Vandaag waren de finalerondes van het WK Debatteren in Manilla. Leiden A (Rogier Baart en Ali al Khatib) stonden in de finale Engels als tweede taal, maar moesten uiteindelijk hun meerdere erkennen in Tel Aviv A. Drie Nederlandse sprekers haalden de top 5 van beste sprekers. De volledige uitslagen zijn als volgt:
ESL (English as a Second Language)
Beste sprekers
1 Omar Nevo (Tel Aviv A)
2 Sella Nevo (Tel Aviv A)
3 Danique van Koppenhagen (Utrecht A)
4 Rogier Baart (Leiden A)
5 Thomas Beerthuis (Utrecht A)
Finale
Opening Government: International Islamic University Malaysia B
Opening Opposition: Tel Aviv A
Closing Government: Berlin Debating Union B
Closing Opposition: Leiden A
Wereldkampioenen zijn Tel Aviv A.
Film van de finale (met dank aan Alfred Snider, University of Vermont):
EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
Beste sprekers
1 Goran Jankulovski
2 Roderick Siberani
3 Yuki Tominaga
3 Ahmad Dai
5 Fumihiko Sano
Finale
Opening Government: Defense Technology A (China)
Opening Opposition: Belgrade C
Closing Government: Zagreb A
Closing Opposition: EWHA A (Zuid-Korea)
Winnaars: EWHA A
*noot: deze finale werd gejureerd door onder andere Simone van Elk.
Film van de finale
http://vimeo.com/34542471
Open break
Beste sprekers
1 Ben Woolgar (Oxford A)
2 Steph Bell (Oxford B)
3 Steve Wittington (Victoria Wellington A)
4 Paul Karp (Sydney A)
5 Hugh Burns (Oxford A)
6 Michael Baer (Stanford A)
7 Pat Cadwell (Sydney A)
8 Udayan Mukherjee (Victoria Wellington A)
9 Chris Bisset (Monash C)
10 Catherine Murphy (TCD Phil B)
Finale
OG: Monash B
OO: Stanford A
CG: Oxford B
CO: Sydney B
Winnaars: Monash B.
Dit is voor het tweede jaar op rij dat Monash de finale wint.
Film van de finale
Stellingen
Voorrondes:
Ronde 1: THW make fathers take paternity leave.
Ronde 2: THW prevent politicians from making fact claims,that, while not technically lies, are substantially misleading voters.
Ronde 3: THW force large companies who leave an area to pay the costs of any resulting structural unemployment.
Ronde 4: THW require individuals to use all their wealth beyond USD 5 millions for philanthropic projects.
Ronde 5: THW require deaf parents to send their kids (whether deaf/hearing) to mainstream schools for their primary & secondary education.
Ronde 6: TH supports politicians who pass progressive legislation even when it is contrary to the wishes of the democratic electorate.
Ronde 7: TH supports the free movement of labour worldwide.
Ronde 8: THW exempt academic disputes from defamation law.
Ronde 9: THW ban all private healthcare in favour of a comprehensive public healthcare system.
Finalerondes
Open:
1/8e finale: THW not allow a single media company to own multiple TV channels or newspapers (whether in print or online)
Kwartfinale: THBT “Western” consultants advising dictatorships have a moral duty to sabotage them.
Halve Finale: THBT images designed to even slightly sexually attract/aroused viewer should be restricted to specialist adult shot/xxx domain.
Finale: TH supports nationalism.
ESL:
Kwartfinale: THW limit Government ministers’ standard of living to that of someone on the current median wage.
Halve finale: In countries with few female politicians, this house believes it is good to have a politically active ‘first lady’
Finale: THS scientist who fabricate evidence exaggerating certainty of man-made climate change where theres low likelihood of being caught.
EFL:
Halve finale: THBT when doctors discover a patient has a STD, they should reveal that information to the patients partner.
Finale: THBT public education systems should raise the aspiration of children from disadvantaged backgrounds beyond what is reasonable to expect them to achieve.
De Nederlandse Debatbond (NDB) stelt zich als doel het wedstrijddebat te bevorderen en ondersteunen in Nederland. Als nationaal overkoepelend orgaan vertegenwoordigt de NDB ongeveer 1.000 leden waarvan de meesten lid zijn van één van de debatverenigingen die Nederland rijk is.
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