Parli Resolutions from the 2002-03 Season

[NonEcdicus]

We'll collect them here for the purposes of research, practice, and preparing for out-of-region tournaments . . .

Anyone with resolutions from a given tournament, feel free to e-mail them to me at bshipley@willamette.edu, and I will get them posted ASAP.

-Brian

[NonEcdicus]

#1: THIS HOUSE SHOULD QUIT MEMORIALIZING.

#2: THE JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT OFFERS NO COMPARITIVE ADVANTAGE.

#3: THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS THE FASTEST.

#4: THIS HOUSE SHOULD IMPROVE CIVIL LIBERTIES.

#5: THIS HOUSE VALUES PRAGMATISM OVER HUMANISM.

#6: THIS HOUSE SHOULD ROCK MOB STYLE.

OCTS: SCIENCE IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO ART.

QUARTERS: THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENDORSE CLEANER AIR.

SEMIFINALS: THIS HOUSE BELIEVES TIME IS A GREAT TEACHER … EVEN THOUGH IT OFTEN KILLS ITS BEST PUPILS.

FINALS: THIS HOUSE SHOULD PULL THE TRIGGER.

[NonEcdicus]

Round One:

This House believes that emperors are worse than pirates.

Round Two:

This House would investigate George W. Bush.

Round Three:

This House would take action concerning asteroids, comets, and meteors.

Round Four:

This House believes that the meek will inherit the earth.

Round Five:

This House values Aristotle over Plato.

Round Six:

This House would “destroy” the white race.

Round Seven:

This House should value free speech over linguistic rigidity.

Octofinals:

The United Nations Security Council should grant permanent member status to one or more of the following nations: Japan, Egypt, South Africa.

Quarterfinals:

When dealing with Iraq, this House prefers military action rather than containment.

Semifinals:

This House believes that corporate crises are endemic to capitalism.

Finals:

This House would promote alternative media.

[NonEcdicus]

Rd. 1. Grades for evaluating student performance should be abolished.

Rd. 2. Democracy is not for everyone.

Rd. 3. Amy should be returned to the Smiths.

Case: Jane and Mike Smith, a married couple both addicted to drugs, are unable to care for their infant daughter Amy. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home with Mary and John Baker. The years pass. Amy comes to regard the Bakers as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When Amy is 9 years old, Jane and Mike, now rehabilitated from drugs, begin court action to regain custody. Amy does not want to leave the Bakers. The Government Team must uphold this proposition: Amy should be returned to the Smiths.

Bronze Round: This house doesn't mind looking stupid.

Gold Round: A free education for U.S. students should be provided for 14 years, not just 12.

[NonEcdicus]

Round 1: This house longs for a return to the Cold War.

Round 2: Government has a moral obligation to end poverty.

Round 3: The Healthy Forest Initiative misses the forest for the Bush.

Round 4: The tax break is dead.

Round 5: Sustainability is an economic myth.

SF 1: The Catholic Church has been sufficiently penitent for the sex scandal.

SF 2: Fast food retailers should be held accountable for contributing to the epidemic of obesity in the United States.

Final: A US Invasion of Iraq would be justified.

[NonEcdicus]

Round 1: The government should not collect information on race and
ethnicity.

Round 2: End agricultural price supports.

Round 3: In this case, guns are better than butter.

Round 4: Open the door to strangers.

Round 5: Uphold the Geneva Convention.

Round 6: This House opposes tenure.

Round 7: The U.S. federal government should expand the welfare state.

Round 8: This House should impose a pollution tax.

Octofinals: The Nuclear Proliferation Treaty is obsolete.

Quarterfinals: The United States should have an equal rights
amendment.

Semifinals: Bring back the draft.

Finals: Divest.

[USC MissingLink]

1. This House should increase the rights of working people in the United States.

2. The United States should increase the severity of criminal punishment.

3. The United States should reduce its foreign military commitments.

4. The United States Supreme Court should limit the rights of states.

5. The United States should increase intervention in South America.

Finals: This House would establish a right of movement.

[NonEcdicus]

1) A pre-emptive war is a justified response to national security threats.

2) A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

3) The U.S. federal government should take immediate steps to strengthen the economy.

4) Presidential action to open West Coast ports was justified.

5) This House believes that the U.S. can buy its friends.

6) The court should reverse.

Octos) Media coverage threatens national security.

Quarters) This House would fix its infrastructure.

Semis) We regret.

Finals) THW burn the flag

[NonEcdicus]

1: This house would make punishment more harsh.

2: Those who are not for us are against us.

3: Case: Dylan is the only heir of a wealthy family. Just after receiving his inheritance, he discovers that the fortune originally came from a grandfather who obtained it in illegal and unscrupulous ways--exploiting poor workers, corrupting public officials, savaging the environment. Dylan is troubled about the source of his fortune. The Government Team must defend this proposition: Dylan should give away his fortune to charities.

BRONZE: America's golden age of culture still lies ahead.

GOLD: Winning is not as important as how you play the game.

[NonEcdicus]

Round One: 24-hour breaking news coverage goes against the public interest.

