2017 HWS Round Robin Debate Finals (April 8, 2017)

Motion: This house believes that governments should abandon the strategy of "decapitation" in fighting terrorism.
Info Slide: In the context of anti-terrorism, "decapitation" refers to the strategy of targeting terrorist leaders for assassination.
TEAMS
Opening Government: Yale
Opening Opposition: Cornell
Closing Government: Harvard
Closing Opposition: Tel Aviv

[@puleen3821]

no racism. but watching how the OO team gave their speech, I feel so proud to be Asian.

[@shakhlogiyasova2905]

wow, this is amazing

[@bryndekreft4579]

Will other videos from the tournament be uploaded soon?

[@learnenjoyenglish2661]

Brynde Kreft hfv

[@platinumchocobo170]

I aspire to be as witty as Tel Aviv

[@markgarv8475]

What a great debate! The Asian lady was really good

[@rohanseelamsetty6]

Enting is so good!

[@kaustubhjain2339]

Ok rohan

[@rohanseelamsetty6]

@@weemmymeow bro what's ur school called? Imma transfer xD

[@rohanseelamsetty6]

@@kaustubhjain2339 go away bebs 😤

[@amaarjeyasothy7225]

what were the rankings in this round?

[@markgarv8475]

CO (Tel aviv) got first
CG (Harvard) got second

[@amaarjeyasothy7225]

Mark Garv thanks! Who got Third? OG or OO?

[@lou3168]

they probably didn't specify

[@captainrocket7187]

@@amaarjeyasothy7225 In HWS Round Robin final, the panel will give a winner and runner-up, the remaining teams are listed as "finalist" together

[@Yes-ls3wk]

Does anyone know which team won?

[@syedhamza7796]

CO

[@lemon9389]

Very random but CO first speaker is really attractive lol does anyone know his name?

[@user-wk7iu7zt9e]

It's Dan Lahav

[@vision3691]

why everyone is speaking like they have 5 seconds left

[@isyy7436]

cuz they have a lot of shit to talk abt. even tho 8 mins might seem a lot, when in the podium, it goes by real quick

[@proudanon]

1:02:45

[@xuziyi8631]

Deputy opening government's voice sounds like crying a bit. idky

[@damilolaagbaje6324]

T

[@marveloussplendor8913]

🤗

[@TamimAhmed-sn3zo]

Why was dpm crying

[@寿司食べたいな]

Overwhelmed by happiness.

[@salwarafi9812]

that's just her voice

[@markwebber4288]

that is a common reaction, usually during speaking, when a speaker is nervous and they are restricting their diaphragm. It can happen to anyone. The best way to remedy it in the moment is to take a breathe deeply and slowly. you can even do it while you are still talking. the best way to prevent it is to learn how to control your breathing as part of your speaking habits.

[@daiwikdhar6464]

48:09

[@favourboyode8055]

PM made a big mistake of answering in the affirmative that they would announce the new policy of not assasinating the head of terrorist organization.
CO won with that

[@agentzorral3939]

thought it was an interesting poi when he gave it, then it hit me 15 seconds later of how opp would use it against them.

[@charmb.8838]

@@agentzorral3939 same, I was wondering what the POI was for but when they used it against them... I was 👁👄👁

[@agentzorral3939]

@@charmb.8838 i think he responded to it well, saying no would mitigate a lot of their case; dont think there are any alternatives either tbh.

[@tejassubramaniam01]

Nah, I think PM had the right answer there -- they can‘t access their arguments about propaganda/recruitment without it being public, nor can CG access arguments about diplomacy/the signaling effects causing terrorist groups to preemptively change their structure.

[@rufusmassey899]

56:14 😂😂😂

[@user-nw2jk6pk8w]

no one likes a smug smartass

[@henryhatridge1493]

PLZ ADD A TRANSCRIPT PLZ. THAN I WILL SUBSCRIBE.

[@vision3691]

The funny thing is everyone think they are right ahaha

[@webstermorrison5235]

That's probably because they are - contextually speaking...

[@vision3691]

@@webstermorrison5235 probably you right, probably you are not right.

[@isyy7436]

thats kinda the point of the debate...

[@arjunsuresh7866]

LO was very difficult to understand Xd

[@bobmatt5175]

Not really...

[@guangxinyanginchicago]

enting is soo goood!

[@chaniduratnayake4287]

15:15
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