Motions

High School Finals

  • TH supports the reframing of historical tragedies as entertainment (e.g., Dahmer, Chernobyl, Oppenheimer, etc.)
  • Novice Finals

  • TH believes that the Philippines should extend its anti-discrimination laws to include political affiliations as a protected attribute
  • Novice Semifinals

  • TH prefers a world where territories and borders were drawn based purely on ethnic lines
  • Grand Final

  • This house believes that feminism should embrace queer temporality
  • Semifinals

  • This house, as the next generation of Maranao entrepreneurs, would transition from traditional clan-based high-trust networks to a Western-style formal business model
  • Quarterfinals

  • TH, as a state combating an ethno-nationalist insurgency, prefers to face a geographically clustered insurgent movement over a geographically concentrated one.
  • Round 4

  • TH regrets the dominant portrayal of long-distance relationships as doomed to fail
  • Round 3

  • TH believes that major global climate summits should be led by a citizens' assembly as opposed to world leaders
  • Round 2

  • TH believes that it is in the interest of the Filipino Middle Class to withdraw from state-run insurance and social programs e.g. PhilHealth, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG Fund, and Social Security System (SSS)
  • Round 1

  • TH celebrates the decline of the kuripot lifestyle