70 virgins or POW status?

Whats on the mind of a suicide bomber? 70 virgins or POW status?

We managed to secure a very important win against STC on the 26th of September.The prepared topic that was debated was "THB that captured terrorists should be treated as Prisoners of War".We opposed the topic and manged to win the debate with a clear margin.The judges were not pleased with the quality of the debate because of the interpretation of the topic that was give by team STC.But considering how difficult it is to propose the topic, the victory to me personally did not feel that great. Sithira in my opinion did an awesome job........I hope that showed you what you are capable of....and Chris...good job as always! This win strategically puts us ahead of STC on the points table in terms of wins.3 more debates to go.....2 against SJC and 1 against RC.....it's been a long tournament.....with all of us putting a lot into it.So far we have done pretty good winning 7 out of 11 debates. These three debates will ultimately decide our final fate.

_M_

Double win against CIS

On the 19 of September we downed CIS twice....in the course of 3 hours!.The first debate being a prepared one, on the topic THW spread the wealth was won by us very convincingly where the decision was awarded unanimously by the judges.We proposed the topic and the debate took place at our school, in the conference room.We were praised for how we set up the debate and how we tackled the arguments of team CIS.According to the judges it was a highly enjoyable debate and one of the best they had seen in the league so far.
The second debate took place subsequent to that and was an impromptu on the topic THW ban all hand guns.Team CIS proposed and we opposed once again securing victory, although the decision was a split one.
This leaves us, CIS and STC with even scores on the points table for second place which would allow us to secure a place in the finals .BC is leading the points table.Next weeks debate against STC would be a crucial one which would help which ever party who wins obtain a clear lead. This debate would take place at STC on the 26th of September and would be a prepared one.

_M_

Us at J's place

Watch out!!!

Debates on the 29th of August

"This House Would grant all IDPs unrestricted freedom of movement", a very relevant topic to the present situation in Sri Lanka was our topic for debate against Bishop's College. This second encounter with them, on this prepared topic was quite interesting and entertaining. Though it ended in defeat for, I personally think we put up a good fight. The judges were split on their decision two to one.

We as the proposing team, had to defend the IDPs freedom of movement, and had to show that security was not a good wager for a person's liberty, especially the liberty of movement. So, all in all it boiled down to whether security outweighed liberty or vice versa. It was really good debate, thanks to the well prepared Bishop's team. We would like to congratulate them on their victory.

Having supported the liberal side of the topic, we were faced with another topic where we had to go against the liberty of choice. This debate which was against St. Thomas' College, was on the topic "This house welcomes a ban on cattle slaughter in Sri Lanka". We had to propose this topic. Though it seems a pretty difficult task, I should say it was really enjoyable. For once, all of us had to go against our own personal take on the topic. St. Thomas' College did a great job opposing the topic, and they secured victory. We would like to congratulate them too.

Two losses in a day. It may sound pretty disappointing, and well, it was quite disappointing. But, still we learned from it, and we will move forward with what we learned.