Asian Schools Debating Championship Results

La Salle Debate Society Successfully Hosts Regional High School Debate
Tourney

Last September, the La Salle Debate Society (LSDS) and the DLSU Worlds
Organizing Committee hosted the 2nd Asian Schools Debate Championship
(ASDC), a prestigious debate competition aimed towards building a stronger
high school debate community in the Asian region. For five days, De La
Salle University  became the convening place and melting pot of brilliant
young minds from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand,
Malaysia, and the Philippines.

ASDC fostered high-spirited and fierce competition for debaters,
adjudicators and public speakers alike, having a total of seven
preliminary rounds and the usual break rounds starting from the Octofinals
to the Grand Finals, and elimination and finals round for the public
speaking contest.
Although LSDS had to cater to young and presumably innocent high school
students, it did not hold back on the three socials during the tournament:
the  Opening Dinner, Break Night Party, and Championship Dinner. The Break
Night Party, in particular, became one of the highlights of the tournament
where the participants were treated to their own private party complete
with Mocktails (non-alcoholic cocktails) and a DJ at the 21st Floor of the
Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall.

In the end, it boiled down to a heated round between Ateneo de Manila High
School (ADMHS 2) of the Philippines and Daewon Foreign Language School
(DAEWON 1) of South Korea during the Grand Finals on the motion, "THBT
governments should not be allowed to own media companies." The Philippines
held on to the championship title one more time as ADMHS 2 was announced
the victor of the 2nd ASDC in a 6-5 split decision. However, DAEWON 1 did
not go home empty handed as Jeewon Yoo was awarded as the Best Speaker of
the finals and of the tournament. The 2nd ASDC was a milestone in its
hopefully long string of running years as LSDS turns over the tournament
to Daewon Foreign Language who won the right to  host the 3rd ASDC over
Claret School of Quezon City (Philippines) during the  first Asian High
School Council Meeting presided by the De La Salle Worlds  Convenor and
ASDC Founder, Dino de Leon.

Certainly, the whole Asian High School  debate community shall be waiting
for the 3rd ASDC with anticipation of what kind of debating culture and
twist Seoul will be able to offer.

Motions

ROUND 1 Why Can't We Be Friends?

TH WOULD not allow women to discriminate sperm donors based on ethnicity.

TH WOULD abolish single sex schools

TH SUPPORTS the registration of child sex offenders who have already served
their full sentence

ROUND 2 Culpability

TH WOULD charge parents of children who commit suicide with negligence

TH WOULD allow victims of climate change to sue polluting countries

TH WOULD prosecute HIV/AIDS patients who have unprotected sex without telling
their partners

ROUND 3 Women

TH WOULD entitle housewives and house husbands to claim a fixed wage from
their
working spouses

TH BELIEVES THAT governments should force women to terminate dangerous
pregnancies

TH BELIEVES THAT governments should financially support under-aged mothers

ROUND 4 Sports

TH BELIEVES THAT all team sports should be made to have a mixed category

TH BELIEVES THAT tobacco and alcohol companies should not be allowed to be
sponsors in sports

TH WOULD remove judged sports in the Olympics

ROUND 5 Money, money, money

TH WOULD increase the price of petrol proportionate to the amount bought

TH WOULD disallow developed countries from selling their garbage to
developing
countries

TH WOULD privatize all educational institutions

ROUND 6 Religion and Culture

TH BELIEVES THAT the US should allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in
public schools

TH WOULD recover national treasures from foreign museums

TH BELIEVES THAT a mosque at Ground Zero is a legitimate expression of
religious
freedom

ROUND 7 IT

TH WOULD impose an online gaming curfew for minors

TH BELIEVES THAT universities should not be allowed to restrict access to
websites while on campus

TH WOULD ban pro anorexia and bulimia websites

OCTOS Medical Ethics

TH WOULD ban animal testing

TH WOULD prohibit pharmaceutical companies from funding scientific research

TH BELIEVES THAT euthanasia should be legalized for terminally ill patients

QUARTERS United Nations

TH WOULD auction off UNSC veto votes

TH BELIEVES THAT crimes committed by the Blue Helmets are crimes against
humanity

TH BELIEVES THAT the UN should have a standing army

SEMIS Politics

TH WOULD give permanent residents the right to vote in general elections

TH WOULD allow individuals to cast votes on behalf of their
mentally-handicapped
family members

TH WOULD subject all politicians running for office to laws of full
disclosure

FINALS Media
TH WOULD introduce sin taxes on tabloids

TH WOULD arm journalists

TH BELIEVES THAT governments should not be allowed to own news corporations


Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico
Project Coordinator
De La Salle Worlds 2012
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