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Should Trials in the UK be broadcast on live TV?
16 Apr 2012
“State-sanctioned torture is justifiable in exceptional circumstances.”
7 Mar 2012

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Take the dog to work
Dogs are too conventional.  An office parrot would be great.  Also you've forgotten the wonderful calming effect of Marcin's fish tank.
16 Apr 2012
Will money become entirely virtual?
The problem with moving to an entirely electronic form of currency is with accessibility; a common medium of exchange has to be common to all or it just isn't useful. This is...
13 Apr 2012
Rhetological Fallacies
I think there's still one article somewhere that references somewhere else in the debatabase as authority!
11 Apr 2012
There should be a minimum price for alcohol.
  So, you've just read about the plan of Alex Salmond/Nicola Sturgeon/David Cameron (delete as appropriate) to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol and you've got your knickers in a...
26 Mar 2012
Is Mutually Assured Destruction still the biggest threat to the world?
Given that virtually all industry, infrastructure and modern technology is dependent in some way upon oil to function; yes, yes it is a global problem.
23 Mar 2012
Should vegetarians eat lab-grown meat?
If we could engineer livestock that was uncapable of feeling suffering, would that similarly make the moral objection to farming an animal for meat fall away?
23 Mar 2012
Should jobseekers have to do unpaid voluntary work or work placements
The assumption of Jobseeker's Allowance is that the person receiving it should be spending all day searching for work - if you have them doing work then it detracts from the amount of time they...
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23 Mar 2012
Reduce the power of ratings agencies
This would be the 'Privatise EVERYTHING or you get no support' politically neutral IMF?
7 Mar 2012
Reduce the power of ratings agencies
You can't separate the power of the ratings agencies from the power of the ratings; the one would not exist without the other.  You could have more ratings agencies, but for their rating to...
6 Mar 2012

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Will money become entirely virtual?

Should Trials in the UK be broadcast on live TV?

There should be a minimum price for alcohol.

Should vegetarians eat lab-grown meat?

Rhetological Fallacies

Should jobseekers have to do unpaid voluntary work or work placements

Reduce the power of ratings agencies

Is Mutually Assured Destruction still the biggest threat to the world?

Take the dog to work

“State-sanctioned torture is justifiable in exceptional circumstances.”

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