[Debatewise RRT] Re: slimmed down debates
- From: Jude Harrison <judhar2004@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:19:51 +0000 (GMT)
I'll be a moderator if you want.
How would I go about doing that?
--- On Tue, 15/12/09, Alex Helling <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Alex Helling <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Debatewise RRT] slimmed down debates
To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, 15 December, 2009, 20:16
Hi all,
Still in the middle of the Copenhagen conference so once
again relatively few debates and less links than usual. We are still willing to
accept moderators if anyone who has not volunteered already wants to do so.
Alex
Parliament should not avoid debating assisted suicide
For years the U.K.’s policy on assisted suicide has
been decided by the courts rather than where it should be decided, in
Parliament. This is because any decision is likely to face large amounts of
criticism so parliamentarians would rather not go near it. However we should
not be deciding our laws in our courts, they are for judging those created in
parliament not making case law on the hoof.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/15/assisted-suicide-parliamentary-debate
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3279424/Judges-call-for-Parliament-to-review-rules-on-assisted-suicide.html
Gordon should call an early election?
Gordon Brown has been significantly behind in the polls for
the whole period since the financial crisis hit. But as the polls have recently
narrowed he might be tempted to go with an election slightly early. But the
longer he waits the more chance that the recovery gathers pace and he gets
credit for it (or not blamed so much for the recession). This is what he has
always been waiting for and is still likely to wait until the last possible
moment.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/14/march-election-gordon-brown
Tiger should not take a prolonged absence from golf.
In the wake of his car crash and the revelations about his
private life Tiger Woods has been dropped by several sponsors and has decided
to take an indefinite absence from Golf. But he is a sportsman, what will he do
when not playing golf? So long as he is not out playing golf he will never be
able to put the issue behind him and give people something else look at when
they see Tiger on the TV. So should he return to golf soon?
http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/printFriendly/132591
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/11/entertainment/main5965395.shtml
Britain should be willing to arrest Israeli leaders far
war crimes in Gaza if they come to Britain.
The Cabinet of Former Prime Minister Olmert has been accused
of war crimes by various NGOs and a UN review into the conflict over Gaza
almost a year ago. Previously the courts have rejected an attempt to issue an
arrest warrant for Ehud Barak who was at the time Defence minister and is not
foreign minister. However they have now succeed in getting one for the former
foreign minister Tzipi Livni. The idea of arresting people and trying them for
war crimes in countries where they are not nationals or where the crime took
place is a new concept in international law so is much disputed. However Israel
has itself been willing to do it, and go further and use kidnap, for former
Nazis where the victims were Jews.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/6819275/Tzipi-Livni-arrest-warrant-provokes-Britain-Israel-diplomatic-row.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/27/olmert-could-face-warcrimes-arrest
Lieberman has saved Obama’s healthcare plans.
U.S. independent senator Joe Lieberman has said he will join
the filibuster against Obama’s healthcare proposals. The democrats need
60 votes to break the filibuster but there were splits within the democrats,
Libermans willingness to filibuster has brought the democrats together. All
they need to do now is win him round.
http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/lieberman-the-fallout/?hp
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/15/lieberman-closer-to-suppo_n_392693.html
The U.S. is right to keep selling arms to Taiwan.
The U.S. has supported Taiwan since the Chinese Nationalists
were chased across the straits to Taiwan sixty years ago. The Peoples Republic
of China is continually against the U.S. selling any arms to Taiwan. The US
used to ignore these demands but China is growing more influential. America is
however right to stand firm. Many Taiwanese wish to be independent and as a
independent state Taiwan should have the right to defend itself. Moreover
Taiwan is a very useful bargaining chip against China that should be kept in
America’s back pocket in case of future need.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/world/asia/16taiwan.html?ref=world
http://www.heritage.org/research/AsiaandthePacific/wm2098.cfm
Denmark is failing at organising the Copenhagen
conference.
The Danes seem to be more willing to use aggressive
pre-emptive policing and kettleing than those that occurred so controversially
in London at the G20. Over a thousand were briefly arrested over the weekend.
Meanwhile although the conference venue can only hold 15,000 but there are more
than 45,000 registered delegates leading to hours spent queing. The Danes have
also managed to annoy nations over its role as host with the ‘Danish
text’ that strongly favoured the richer nations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2009/12/cop15_lockouts_and_walkouts.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/15/copenhagen-194-arrests
Ps sorry about nothing actually on the climate conference, I
don’t want to just do the same as what we are doing in the GYP
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