBT the West should invest domestically in schools that provide alternative progressive interpretations of religious text to combat radicalism | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Amaar J. | MG | This House Believes That social movements should emphasise an individual’s capacity to change their circumstances in the face of oppression, as opposed to emphasising the structures that restrict and determine an individual’s fate. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Trent K. | DLO | THR the NFL's decision to implement interviewing and hiring incentives (i.e. higher draft picks) for African-American coaches rather than pursuing the punishment of management for unequal hiring practices | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Hamza C. | LO | TH prefers a world where people believe in determinism over one where people believe in free will | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Naomi P. | PM | This House Believes That social movements should emphasise an individual’s capacity to change their circumstances in the face of oppression, as opposed to emphasising the structures that restrict and determine an individual’s fate. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Greg W. | DPM | THBT criminal justice policy should be decided by appointed technocrats rather than elected representatives. | 84 |
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