The 2011 Asian Schools Debating Championships ended last week in Seoul with Daewon High School from South Korea as the champion after beating Xavier School from the Philippines in the grandfinal. Malaysia's Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR) will host next year's ASDC. Indonesian teams failed to excel in ASDC 2011 but the motions used in the tournament may help preparations in our schools.
Test
- THW disallow people from leaving inheritance to pets
- THW abolish all animal cruelty laws
- THW not allow people to keep wild animals as pets
R1
- THW ban sports that aim to inflict physical violence on competitors
- THW not allow minors to become professional gamers
- THW have a minimum quota for local players in domestic leagues
R2
- THBT the right to offend religion/s is an essential element to freedom of speech
- THBT the feminist should embrace women who choose to disempower themselves.
- THBT anorexia is a legitimate lifestyle choice.
R3
- THW stop the public funding of NASA
- THBT governments should fund research to clone extinct species
- THBT humanity would be better off knowing that intelligent life exists somewhere else in the universe
R4
- THBT South Korea should stop seeking reunification
- THBT China should abandon its one child policy
- THBT the ASEAN should suspend Myanmar’s membership pending democratic reforms
R5
- THW abolish laws that protect royal families from being insulted
- THBT monarchies have no place in modern democracies
- THBT the LGBT Movement should stop celebrating gay parades
R6
- THBT Japan should abandon civil nuclear energy
- THBT it is justified to break the law to protect the environment
- THBT governments should include environmental impact in measuring economic success
R7
- THW televise executions of criminals
- THW legalize all drugs in the USA
- THW not grant tourist visas to states with high incidence of human trafficking
Octos
- THBT US government should establish schools that teach immigrant children in their native tongue
- THW force religious schools to teach sex education including contraception
- THW stop all research towards the cure for autism
Quarters
- THBT the ICC should try Bashar Al Assad.
- THBT aid should be protected by force without the permission of the sovereign state
- THW allow objection to military service on the grounds of personal beliefs
Semis
- THBT the Greeks should default
- THBT all water consumption beyond basic needs should come from private sources
- TH regrets the rise of microfinance
Novice Finals
- THBT tabloids are essential to a vibrant democracy
- THW allocate airtime for racist political parties in public TV networks
- THBT celebrity felons should have harsher penalties (selected for final)
Finals
- THBT post-conflict societies should destroy all artwork created in support of a fallen dictator
- THBT mainstream governments should not contact isolated tribes (selected for final)
- TH celebrates the co-optation of political and artistic counter-cultures into the mainstream
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