"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.
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