"I was shocked to hear in the debate this week on the situation in Hungary that some of my colleagues used the situation of Roma in a manipulative way stating that Roma live in fear in Hungary and that they blame the Fidesz government for that. As the only Roma Member of the European Parliam...
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*I was assigned this topic. I truely don't believe in it*
Medicine shouldn't be proven because it wastes money and time that could be used in making medical breakthroughs. It is pointless.
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There has often been worries of a single tech giant becoming too powerful and gaining too much control over a vital sector of the economy that allows it to abuse its position. In particular there was this worry with Microsoft and its dominance of operating systems allowing it to abuse this to for...
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Police in Hungary have now been formally instructed by the Chief of National Police to pay specific attention to minorities in their work, referring to what some have called ‘ethnic criminality’. The National Police were issued the instructions on December 30, 2011. The special rules for “working...
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in today's world where USA spreading democracy all over the world some people say that democracy is jst a theoretical part now, practically it does not exist but if it doesn't exist then why they call it as a democratic country....does democracy exist now...??
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"A perfect hybrid of blonde and brown, bronde is the newest -- and most natural -- look for dark-haired beauties who want to share in the sun-kissed summer fun, and look a few years younger while they're at it." "For Wood, the key to the whole premium blonde concept is that blonde ...
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As all democracies we have many systems, election system, parliamentary system, political party system, public education system, public health system, state and central administartive system etc.
And a system is incomplete without the component of "Feedback", without proper feedback...
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"... the mainstream nature of anti-Roma violence in many parts of Europe became so obvious that it could no longer be plausibly denied. A rising tide of aggression in Europe threatens the security of Roma and non-Roma alike and withers the learned policy documents, anti-discrimination projec...
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According to the law: 1."No foreigners over the age of 50 can marry any Cambodian women, even if they were both consenting adults" 2."Foreigners who make less than $2,500 a month are forbidden from getting hitched with Khmer women.(t the prime minister declared his assets for the f...
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Today's motion is "Polygamous marriage should be recognised". As proposition we define this motion as: marriages that involve more than one spouse for a person, should be recognised as a legal practise. As more and more types of marriages start being accepted around the world, we start ...
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Some people think that raising the taxes on unhealthy food could reduce obesity.
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It seems to have been an obvious response from the USA, toughen security
checks again. More scans, more searches and more delays. This has fallen
particularly hard on a blacklist of countries that are deemed most likely to
create terrorists. But Nigeria has claimed that it is a knee jerk react...
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Women are 'solely' responsible for the propagation and existence of the human race. Now with the creation of artificial sperm, a man's role in the process is void and unnecessary.
Statistically:Women live longer on average. Women deal better with stress.Women perform better in school. Women are...
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Private schools are bastions of inequality, only toffs can enter and only toffs emerge. Private schools disadvantage kids from poor backgrounds even if they’re brighter than the ones who can afford to pay. Private schools should be abolished.
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"I was shocked to hear in the debate this week on the situation in Hungary that some of my colleagues used the situation of Roma in a manipulative way stating that Roma live in fear in Hungary and that they blame the Fidesz government for that. As the only Roma Member of the European Parliam...
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Young people often feel that they are negatively portrayed by the media. The media gets lots of news stories out of the threat from hoodies, youth knife crime, binge drinking in city centres and ASBOs being slapped on young people. Even some ‘good news’ stories are portrayed negatively such as th...
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Many countries today have laws that prohibit smoking in public places because it affects non smokers as well.This damages their health against their will and could cause them lung cancer.But also it seems as though this law protects only one side and public places(which should be available to eve...
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*Are Singaporeans happy? Do share your opinions. I would like to collate as much opinions as possible as I am working on a project.
*I do not assume reponsibility for any damaging comments whatsoever of which others post due to this topic.
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There has often been worries of a single tech giant becoming too powerful and gaining too much control over a vital sector of the economy that allows it to abuse its position. In particular there was this worry with Microsoft and its dominance of operating systems allowing it to abuse this to for...
