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THW ban the patenting of genes

PSDC Round 5

OG Pisay
OO Poveda
CG AA
CO Poveda

Setup:
US, ban all gene sequences

Arguements:
1. against principle of patenting; sequences can occur naturally by evolution
2. necessity; credibility of scientist could decrease if sequence was found naturally
3. patenting will hinder gene research; which is essential for cures for cancer etc.

Ranking

1st OG Pisay
2nd CG AA
3rd OO Poveda
4th CO Poveda

TH would celebrate Disney princesses

PSDC Round 4

OG Ateneo de Naga/Davao/Zamboanga
OO Pilar
CG British School of Manila
CO Pisay

Extension
1. Stunts the role of motherhood: happily ever after ends with marrige, forgets about motherhood
2. Outside vices are more followed by young girls than inner virtues

Possible arguments
3. All Disney princesses have a man (Do we really need one?)

Ranking
1st CO Pisay
2nd OG Ateneo de something
3rd Pilar
4th BSM

TH supports the African Union's clamour for the withdraw of the charges places by the international criminal court on Al-Bashir the president of Sudan

PSDC Round 3

OG Miriam
OO AA
CG Letran(?)
CO Pisay

Extension

1. Principle of the Justice System: a seperate body decides on what the accused gets
2. Responsibility to protect(AU)

Ranking

1st CO Pisay
2nd OO AA
3rd CG Letran?
4th OG Miriam

THW ratify a new Kyoto Protocol

PSDC Round 2

OG CSA
OO ICA
CG Pisay
CO Miriam

def challenge; we lost

Rank

1st OO ICA
2nd CO Miriam
3rd OG CSA
4th CG Pisay

THBT children are raised better in rural communities than in urban area

PSDC Round 1
OG St. Scholastica
OO Poveda
CG Pisay
CO Xaiver

Extension

1. Physical development more important in childhood as it is hindered in urban areas
2. Innovative thinking increases due to lack of resources.

Was not able to say due to lack of time
3. Independence from freer hand by parents in safer area

Possible arguement
4. Urban Poor; only 10-15% of urban population have nice lifestyles

Rank
1st CO Xaiver
2nd OO Poveda
3rd CG Pisay
4th OG St. Scho

What to do with a squirreled defenition

1. Say that they were wrong. Say that it's a squirrel. Show how there defenition makes it no longer debateable. Force the right defenition on them.


2. Attack their paradigm. Arguments must still be fighting for different things.
   

Financial Crisis

Lecture by Maam Shella Paz

WHY?
Overproduction
production of goods > capability of consumers to consume

Timeline:

1. 20's -30's Great Depression


2. 70's Overproduction


3. 80's Saturation Point


4. 90's Technological Boom


5. 2008 Bail-out

THW remove discriminatory practices on ex-convicts

Member of Government Elevation

Discriminatory practice we want removed:Ex-convicts who have a hard time getting jobs and are always at risk of losing their jobs.

Issue 1, principle: equality and belief in the penal system vs. self-preservation
Issue 2, system of judgement: meritocracy vs. opposite of "benefit of the doubt"

1. Discriminatory practices hinder correctional process



Life outside jail is still a part of the correctional process (ex. parole). Ex-convict is put among people who put themselves above him as they are not ex-convicts(pressure), compared to jail where most are equally bad and some even worse than he. Discrimination can be a living hell for ex-convict. Ex-convict can break and turn back to life of crime.




2. Those around the ex-convict (family, society) suffer as well



Many crimes are done out of desperation, caused by poverty. People are not inately evil. Family around ex-convict will suffer due to lack of a stable and sufficient job. Society will lose a number of able workforce. Family members or loved ones may fall into crime as well. There is a cycle of crime and punishment. Removing discrimination ends cycle.

THW pass the reproductive health bill asap

Opposition Argument

1. Pathway for Corruption



Corruption is rampant in the Philippines. With the money passing though so many people, there are too many pathways for corruption. We cannot afford to have another source of corruption.



2. Encourages Promiscuity



What the rh bill is looking like to most filipinos is a pro-condom bill. People will see it as such and think that condoms are the best solution for unwanted pregnancies, which it isn't.



3. Looks down on life



[Pro-life stance] Makes life or pregnancy seem like a bad thing, a disease.



4. There is no need to control the population



Overpopulation is not that big of a problem in the Philippines. Cheap labor is good for our country. We don't want an aging workforce.

PSDC

Philippine Schools Debate Championship

Team A

• Mike Serquina


• Cat Angangco

Team B

• Niboe Herrera


• Romeo Managu

THBT executives of bankrupt companies should have the right to claim severance payments and bonuses

Opposition Argument

1. Have fault in bankrupcy of company


2. Contracts can be considered void


3. Incentive to revive the company is greatly less


4. Recent performance is more significant to past performance

THBT high school debaters alienate rather than educate their peers

Government Argument

1. Their intrinsic characteristics clash




• debaters:multitrack, thinks of pros and cons


• ave. hs student:one-sided, does what's assigned as told to him




2. tight training schedules bond the team, become exclusive


3. debate can be an elitist sport


4. parallels high school discrimination

THW lift age-based restrictions on content

Content:violent movies

Government Argument
Violence in already everywhere, shown in media, in news.
Reasons behind restrictions are no longer applicable today.

