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Prime Minister)
(Status Quo)
Paint a picture of status quo that is strategic for your house
Ex. THR Valentines Day
• BAD characterization: Valentines is the event we celebrate every Feb 14 (Bad because
dictionary meaning)
• GOOD characterization: Every Valentine’s, people spend a lot of money for superficial
gifts which are viewed as the "standard" of how you love your partner.

(Problem)
What you want to solve in the debate
Problem: Commercialization of love and a misguided notion of romance
Why is this a problem?

(Goal)
What you want to happen, how you want the stakeholders to behave, etc.
Goal: We want people to be grounded in their expectation about love and its celebration as
a fundamental human emotion
Prime
(Stance)
Minister)
Stance is the HOW. Goal is where you want to go, stance is how you want to go
there.
Stance: Valentines is regrettable/ should be regrettable because it opposes one
foundation of love: conditionality

(Pre Emptive Argument)

Anticipation of an opp argument

(Policy)
Motion: THW ban porn depicting minors
First prong: ban porn that depicts minors as sexual objects
Second prong: ban it in all countries
Third prong: punishment will be _

(Argument)
Argumentation
Four levels (what, why, so what, examples)
Leader
(Rebuttals)
of opp)
(Counter Proposal/Policy)

(Arguments)

(Definitional Challenge)
Wrong definition
Squirreling
Tautology
Unfair time and date setting
Deputy Prime Minister)
(Rebuttals)
What was wrong with their case?.

(Reconstruction)
How is your case better?

(Argumentation)
o Stakeholder’s analysis
Ex: (Valentine’s motion) Stakeholders are people, their loved ones, businesses,
society as a whole
o Pragmatic to PM’s principle
Ex: “Commercialization of love”
-An okay extension would be:
People will be forced to buy things
-A better extension is:
Watering down of other love “languages”
o Comparative analysis
Tie-back
Rebut cases Rebut examples
Reconstruct your case Leave your cases
9 hanging
Be comparative Ignore converse burden
Concede Concede recklessly or
Use even if’s Choose not to concede at all
Prioritize important rebuttals
and group them together
logically.
Rebut principles, arguments,
glaring inconsistencies
Repeat the same rebuttal
phrased differently
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Feel the need to rebut every
single thing the other side said.
Whip)
(Rebuttals)
What was wrong with their case?.

(Summary)
What happened in the debate? Why does your case still stand?

(Issues)
What questions did everyone ask? What did everyone want to solve? How does
your case answer these best?

(Analysis)
How did you win it? Best case/worst case, long run/short term, etc.
Adjudication)
(General Comments)

(Standards)
Engagement, responsiveness, burden fulfillment, consistency

(Decision)

(Issues)
What questions did everyone ask? What did everyone want to solve? How does
your case answer these best?

(Analysis)
How did they win it? Best case/worst case, long run/short term, etc.
Reply speech)
(Standards)
Engagement, responsiveness, burden fulfillment, consistency

(Issues)
What questions did everyone ask? What did everyone want to solve? How does
your case answer these best?

(Analysis)
How did they win it? Best case/worst case, long run/short term, etc.
General rules:
a. Vetoing is only applicable in Asian
Parliamentary debates

b. Rank all three motions from 1 to 3 with 1

being the motion you want to debate most and
3 being the one you least want to debate.

c. Only agree to stat the veto once you have

completely finished your rankings. Show your
rankings to each other at the same time.
Sample veto
Case 1:
Same rank 1

Case 2:
Same rank 3
Sample veto
Case 3:
Completely
different rankings
 Motions
THW ban all advertisements targeted at
children

THW ban all religions

THW ban All Hook-Up Platforms (e.g. Tinder,

Grindr)
 Motions
THBT parents should be given access to all password of
their children’s social networking accounts

THW pay teenagers/young individuals who do not get

pregnant/impregnate before they graduate

THW prevent parents from religiously indoctrinating

their children
 General Tips
• Keep reading (Read up on Human Rights,
etc.)
o EJKs, Rohingya Genocide,
Authoritarianism
• Research (Videos, etc.)
• Maintain good relationships with your
teammates.
• Never let other teams intimidate you.
General Tips
Remember why we
debate. Stay woke.