[Debatewise RRT] Re: debatewiserrt Digest V2 #29
- From: nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:35:26 +0500
*Should aid be tied to human rights?*
>
> Europe and America have regularly tied aid to developing countries to
human
> rights however they are not consistent about this approach. After all the
US
> gives billions, and not just humanitarian aid but also dollars for
military
> equipment, to Egypt and Saudi Arabia. More recently China has been willing
> to invest in development programs with no strings attached, particularly
if
> there is raw materials involved. If the west continues being hypocritical
> and keep tying some aid but not all aid to human rights then we will
> increasingly lose out to China.
>
>
>
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/01/29/jordan-aid-should-be-tied-human-rights
>
>
>
http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/9/8/5/3/pages98536/p98536-1.php
<
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/9/8/5/3/pages98536/p98536-1.php
>
>
sorry
Nadia
'thought those debates were for us.
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM, nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'll take:
>
> The USA should sign a peace treaty with North Korea.
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/north-korea-peace-treaty-us-nucl
> ear-talks<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/north-korea-peace-treaty-us-nuclear-talks>
>
> http://www.heritage.org/research/asiaandthepacific/em748.cfm
>
>
> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/01/the_peace_deal_obama_should
> _be_making
>
> and US should leave NATO.
> Nadia
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:09 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager <
> ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> debatewiserrt Digest Tue, 02 Mar 2010 Volume: 02 Issue: 029
>>
>> In This Issue:
>> [Debatewise RRT] Tuesday Debates
>> [Debatewise RRT] Re: Tuesday Debates
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> From: "Alex Helling" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Tuesday Debates
>> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:13:21 -0000
>>
>> Evening everyone.
>>
>>
>> Just as advance warning, we will be looking for help with creating some
>> debates for the general election over the next few weeks. I will probably
>> send some of the debates out as RRT ones. They will be put on a separate
>> election website etc. I will explain more when we send them out. However
>> there are none this week as our partner has not yet given us the
>> questions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Debates for you to write:
>>
>> Should Lord Ashcroft relinquish his non-dom status?
>>
>> Lord Ashcroft has after years of dodging the question admitted that he is
>> a
>> non dom and so pays comparatively little tax to the UK treasury. A good
>> chunk of what he saves he gives to the conservative party to fund their
>> campaigning and in return is not only a member of the House of Lords but
>> has
>> a lot of say over how the conservatives run their campaigns. Despite this
>> does it really matter that he is a non dom? Other parties have big funders
>> who are also using the status, it does however look bad for the
>> conservative
>> party, so should he give it up to help them win the election?
>>
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/01/lord-ashcroft-reveals-non-dom
>>
>>
>>
>> http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Lord-Ashcroft-Says-He-Will-Relinqu
>>
>> ish-His-Non-Dom-Tax-Status/Article/201003115563095?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Re
>> gion_0<http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Lord-Ashcroft-Says-He-Will-Relinqu%0Aish-His-Non-Dom-Tax-Status/Article/201003115563095?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Re%0Agion_0>
>> <
>> http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Lord-Ashcroft-Says-He-Will-Relinq
>>
>> uish-His-Non-Dom-Tax-Status/Article/201003115563095?lpos=Politics_Carousel_R
>>
>> egion_0&lid=ARTICLE_15563095_Lord_Ashcroft_Says_He_Will_Relinquish_His_Non-D<http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Lord-Ashcroft-Says-He-Will-Relinq%0Auish-His-Non-Dom-Tax-Status/Article/201003115563095?lpos=Politics_Carousel_R%0Aegion_0&lid=ARTICLE_15563095_Lord_Ashcroft_Says_He_Will_Relinquish_His_Non-D>
>> om_Tax_Status>
>>
>> &lid=ARTICLE_15563095_Lord_Ashcroft_Says_He_Will_Relinquish_His_Non-Dom_Tax_
>> Status
>>
>>
>> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810716-lord-ashcroft-confir
>> ms-his-non-dom-status.do<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810716-lord-ashcroft-confir%0Ams-his-non-dom-status.do>
>>
>>
>>
>> Are the Tories to blame for the public's fear of crime?
>>
>> David Cameron when he started as leader went on and on about Britain being
>> a
>> broken society that needs to be fixed. The Conservatives continue to
>> emphasise crime and often claim that crime is rising even while crime is
>> falling simply because it makes a good story. Vote for us or crime in
>> broken
>> Britain will continue to go up under Labour. Brown is now hitting out and
>> accusing the tories of helping to create a fear of crime. Is he correct to
>> do so?
>>
>>
>> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/philipjohnston/100027915/gordon-brown-trie
>> s-to-have-it-both-ways-on-law-and-order/<http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/philipjohnston/100027915/gordon-brown-trie%0As-to-have-it-both-ways-on-law-and-order/>
>>
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7346451/PM-a
>> ccused-Tories-of-public-panic-on-crime.html<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7346451/PM-a%0Accused-Tories-of-public-panic-on-crime.html>
>>
>> http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15452867
>>
>>
>>
>> Do headlines affect a team's chances?
