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Colin Helling

  • I strongly agree that abortion should be legal
  • I'm not sure that affirmative action should be mandatory.
  • I strongly disagree that the death penalty should be legal.
  • I'm not sure that drugs should be legal.
  • I strongly agree that environmental protection should be mandatory.
  • I slightly agree that euthanasia (human) should be legal.
  • I strongly agree that global warming exists.
  • I strongly agree that labour unions should exist.
  • I strongly disagree that late-term abortion should be legal.
  • I strongly agree that the minimum wage should be mandatory.
  • I slightly disagree that missile defence systems should exist.
  • I strongly agree that national health care should be provided.
  • I'm not sure that racial/ethnic profiling should occur.
  • I strongly agree that progressive tax should exist.
  • I strongly agree that social security / welfare should exist.
  • I strongly agree that the United Nations should exist.
  • I'm not sure that the War on Terror is necessary.

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Should the opposition parties be able to propose referendum questions?
16 Jul 2012

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Should there be an international minimum wage?
Yunus wrote: This minimum wage would be an integral part of reforming the industry, which would help to prevent future tragedies. We have to make international companies understand that while the...
14 May 2013
This House would lower the voting age to 16
I suspect only a small proportion of the electorate truely understand the issues. As you say the maturity question is an odd one, I suspect if I had been able to vote in the 2001 general election,...
13 May 2013
Should the United States pass the buck?
Buck passing makes it sound like it has been a US choice; Im not convinced. The only evidence really is Libya. For Syria it is less a matter of buck passing more a matter of actually following the UN...
13 May 2013
Should politicians have to make financial disclosures?
Im very keen on transparency in principle. However in light of the fact that we know for example that the Senators who voted against Gun control recieved money from the gun lobby does it really...
19 Apr 2013
Does the press regulation being adopted in the UK undermine freedom of the press?
I guess you could say there is a difference between freedom of speech and freedom to influence; after all if reporters are forced to tow an editorial line, then are they really exercising freedom of...
19 Mar 2013
Does the press regulation being adopted in the UK undermine freedom of the press?
I've found the howls of anquish from the press over this absolutely bizzare. How can it possibly be the end of the free press when signing up is entirely voluntary? Not signing up just means that...
19 Mar 2013
Rather encouraging observation I've recently made is that more politicians in European major countries are becoming relevant..
Lott wrote: ... We hate catering for the regimes just based on theft! ... Now of course the EU is officially in favour of theft.
18 Mar 2013
fast food is a healthier option
Anis Yew wrote: ... diet coke ... Wakey wakey, since when was diet coke actually a healthy option? One cannot deny that fast food has improved their selection of healthy alternatives, thats good,...
18 Mar 2013
This House would intervene to prevent the collapse of the state in other countries.
More importantly should such an intervention be funded from the Defence or Aid budgets!!!!
21 Feb 2013
Should nations apologise for past mistakes?
booji wrote: Amritsar seems to be a clear cut case where Britain did bad things. It was clearly a Briton who ordered the killing. No one disputes it was a massacre. While the British government...
21 Feb 2013

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Is the end of the drone nigh?
I disagree. Or rather I agree initialy. First most of what we want drones to do is in the ungoverned air spaces, so prophesising their death seems premature. Yes I think you are right that drones...
6 Dec 2012
Is google engaged in ethnic profiling?
In some ways I hate the way google appears to target people in their advertising. But that may be because I loath advertising in general. To be honest the end result: that people get adverts that...
27 Nov 2012
Should terrorists be executed?
I am against the Death Penalty so no terrorists should not be executed. I might also add that it is often the case that executing these people is giving them exactly what they want, matryrdom, even...
22 Nov 2012
This House believes that free speech in the UK should include social media
I rather wish that in return for malicious posts on the internet not being criminal they could be covered by the normal rules of decorum. A lot of people are far nastier in online discussions than...
20 Nov 2012
This House believes that there should be a presumption in favour of publication for information held by public bodies
I think the recent legal fight between the Scottish government and the Scottish information commissioner over legal advice regarding scottish Independence and the EU is an excellent example...
19 Nov 2012
This House would allow biased versions of history to be taught in schools
Bias can be either covert, or overt in History, it cannot be eliminated. Thus better that it is overt and therefore easy to deal with!
19 Nov 2012
(Un)intended confusions
Indeed, Britain has never really thought itself part of Europe. the old joke; Fog in the Channel, Continent cut off. [/little Englander] This explains why in another blog you (Lucian) complained...
9 Oct 2012
(Un)intended confusions
I really dont think the EU had anything to do with making 'Europe' mean the European Union, it is just a short hand that would have come about naturally. Saying the European Union every time...
9 Oct 2012
The people’s vote doesn’t matter anymore
Besides. You do vote for the European Parliament. You do vote for your own government which sits on the European Council, and appoints a Commissioner. Really this complaint is; I dont vote for the...
8 Oct 2012
Between two Unions: Scotland and the EU.
I do not know whether anyone will vote for independence on the basis of 'we have the European Union so what do we need the British Union for'. It seems unlikely, but it is a plausable...
4 Oct 2012

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Discussions

Pupils should have to learn foreign languages as soon as they start school

Does the United States need high speed rail?

This House would colonize the moon

Does the decline of professional journalism deprive us of the independent information necessary for democracy to function?

Abolish the Monarchy?

Should there be an international minimum wage?

Is it enough just to protect endangered species?

Is google engaged in ethnic profiling?

What is ethics?

Europe's new fascism; nothing to be worried about?

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