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Stanley McChrystal has been fired from being the US commander in charge of the Afghanistan war. He had made comments about his colleagues such as "Oh, not another e-mail from Holbrooke... I don't even want to open it" about the US special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. And ...
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Violence against women is one of the most widespread human rights abuses affecting the world today. Every day, thousands of women and girls are abused and murdered by their families, raped in armed conflicts and attacked for defending woman's rights. [[http://www.amnesty.org.au/svaw/]] We must ta...
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Currently, The European Union is making an enlargement policy in which four countries are granted the title “candidate”: Turkey, Macedonia, Croatia and Iceland. These four countries have made a notable progress towards EU in the recent years. They have already signed many contracts and standards ...
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Ring-fencing medical knowledge is one of the great grotesqueries of our age (Johann Hari). We live in a world where corporate profits come before hundreds of thousands of human lives. Where the production of cheap life-saving medication is not allowed by international laws that uphold the interes...
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With pension time bombs sprouting across liberal democracies and more and more pensioners being brought below the poverty line this house would privatize pensions. This proposition supports a gradual phasing out of government pensions to be accompanied with a regulatory framework to ensure fair c...
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“Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite -- motto of the French Revolution This debate is about the importance of recognizing in our social structures the fundamental equality of human beings, as human beings. It begs us to ask ourselves what it means to be democratic. The advent of the global age has led t...
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Dictatorship does not necessarily result in development, defined by human well-being(which incorporates education, health, income, and safety from internal and external threats)and even by personal discipline. Furthermore, there is no conclusive evidence proving that either dictatorship nor democ...
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As we get older we need less sleep, forcing teenagers at school to wake up for a long journey into school at the crack of dawn is counterproductive. They would do better starting school later to allow teens to sleep in and be properly awake when they start school.
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We in Scotland believe that there is one nation that shines out to the world as a beacon of social justice. A nation that truly understands that the people need not just a daddy state, or a mummy state, but also a nanny state. This nation, ladies and gentlemen, is of course, Russia.
On July 1...
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International Crime Court, as an international body of United Nations, needs to recognize the cultural diversity of the world. We may not like that children are fighting as we speak; the fact remains that child soldiers are both the tradition and the necessity in some countries. Therefore, we pro...
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"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." - 1 John 4:8 (NIV)
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In one of his first actions as president, Barack Obama has called for Guantanamo Bay to be closed. This proves that a new era and a new direction for America has begun. However, is this the right decision?
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There should be a youth organization in every city.Because youth are the future of country. So it will train them to be a good leader.
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I am writing a Persuasive Research Paper on , if teens who murder be executed .
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Income disparity between the rich and poor, which harasses most government in the world, is getting bigger and bigger. According to an official report that in China 0.4% rich people get control of 70% of wealth. In the U.S. the top one fifth of the population possesses almost two thirds of social...
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has celebrated its 60th anniversary since its defeat of the nationalist government and rise to power in 1949. China has taken big steps forward in its global economic and political standing. However, Tiennamen Square, the Cultural Revolution, and a devastated lan...
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The chancellor George Osborne is claiming that his budget is ‘tough but fair’. The centrepiece of the budget is the raising of VAT. It will rise from its current rate of 17.5% to 20% in January. This, or some other equally severe tax rise, obviously needs to be done in order to help plug the hole...
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Banks are making big profits once again and the pressure is increasing to force them to lend more so that the rest of the economy can bounce back too. However it seems that while profits are going up lending is not. Many businesses need money lent to them if they are to be able to invest in order...
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Normally punishments fit the crime more than the criminal. Countries have big long lists of minimum and maximum sentances for particular crimes. Within this there is a little leaway dependent upon the state of mind of the criminal, repeat offences and what their motivation was.
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There has been a great deal of progress since the Troubles, and many conflicts have been settled, but riots in Belfast last night after the Orange order parades show that there may well still a long way to go. Indeed given how far we have come only to still have violence should it be asked whethe...
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