Pro vs. con view
Topic space viewits Bernie or bust, We are suck of moderates, WE WANT REAL CHANGE
WHether he can win of not is in doubt, BUT HE MAY WELL WIN, He might not get everything from moderates but he will be there to guide the ship in the right direction
Child curfews can help to change a negative youth culture.
Imposing child curfews would actually be counter-productive, as it would increase juvenile offending by turning millions of generally law-abiding young people into criminals. Already in the USA, more children are charged with curfew offences than with any other crime. Yet once children acquire a criminal record they cross a psychological boundary, making it much more likely that they will perceive themselves as criminal and have much less respect for the law in general, leading to more serious forms of offending. At the same time a criminal record harms their opportunities in employment and so increases the social deprivation and desperation which breed crime.
Political cooperation? Little hope for change as Obama starts second term
Americans enter President Obamas second term more upbeat about the direction of the country than they were four years ago, when the recession was at its depths, but voters are less sure that government can be of any use to them.
Supreme Court issues ‘crushing blow’ to Exxon in major climate case, legal experts say
"The significance of the Massachusetts AG's investigation has been grossly underestimated."
The creation of the post of a High Representative marked an important change in the EU.
The creation of a combined post of High Representative for foreign and security policy and Vice President of the Commission for External Relations marks a needless complication of decision making. It adds an expensive and largely pointless layer of European bureaucracy to a substantively weak and poorly coordinated foreign policy. This failure is made worse by the member states’ refusal to appoint a senior European politician with international credentials to the post. This suggests that the European Union is simply not ready to pursue a serious and substantive foreign policy. 1 1 Charlemagne, 'The test for Ashton and Europe', The Economist, 1st February 2011,accessed 1/8/11 improve this
Evidence that mutation is the cause of change in evolution has not been proven
First, let me thank my worthy opponent for accepting the debate. Let me begin by saying I will not be able to stipulate that evolution is true since the underlying premise of the debate is that I do not believe that the evidence supports the theory. I directed the debate toward two things it has not conclusively shown-evidence and analysis. According to the theory,beneficial mutations acted upon natural selection to create new creatures such as the bat from the squirrel. Most mutations are harmful but supposedly a good mutation slips into the gene pool and these new mutations created new animals. If this is true and we could speed up the evolutinary process, we should be able to show it in the lab. Enter the fruit fly. It is perfect for studybecause it goes from egg to adult in about 10 days. Since the early 1900's, multiplied millions of fruit fly generations have been bred and studied in labs for different mutations. So far wide have been the studies, that it is the equivalent of millions of years of supposed evolutionary time. The scientists have found they could only produce small changes and then sterility sets in because mutaions are harmful and have limits. What do see after all the experiments done on them?? We still see fruit flies! That is all the best minds of research see. One researcher named Richard Goldschmidt reacted this way, "After observing fruit flies for many years, he fell into despair-the changes he said"were so hopelessly micro that if a thousand mutations were combined into one specimen, there would still be no new species"(1) My next point is analyzing the fossil records. Fossil records should on the whole support the claim that today's complex organisms evolved step by tiny step based on mutations and natural selection. It is generally conceded that the fossil evidence is stable over long periods of time. This is called "stasis" in the field of evolution. Then new forms appear already developed without the eviedence of preceding transitional forms. Even Darwin himself knew the record did not support his theory and the record has actually become worse since his day. In fact it was not religous people who opposed it at first but palentologis since they knew the fossil record did not support it. They analyised it and found it wanting. The extreme rarity of transitional forms has been dexcribed as the "great trade secret of palentology")2)In addition, extinctions are typically due to catastrophies such as comets not imaginary evolutionary forces that kill out weaker species and bring forth their stronger more able cousins. This "flies" in the face of evolutionay theories. Evolution has many holes in it and the evidence is lacking in how species develop. If it is a science, it should stand up to testing, which I think it has not. I turn the time over to my opponent. 1. Darwin Retired by Norman Macbeth 1971 p.33 2.Darwin on trial pp59-60 wikipeadia-fruit flies www.talkorigons.org
In Parliamentary Democracies, A Change Of Prime Minister Should Automatically Trigger A General Election.
Implementation and focus of ideas depends on the personality of the Prime Minister rather than the party
In Parliamentary Democracies, A Change Of Prime Minister Should Automatically Trigger A General Election.
It would create instability and logistical problems
In Parliamentary Democracies, A Change Of Prime Minister Should Automatically Trigger A General Election.
Legitimacy of the government
In Parliamentary Democracies, A Change Of Prime Minister Should Automatically Trigger A General Election.
It would not be consistent with a fair, reasonable and responsible democratic ideal
