The weekend of May 26th and 27th featured this year’s Vienna IV, chief-adjudicated by Alex Moise and Monica Forman and, as every year, complemented by a Schnitzel night and a post-final karaoke. In the final, judged by Elaye Karstadt (chair), Monica Forman, Alex Moise, Huyen Nguyen and Katrin Fallmann, BGU A (OO, Ayal Hayut-Man and Noa Ovadia) prevailed over The von Shap Family (OG, Yonathan Shapira and Michael Shapira), Belgrade DCA (CG, Ilija Ivanišević and Miloš Marjanović) and Jenseits von Vergleich und Analyse (CO, Philipp Müller and Calyxx Peucker) on the motion “This House believes that consent isn’t the solitary source of moral legitimacy“.

Back to Debate (Taufique Shoogufan and Puja Raghavan) won a novice final judged by Miri Muntean (chair), Ingo Bandhauer, Madlen Stottmeyer and Benjamin Levy against PhD in Memetics (Mariam Khuchua and Maximilian Windsheimer), For the LOLs (Asher Stern and Tori Ichikowitz) and Unified East Asia (Jiyoon Moon and Hoi Lam Jane Chan) on the motion THW hold an annual lottery that forgives the debts of one percent of the debt-holding private citizens.

The top speaker of the tournament was Ayal Hayut-Man (83.40).

The Break:
BGU A (Ayal Hayut-Man and Noa Ovadia) – 14
Belgrade DCA (Ilija Ivanišević and Miloš Marjanović) – 12
The Von Shap Family (Yonathan Shapira and Michael Shapira) – 12
Tilbury House Regrets (Hanna Keller and Michael Breiman) – 11
Jenseits von Vergleich und Analyse (Philipp Müller and Calyxx Peucker) – 10
Confusing Accents (Daniel Maier-Gant and Martin Devenney) – 10
Impressive. Every word in that speech was wrong. (Yimin Ge and Uzair Tajuddin) – 10
St Andrews A (Duncan Bowyer and Lucas de Carvalho) – 10

The Novice Break:
Unified East Asia (Jiyoon Moon and Hoi Lam Jane Chan) – 8
Back to Debate (Taufique Shoogufan and Puja Raghavan) – 7
PhD in Memetics (Mariam Khuchua and Maximilian Windsheimer) – 6
For the LOLs (Asher Stern and Tori Ichikowitz) – 4

Motions:

R1: THW grant a Social Allowance to the Obese.

R2: THW allow communities to vet any new resident wishing to take up residence there.

R3: TH as the Vatican would grant the Chinese government exclusive and complete authority to appoint Bishops in the Chinese Mainland.
Infoslide: China opposes the appointment of Catholic Bishops in its territory without its authorization. As a result, The Bishops the Vatican appoints to China operate illegally, and they and their communities are under threat of persecution. At the same time, The Chinese government appoints its own Bishops which freely operate in the country. These Bishops and their communities are not recognized as legitimate by the Roman Catholic Church.

R4: A zombie infection has broken out, THBT it is morally legitimate to kill uninfected humans to increase your own chances of survival.

R5: THW establish brothels on military bases.

Novice Final: THW hold an annual lottery that forgives the debts of one percent of the debt-holding private citizens.

SF: Given the existence of a gene responsible for criminal tendencies, THBT the state should take into its custody babies possessing the gene *all babies are screened right after birth.

F: This House believes that consent isn’t the solitary source of moral legitimacy.

jgg./jm.