October 8th saw Ciara Gorman and Aodhán Peelo head to Trinity for the second lot of trials to make it onto the Irish Worlds Debating Team 2011/12. Chucked in with a bunch of people from Cork, we debated on things like TTHB Terrorism is Justified and TTHW Force-Feed Hunger Strikers, and had to do a general-knowledge quiz that wasn't general knowledge AT ALL!! Questions like "What was the case that legalized abortion in the US?" (Roe vs. Wade) and "What is the mens rea?" (intent to commit a crime, sort of like a guilty mind) came up and left everyone wondering how on earth the coaches came up with that one...
Congratulations to Aodhán as he returns to the Worlds team for the second year running - he will venture to Cape Town in South Africa in February 2012 with the team and we wish him all the best with his training until then! :)
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