York Debating Society http://www.yorkdebating.com Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Just to prove debating isn’t always serious… http://www.yorkdebating.com/?p=222 http://www.yorkdebating.com/?p=222#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:23:03 +0000 admin http://www.yorkdebating.com/?p=222 York recently competed in the first ever Harry Potter debating open at the University of Birmingham!

Motions included:

“This house believes that house elves should not be held criminally liable for their actions”

“This house would make the use of memory charms an unforgivable offence”

“This house would give ‘creatures of near human intelligence’ wand lore and actively aid them in a revolt”

Nathan Paulson was placed in the top 10 of the 60 speakers present, and Matteo De Martino broke to the final (admittedly as the second half of a Hippogriff costume). A great time was had by all!

Mike and Nathan in ‘death eater’ costumes:

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