Ryoso Cup¶

Ryoso Cup 2020¶

R1: We will make Meshi-Terrorism every time releasing motion.¶

THW stop efforts to prevent students from cheating in in-school exams.¶

R2¶

TH opposes Shūkatsu.¶

"Shūkatsu" is a Japanese word taht refers to the system of jobhunting and recruitment of school graduates in Japan.

Shūkatsu refers to the system where

- Japanese companies are accustomed to hire new graduates all at once and employ them. Usually companies start their official interviews on June 1st and close the gate within 2-3weeks.

- Japanese university students start looking for a job 1-2 years before graduating.

- Japanese university students are accustomed into wearing the same black colored suits, white shirts, striped ties and black shoes, when they attend interviews or seminars held by companies.

- There are many websites, books and other publications that tells you what you write in CVs and answers to questionnaires that they submit to companies. They even tell ou the standard answers to questions raised in interviews, standard 1--2 minites speeches that you do not have to customize to make it original, or even what hairstyle you should have.

Shūkatsu is said to be created by a few very large companies that monopilize the jobhunting and recruiting market, like Recruit Corp and MyNavi Corp.

These companies offer sesrvices to allow a client to entirely or partially outsource the recruiting process to them, such as

- Providing an online platform for contacting with students, together with providing consultancies on what to say and what contents to put up on the platform to make the client more attractive to students.

- Screening out students that have not graduated from prestigious universities, or performed poorly on IQ tests or academic tests that are made by these companies.

- Conducting interviews instead of the client, or oroviding the client with consultancies on what to ask in an interview and how the client should score the interviews.

At the same time, to students, they approach to the students by

- Providing lectures on how to perform well in interviews and tests

- Nudging them to start studying about the right company for themselves by attending events and seminars held by the companies from a very early stage

R3¶

R4: THW consume KOBE beef¶

THBT states with very corrupt police should dismantle the police and allocate funds for the public to have private security measures.¶

Pre-SF: Tired of beef¶

THW, via referenda, pardon whistleblowers.¶

Rookie SF: Road to Kobe beef¶

THW prohibit all media from making comments on the likelihood of politicians to be elected before the election.¶

SF: What was the biggest political event in 2020?¶

THBT the Abe regime (2012-2020) was overall a success.¶

Rookie GF: We are the champions¶

TH opposes careerism.¶

GF: Animula vagula blandula- P. Ælius Hadrianus, Imp.¶

THBT the “American Dream” is not in the interest of migrants in US.¶

The American Dream is the national ethos of the United States of America which refers to the set of ideals such as rights, liberty, opportunity and equality. Historically the Dream originated from the aspiration of the first generation immigrants in finding a new frontier, where there are few barriers, and their hard work and abilities will bring them prosperity and success.

Ryoso Cup 2019¶

R1¶

THBT religious leaders should not endorse candidates for political office.¶

R2¶

As university-oriented English parliamentary debate community of Japan, TH prefers mandating all debaters to serve as an organaizing committee member over a voluntary system with significant financial compensation(higher reward for organaizing committee)¶

R3¶

THBT developing countries should heavily disincentivize rural to urban migration.¶

R4¶

THBT public museums should never display offensive arts.¶

Rookie GF¶

THW suspend democracy in times of economic crisis.¶

Pre-SF¶

THW allow members of armed forces to form labor unions.¶

SF¶

THR the use of human rights discourse that is predominantly in favor of civil and political rights by Western liberal democracies, against other countries/ethnicities/religions with different ideologies and priorities.¶

GF¶

THBT that United Nations should remove the veto power of the P5 rather than expand Security Council to include new permanent seats.¶

19th Ryoso Cup(2018)¶

R1¶

THR the recent corporate campaigning for LGBT rights. (e.g. appearance in pride parades, usage of rainbows in logos and branding etc.)¶

R2¶

THBT taxation policy should be decided by unelected economies selected by their peers.¶

R3¶

THW ban private healthcare curation websites.¶

R4¶

THBT the feminist movement should support ads and campaigns that feature servicewomen with emphasis on their sexual appearance.¶

QF¶

THBT rules and scheduling of professional sports should be made in the interest of fairness and welfare of competitors regardless of commercial incentives or the interest of audiences.¶

SF¶

THBT the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra should regularly play the works of Richerd Wagner.¶

Richard Wagner was a 19th century anti-semitic German composer. His music was favoured by the Nazis and played at the Nuremburg raillies, and reportedly at Nazi death camps. When Wagner’s music was played in Israel, it lead to protests and it remains controversial.

Rookie GF¶

THBT celebrities should not publish their political position.¶

GF¶

TH regrets the rising public skepticism towards science.¶

18th Ryoso Cup (2017)¶

R1¶

THBT religious organization should not pursue profit and accumulate wealth out of its spiritual servises and products¶

R2¶

THW ban the publication, exhibition, and sale of art created through self-injury.¶

R3¶

“TH regrets “”#womenagainstfeminism”” movement”¶

“#womenagainstfeminism” movement is a social media campaign on Facebook, YouTube, and other internet media in which women post pictures of themselves holding up handmade placards stating reasons why they disapprove of modern feminism.

R4¶

THBT military intervention should be approved by national referendum.¶

Rookie GF¶

THBT schools should put students into classes according to their academic ability from the early stage of education.¶

QF¶

THW break up banks that are deemed “too big to fail” such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC.¶

SF¶

THW legalize self-help.¶

Self-help is an act of remedying a loss inflicted by illegal actions and returning something to its original state by yourself, without resorting to legal proceeding.

