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Diliman Debate Open Pre-Worlds 2025
Dec 20, 2025 · Philippines, Online · BP · Online
Motions
Diliman Debate Open Pre-Worlds 2025 (2025)12 motions
- Round 0As pro-democracy groups in an illiberal democracy, THW actively employ fearmongering tactics (including but not not limited to using exaggerated claims, misleading statistics, and emotional statements invoking panic against illberalism, etc.)
- Round 0As pro-democracy groups in an illiberal democracy, THW actively employ fearmongering tactics (including but not not limited to using exaggerated claims, misleading statistics, and emotional statements invoking panic against illberalism, etc.)
- Round 1In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.)
- Round 2THBT it is in the interest of major religions to preach the concept of chosenness to their followers
- Round 3THS the militarization of chokepoints (e.g., Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Bosporus, etc.) by engulfing states
- Round 4THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good
- Round 5THO the push towards a declined involvement of the US in Southeast Asian politics
- QuarterfinalsTHR Kenya's depiction of Ndirangu Mau as a national traitor
- SemifinalsAs pro-democracy groups in an illiberal democracy, THW actively employ fearmongering tactics (including but not not limited to using exaggerated claims, misleading statistics, and emotional statements invoking panic against illberalism, etc.)
- Grand FinalTHBT the people "below ground" should accept people from "above ground" who wish to flee
- Novice SemifinalsTHR the emphasis on pain as a component for growth
- Novice FinalsIn a world where technology and AI are highly advanced and sophisticated, THP that celebrities be AI as opposed to them being humans
What gets set here
Politics25%
International Relations17%
Law & Crime8%
Religion8%
Economics8%
History8%
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Practice Politics motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
26% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 77.1.
Last edition: 18 of 70 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break18 teams
- Novice break15 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine C. | MO | THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good | 84 |
| Jamie P. | OW | THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good | 82 |
| Elsa L. | MG | THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good | 82 |
| Garvit G. | OW | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| 🇦🇺 Tom W. | OW | THS the militarization of chokepoints (e.g., Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Bosporus, etc.) by engulfing states | 81 |
| Lakshya T. | MO | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| Shashwat N. | MG | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| 🇦🇺 Gautama D. | PM | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Vedesh K. | GW | THS the militarization of chokepoints (e.g., Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Bosporus, etc.) by engulfing states | 81 |
| 🇦🇺 Tom W. | DPM | In areas with high rates of organised crime, THW allow the expansion of police discretion in detention-related decisions (eg: suspension of habeas corpus for certain detainees, making arrests without warrants, etc.) | 81 |
| 🇵🇭 Lorine D. | GW | THBT it is in the interest of major religions to preach the concept of chosenness to their followers | 81 |
| Matthew A. | GW | THBT the Philippine SEC's tiered minimum public ownership framework for PLEs would do more harm than good | 81 |
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