[Debatewise RRT] Re: IDEA debate at the Royal Society on Monday 16th... and your usual debates
- From: nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:37:51 +0500
Taking It's always wrong to openly celebrate the death of another.
Nadia
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Alexander Helling <ahelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Hi RRT,
> Not the usual kind of thing I announce in these emails but
> IDEA is holding our first live debate in London on the 16th (next Monday).
> The motion that will be debated is 'The Jasmine Revolution will wither in
> North Africa: It won't meet the expectations of youth'. The speakers for the
> motion are analyst Nora Ayman, Journalist and author Douglas Murray and
> Professor Norman Stone. The speakers against the motion are NY Times
> columnist Roger Cohen, Professor Fawaz Gerges and Ahmed Naguib. The debate
> will be chaired by BBC presenter Nik Gowing.
>
> So if you live in or near London please come along. Tickets are free!
>
> The debate is being held at the Royal Society and will begin at 6.15pm and
> finish at 8pm. So hopefully anyone returning will not be too badly affected
> by tube strikes that if they happen will start at 9pm.
>
> For more information and to get tickets visit IQ2's website
> http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/jasmine-revolution
>
> Alex
>
> Debates: See forum <http://debatewise.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75>and
> task
> list <http://debatewise.info/index.php/tasks/one-hour-tasks>
>
> Scotland should hold a referendum on independence.
>
> The Liberal Democrats must create more public conflict in the coalition.
>
> The rich should be able to pay to create extra university places.
>
> It's always wrong to openly celebrate the death of another.
>
> Israel should support reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas.
>
> Real-Time Bidding. Is it just good business? Or is it time to be worried?
>
> I have not yet been asked to do this but as with the wikileaks debates from
> last week as it is a debate we are running it is possible we may create this
> debate in house. So if you take it make sure to inform me so that I can add
> to it. And if we do create it feel free to add to the debate.
> The Jasmine Revolution will wither in North Africa: It won't meet the
> expectations of youth.
>
> On the site
> Should health care reform be
> repealed?<http://debatewise.org/debates/3380-should-health-care-reform-be-repealed%20>
>
> --
> *Alex Helling
> *
> *Content Officer
> *
>
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