Self-help includes stealing back what was stolen, or ejecting a tenant from the house when he didn’t pay the rent.

It is different from, for example, punching back someone who punched you because punching back doesn’t make yourself back to the original state.

GF¶

TH oppose dominance of the value that telling a lie is vice.¶

17th Ryoso Cup (2016)¶

R1¶

THW not cancel construction of public kindergartens for the reason of opposition from neighbors.¶

R2¶

THBT political correctness within universities has gone too far.¶

R3¶

THBT it isbetter for developing countries not to treat foreign companies disadvantageously vis-a-vis domestic companies within their own territory.¶

R4¶

As a woman working for a traditional white collar company, at the same time being a self-identified feminist, and feeling more comfortable behaving feminine, THW act to be seen more masculine than feminine in the workplace.¶

Rookie GF¶

QF¶

THBT the state should take away a certain proportion of all charitable giving and redistribute it to other charities on the basis of their effectiveness.¶

SF¶

THBT the EU should fun moderate Madrassas (school of Islamic study) inside the EU to counter the spread of Islamic extremist.¶

GF¶

TH opposes the notion of “active seeking to gain money is something disgraceful.”¶

16th Ryoso Cup (2015)¶

R1¶

THW prosecute communities for complicity in honor killings.¶

R2¶

THW ban convicted criminals to narrate their crime for any media including but not limited to books, TVs, websites or etc.¶

R3¶

THBT compulsory education should actively undermine traditional gender role.¶

R4¶

THW not put limit on money corporations or unions can spend during an election.¶

QF¶

THW abolish tax exemption on charities.¶

SF¶

THBT the WTO should stop protecting intellectual property right.¶

Rookie GF¶

THBT western democracies should not cooperate with Bashar al-Assad.¶

GF¶

THW ban private schools.¶

15th Ryoso Cup (2014)¶

R1¶

THW require isolated communities to introduce “Rumspringa.”¶

R2¶

In states where hate speech is illegal, THW abolish hate speech laws.¶

R3¶

THBT Japanese government should refuse Julian Blanc to cross its border.¶

R4¶

THBT developing nations should prohibit slum tourism.¶

QF¶

Assuming technology exists, THW incapacitate juries from recognizing the racial/ethnic background of suspected criminals and victims.¶

SF¶

THW give up the Euro.¶

Rookie GF¶

GF¶

THW require international development aid budgets to be approved by popular referenda.¶

14th Ryoso Cup (2013)¶

R1¶

THBT not restrict to show fearful expression(such as statue, comic, etc.)of war to children in early education as a means of peace education.¶

R2¶

THW not restrict researches on gene designing technology for human being.¶

R3¶

THR the rise of commercialism in the Olympic Games.¶

R4¶

THBT men’s rights organizations should actively seek cooperation with women rather than campaign against women’s right.¶

Rookie GF¶

THW lift the ban on marijuana.¶

QF¶

THBT media should not broadcast racist, sexist or homophobic comedy remarks even for the purpose of satire or joke.¶

SF¶

Assuming that Russia is political heir to the Soviet Union, THBT USA and Russia should compensate for the areas that she intervened in the era of the Cold War, in order to support governments or political groups which were beneficial to her. (For example,Afghanistan, Chile, Grenada, Georgia and so on).¶

GF¶

THBT sexual desire in humans does more harm than good.¶

13th Ryoso Cup (2012)¶

R1¶

THW reduce welfare payments to parents when their child commits a violent crime.¶

R2¶

THW decide the location of nuclear power plants by lottery.¶

R3¶

THW not punish researchers for their wrong academic remarks(such as prediction of earthquakes).¶

R4¶

THBT the west should boycott sporting events held by/at oppressive regimes.¶

QF¶

THBT micro-credit program should stop exclusively targeting women. (Micro-credit program: a type of loan for extremely poor individuals who lack their ability to enure the repayment of normal amunt of loan).¶

SF¶

THBT ICC should prosecute heads of IMF upon assisted countries’ requests.¶

GF¶

THBT EU states should ban ultra-nationalist/far right political parties.¶

12th Ryoso Cup (2011)¶

R1¶

THW make high school students whose grade is poor to pay their own school fee.¶

R2¶

THBT sports associations should expel sports players who make discriminatory remarks.¶

R3¶

THW prohibit advertizements using software to cometically improve individual appearence.¶

R4¶

QF¶

THW only provide abortion services to citizens of countries where abortion is legal.¶

SF¶

THBT all permanent members of the Security Council should abandon their right to veto.¶

GF¶

THW ban all forms of gambling.¶

11th Ryoso Cup (2010)¶

R1¶

THW include jury judges those who have already been imprisoned.¶

R2¶

TH is against the mechanization.¶

R3¶

THBT hospitals should enhance market principle.¶

R4¶

THW give the right to vote against a candidate in an election.¶

QF¶

THW ban cosmetic surgery.¶

SF¶

THBT awarding Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo does harm the human rights situation in China rather than makes it better.¶

GF¶

THW universally abolish nuclear power plants.¶

10th Ryoso Cup (2009)¶

R1¶

THW install cameras on all public trains.¶

R2¶

THBT ready-made products are better than handmade ones for Christmas.¶

R3¶

TH needs young manpower.¶

R4¶

THW apply medical insurance to all medicines which are approved in foreign countries.¶