Motions

Open Grand Final

  • THR the rise of the narrative that one must fulfill their potential in life
  • Open Semifinals

  • TH, as the feminist movement, opposes Mattel's making of Barbie dolls out of feminist icons (e.g. Amelia Earhart, Freida Kahlo, Katherine Johnson etc...)
  • Open Quarterfinals

  • THBT Malaysia’s federal government should require state consent before approving major foreign-led development projects
  • Novice Finals

  • TH prefers a world where humans do not value bodily aesthetics
  • Round 5

  • THBT the Milgram's obedience test should be a mandatory criteria for selecting army officers
  • Round 4

  • THS animal rights movements that actively advocate against traditional religious and cultural practices that harm animals (e.g. indigenous whaling, native game hunting etc...)
  • Round 3

  • In cases where laws are repealed or are found to be unconstitutional, THBT the state should reparate individuals convicted under those laws (e.g., LGBTQ+ people in India prosecuted under Section 377 before it was repealed in 2018, interracial couples in the US punished before Loving v. Virginia (1967), Black South Africans imprisoned under apartheid-era “pass laws” and protest bans, and women in the UK and US jailed in the early 1900s for protesting for voting rights.)
  • Round 2

  • THS the rise of citizen journalism
  • Round 1

  • THW allow political parties to make binding electoral promises that, once broken, will immediately trigger re-election