[Debatewise RRT] Re: Debates
- From: Christian Heggen <christian.heggen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:07:10 +0100
Can I be removed from the mailing list.
Sincerely,
Christian
From: cm.dale@xxxxxxxxxx
To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Re: Debates
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:14:56 +0100
Hi,
Can I please be removed from the mailing list.
Thanks,
Chris
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Sent: 02 June 2010 4:49 PM
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Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Re: Debates
Hi,
I'll take; When a Leaders approval rate is below 20% it is time to go.
Thanks,
Marie
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From: Alex Helling <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:32
Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Debates
Hi all,
I am aware that we have just started a new month but I have not yet
managed to finish going through last month’s debates so I do not yet know who
was debater of the month, I will tell you next week, unless I get bombarded
with emails demanding I tell you this week of course. The main news is
obviously this rather foolish storming of aid ships by the Israeli military
however I see that someone has beaten me too creating a debate on it so I
encourage you to add to
http://debatewise.org/debates/2009-should-israel-face-sanctions-over-the-storming-of-a-gaza-aid-convoy
and I have asked you one about the blockade itself.
Alex
Debates:
Cheese rolling races should be allowed.
Cheese rolling has been a 200 year old tradition at Brockworth Gloucestershire;
however it has now been banned on health and safety grounds. However this did
not stop the event from unofficially happening. As the ban was not because of
fears for the contestants but due to large crowds should it have been allowed
to go ahead officially while reducing the numbers of spectators allowed?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/12/gloucestershire-cheese-rolling-cancelled
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100531/tod-cheese-rolling-goes-on-despite-cance-870a197.html
There should be a public sector pay freeze.
The private sector has taken a large hit in the recession but the public sector
has taken the strain, building up large deficits for the country in the
process. Now that the government is scaling back public spending should the
public sector take a pay freeze to help the country pay off the deficit?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10202016.stm
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/24198/20100519/cbi-calls-for-immediate-public-sector-pay-freeze.htm
When a Leaders approval rate is below 20% it is time to go.
Many, indeed almost all democratic leaders plumb the depths of unpopularity at
some point in their careers. However this usually only goes down so far, and a
core group supports them. Both Tony Blair and George W. Bush only reached a low
of about 30% approval rating however in Japan Prime Minister Hatoyama has a
approval rating of a woeful 17% but he is clinging on to power. Should a
political leader go once their approval rating falls below a certain level, say
20%?
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201005310327.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-121877451.html
p.s. may be rather difficult to separate the subject with the specifics of why
someone’s approval rating is low, if it is due to a scandal should they go
whereas if it is simply due to a lack of interest from the public they should
stay?
The sixties sexual liberation damaged society.
Dame Joan Bakewell, who opposed a crusade against sex in broadcasting in the
60s, has said the freedom granted to women by the pill has been corrupted and
ended in the sexualisation of young girls. Essentially she is now agreeing with
her opponent Mary Whitehouse on part of the issue. The pill gave women the
choice but this has increasingly opened the way for money to have a much bigger
place in sex and sexualisation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10202116.stm
http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100511/NEWS/5110335
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/806528--why-everything-you-know-aboutthe-sexual-revolution-is-wrong
Should Theo Walcott have been left out of England’s world cup squad?
Theo Walcott has in a surprise move left Theo Walcott out of the England squad
he is taking to South Africa. Having been taken to the last World Cup by
Eriksson, although he did not play, he could have been forgiven for thinking he
would make it this time as he has more experience under his belt. Should he
have been left out?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1282196/Arsenal-legend-Paul-Merson-slams-Theo-Walcotts-lack-improvement--World-Cup.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8713742.stm
Debates on the site:
Israel should lift its blockade of Gaza?
Israel’s blockade of Gaza is the cause behind the aid convoy that was boarded
by Israeli soldiers. The aid ships were attempting to break the blockade to
bring supplies to Gaza that has withstood more than 1000 days of ‘siege’.
However it is disputed both how effective the blockade is and how legal it is.
Israel claims that it allows in plenty of humanitarian aid and only blocks
weapons that groups whose aim is to destroy Israel such as Hamas are smuggling
in while the US says that Gaza gets only a third of the humanitarian aid it
needs.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Israel-should-lift-Gaza-blockade-UN-chief/articleshow/5999897.cms
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-01/israel-flotilla-disaster-gaza-embargo-us-supporters-to-blame/?cid=hp:exc
http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/03/16/gazas_tragically_peculiar_economy
Is Homer Simpson the Greatest TV or Film character of all time?
D’oh! Homer Simpson has been voted the greatest TV character of the last 20
years. He would seem to be lacking in most of the qualities of greatness except
for in comedy which is perhaps what makes him so endearing to us. But could he
be the greatest TV or film character of all time?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10202115.stm
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2042236.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2985728.stm
David Laws should step down as an MP.
The government immediately referred the matter of David Laws expenses to the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in the hope it could hold on to the
Liberal Democrat as Chief Secretary to the Treasury where he has in the short
time he was there been competent and helped steady the markets. However it was
obvious Laws would have to resign and resign he did. This however does not mean
that it is right that he should have felt he had to resign or that he should be
considering his future as an MP.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/7783613/Only-this-painful-sacrifice-could-save-the-new-politics.html
http://www.libdemvoice.org/david-laws-should-i-stay-as-an-mp-19785.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/may/30/michael-white-david-laws
Should firms be able to profit from running schools?
Free schools are a core part of the Conservative election manifesto. Every
parent should be allowed to set up their own schools if they wish. However
should private companies be able to profit from setting up these new schools?
Michael Gove the Schools minister says he has ‘no ideological objection’ to
firms seeking to profit from setting up these new schools. Maybe he does not
but is it really the solution or just making more private schools?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/31/michael-gove-academy-schools-profit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/jun/01/michael-gove-academies-profits-law
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23830305-companies-in-race-to-run-first-state-school-for-profit.do
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