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drift drinking game

drift claims to believe in "Don't Repeat Yourself" but over the course of debate, certain expressions and argument forms reoccur.more...

Channel4 should not muzzle John McCririck

Channel4 has decided to cut down the airtime of veteran racing commentator John McCririck. He is scheduled to be reduced to the early hours of Saturday morning when no-one over 12 is awake. more...

Audio/E/internet literature versus traditional reading

You don't have to turn the light on to read off your computer-screen. Listening to an audio book is even better(if you miss something:rewind&play:re-play and you don't need a reading light either), listening is also a great way to memorize ideas(especially if your listening to a tape all nigh...more...

Should Channel4 stop showing popular tv sit-com "Friends"?

Channel4 has scheduled the last episode of popular tv sit-com "Friends" this year (2010). Is Friends your favourite programme? Will you miss it? What will happen to channel4 if they stop showing their most popular sit-com? What better show could they make/buy instead?more...

Has President Barack Hussein Obama been a good president?

the debate should encompass manya things what might happen, better candidates( as in who would have been a better option to obama ) and of course criticism to what he has done. more...

Lactic acid training anaerobic exercise: the solution to belly flab problems?

lactic acid training is the latest solution against belly flab, drinking water to reduce water retention is largely effective but it cutting oxygen(through intense interval exercise and sprinting) the solution to tackling aerophagia?more...

English needs a new gender-neutral pronoun.

Saying 'he' or 'she' when talking generally about an unspecified person can be misinterpreted as meaning it only applies to one gender. 'It' is an insult when applied to a human being. 'They' is too confusing as it is also used for the plural. 'One' is slightly archaic, too formal to use in gener...more...

Should we have British summer time all year?

At the moment Britain goes by Greenwich Mean Time(G.M.T), but in the summer the clocks move forward an hour to give brighter evenings and one hour for people to work in. Moving to British summer time all year would however simplify things and have a multitude of other benefits to the economy.more...

Book publishers should prevent E readers from undercutting their books recommended retail price.

Macmillan has won a battle with Amazon, creator of the kindle, on the pricing of its books online. The intent is to try to prevent readers from buying their books online and instead purchase traditional style books. However the lessons of the music industry would seem to imply that in order to p...more...

Do you think a celebrity would make a good minister?

Why should professional politicians be any better at being a minister than anyone else? What extra skills do they have that means they will be successful at running the country? Celebrities are successful in their own fields, they have often taken a hold of their life and made a success out of un...more...

Has Russell Brand gone too far?

Brand is a famously controversial comedian. As recently as July, he caused outrage by making a hoax call claiming he had spotted a man responsible for a series of assaults. However, in a show broadcast on the 16th of October 2008, Brand was involved in perhaps his most controversial performance t...more...

Should we have British summer time all year?

At the moment Britain goes by Greenwich Mean Time(G.M.T), but in the summer the clocks move forward an hour to give brighter evenings and one hour for people to work in. Moving to British summer time all year would however simplify things and have a multitude of other benefits to the economy.more...

Does the media portray youths in a negative way?

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...more...

Are women superior to men?

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...more...

English needs a new gender-neutral pronoun.

Saying 'he' or 'she' when talking generally about an unspecified person can be misinterpreted as meaning it only applies to one gender. 'It' is an insult when applied to a human being. 'They' is too confusing as it is also used for the plural. 'One' is slightly archaic, too formal to use in gener...more...

drift drinking game

drift claims to believe in "Don't Repeat Yourself" but over the course of debate, certain expressions and argument forms reoccur.more...

Labyrinth sequel anyone?

There are a host of possible trailers for the sequel titled 'The return of the goblin King' on YouTube. Labyrinth(1986) seemed to end open-ended.more...

Channel4 should not muzzle John McCririck

Channel4 has decided to cut down the airtime of veteran racing commentator John McCririck. He is scheduled to be reduced to the early hours of Saturday morning when no-one over 12 is awake. more...

Aliens are likely to be just like us.

Simon Conway Morris, professor of evolutionary paleobiology at Cambridge University believes that Aliens are likely to be greedy, violent and wish to exploit the resources of the planet just like humanity. Our abiding image of Aliens is of little men with big heads and immense eyes, but none the ...more...

Is ITV a poisoned chalice?

ITV is one of our biggest broadcasters, a major competitor to the BBC. Yet it seems to be in terminal decline. The position of chief executive should be a plum job, yet the selection for it is a farce. Everyone who is considered seems to not want the job. Does ITV deserve the title of a poisoned ...more...

All forms of gambling should be banned

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...more...

