SRDF 2022 | Motions

Grand Final

1

Given the technology, this house would erase society's memory and evidence of the criminal past of former convicts after their release from prison

2

This house would replace "real world" prison incarceration with simulated incarceration, for people not sentenced to a life sentence

3

This house believes that the state should be liable to pay damages to victims of crimes committed by parolees on probation

Semifinals

1

This house believes that social movements should reject the glorification of political violence.

2

This house supports minority activists actively working to desanitise the legacies of political revolutionaries/their movement heroes in public discourse or advocacy

3

This house believes that extremist sects within broader social justice movements do more harm than good

Novice Finals

1

In multi-party states with a singular strong dominant party, this house believes that opposition parties should actively support protest movements

2

This house regrets the ideological dominance of the left in social movements

3

This house believes that feminist groups should actively recruit male spokespeople

Quarterfinals

1

This house prefers a world where the possession of wealth is seen as shameful

2

This house would choose to stay in the "Protected Place"

3

This house prefers a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.

Novice Semifinals

1

This house prefers to be an averagely intelligent person to a genius

2

This house, as an individual, prefers believing that they can single handedly change the world over believing that they are just one pawn in the grand scheme of things

3

This house prefers a world with a dominant norm of not expressing strong emotions

Round 5

1

This house would weigh one's vote inversely proportional to the size of the population of their socio-cultural group (i.e. the smaller the size of the population, the more the weight of the vote)

2

In functioning democracies with one dominant political party, this house prefers opposition parties to predominantly campaign on the basis of moral character (e.g. integrity, transparency, corruption) rather than predominantly on specific issues and policies (e.g. unemployment, education, the environment).

3

This house would give permanent residents the right to vote in general elections

Round 4

1

This house believes that the European Union should continue the enlargement process in the Western Balkans

2

This house opposes an expansionist NATO

3

This house regrets the use of religious rhetoric and narratives in the rallying of support for refugees affected by humanitarian crises

Round 3

1

This house opposes the business practice of planned obsolescence

2

This house would rank all charities based on their effectiveness and give tax breaks accordingly

3

This house believes that developing countries should privatise their State-Owned Enterprises (such as airlines, railway utility companies)

Round 2

1

This house believes that environmental movements should refuse funding from companies that have engaged in greenwashing

2

This house would impose a sin tax on the consumption of meat

3

This house, as the environmental movement, would prioritise advocating for the return of land rights to indigenous people as their primary environmental protection strategy

Round 1

1

This house regrets the glorification of revolutions (for example: the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, colonial independence movements) in history textbooks

2

This house would allocate scholarships and financial aid exclusively on the basis of financial need

3

This house would only allow university admission on the basis of standardized testing, as opposed to non-quantitative methods (e.g. essays, alumni interviews)