WSDC 2018 SF: China VS England

[@youngsookim2882]

Matt Song the legend

[@PrincepsFailed]

Why are people in this comment section being so uncivilized? Respect all the debaters here, it takes A LOT of guts and skills to represent their nations in the WSDC. If you said some things people in this comment section have written, you'd be kicked out of any professional debate for equity violations.

[@eggmon3813]

Yeah I feel like that happens a lot in the comment sections of WSDC, especially compared to uni debate videos. Maybe it’s a combo of slightly immature kids watching + entilted parents. England’s a good team, they made finals last year and their first speaker got to WUDC semis the next year. Weird to treat such accomplished debaters like this

[@komokosai]

England should have brought Hermione and Draco with them...their absence foreshadowed the L lmao

[@정태리-d4w]

wow..opposition team had a Harry Potter as a teammate! 🤩

[@2028年人类]

Can't England just argue that rehabilitation can be considered an option among many? Why did they argue like the debate was about rehabilitation vs prison?

[@570s6]

i love how aggressive these kids are, none of this happens in Stoa/NCFCA unfortunately

[@kaizuken1318]

Opp 2nd and 3rd deserve cred for saving a drowning boat, specially 3rd.

[@christie6279]

but they didn't save the boat...

[@kakarot8565]

I think 1st prop just went through so much content that their case was robust from the start

[@davidnathanielnaicker2351]

Life of a 3rd speaker fr

[@Furqanul]

Linden looks cool

[@parkashley1904]

Ed was too good with his speech. China, I believe was quite aggressive especially the second speaker. Arthur kinda messed up. He lacked content a bit I think!

[@結月紫乃]

Linden's speech 🔥

[@JoyTann]

im here for arthur james n ed bracey uwu

[@SpicyTunaCakes]

Bracey's shown to be good on the BP circuit, he's doing awesome at Harvard!

[@JoyTann]

@@SpicyTunaCakes ooh thats great to know! miss hearing his speeches

[@shivanshsethi275]

England should have argued the impact on society and how this would lead to getting away with crimes and that ultimately would lead to more crimes and people losing trust on the justice system. If I know I can rob a bank and in return would have to only spend 10 months in a rehabilitation centre if I get caught, I am more likely to do so. Also, they should have argued on how groups would form in rehabilitation centres as well like in jail and the stigma will shift as well to these centres while hiring or in society if they get flooded with people who commit crimes.

[@chrisprins8152]

England got slaughtered

[@allanio1724]

whos mans

[@kiayamwak3778]

Could you help me write down the first speaker of england main arguments ?

[@b00i00d]

Despite them having Harry Potter in the team

[@komokosai]

@@b00i00d they forgot to bring with them Hermione

[@Happy-xt2qh]

Acually,it’s unfair to pro but It's so amazing that the Government won

[@yupuchen1052]

I am from China and I can tell you it cost cheaper. Lol 😂😂

[@natzers851]

Hahhaha

[@SchlimmShadySmash]

the gesticulations of uks final speaker is SO goddamn irritating obviously great at debating, as are the rest too, but yeah, that gesticulating has got to end LOL team china and especially their last speaker did slaughter them though

[@hurmatfatima6031]

Why is America the ideal standard to compare everything against? Why not keep the house to the whole world?

[@hurmatfatima6031]

@@laibaahmad6217 Umm, actually China has the largest economy and I would argue Japan and SK are more tech savvy than the US, so my question still stands :)

[@shadowfreak5859]

@@hurmatfatima6031 The United States is the superpower projecting military, economic, and cultural influence across the world. Other states are better in certain sectors, but the US is the standard upon which Europe was rebuilt, constitutions were based on, and where every nation sends their best and brightest. The fact that the WSDC is being conducted in English, not Mandarin, should inform you of such. Saying that China has the largest economy in the world is also a flat-out lie. By every measure of gross domestic product besides growth, China is beat.

[@r.m4915]

Is this debate it was not pictured as the ideal, think china were clear that that was what they did not want.

[@edisontan4335]

Evan Shennnnnn!!!!

[@ayranabilah4191]

dude i dont understand what the british people said...to fast

[@allisonchu8251]

and the caption is basically useless

[@aryanghuman31]

What's 1st opp holding?

[@archive3752]

stopwatches I'm pretty sure - they all have them

[@АсланМаратулы-з8ф]

APF format?

[@r.m4915]

World schools format

[@panko6779]

The fact that me, a junior debater can come up with rebuttals for England's arguments lmao slaughtered

[@nairamubarak8905]

What kind of rebuttal ?

[@panko6779]

@@nairamubarak8905 For example, prison costs more money than rehab as it's literally giving free food and shelter. It's also not a long term solution to saving money, and with each increasing prisoner, the government has to use more and more money. So how on earth is that saving money?

[@nairamubarak8905]

@@panko6779 i don't think England could argue that since they were in favor of prisons over rehabilitation but presumably rehab was more expensive with the cost of counselors etc i still think side prop's argue argument on how rehab reduces the people that go to prison which in the long run would actually save money for the government

[@najjace-px3le]

yeah they were kinda bad here but they rocked 2019 finals

[@mimimilalalalasnore]

Easier said than done, someone from the audience can def come up with rebuttals rather than facing the pressure up front. Oh and trust me, the fact that you're one of the audience, you wouldn't know how they would rebut your points, which they def would. Respectfully.

[@amelialopez4566]

41:37

[@ayusekarrini3654]

Who's the winner?

[@anahrsak4793]

Who do you think? (It's China, it says so in the description)

[@如果如果-b2q]

not even a competition

[@DangMinhQuanSpeedcuber]

How

[@IWIN116]

@@DangMinhQuanSpeedcuber China bullied them real bad