Worlds 2008 - MOTIONS

Preliminary Rounds:

Round 1: This House would allow the use of torture.
Round 2: This House believes that Taiwan should declare independence now
Round 3: THW not allow local government to pay for the relocation of homeless people.
Round 4: This House believes that the European Union should only direct aid to nations that pursue environmentally sustainable development.
Round 5: This House believes that every criminal defendant should be required to use a government provided defense lawyer.
Round 6: THW subject foreign political contributions to greater restrictions than domestic contributions.
Round 7: This House would assassinate Vladimir Putin.
Round 8: THB that governments should never rescue failing private industry.
Round 9: This House would deny scarce medical resources to terminally ill patients.

Break rounds

Octofinals: THB that governments in the developing world should invest in sex tourism.
Quarterfinals: This House would force religious adoption agencies to place children with homosexual couples.
Semifinals: THB that extreme economic need should be grounds for asylum.
Final: THB that people who give HIV to others must pay drug support.

ESL

Octofinals:
This House would support the use of mercenaries by the United Nations.
Quarterfinals:
This House would force religious adoption agencies to place children with homosexual couples.
Semifinals:
This House would require doctors to report all cases of suspected domestic violence.
Final:
This house believes that the Turkish military should stop enforcing the separation of church (mosque) and state

EFL

Final: This house would eliminate all non state-run schools

Masters

Round 1: This house regrets the passing of Bhutto
Round 2: This house would stop the search for the gay gene
Round 3: This house would let them eat whale
Final: This house would put an age limit on debating