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Shri Ram DF (16th) 2022

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

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2022

From 1 tab, newest Shri Ram DF (16th) 2022.

How many points to break?

8of 45 teams made the open break
in 2022

The last team in averaged 77.6 speaks in 2022.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 30 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Shri Ram DF (16th) 202230 motions
  1. Round 1This house regrets the glorification of revolutions (for example: the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, colonial independence movements) in history textbooksPractise this motion
  2. Round 1This house would allocate scholarships and financial aid exclusively on the basis of financial needPractise this motion
  3. Round 1This house would only allow university admission on the basis of standardized testing, as opposed to non-quantitative methods (e.g. essays, alumni interviews)Practise this motion
  4. Round 2This house believes that environmental movements should refuse funding from companies that have engaged in greenwashingPractise this motion
  5. Round 2This house would impose a sin tax on the consumption of meatPractise this motion
  6. Round 2This house, as the environmental movement, would prioritise advocating for the return of land rights to indigenous people as their primary environmental protection strategyPractise this motion
  7. Round 3This house opposes the business practice of planned obsolescencePractise this motion
  8. Round 3This house would rank all charities based on their effectiveness and give tax breaks accordinglyPractise this motion
  9. Round 3This house believes that developing countries should privatise their State-Owned Enterprises (such as airlines, railway utility companies)Practise this motion
  10. Round 4This house believes that the European Union should continue the enlargement process in the Western BalkansPractise this motion
  11. Round 4This house opposes an expansionist NATOPractise this motion
  12. Round 4This house regrets the use of religious rhetoric and narratives in the rallying of support for refugees affected by humanitarian crisesPractise this motion
  13. Round 5This house would weigh one's vote inversely proportional to the size of the population of their socio-cultural group (i.e. the smaller the size of the population, the more the weight of the vote)Practise this motion
  14. Round 5In functioning democracies with one dominant political party, this house prefers opposition parties to predominantly campaign on the basis of moral character (e.g. integrity, transparency, corruption) rather than predominantly on specific issues and policies (e.g. unemployment, education, the environment).Practise this motion
  15. Round 5This house would give permanent residents the right to vote in general electionsPractise this motion
  16. Novice SemifinalsThis house prefers to be an averagely intelligent person to a geniusPractise this motion
  17. Novice SemifinalsThis house, as an individual, prefers believing that they can single handedly change the world over believing that they are just one pawn in the grand scheme of thingsPractise this motion
  18. Novice SemifinalsThis house prefers a world with a dominant norm of not expressing strong emotionsPractise this motion
  19. QuarterfinalsThis house prefers a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.Practise this motion
  20. QuarterfinalsThis house prefers a world where the possession of wealth is seen as shamefulPractise this motion
  21. QuarterfinalsThis house would choose to stay in the "Protected Place"Practise this motion
  22. Novice FinalsIn multi-party states with a singular strong dominant party, this house believes that opposition parties should actively support protest movementsPractise this motion
  23. Novice FinalsThis house regrets the ideological dominance of the left in social movementsPractise this motion
  24. Novice FinalsThis house believes that feminist groups should actively recruit male spokespeoplePractise this motion
  25. SemifinalsThis house believes that social movements should reject the glorification of political violence.Practise this motion
  26. SemifinalsThis house supports minority activists actively working to desanitise the legacies of political revolutionaries/their movement heroes in public discourse or advocacyPractise this motion
  27. SemifinalsThis house believes that extremist sects within broader social justice movements do more harm than goodPractise this motion
  28. Grand FinalGiven the technology, this house would erase society's memory and evidence of the criminal past of former convicts after their release from prisonPractise this motion
  29. Grand FinalThis house would replace "real world" prison incarceration with simulated incarceration, for people not sentenced to a life sentencePractise this motion
  30. Grand FinalThis house believes that the state should be liable to pay damages to victims of crimes committed by parolees on probationPractise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Every break in 2022

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break5 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.8
where most speakers land
74.5 to 77.0

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker79.3
  • 10th speaker77.8
  • 20th speaker77.0

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.