[Debatewise RRT] Re: Debates
- From: David Crane <dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:14:05 +0100
Good idea. Can't remember how to create filters with Outlook but know it's
pretty straightforward. To use Gmail you'd tell the filter to apply a label
to each message and then skip the inbox. Job done.
Dave
2010/7/21 Liam McKenna <liammckenna@xxxxxxxxx>
> Alex,
>
> If a lot of people complain about too many e-mails isnt it feasible to tell
> them how to create an auto-filter? Every e-mail system i can think of has
> one. They will just divert every e-mail on this list into one neat folder.
> Gmail is the exceptions, iirc, in that it uses a "tab" system.
>
> Liam
>
> 2010/7/21 Alex Helling <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sorry about that.
>>
>>
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>> Just to clear it up, yes we are happy for anyone who wishes to be in both
>> groups at the same time. I had simply assumed that most people would not
>> want yet more emails (though I am hoping that the improvements group will
>> not create so many emails as the RRT).
>>
>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* debatewiserrt-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> debatewiserrt-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *nadia siddiqi
>> *Sent:* 21 July 2010 07:54
>> *To:* debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [Debatewise RRT] Re: Debates
>>
>>
>>
>> *Hey,*
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>> *You never replied to my question on being in both groups?*
>>
>> *Taking: Republicans should endorse the strategic arms treaty with
>> Russia.*
>>
>> The Republicans are intent on opposing Obama’s treaty on nuclear weapons
>> with the Russians in the senate where the treaty needs to be ratified. They
>> are however worried that it is a bad deal for America and that it will limit
>> missile defence. But does the threat from Russia even matter anymore? We are
>> no longer in the cold war and the big worries are about terrorism. It may
>> indeed be a ‘bad’ deal for the US in that it accepts parity with a power
>> that is now obviously militarily inferior. Without the treaty the US could
>> produce many more nuclear weapons than Russia if it wanted to. So should the
>> Russians endorse the treaty?
>>
>> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/07/19/take_reagans_word_for_it<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foreignpolicy.com%2Farticles%2F2010%2F07%2F19%2Ftake_reagans_word_for_it>
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>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/05/AR2010070502657.html<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F07%2F05%2FAR2010070502657.html>
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>> NADIA
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>> 2010/7/21 ace나그네 <firest12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> *I want to improve 'Correct spelling and grammar are not important.'*
>>
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>> --------- 원본 메일 ---------
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>> 보낸이: "Alex Helling" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 날짜: 2010년 7월 21일 수요일, 02시 08분 43초 +0900
>> 제목: [Debatewise RRT] Debates
>> 받는이: <debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> I don’t think I have anything to say this week
>> except a reminder that if you are more interested in improving debates you
>> may wish to switch groups. Email me if you do.
>>
>>
>>
>> Alex
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>>
>> Debates:
>>
>> *Can big oil survive?*
>>
>> BP one of the big oil companies has been in serious difficulties with its
>> leak from the Deep Horizon rig and BP is now also facing criticism for its
>> dealings in Libya where it is now accused of lobbying the UK government to
>> persuade the Scottish Justice Secretary to release Abdul Baset Ali
>> al-Megrahi. Despite us entering a period of historically very high oil
>> prices the big private companies are being squeezed. Their oil reserves are
>> running out and they have to find new reserves in ever more difficult
>> conditions, such as the very deep water where Deep Horizon was. In these new
>> conditions smaller companies are likely to nimbler and more likely to find
>> oil. The age of the big oil companies seems to be coming to an end.
>>
>>
>> http://oilandglory.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/07/19/is_there_a_place_for_big_oil_in_the_post_bp_spill_world<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Foilandglory.foreignpolicy.com%2Fposts%2F2010%2F07%2F19%2Fis_there_a_place_for_big_oil_in_the_post_bp_spill_world>
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/apr/21/oilandpetrol.news
>>
>> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_20/b3984001.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> *Republicans should endorse the strategic arms treaty with Russia.*
>>
>> The Republicans are intent on opposing Obama’s treaty on nuclear weapons
>> with the Russians in the senate where the treaty needs to be ratified. They
>> are however worried that it is a bad deal for America and that it will limit
>> missile defence. But does the threat from Russia even matter anymore? We are
>> no longer in the cold war and the big worries are about terrorism. It may
>> indeed be a ‘bad’ deal for the US in that it accepts parity with a power
>> that is now obviously militarily inferior. Without the treaty the US could
>> produce many more nuclear weapons than Russia if it wanted to. So should the
>> Russians endorse the treaty?
>>
>> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/07/19/take_reagans_word_for_it<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foreignpolicy.com%2Farticles%2F2010%2F07%2F19%2Ftake_reagans_word_for_it>
>>
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/05/AR2010070502657.html<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F07%2F05%2FAR2010070502657.html>
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Should the Ministry of Defence have to pay for Trident?*
>>
>> Everything is about money. The Conservatives may have said that Trident
>> will not be on the review of defence spending and so not be open for debate
>> on whether it should exist but this does not mean it is settled how it will
>> be paid for. The MoD says that it is an issue of national security so it
>> should not come out of its budget and the Treasury should pay. Not
>> surprisingly for a department that is trying to reduce spending the Treasury
>> is having none of it.
