True Love Debate | Freya Dixon Van Dijk | Proposition (1/6)

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The Motion: This House Would Abandon the Ideal of True Love.
Freya Dixon Van Dijk opens the case for the proposition, as the first speaker of six in the debate.
Motion Defeated.
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[@user-xe7oh6fu1s]

This swan-like lady is mesmerizing for sure, yet she's actually reading or reciting rather than debating.

[@hughzhouzhou9868]

ironically, the Norse goddess of love is called Freya.

[@XXVIII333]

there is love as a fleeting sensation or feeling, and then there is love in a relationship, which are two different things. In a marriage you agree to love no matter how horrible the partner and his or her life turns out to be, and the feeling of love can appear inside you as a fleeting sensation, of something that might have a resemblance to a 90s hollywood movie, or a 50s or Shakespeare play. I think so.

[@RekzaFS]

Too much info, too much reading, too fast, obviously she is intelligent and brave but I did not get much out of listening to this.

[@clachanachoin3127]

Great words, but, speak a fraction more slowly and pause!! If you are speaking quickly to pack more arguments in then take one of your points out.

[@flow_er_vibe2846]

I felt sorry for her just after she got up because you can see how nervous she was, literally she was all shaking but still managed to deliver her speech. I stan her bravery and composure, even if it wasn't the best speech I heard

[@bronson6683]

I really hate such frivolous debates

[@assassin1478]

Is it ironic I love this video?

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

Send love and it is sure to return.

[@TheMcGloneCode]

True love isn't the idea that there is 1 person out there who is predetermined to be the 1 best person for you -_-

[@ronbr1000]

Geez if this the best topic OU can up with ?

[@charleswang1268]

Such a well-argued speech by such an elegant speaker :)

[@laeequenadvi4746]

It is mind blowing ancient images ever captured in histody of space. Cluster of hundred of galaxies of early universe.

[@user-ho3fz3pt5j]

She’s great

[@khunakonmanmat1506]

Good reader lol

[@TheTrueKailash]

100pc with you freya, i've been telling people this for years, but not so eloquently :D

[@john2264]

Nonny nonny, my Lord!

[@Casein-ud6vi]

You can't just label a concept "ideal" and then dismiss its validity on the grounds of that label.

[@jayjaypark6335]

Ako lang ba pero dito nanggaling yung debate scene sa he’s into her

[@bryanwagoki2071]

Proverb:5:1: My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: