Salam and Good morning to all Attached with this post is the Tournament Tab for the 12th IIUM Interschool Debating Championship 2014 English Language Category We would like to Congratulate Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah who emerged as champion of the tournament and Malay College Kuala Kangsar as the runner-up. Not forgetting a big round of applause to Tariq Azlan who was named the Finals best speaker and Zulaikha Zainal Efendi as the overall best speaker of the tournament. We would also like to thank all the judges who took time off their busy schedule to judge at this tournament. It wasnt easy, but we managed to have enough judges for 82 teams who participated in this tournament. Lastly, we would like to apologize for any shortcomings of this tournament. We will try our best to improve the quality of the tournament for next years edition. We hoped everyone enjoyed this years IIUM IDC. See you guys next year. InsyAllah Yours truly, The organizing Committee and The Adjudication team (Dr Bakashmar, Syed Saddiq, Ameera Natasha Moore, Mubarrat Wassey and Harris Ghazali) Motions Round 1 (Children) 1) THBT Parents who seek to have biological children should be required to meet the same criteria as those who seek to adopt 2) TH Supports parents who secretly install spyware on their children’s electronic devices 3) THW Give cash handouts to students who perform well academically Round 2 (Convicts) 1) THW subsidise companies for the employment of ex-convicts 2 )THBT the state should financially compensate for wrongful conviction 3) THW ban ex-convicts from publishing books and making movies about the crimes they have committed Round 3 (Education) 1) THBT the state subsidy for higher education should prioritise students whose parents did not receive higher education 2) THBT universities should not have a mandatory attendance system 3) THBT universities should make one year’s worth of community service (volunteer work for the good of the community) a graduation requirement Round 4 (Morality) 1) THBT it is immoral to donate to animal charities whilst humans are dying of poverty 2) THW ban all sports that define winning as inflicting pain or glorifying its simulation 3) THBT the Islamic world has a moral obligation to boycott companies that actively support and fun the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) Round 5 (Make us laugh) 1) Assuming that Vampires exist, THBT vampires should boycott the Twilight Movie Saga 2) THW never get married 3) THW elect Superman as the President Round 6 (Integration) 1) THBT developing countries should massively financially incentivise its countrymen who are working overseas to come back 2) THW subsidise multicultural marriages 3) THBT the indigenous communities should be allowed to teach their own versions of history in conventional schools Round 7 (Politics) 1) THW require all politicians to use public transportation 2) THBT states should openly fund political parties in other states in order to further their own agenda 3) THBT that each member of minority communities should be allowed to cast two votes Pre-Octo (Religion) 1) THW require that students in all high schools (secular, religious, public, private etc) learn the beliefs of all people of all major faiths, including those of no faith at all (atheist/agnostic) 2) THBT religious leaders should not be allowed to endorse political candidates 3) THE ban religious practices which include self harm for redemption Octo (Gender) 1) THBT feminist groups should refrain from criticising other feminist groups 2) THW force corporations to only produce gender neutral toys 3) THW make all awards at prominent entertainment award ceremonies (Grammy, Oscars, Emmy, BAFTA, etc) gender neutral Quarter (Corporation) 1) THBT multinational companies should be held liable for human rights abuses at any point in their supply chain 2) THW criminalise corporate negligence that causes severe environmental harms 3) THBT corporations should bit hold a public stance on LGBT rights Semi (International Relation) 1) THBT it is within Hamas’ interest to fully demilitarize 2) Instead of creating a Jewish state in the British mandate Palestine, with the benefit of hindsight, THW have created a Jewish state in Germany 3) TH regrets Obama’s decision to pull out of Iraq Grand Final (assuming…) 1) Assuming that the technology to slow down the perception of time exist which makes 1 day fee like a year, THW use it on prisoners (i.e In reality, 1 year sentence will be served in 1 day) 2) Assuming the technology exists, THW pay men to get pregnant 3) Assuming it is feasible to implement this policy, THW not all the indoctrination of children with religion
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