Governments should ban the media from reporting hostage-taking

Hostage taking media coverage, creates sympathy and dialogue for not only the hostages but the hostage-takers, who bring into light their political agenda and strife. They come out as victims/heroes and governments are portrayed as the bad guys who moved them to this 'desperate' criminal act. Gov...more...

Are women superior to men?

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...more...

Are Muslims able to Integrate with British Society

Islam, 'like' many other Religions, promotes active discrimination between Believers & Non-Believers as a part of its core doctrine. Unlike the Bible it has never been Reformed. Quranic Quote Surah 3:28 States "Do not take un-believers as friends...". Such divisions in Brit...more...

Violent video games, music and films are resulting in an increase of violent behaviour and crimes...

With the recent release of GTA IV, a role-playing game where players must commit crimes including homicide, car theft and drug dealing, the subject of violence in the media has been flung into the limelight again. Fingers have also been pointed at certain genres of music and films which portray v...more...

Is the ‘war on terror’ winnable?

The war on terrorism that started after 9/11 is still ongoing, it goes through name changes but the core of the conflict remains the same, we are involved in a conflict against a nebulous group of terrorists. This is not a war in the conventional sense, nor is it winnable in the conventional sens...more...

Obama one year in.

Voters in the US have had their say for the first time since Obama was elected, in several gubernatorial the democrats went down to defeat. Even in New Jersey, normally core democrat territory the democrats were defeated. While opinion of Obama may have plummeted this is no reason to write off hi...more...

Music should be free for all

After the case against NAPSTER, millions of people worldwide,continue to steal and exchange free music on the Internet while the music industry objects, but is the music industry really suffering?? The motion : Music should be freemore...

There is a global pandemic of Caligynephobia (Fear of beautiful women.)

Movies, either portray beautiful women as vile evil vixen/vamps Or victims of extreme torture(those even remotely close(oxymoron) to them suffer tremendously. Women are afraid to be beautiful because of a highly plugged non-existent high correlation between looks and rape. Men are afraid to b...more...

Oxfam is destroying the second hand books industry.

Many have become disillusioned with Oxfam as a charity. Their chain of book stores is said to have become the 'Tesco of the second hand books industry', as it is bigger and more recognisable than individual second hand bookshops. Moreover, it has the advantage of being a charity. Is it killing th...more...

Should tennis entertain off the court as well as on it?

Have Novak Djokovic's entertaining impersonations brought the fun and zing back to tennis or do they simply/only distract (the audience) from the real competition?more...

drift drinking game

drift claims to believe in "Don't Repeat Yourself" but over the course of debate, certain expressions and argument forms reoccur.more...

University education needs to be capped and more selective

With thousands more students graduating from university every year, Britain has more graduates than ever before, and it is becoming harder for potential employers to distinguish candidates by education alone, meaning a degree has less and less value in the workplace.more...

England should make an effort to celebrate St George's day

As St.Patrick's day carnage is just behind us we have an example of a nation united in celebration and patriotism. St.George's day has fallen by the wayside in recent years and even the flag of St George has developed negative connotations of football hooliganism and the racism of the National Fr...more...

Time magazine's persons of the year are destined to fall subsequently.

A large number of Time magazine's Persons of the Year fail in the years following their anointing: Chiang Kai-Shek (1937), Adolf Hitler (1938/1939), Joseph Stalin (1939,1940 and 1942), Lyndon Johnson (1964 and 1967), Gen. William Westmoreland (1965), Richard Nixon (1971 and cowinner in 1972). Is ...more...

Should Carol Thatcher have been sacked?

Carol Thatcher recently added her own name to the list of celebrities who put their feet in their mouths: remarking that a well-known tennis player was a 'golliwog'. But does this justify her being sacked? more...

A ban on Pirate Bay would prevent illegal downloading

A case has been brought to Stockholm regarding the file sharing website 'Pirate Bay'. With such a flagrant and obvious offender being brought to court for its implied authorisation of illegal downloading, this case has the potential of setting a new legal precedent. But will the decision of the S...more...

A new top level domain for global good

Can introducing a new top level domain with all websites using the domain either contributing to a social/enviro fund or committing a percent of revenues to good causes help solve converging global challenges? more...

China is to blame for the failure at Copenhagen.

There is plenty of blame to go around for the failure to reach much of an agreement on climate change at Copenhagen. AoSIS and the G77 pushed too hard preventing a deal between negotiators. The US would not shift their position. Chavez and other left wing Latin American governments tried to destr...more...

Everything is fair in love even cheating

As Shakespeare said, all’s fair in love and war, which must include cheating. Humans weren’t intended to stay in monogamous relationships for as long as we do now. Cheating is natural and inevitable and therefore should not be condemned.more...
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