Member opening line

Looking at the opening half of this debate, there is a deadlock
As both side clash on (insert debate issue), nothing has been resolved.
This is where I come in and break that deadlock.

More Issues

Religious symbols
Religious tolerance vs. Education

Prisons
Justice vs. Life and Death

Anorexia
Gov't intervention vs. human rights

Sanctioning
Humanitarian vs. Sovereignity

THW will allow prisoners in life-imprisonment to choose the death penalty

Arguments
Goverment
It's like being buried alive

Opposition
Justice
Justice is about the court deciding for the accused, the accused doesn't judge
Where is the justice in that?
Justice is giving what's due to you
It's not about the prisoner choosing
Removal of rights have purposes

Case-building

THW abolish the CDF funds
Government	Opposition
Corruption people don't get the funds more honest officials will be swayed into corruption more regulated checks and balances law makers incentivised to be more focused due to pressure instead of instant money, reason more money must be checked before given	money is all with a single office some towns are almost totally dependant on it more efficient use of the money with close proximity

THW legalize euthanasia
Government	Opposition
It is inhumane to allow one to suffer til the end Money may be used for more pressing needs	person may survive may lead to underground euthanasia no standard no regulation

THBT the reproductive health bill should be passed
Government	Opposition
preventing overpopulation people believe that with more child, more labor may be done with that, the burden of life is also shared, and the quality of living is low lower abortion rate less people, less abortions	impractical encourages promiscuity won't be followed due to unpopularity

THW ban the display of religious symbols
Government	Opposition
against some's religion students are all people, easier to work together no schools of a certain religion	incolcation a culture of cohabilitation teachings will not be carried on outside school, schoolmates will be seen as the exception religions will be hidden

THW evict all urban squatters
Government	Opposition
illegal trespassing defending land owners metro will be cleaned up reduced crime rate due to lower density	they have nowhere else to go no cheap labor removal of white collar laborers

THW lift term limits of elected officials
Government	Opposition
more experienced officials good leaders stay in office, while bad ones won't be reelected seen-through projects	popular presidents aren't always good presidents incubent always gets reelected "better the evil already known, than the good not known"

THW go on an all out war with Mindanao
Government	Opposition
to show they mean business not a trifling matter enlisting support of average citizens peace talks are merely delaying tactics	NPA will know that they are recognized as a threat they will be given an identity AFP is not capable of proper warfare citizens of Mindanao

THBT the UN should impose a trade embargo on China til it shapes up
Government	Opposition
China has slipped up too many times They need a direct message to stop cutting corners They will be better quality products	World wil crumble without China "Who's economy will crumble first, China's or the worlds?" No products, no consumers

Gun Control

Main Arguments for Anti-Gun

1. Guns empower people

Guns make people feel more powerful. Then make people feel that they are somewhat invincible, and that they can do things they can't normally do. This is dangerous especially amongst gangs, people with mental disorders and those who are at the brink of being a criminal. There are people who aren't dangerous yet. With a gun, the possibility of them becoming dangerous to others increases.

2. Without guns, there are no gun accidents

Yes, there are things that cause more accidents that are a part of our daily lives. Cars cause accidents. Knives cause accidents. No one will want to ban cars or knives. But you can control guns. Guns have many accidents as well. You remove the guns, you remove the accidents. Even if there are a hundred million accidents from knives and a only a million from guns, what's better? A hundred and one million accidents? or only a hundred million accidents?

Argument for scrapping the CDF

Government
Not scrapping it would be encouraging the unlawful use of pork barrel

Issue- Considering that there is corruption with the pork barrel, would the masses be better off without the CDF?

Premise- There are corrupt legislators, and even though the percentage of those who are corrupt aren’t clear, the fact that they exist is already enough of a reason to scrap the pork barrel.

Why? The number of corrupt legislators will increase

Why? It will be evident to the non-corrupt legislators that the corrupt ones are getting away with it

How? The corrupt ones are hiding under the justification that some municipalities are almost solely dependant on their CDF allocation. While the people continue to believe that that fact is reason enough to keep the pork barrel, the corrupt ones rejoice.

So what? The non-corrupt may start using some of the funds for themselves,

Why? Legislators are not corrupt because they are evil. They are corrupt because of the strong culture of corruption. To many government officials, it’s be corrupt or starve. It is incredible difficult to not use the money given, especially when one is still lacking basic necessities. And it is incredibly easy to take some of the money especially when you know you can get away with it.

I’m not defending corruption. I’m merely emphasizing that for an honest official, it’s a frustration to see a corrupt legislator get the same CDF allocation, while the honest one is suffering.

So what? For the non-corrupt, they will start out small. They would justify it by saying; it’s not as much as official A. Next, It’s not as much as legislator B. Then, It’s not as much as Senator C. Soon enough that official would just be as corrupt as the next.

That doesn’t mean that it’s not wrong. Therefore, this thinking should be eliminated. Scrapping pork barrel would do that. Keeping it would be allowing the corrupt officials to walk and encouraging others to fall into corruption as well. There will come a point in time when it is clear that the majority of the legislators are corrupt and that single justification that a municipality or two solely rely on pork barrel, that justification will no longer fly.

So now, ladies and gentlemen, we ask: are you going to wait for that point in time, when it is clear that corruption is abundant and the people are half-jobless and half-homeless? Or will you act now, and end the corruption existing with the CDF before it grows?