[Debatewise RRT] Re: slimmed down debates
- From: nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:44:21 +0500
tiger woods
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:35 AM, haider ali <haider_ali187@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'll take the Tzipi livini and the case for arresting Isareli leaders over
> war crimes, seems interesting.
>
> Haider
>
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> From: alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [Debatewise RRT] slimmed down debates
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:16:43 +0000
>
>
> Hi all,
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>
>
> 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
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>
> *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
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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3279424/Judges-call-for-Parliament-to-review-rules-on-assisted-suicide.html
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>
>
> *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
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>
>
> *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
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> 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
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>
>
> *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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