Round Two: Death penalty moratoria do not go far enough.

Round Three: Negative political advertisements are more trouble than they are worth.

Round Four: In the midterm elections, voters should weigh foreign policy more heavily than the domestic economy.

Round Five: The D.C. sniper case is a strong warrant for gun
control.

Round Six: The legitimacy of the United Nations is dependent upon resolute action against Iraq.

Double Octos: In the American judicial system, non-citizens should enjoy the same rights as non-citizens.

Octofinals: The economic downturn is primarily the fault of
corporate mismanagement.

Quarterfinals: Bush should predominately maintain Clinton's approach to North Korea.

Semifinals: Political ideology should be the principle criteria for confirming judicial nominees.

Finals: One year later, the world is less safe due to the war on
terrorism.

[NonEcdicus]

1) Amend the first amendment.
2) This House would trump the race card.
3) The Palestinians deserve a homeland.
4) The current divorce rate is unacceptable.
5) The U.S. should be responsible for the actions of its allies.
6) It's time to replace Alan Greenspan.
O) There's nothing affirmative about affirmative action.
Q) This House would change its Foreign Policy towards the U.S.
S) Iraq is not a threat.
F) This House would trade its kingdom for a horse.

[NonEcdicus]

1) Resolved: Good fences make bad neighbors.

2) This House should stand with Israel in its hour of need.

3) This House should organize.

4) In the 108th Congress, the House and Senate should stay divided.

5) This House should Saddamize Kim Jong Il.

6) Sports teams should be barred from using Native American mascots and team names.

7) Resolved: It will be a great day when our schools have all of the money they need, so that the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber.

8) This House should take steps to avoid another Enron.

Octos) This House should deconstruct.

Quarters) This House believes that the Religious Right is right.

Semis) U.S. Complacency is regrettable.

Finals) This House should cross the Rubicon.

[NonEcdicus]

Round One) Resolved: This house would redistribute the wealth.

Round Two) Resolved: Parents should be better trained.

Round Three) This House prefers rewards to punishments.

Round Four) Recreation is undervalued in America.

Round Five) The U. S. Military should cool its jets.

Round Six) Resolved: Extreme times call for extreme measures

Elimination Round One) This House would improve gender equity.

Elimination Round Two) The ends justify the means.

Elimination Round Three) Resolved: Shame on Israel.

Elimination Round Four) Resolved: The United Nations ought to value human rights above national sovereignty.

[USC MissingLink]

All rounds: Choose one (1) of the following three resolutions. Government should first strike one resolution, then Opposition, leaving a single resolution to be debated.

Round 1:
This house believes that everything was roses when we held onto the guns.
America ought to embrace the melting pot over multiculturalism
This house would convert the Catholic Church

Round 2:
In debate, this house prefers boxes over briefs
This house believes that science is a religion
This house laments urban sprawl

Round 3:
This fellowship supports the return of the two towers
This house would reform, not eliminate, the death penalty
This house should consider intent more than content

Round 4:
This house believes that offense is in the eye of the beholder
Jingoism is as dangerous as religious fanaticism
This house would lead a revolution

Round 5:
This house believes that the government should enact a policy to reduce traffic
This house would delegate to the States a task currently controlled by the United States Federal Government
This house would privatize the exploration of outer space

Round 6:
This house believes that for a President leadership is more important than politics
This house believes lawyers are a more serious threat to freedom than politicians
This house should trespass on intellectual property

1/32:
This house would not walk the walk that it talks.
This house would return rights that were revoked in the name of rights
This house would not make the world safe for democracy

1/16:
This house would follow the lead of NBC's The West Wing
This house believes that, demographics aside, the Ancient Greek rhetorical tradition is superior to its American counterpart
This house believes that the next step is the Presidency

1/8:
This house should protect the rights of smokers
This house believes that education is over-emphasized
This house would smile in the face of adversity

1/4:
This house would reform sexual harassment laws
This house believes that enough is known
This house believes that Little League baseball is a role-model for Major League Baseball

1/2:
This house would silence the Pied Piper
This house would maintain a right to hate
This house ought to increase attention on the southern hemisphere

[NonEcdicus]

1) Three strikes and you're out.

2) The U.S. Federal Government should reduce restrictions on international travel.

3) Military might, it just ain't right.

4) This House should increase the minimum wage.

5) The U.N. Security Council made a mistake.

6) Copyrights have outlived their usefulness.

Quarters) This House would pay reparations.

Semis) Now is the time for universal health care.

Finals) This House regrets the election.

