Tabulation Results
2nd Malaysia Debate Open 2010 : Download team ranking here and speaker's scores here
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Past Organising Committee
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Past Motions
2nd Malaysia Debate Open 2010
Test Debate
- THBT sober passengers of drunk drivers should be held criminally liable.
Round 1 :Natural Disaster
- THW arrest but not charge looters in Chile
- THBT aid to reconstruct disaster areas should be exclusively given to local contractors
- THW help victims of major disasters regardless of consent from the country affected
Round 2 : Malaysia
- THW forgive the student loan debt of all individuals who commit to a career in public education
- THW not allow any race-based societies in universities
- THBT 3 months is too short for National Service/THW extend the National Service
Round 3 : Sports
- This House believes that professional cheerleading harms women’s rights
- THW disallow exclusive broadcasting rights of the world cup
- THW limit the wages of Footballers
Round 4 : The Individual in the state
- THW Ban Dual Citizenships
- THW abolish state-endorsed marriage.
- THBT Plea-bargaining erodes the criminal justice system
Round 5 : East or West Government?
- THBT China’s Internet censorship is a legitimate tool for stability
- THBT The west should arm local Burmese militias
- THBT Obama’s Health Care Plan is un-American
Round 6 : Middle east
- TH Condemns Israel for including sites within the Palestinian Territory as their heritage
- THBT Southern Yemen should declare Independence
- THW allow candidates linked to Saddam Hussein to stand in the upcoming Iraqi Elections
Octo-Finals : Environment/animal rights
- THW Free Willy (the Killer Whale)
- THW arm the indigenous to fight illegal loggers
- THW allow Japan to commercialize whaling if they accept a moratorium on bluefin Tuna
Quarter-Finals : Teenagers
- THW Ban surgery for teenagers for the purpose of inducing weight loss.
- THBT the state should financially support single teenage pregnant mothers.
- THW force sperm banks to reveal the identity of sperm donors upon request of the offspring upon reaching the age of consent
Semi-Finals : Geo-Bloody Politics
- THW Grant developmental aid to African countries on condition they nationalize natural resources.
- THBT The EU should stop supporting US led wars until they ratify the ICC
- THW not sanction Iran until Israel’s Nuclear Program is subjected to IAEA Inspections
Grand Final
- THW Completely Ban Smoking
1st Malaysia Debate Open 2009
Test Debate
- THW abolish the death penalty
Round 1
- This house believes that terminally ill patients have a right to die.
- This house believes that teenagers should have the right to vote.
- This house would ban “abstinence only sex education” in all schools.
Round 2
- This house believes that criminal cases should be tried by jury.
- This house believes that evidence obtained through unlawful means should be admissible in court.
- This house would elect its judges.
Round 3
- This house would allow corporations receiving government bailouts the discretion to give bonuses to their employees.
- This house believes that the state should give incentives to the entertainment industry to produce content with positive social messages.
- This house would repeal tax exemptions on all religious institutions.
Round 4
- This house would extradite military deserters.
- This house believes that soldiers who suffer psychological damage from their combat experience should be eligible for military honors.
- This house believes that we should militarize outer space.
Round 5
- This house would fund religion based criminal rehabilitation programs.
- This house would nationalize all prisons.
- This house would allow prisoners to donate their organs in exchange for the shortening of their sentences.
Round 6
- This house would bail out ailing foreign companies that have large local employment bases.
- This house would rather borrow money from individual countries than from the International Monetary Fund.
- This house would tax savings during times of economic recession.
Octo-Finals : United States of Oh-Bum-Ah!
- THW support Obama’s stance on meeting hostile foreign leaders without pre-conditions
- THBT we should remove term limits for the presidency of the United States of America
- THBT President Obama should immediately conduct a full inquiry into the abuses of the Bush administration
Quarter-Finals : The Grey in Anatomy
- THBT sex change operations should be covered under the National Health Policy
- THBT the pursuit of scientific knowledge ought to be limited by a concern for societal good
- THBT alternative medication and treatment should be included in medical insurance coverage
Semi-Finals : No Man is an Island
- THBT all states in the Middle East should recognise Israel unconditionally
- THW break up Sudan
- THBT the ICC should issue a warrant for the arrest of Robert Mugabe
Grand Final
- This house would sell nuclear weapons to countries in exchange for them terminating their nuclear weapons program.