>>
>> England coach Fabio Capello is trying to put a line under the stories
>> about
>> Terry and Cole's private lives. He has told his players to be careful
>> about
>> their personal lives and behaviour in the run up to the world cup as he
>> does
>> not want to see them in the newspapers. However headlines in a newspaper
>> do
>> not have an obvious link to how well someone perform on the pitch. What
>> someone does in the private lives is just that private and Capello should
>> have no rights over what his players do in their own time. Would more
>> headlines about breakups and affairs really affect England's chances in
>> the
>> world cup?
>>
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/england/73480
>>
>> 96/World-Cup-2010-Fabio-Capello-warns-England-players-over-their-private-liv
>> es.html<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/england/73480%0A96/World-Cup-2010-Fabio-Capello-warns-England-players-over-their-private-liv%0Aes.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> Should aid be tied to human rights?
>>
>> Europe and America have regularly tied aid to developing countries to
>> human
>> rights however they are not consistent about this approach. After all the
>> US
>> gives billions, and not just humanitarian aid but also dollars for
>> military
>> equipment, to Egypt and Saudi Arabia. More recently China has been willing
>> to invest in development programs with no strings attached, particularly
>> if
>> there is raw materials involved. If the west continues being hypocritical
>> and keep tying some aid but not all aid to human rights then we will
>> increasingly lose out to China.
>>
>>
>> http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/01/29/jordan-aid-should-be-tied-human-rights
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/9/8/5/3/pages
>> 98536/p98536-1.php<http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/9/8/5/3/pages%0A98536/p98536-1.php>
>> <
>> http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/9/8/5/3/pages
>> 98536/p98536-1.php<http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/9/8/5/3/pages%0A98536/p98536-1.php>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> Can El Baradei make a difference?
>>
>> There has been a lot of speculation that Mohamed El Baradei, the former
>> head
>> of the International Atomic Energy Agency, might be able to shake up
>> Egyptian politics. Egypt is currently dominated by President Honsi Mubarak
>> and his son and heir apparent Gamal and any opposition, that mainly comes
>> from the Muslim Brotherhood, is quickly stifled. Egypt is an authoritarian
>> state and so may not be the most fertile ground for a former diplomat to
>> be
>> attempting to run for the presidency.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8534365.stm
>>
>> http://www.newsweek.com/id/234317
>>
>>
>> http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100227/WEEKENDER/7022
>> 69752/1080/OPINION<http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100227/WEEKENDER/7022%0A69752/1080/OPINION>
>>
>>
>>
>> Debates on the site:
>>
>> Can London learn anything from Vancouver's Olympics?
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8541556.stm
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/8541301.stm
>>
>>
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/big-question/the-big-question-what-lesso
>> ns-do-the-vancouver-games-offer-for-london-2012-1914324.html<http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/big-question/the-big-question-what-lesso%0Ans-do-the-vancouver-games-offer-for-london-2012-1914324.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> The USA should sign a peace treaty with North Korea.
>>
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/north-korea-peace-treaty-us-nucl
>> ear-talks<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/north-korea-peace-treaty-us-nucl%0Aear-talks>
>>
>> http://www.heritage.org/research/asiaandthepacific/em748.cfm
>>
>>
>> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/01/the_peace_deal_obama_should
>> _be_making
>>
>>
>>
>> Elections are now about leaders not policy.
>>
>>
>> http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/02/27/brown-election-will-
>> be-about-economy-not-personality-91466-25924359/<http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/02/27/brown-election-will-%0Abe-about-economy-not-personality-91466-25924359/>
>>
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704188104575083492418736822.ht
>> ml?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704188104575083492418736822.ht%0Aml?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines>(please
>> note the author's potential bias)
>>
>>
>>
>> The USA should leave NATO.
