Motions

Grand Final

  • 1
    This House Supports Dadaism
  • 2
    This House Supports the commercialization of Afrofuturist aesthetics (e.g. Black Panther)
  • 3
    This House Regrets Art that depicts humanity as being inherently prone to conflict
  • Semifinals

  • 1
    This House Regrets the advent of gunpowder
  • 2
    This House Prefers first person perspective history over third person
  • 3
    This House Regrets the notion of science being apolitical
  • Quarterfinals

  • 1
    Given the technology has been discovered, This House Would allow the creation of a digital afterlife
  • 2
    This House Would stop writing the novel
  • 3
    This House Prefers nihilistic optimism over traditional optimism
  • Round 5

  • 1
    This House Would prefer the prioritization of funds going towards the liberal arts rather than STEM fields in universities in the developing world
  • 2
    This House Regrets the negation of agency in social science.
  • 3
    This House Prefers college application processes that focus on an individual’s personal story and background (e.g. CommonApp) over ones that focus on academics and accolades (e.g. UCAS)
  • Round 4

  • 1
    This House Prefers the Pakistani film industry to grow in the direction of animated works (The glassworker, Shehr-e-tabassum, etc) over live action works (Lal Kabootar, Pinky Maimsaab)
  • 2
    This House Regrets the rise of white influencers in Pakistan (e.g Jeremy Mclellan)
  • 3
    This House Regrets the two-nation theory
  • Round 3

  • 1
    This House Regrets the decline of kayfabe in professional wrestling
  • 2
    This House Regrets Black Saturday
  • 3
    This House, as a WWE wrestler, would cooperate with the Andrew Yang investigation.
  • Round 2

  • 1
    This House Would cull the Colombian cocaine hippos
  • 2
    This House Would Ban Zoos
  • 3
    This House believes that animal education programming such as Planet Earth, Our Planet, My Octopus Teacher etc, have done more harm than good for our perception of the environment and wildlife.
  • Round 1

  • 1
    This House, as a Parent, would raise their child to be a kid Influencer
  • 2
    This House, as an individual would quit social media
  • 3
    This House Would force YouTube to remove advertisements from emergency/ health videos