Motions:
ROYALS 2012:
Round 1: SOCIETY
1. THBT we should not give money to beggars
2. THBT the State should impose a strict curfew on minors
3. THW impose traffic fines based on a percentage of the offender’s income

Round 2: FLORA AND THE FAUNA
1. THBT First World Countries Must Accept Environmental Refugees
2. THW recognize animal land rights in development project
3. THBT climate conferences are a waste of time

Round 3: SCIENCE AND TECH
1. THBT it is time to stop space exploration
2. THW forbid the pursuit of self-learning artificial intelligence
3. THBT intellectual property laws are obsolete in the digital age

Round 4: ECONOMICS & LABOUR
1. THW rather support 12 Ramli Burgers stands than one Burger King
2. THW disallow workers in essential sectors from striking
3. THW nationalise all banks

Break Rounds:

Junior Quarterfinals: the MIDDLE EAST
1. THBT the international community should leave Syria alone
2. THW demand the immediate transfer of power from Egypt’s ruling military
council to a civilian authority
3. THW Enforce a nuclear free Middle East

Senior Quarterfinals: IRAN
1. THBT Obama has been “too soft” on Iran
2. THS the European Union’s embargo on Iranian oil
3. THBT the international community should leave Iran alone

Junior Semifinals: “Point and laugh. Or maybe not.” GENDER & SEXUALITY
1. THW no longer recognize being called a homosexual as a valid ground to
sue for defamation
2. THW recognise a 3rd gender
3. THBT in conservative societies, special schools should be set up for
LGBT students

Senior Semifinals: EVERYDAY POLITICS

1. THS the Obama administration’s move that requires insurance companies to
absorb the costs of contraceptive healthcare
2. THBT the Justice and Development Party, not the army, are the biggest
threat to Turkish democracy
3. THW not allow corporations to make political contributions

Junior Grand Finals: Malaysia
1. TH would limit terms of all Members of Parliament to only two terms in
office.

Senior Grand finals: Malaysia
1. THBT serving civil servants and politicians-in-office should not be
awarded honorific titles
2. THW replace moral classes with religious classes for non-Muslims in
public schools
3. THW grant the right to vote only to residing Malaysians

I feel that it is time we share with the global debate community our Greybox (i.e. this is our debate database, which came to life in 2004) and apart from debate statistics, we gathered quite a lot of motions, which may be useful to other coaches, judges, organizers and most importantly debaters. Since there are a lot of them, we are planning on creating tags and categories soon, but I think they can be handy already. Feel free to check yourself:

Motions for the Polinela National Debating Championship 2012 in Indonesia

Business & Corporation Ethics
THBT inappropriate posts made on social networking sites is a legitimate basis to terminate employment of workers
THW ban companies from advertising their products in a sexualized manner
THW prohibit company owners to employ their family members, regardless the position

Education
THBT Indonesian public schools should be obliged to teach all religions to its students regardless of their beliefs
THBT students should have a power in determining the curriculum in their school
THW punish schools that rejects students with special needs

Animal Rights and Welfare
THBT nations that allows whaling should prohibit its by-products to be imported to other countries
THW shut down all forms of puppy mills
THW establish a National Pet Ownership Registry

Estonia Open, Estonia, April 19-22

1. R1: THW abandon the single European monetary currency
2. R2: TH condems racially provocative art
3. R3: THW defend Anders Breivik
4. R4: THW choose only non religious soldiers to serve in international conflicts
5. R5: THW only teach gender neutral pronouns in school
6. Semi: THBT current Generation Germans should not pay taxes or any other form of reparations for Nazi atrocities
7. Final: THW reject a Western conception of property rights in favour of collective ownership.

Norddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft, Kiel, Germany, April 21-22 (translated)

1. R1:TH calls for a common European army
2. R2: THW lift the ban on dancing (Tanzverbot, probably more a general celebration ban) on the “quiet holidays” (Good Friday, Memorial Day and Remembrance Sunday (Totensonntag))
3. R3: THW make the ‘morning after pill’ available without doctor’s recipe
4. R4: THW cancel the exemption on the 5% vote threshold for national minorities
5. Semi: THBT the Olympic Idea has outlived itself
6. Final: THW allow audio and video recording of court procedures and the public dissemination of the recordings

Mitteldeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft, Jena, Germany, April 21-22 (translated)

1. R1: THW abolish state imposed heritage protection
2. R2: There are states which prescribe quota for the number of women in Boards of companies. THW prohibit companies from other states that do not fill the required quota in their Board to participate in public tenders in states with quotas.
3. R3: THW limit media coverage of shootings
4. R4: When a ship threatens to breach a UN weapons embargo, THW allow all states to stop the ship with the use of force.
5. Semi: THBT every person has the right to take pictures of works of art or performances and publish them as their own works of art
6. Final: THW allow audio and video recording of court procedures and the public dissemination of the recordings

Süddeutschen Regionalmeisterschaft, Ingolstad, Germany, April 21-22 (translated)

1. R1: TH calls for a constitutional right to Internet
2. R2: THW mandate the use of condoms in pornoggaphic movies
3. R3: THBT a stable dictatorship is better than an unstable democracy
4. R4: In case of a zombie-epidemic, THBT zombies have a right to a humane life in special zombie-habitats
5. Semi: THBT it would be good for the Catholic Chuch to let the next pope be elected by a vote by all Catholics
6. Final: THW allow audio and video recording of court procedures and the public dissemination of the recordings

Israeli Open, Israel, April 21

1. R1: TH, which is the West, would sanction China.
2. R2: TH, which is the ministry of health, will withhold any information regarding a drug that will ensure the birth of heterosexual children.
3. R3: (Information slide) Immediate Democracy is a system in which the voter may change their vote at any given time, thus changing the composition of the parliament on a daily basis according to public support. THW enact an Immediate Democracy.
4. SF: THW release inmates from jail solely on the basis of their rehabilitation and not upon the completion of a predetermined period of time.
5. Final: (Information slide) You are a young man living in the Galilee 2,000 years ago. You are smart and charismatic. You are capable of collecting and leading a fold of followers. People believe you are the son of God and can do miracles such as healing and food replication. Motion: THW use its influence to disseminate socially progressive values supported by faith.

NK Debatteren, Dutch National Championships, the Netherlands, April 21-22 (translated)

1. R1: THBT political parties should not take gender into account when selecting candidates for voting lists
2. R2: Situation slide: You are a single British mother with a teenage son and daughter. The UK has recently mandated internet providers to use filters to block pornographic material. The filter can be taken down by a phone call by an adult. You do not watch porn. Motion: You call the internet provider to take down the filter, while your children are present
3. R3: THW abolish the tax rebate on mortgage interest
4. R4: THW allow the Reclame Code Commissie (Dutch Advertising Standards Authority) to ban advertisements which affirm gender roles
5. R5: Context slide:You are Werner Heisenberg, a brilliant physicist. It is June 1942. You have done two years of research into nuclear fission, necessary to build an atomic bomb. You are a patriotic German, but not a nazi fanatic. You cooperate actively with the nazis. You do not know about the Holocaust. Albert Speer, Nazi-minister of armament and munition asks whether it is at all possible to build an atomic bomb and whether Germany can build one in three years. Your calculations indicate both are possible. Your advice is decisive for the continuation of Germany’s nuclear program. Motion: You lie to Albert Speer and tell him the atomic bomb cannot be built.
6. R6: THW abolish the income criteria for family reunification (when bringing family members to the Netherlands for permanent settlement, the applicant must have an income significantly higher than the minimum wage)
7. Semi: THBT, upon death, every person’s body should revert to the state for scientific use or for organ donation depending on necessity
8. Novice final: THBT in countries where abortion is illegal, no exceptions should be made for cases of incest or rape
9. Final: THBT every Dutch family with an average or higher income has a moral obligation to take in a foster child (child from foster care)