>>
>> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/22/let_europe_be_europe
>>
>> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/03/01/partners_in_decline
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Use Revisewise @ http://revisewise.debatewise.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:13:24 +0000
>> Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Re: Tuesday Debates
>> From: Harriet Lowe <tehexile@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I will take '*Are the Tories to blame for the public’s fear of crime?'*
>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Alex Helling <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Evening everyone.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Just as advance warning, we will be looking for help with creating some
>> > debates for the general election over the next few weeks. I will
>> probably
>> > send some of the debates out as RRT ones. They will be put on a separate
>> > election website etc. I will explain more when we send them out. However
>> > there are none this week as our partner has not yet given us the
>> questions.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Debates for you to write:*
>> >
>> > *Should Lord Ashcroft relinquish his non-dom status?*
>> >
>> > Lord Ashcroft has after years of dodging the question admitted that he
>> is a
>> > non dom and so pays comparatively little tax to the UK treasury. A good
>> > chunk of what he saves he gives to the conservative party to fund their
>> > campaigning and in return is not only a member of the House of Lords but
>> has
>> > a lot of say over how the conservatives run their campaigns. Despite
>> this
>> > does it really matter that he is a non dom? Other parties have big
>> funders
>> > who are also using the status, it does however look bad for the
>> conservative
>> > party, so should he give it up to help them win the election?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/01/lord-ashcroft-reveals-non-dom
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Lord-Ashcroft-Says-He-Will-Relinquish-His-Non-Dom-Tax-Status/Article/201003115563095?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15563095_Lord_Ashcroft_Says_He_Will_Relinquish_His_Non-Dom_Tax_Status
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23810716-lord-ashcroft-confirms-his-non-dom-status.do
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Are the Tories to blame for the public’s fear of crime?*
>> >
>> > David Cameron when he started as leader went on and on about Britain
>> being
>> > a broken society that needs to be fixed. The Conservatives continue to
>> > emphasise crime and often claim that crime is rising even while crime is
>> > falling simply because it makes a good story. Vote for us or crime in
>> broken
>> > Britain will continue to go up under Labour. Brown is now hitting out
>> and
>> > accusing the tories of helping to create a fear of crime. Is he correct
>> to
>> > do so?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/philipjohnston/100027915/gordon-brown-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-on-law-and-order/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7346451/PM-accused-Tories-of-public-panic-on-crime.html
>> >
>> > http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id 452867
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Do headlines affect a team’s chances?*
>> >
>> > England coach Fabio Capello is trying to put a line under the stories
>> about
>> > Terry and Cole’s private lives. He has told his players to be careful
>> about
>> > their personal lives and behaviour in the run up to the world cup as he
>> does
>> > not want to see them in the newspapers. However headlines in a newspaper
>> do
>> > not have an obvious link to how well someone perform on the pitch. What
>> > someone does in the private lives is just that private and Capello
>> should
>> > have no rights over what his players do in their own time. Would more
>> > headlines about breakups and affairs really affect England’s chances in
>> the
>> > world cup?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/england/7348096/World-Cup-2010-Fabio-Capello-warns-England-players-over-their-private-lives.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Should aid be tied to human rights?*
>> >
>> > Europe and America have regularly tied aid to developing countries to
>> human
>> > rights however they are not consistent about this approach. After all
>> the US
>> > gives billions, and not just humanitarian aid but also dollars for
>> military
>> > equipment, to Egypt and Saudi Arabia. More recently China has been
>> willing
>> > to invest in development programs with no strings attached, particularly
>> if
>> > there is raw materials involved. If the west continues being
>> hypocritical
>> > and keep tying some aid but not all aid to human rights then we will
>> > increasingly lose out to China.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/01/29/jordan-aid-should-be-tied-human-rights
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/9/8/5/3/pages98536/p98536-1.php
>> <
>> http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/9/8/5/3/pages98536/p98536-1.php
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Can El Baradei make a difference?*
>> >
>> > There has been a lot of speculation that Mohamed El Baradei, the former
>> > head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, might be able to shake
>> up
>> > Egyptian politics. Egypt is currently dominated by President Honsi
>> Mubarak
>> > and his son and heir apparent Gamal and any opposition, that mainly
>> comes
>> > from the Muslim Brotherhood, is quickly stifled. Egypt is an
>> authoritarian
>> > state and so may not be the most fertile ground for a former diplomat to
>> be
>> > attempting to run for the presidency.
>> >
>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8534365.stm
>> >
>> > http://www.newsweek.com/id/234317
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100227/WEEKENDER/702269752/1080/OPINION
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Debates on the site:*
>> >
>> > *Can London learn anything from Vancouver’s Olympics?*
>> >
>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8541556.stm
>> >
>> >
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/8541301.stm
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/big-question/the-big-question-what-lessons-do-the-vancouver-games-offer-for-london-2012-1914324.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *The USA should sign a peace treaty with North Korea.*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/north-korea-peace-treaty-us-nuclear-talks
>> >
>> > http://www.heritage.org/research/asiaandthepacific/em748.cfm
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/01/the_peace_deal_obama_should_be_making
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Elections are now about leaders not policy.*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/02/27/brown-election-will-be-about-economy-not-personality-91466-25924359/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704188104575083492418736822.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines(please<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704188104575083492418736822.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines%28please>note
>> the author’s potential bias)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *The USA should leave NATO.*
>> >
>> > http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/22/let_europe_be_europe
>> >
>> > http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/03/01/partners_in_decline
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Use Revisewise @ http://revisewise.debatewise.com/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> End of debatewiserrt Digest V2 #29
>> **********************************
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without
> such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of
> Brahman. They who work selfishly for results are miserable. --"Bhagavad
> Gita."
>
--
Work done with anxiety about results is far inferior to work done without
such anxiety, in the calm of self-surrender. Seek refuge in the knowledge of
Brahman. They who work selfishly for results are miserable. --"Bhagavad
Gita."
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