[Western Amy]

Same deal as Northridge, gov strikes first, then opp


1.
--THBT the US should strike first
--RSLVD: that rap music has a negative influence on American culture
--The end is near

2.
--THW abolish grades as a measure of student perfomance
--The American dream has become a nightmare
--RSLVD: that in light of recent incidents, the federal government shoudl increase gun control

3.
--TH prefers vanilla to chocolate
--RSLVD: that Bush needs to increase attention to domestic issues
--Postmodernism should be revisited

4.
--THW reconsider
--Chinese efforts to democratize are only skin deep
--RSLVD: that the federal governmetn shoudl substantially reform the welfare system

5.
RSLVD: that the Republican victory increases the chance of war with Iraq
THBT consumer confidence is on the rebound
The media are poison

6.
TH prefers a new approach
THBT a reunified Korea woudl be disastrous for Asian stability
Experience is the best teacher

OCTS
RSLVD: that vouchers contribute to the decay of public education
THB in in taking the road less traveled
TH prefers the sword to the plowshare

Quarters
THW find itself
THW icnrease the protection of nonsmokers
Mandatory attendance policies should be "excused."

Sems
THW lift sanctions against Iraq
The US should act alone
TH prefers sugar to vinegar

Finals
THBT term limits are essential for an effective democracy
The struggle for wealth disempowers the poor
A house divided cannot stand

[NonEcdicus]

Round 1: The United States should strengthen power plant emissions standards.

Round 2: The United States should reform the bankruptcy code.

Round 3: Deadly force is a justified response to physical abuse.

Round 4: When in conflict, the rights of the victim ought to supercede the rights of
the criminal.

Round 5: Folly is set in great dignity.

Round 6: A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all
things.

Round 7: The United States should significantly decrease security assistance to Israel.

Round 8: NAFTA should expand.

Quarters: Mass communication should not pander to the lowest common denominator.

Semis: The WTO should ratify the Social Clause.

Finals: The rhetoric of war is more dangerous than the weapons of war.

[NonEcdicus]

Round One: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.


Round Two: America is going to pot.


Round Three: Parliamentary debate should be reformed.


Round Four: History hides the lines of our civil war.


Round Five: The spoken word is more valuable than the written word.


Round Six: Human cloning can and should be stopped.


Octafinals (Quarterfinals in Novice): This house would never send a monkey to do a human's job.


Quarterfinals (Semifinals in Novice): The World is on its elbows and knees, its forgotten the message and worships the creeds.


Semifinals: (Finals in Novice): Human nature tends toward goodness.


Finals: Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream is alive and well.

[NonEcdicus]

Round One: This house regrets having elected President George W. Bush.

Round Two: Schools should stop teaching the wrong lessons.

Round Three: We should fundamentally rehabilitate the prison industry.

Round Four: Title IX is a bridge too far.

Round Five: It is better to give than to receive.

Semi Finals: This House would turn lemons into lemonade.

Finals: Neither the United States nor the United Nations should be
able to impose its will upon Iraq.

[NonEcdicus]

Round One: The business of government should be encouraging morality.

Round Two: U. S. Presidents should be limited to serving nonrenewable six-year terms.

Round Three: Sports are overvalued on college campuses.

Round Four: It is better to be a liberated pauper than a wealthy slave.

Round Five: The primary blame rests with Saddam.

Round Six: It takes an international community to raise a state.

Double Octas: Some principles are worth dying for.

Octas: Greed is good.

Quarters: Assassination is preferable to war.

Semi Finals: Imposing medical litigation limitations protects the
rich more than the poor.

Finals: The ugly American needs a face-lift.

[NonEcdicus]

Round One
This House would prefer to be in left field.

Round Two
This House believes that, on balance, tenure has a positive impact on
educational institutions.

Round Three
Resolved: That the United States should make the health of its youth a higher priority.

Round Four
This House would deal with Kim before Hussein.

Round Five
This House would make higher education more accessible.

Round Six
The United States Federal Government has lessened its commitment to "The New Deal."

Quartefinals
This House believes Bush is getting bad advice.

Semifinals
Resolved: That tradition is more important than advancement.

Finals
We would renovate the stadium.

[NonEcdicus]

RD 1: This House should improve Homeland Security.

RD 2: This House should rescue drought-plagued African nations.

RD 3: The U.S. economy needs a face-lift.

RD 4: This House would paint the town red.

RD 5: This House can (still) smell what the Rock is cookin’.

RD6: Cybercrime needs a nemesis.

QUARTERS: This House should defend Affirmative Action.

SEMS: Protests facilitate Dialogues.

FINAL: Oil is the bane of our existence.

[NonEcdicus]

Round 1: Government spending cannot save our economy.

Round 2: Manned spaceflight must continue.

Round 3: The game is over for Iraq.

Round 4: The House would vote Reality TV off the island.

Round 5: Little League is better than the Major Leagues.

Round 6: Freedom of mind is more valuable than freedom of body.

Octas: Copyrights are overvalued.

Quarters: Parliamentary debate needs reform.

Semis: This House would reform, but not eliminate, the death penalty.

Finals: A liberal arts degree is not useful.

[NonEcdicus]

Rd 1. This House means business.

Rd 2. This House would protect ideas.

Rd 3. Resolved: The USFG should restrict trade.

Rd 4. Resolved: The USFG should substantially change the way prisons do business.

Rd 5. This House would value the community over the individual.

Rd 6. This House believes that an oppressive government is more desirable than no government.

Q- Resolved: Freedom in schools ought to be valued above community standards.

S- Strictly Construct.

F- This House would abolish the Electoral College.