[Debatewise RRT] Re: debates
- From: Monica Tisminesky <monicatisminesky@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 14:57:52 -0430
Hi, I´m still working on last week's debate, its got my name on the title.
Will finish soon.
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Alex Helling <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I make Sarah debater of the month again
> (incidentally highest score I have seen under my counting system). I have
> now noted down the karma scores of the top contributors so I will be able to
> see the change for next month. No idea yet what I will do to reconcile the
> two systems (at the moment I am hoping that we won’t have anyone new pop up
> and suddenly write enough that they might win next month as they may ruin
> things!) I am happy for any suggestions. Ultimately this may be a part of a
> bigger shake up of how things are rated. Obviously we want to keep karma but
> I am rather fond of the idea of having it on a separate page along with
> other measures, such as the number of times people have voted your way on
> arguments (would not work very well at the moment as so many people write
> both sides of the argument!) Perhaps the number of times you have gained
> applause for comments. Top debate creators... etc.
>
>
>
> We are also in the beginning to think about splitting the RRT’s job up as
> we hopefully recruit more members hopefully we will get to the point where
> sending out 10 debates a week will be too little. More on this next time
> when hopefully where we are going will be a little firmer.
>
>
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> Debates:
>
> *There will be a solution to Tibet in the current Dalai Lama’s lifetime.*
>
> Given China’s grip on Tibet and an unwillingness even to negotiate with the
> Dalai Lama it seems unlikely that there can be any solution any time soon
> between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese authorities over the situation in
> Tibet. However there are some hopeful signs. The Dalai Lama has accepted
> some form of autonomy since 1988 so meaning Tibet could remain a part of
> China. This means it may simply be a case of waiting for China to become
> less authoritarian as many in the west hope will slowly happen anyway.
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/05/dalai-lama-tibet-resolution-china
>
>
> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/09/23/why_the_dalai_lama_needs_to_get_real
>
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3593475.ece
>
>
>
> *Nadal will be the greatest tennis player ever.*
>
> Rafael Nadal has won his second Wimbledon title having dashed British hopes
> for Murray in the semis. Nadal is already the best player in the world as
> Federer is declining. At only 24 he has 8 grand slams and plenty of time to
> catch up to Federer’s 16 grand slams. Is he going to be the greatest tennis
> player ever?
>
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/nadal-power-and-the-glory-2018427.html
>
> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/2736
>
>
>
> *Do young people need to go to university to succeed? *
>
> The policy of the last government was to turn out more and more graduates
> regardless of the quality of their degrees or how well the students did in
> them. Everyone should get the opportunity to go to university but this does
> not mean that we need to go to university to succeed. Apprentiships may be
> as good a way to get into a career. At the same time graduate jobs are
> becoming much more sought after, there will be 70 applicants for each
> graduate job this year and anyone with less than a 2:1 can practically
> forget about it.
>
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/university-degrees-are-a-waste-of-time-ndash-the-damning-verdict-of-british-students-807002.html
>
>
> http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/education/US-Economists-Say-University-Not-Only-Way-to-Success-96300374.html
>
>
>
> *Is Alternative Vote a better voting system than First Past The Post?*
>
> Nick Clegg has secured the May 5th date next year for the referendum on the
> Alternative Vote. But will it be fairer than the current First Past the Post
> system? AV comes with strings attached, with Cameron demanding that
> constituencies be more equally resized to offset the Conservative loss of
> seats.
>
> http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/votingsystems/avrules.htm
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/10/alternative-vote-minimal-impact-general-election
>
>
>
> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/neilobrien1/100039191/breaking-news-senior-lib-dem-says-move-to-av-voting-system-would-be-unacceptably-unfair/
>
> (We tried one on AV just after the election, I wonder whether the title was
> too nebulous so thought we should try again. After all it will probably be a
> big issue until we get a vote on it)
>
> * *
>
> *BBC One and BBC Two lack diversity, imagination and innovation.***
>
> A review conducted by BBC’s governing body, BBC Trust, found that too many
> of the shows on the channels were “formulaic and derivative”, with little or
> no attempt to break out of the long-running generic models of antiques
> shows, house-hunting and other daytime schedules.
>
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/service_reviews/service_licences/reviews_tv.shtml
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/05/bbc-daytime
>
> * *
>
> *Universities should support graduates in getting a job.***
>
> The number of graduate applicants per position has more than doubled in the
> past two years. In the context of the significantly fewer positions made
> available on the market, as well as the number of redundancy figures since
> the recession, universities seem to be generating an ever increasing number
> of graduates without investing any useful or practical training skills in
> preparation for recruitment. Should universities be concentrating less on
> academia and more on making their students employable?
>
> http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/draft89
>
> http://www.pareto.co.uk/graduate_jobs/news/students_graduate_job_954.aspx
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/us-on-a-collision-course_n_612359.html
>
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/comment-how-universities-and-graduates-can-thrive-918572.html
>
>
>
>
>
> On the site:
>
> *Should the US have a 'kill switch' on the internet to be used in a
> national emergency?*
>
> A committee in the US senate has approved a cybersecurity bill that would
> give the US President the authority to shut down parts of the internet
> during a cyber attack. However the internet is an international place and is
> normally decentralised. Trying to centralise cybersecurity may not be
> helpful. However the president may already have this authority and cyber
> attacks are an increasing problem so the US needs clear up to date
> legislation. Would a ‘kill switch’ be the right thing to do?
>
>
> http://news.techworld.com/security/3228198/obama-internet-kill-switch-plan-approved-by-us-senate/?olo=rss
>
>
> http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/105377-senate-homeland-security-committee-approves-cybersecurity-bill-
>
>
>
> *Democracy is in retreat.*
>
> Freedom House who measure the advance or retreat of democracy and freedom
> around the world is currently seeing "more countries seeing declines in
> overall freedom than gains". Freedom and Democracy are in retreat. But is
> this really true? Many of the places with a retreat in freedoms were never
> really free so we can’t expect them to always make gains. Democracy might be
> stagnating and not advancing, but in the midst of a recession can we really
> expect any better?
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/04/AR2010070403849.html
>
> http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=1120
>
>
>
> *The first priority of government should be job creation.*
>
> It seems that the economic priority of the government is to do anything but
> create more jobs. The Brown government poured most of its recession spending
> into bailing out banks that then did not help businesses, so not helping
> create jobs. Cameron’s priority is cutting the deficit, so creating more
> unemployment. Yet much of the deficit is created by extra welfare costs and
> less tax revenues due to having people out of work. Tackle unemployment and
> you tackle some of the other big problems.
>
> http://www.slate.com/id/2258809
>
>
> http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/news/1007683/Governments-priority-encourage-private-sector-job-creation-says-Work-Foundation/
>
> * *
>
> *Gay bishops should be ordained.*
>
> The Anglican Church has been in dispute over whether there should be Gay
> bishops for years. Particularly between the mainstream of Anglicanism and
> the US church. In 2003 Jeffery John was forced to withdraw from being
> appointed Bishop of Reading but now Archbishop Rowan Williams wants to
> appoint him Bishop of Southwark which will reopen old wounds and be a
> battle for the Church. Should there be gay bishops?
>
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7873464/Traditionalist-Church-of-England-groups-warn-of-defections-if-gay-bishop-is-ordained.html
>
>
> http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/17/us-lesbian-bishop-mary-glasspool-is-ordained/
>
>
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