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Amsterdam Open 2024
2024-11-30 · Netherlands, In person · BP
Motions from this series
Amsterdam Open 2024 (2024)9 motions
- Round 1THO the centrality of one’s work (job/professional occupation) in discussions of identity
- Round 2THBT it is in the interest of the Zapatista movement to prioritise integration within Mexico over maintaining autonomous caracoles
- Round 3THBT the current pope should mandate that all future popes be democratically elected by all Catholics
- Round 4THW implement the Human method
- Round 5THP Montessori-education over regular education
- Quarter FinalsTHBT that France should send a military peace-keeping force to Haiti
- Novice BrakeTHW publish the technology, rather than destroy it
- Semi FinalsTHBT globalisation has done more harm than good for the European working class
- Grand finalsTHP confucianism over individualism as the dominant thought system in Western society
Amsterdam Open 2023 (2023)9 motions
- Round 1TH, as a parent, would not allow their child to own a smartphone until the age of 14
- Round 2THBT the Dutch government should ban all depictions and public cosplays of Black Pete
- Round 3THW suspend intellectual property rights after initial investment into the products has been recovered
- Round 4TH, as a talented Latin American football player entering European football at 17 years old, would embrace a selfish playstyle rather than a team-oriented one
- Round 5TH predicts that most of Europe will live in a federal European state within the next 50 years
- QuarterfinalsTHR the glorification of loyalty
- SemifinalsTHW pass legislation allowing banks to be held liable for environmental damage and human rights abuses committed by clients they have provided finance to
- Grand FinalTHW remain human
- Novice FinalsTHW legalise all drugs
Amsterdam Open 2022 (2022)8 motions
- Round 0A zombie infection has broken out, THBT it is morally legitimate to kill uninfected humans to increase your own chances of survival.
- Round 0THR the increase in religious activity after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe
- Round 0This House, as a philantropic foundation whose sole aim is to do as much good as possible, would heavily prioritse funding long-termist projects
- Round 1THBT individual football fans should totally boycott the 2022 Qatar World Cup
- Round 2THP a society with the poldermodel over two party system at all levels of governance
- Round 3THBT the feminist movement should adopt the narrative of the Banality of Evil
- Round 4THW ban Aladdin and similar programmes.
- Round 5THBT states should classify organized crime syndicates as terrorist groups* *classification as a terrorist group would legally allow law enforcement to pursue tactics such as targeted extra-judicial killings, reducing barriers to law enforcement gathering evidence, using military forces, criminalizing membership, etc PS. Don't squirrel this motion
What gets set here
Social & Identity19%
Economics12%
Politics8%
Abstract8%
Religion4%
Education4%
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24% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 77.5.
Last edition: 16 of 68 teams broke.
- 202310 pts · 77.4 speaks17/70
- 202410 pts · 77.5 speaks16/68
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break4 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markus M. | DPM | THW implement the Human method | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Eli F. | MO | THBT it is in the interest of the Zapatista movement to prioritise integration within Mexico over maintaining autonomous caracoles | 83 |
| Amanda V. | PM | THW implement the Human method | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Cyrus B. | OW | THBT it is in the interest of the Zapatista movement to prioritise integration within Mexico over maintaining autonomous caracoles | 83 |
| 🇩🇪 Inga P. | PM | THP Montessori-education over regular education | 83 |
| Juliette S. | DPM | THP Montessori-education over regular education | 83 |
| Isaac M. | LO | THBT it is in the interest of the Zapatista movement to prioritise integration within Mexico over maintaining autonomous caracoles | 83 |
| Leander M. | LO | THW implement the Human method | 82 |
| 🇬🇧 Eli F. | LO | THW implement the Human method | 82 |
| Daan K. | OW | THBT it is in the interest of the Zapatista movement to prioritise integration within Mexico over maintaining autonomous caracoles | 82 |
| Paulina S. | DLO | THBT it is in the interest of the Zapatista movement to prioritise integration within Mexico over maintaining autonomous caracoles | 82 |
| 🇦🇹 Victor B. | MG | THBT it is in the interest of the Zapatista movement to prioritise integration within Mexico over maintaining autonomous caracoles | 82 |
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