>>
>>
>> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/johnmcternan1/100047548/are-ministry-of-defence-sources-having-a-laugh-about-trident/
>>
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jul/20/uk-defence-policy-unaffordable-liam-fox
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *The protests in Parliament Square should have been allowed to remain?*
>>
>> The protesters camping in Parliament Square have finally been cleared
>> after Boris Johnson’s legal action to have them removed. Boris considered
>> the protests ‘nauseating’ and many others will not have enjoyed the sight
>> of the camp. But if we are a free society should we not be able to protest
>> at the mother of parliaments?
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10693138<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-london-10693138>
>>
>> http://parliamentprotest.org.uk/
>> <http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Fparliamentprotest.org.uk%2F>
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Correct spelling and grammar are not important.*
>>
>> All languages undeniably change over the years, and these changes reflect
>> how the words are used. The most important thing about written communication
>> is that it is understood, not that it follows an arcane set of rules that
>> benefit nobody.
>>
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1296126/Ideologues-illiteracy-MAX-HASTINGS-terrible-damage-wrought-schools-Left-wing-educationalists.html
>>
>>
>> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/07/19/is-sarah-palin-the-heir-to-shakespeare/
>>
>>
>>
>> *FA discipline needs an overhaul.*
>>
>> A survey of the leading figures in English football has shown that many
>> believe that the FA’s disciplinary body is inconsistent. It is obviously
>> difficult to uphold rules if no one knows what the penalty will be for
>> breaking them or whether it will be consistently applied. If this is the
>> case then the best way is to overhaul the disciplinary system and look again
>> at the rules and reissue them. When this happens they should be applied as
>> consistently as possible. However might it just be leading figures in
>> football seeing themselves as being discriminated against. If everyone is
>> against the body perhaps it is doing something right!
>>
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/7584849/Bung-buster-Graham-Bean-wants-to-overhaul-FAs-dysfunctional-disciplinary-body.html
>>
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/19/alex-ferguson-fa-steven-gerrard
>>
>>
>>
>> *Is the Active Denial System ray gun the future of riot control?*
>>
>> The active denial system which has been around for a few years has yet to
>> be used. It has potential application in suppressing riots without having to
>> use deadly force or involving the armed services having to be brought in
>> with rubber bullets or worse to control the riot. Instead the ADS could be
>> used to engage at range with its heat ray forcing people to run for cover.
>>
>> http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/v-mads.htm
>>
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/7900117/The-Active-Denial-System-the-weapon-thats-a-hot-topic.html
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6300985.stm
>>
>>
>>
>> On the site:
>>
>> *Is Cameron’s Big Society all about the money?*
>>
>> Cameron may have had his idea about the big society to solve the problem
>> of our broken society since before the beginning of the recession but now it
>> is likely to be seen by everyone as a cost cutting measure. Cameron’s
>> idea being about citizens doing things themselves and not relying on the
>> state does seem like something that can be used to reduce spending. Now that
>> Cameron has to reduce spending whether or not the big society is about
>> reducing costs the policy will inevitably be tarred with cuts. Is it
>> justified?
>>
>>
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/camerons-big-society-attacked-as-a-cover-for-spending-cuts-2030334.html
>>
>>
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/steve-richards/steve-richards-but-what-if-the-big-society-doesnt-work-2030413.html
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10687446
>>
>>
>>
>> *Was the invasion of Iraq worthwhile?*
>>
>> The former chief of MI5 today said that the terror threat was "undoubtedly
>> increased" by the invasion of Iraq.* *We have known for some time that
>> the initial cause for the invasion of Iraq, the possibility of Saddam having
>> WMD, has been wrong. As the war was after the September 11th attacks another
>> possible reason was terrorism. This too is now being acknowledged as being a
>> false reason behind the invasion. However could the invasion still have been
>> worthwhile? The Iraqis have gained freedom from tyranny and a sort of
>> democracy, oil flows again and the economy and quality of life are slowly
>> improving.
>>
>> h<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-politics-10693001>
>> ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10693001<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-politics-10693001>
>>
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>> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2809-iraq-invasion-could-worsen-terrorist-threat.html
>>
>> http://www.e-ir.info/?p=4344
>>
>> http://web.mit.edu/humancostiraq/
>>
>>
>>
>> *Is new gel a breakthrough in the fight against AIDS?*
>>
>> Unfortunately no cure yet but researchers have invented a vaginal gel that
>> cuts infection rate by up to 50%. It may not be a vaccine or a cure but it
>> is a big step forward. Using condoms is the most effective of combating the
>> spread of HIV and AIDS however this is reliant upon the men rather than
>> women. This means that this gel is the first time women have had a chance to
>> prevent infection without needing men to be involved. Is this a
>> breakthrough?
>>
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/7899518/Medicated-gel-gives-hope-in-fight-against-Aids.html
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10691353
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i4btht5S9A6BF0UuIEGz5QoQuWCQ
>>
>>
>>
>> *Health and safety regulations have gone too far.*
>>
>> Local councils and businesses have become so risk averse in recent years
>> that they refuse to let their employees or the public do the most basic of
>> tasks. In Dudley, England, local people were warned off cutting the grass
>> verge outside their homes because they did not have the correct insurance.
>>
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293508/Ill-end-health-n-safety-farce-PM-vows-cure-Labour-neurosis.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
>>
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jun/30/judith-hackitt-health-safety-work
>>
>>
>> http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/restoring-civil-liberties/end-health-and-safety-madness-healthy-attitude-to-risk
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>> --
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>> such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of
>> Brahman. They who work selfishly for results are miserable. --"Bhagavad
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