It struck me as a form of the appeal to «civility», a well - worn tactic for derailing
debates about important things into arguments about tone rather than substance.
Not exact matches
The
important thing about this is that it provides the opportunity for a real
debate on the monarchy itself and make the public think
about what happens when this second Elizabethan era comes to an end.
Under neo-liberalism it's become quite clear that we can drown in proceduralism — there's no problem keeping people busy with paperwork and accountability, or in the case of deliberative democrats for example, we can have
important debates about how to redraw and then defend the borders of a democratic country legitimately — but if all those
things take up all our time, we'll look up from our papers and our borders one day, and see that there isn't anything left to fight over.
These legislators, some of the finest and most dedicated in the General Assembly, had
important things to say
about the «education reform»
debate.
While there is much
debate about the success of school reform, there is one
thing almost everyone, on all sides of the
debate, agrees on — teachers are the most
important school resource.
In the
debate, even if it is hard to see the benefits of your opponent, but remember talking
about the living, he or she wants to be appreciated and respected
thing is very
important.