Sentences with phrase «important social debate»

But I feel the need the register that the comparison between the utterly ridiculous and the very real and important social debate is isn't one that flies too well for me.

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Of course the irony is that the current debt ceiling debate does not address any of the very important longer term fiscal issues that face the US such as Medicare funding and other booming social costs that lay ahead — these issues are not even on the table.

Mr Diamond claimed Mr Ngole's comments were presented in a «private / social as opposed to professional» setting, adding: «Mr Ngole's expression of his beliefs was a genuine contribution to an important public debate.»

That Kierkegaard's thought is an important contribution to the debates over social and political philosophy is my firm belief, as against those who would dismiss such an idea with a wave of the hand and a chuckle.

Even scholars of Christian history often conclude that political and social conflicts really have been more important than doctrinal debates.

Via Shaun Dakin, important news about Trump's and Clinton's social - media support around the last presidential debate: A University of Oxford study indicates [Trump] may have had some help in the form of pro-Trump Twitter bots.

Mostly this is a terminological or theoretical debate about classifying social stratification of power and which social stratifications of power are important.

Last week Republican leaders introduced a bill to privatize Social Security, and the American people deserve an undistracted debate on it, Medicare, jobs, and other important issues.»

One was the substance of the debate, which is important for Western science - based societies and has long - range implications for the books our children read, the science they are taught, the logic by which national decisions ranging from social policy to military intervention will be reached.

Debating the injustices felt by mature women who decide on dating a younger guy, at the social level, is an extremely important project.

Illich would use CIDOC as an experiment in education and as a center for discussions and debates on important social topics of the day.

I believe ACER has a significant contribution to make to important education debates in the UK and other EU countries, in particular addressing the challenge of under - achievement of disadvantaged children and contributing to the UK government's national plan to improve social mobility through education: Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential.

Above all, we wish to make explicit our belief that the issues being discussed in the CITE Journal are important for the field and ought to be debated and discussed by all social studies professionals.

Potentially this is an important omission given the current Social Security reform debate.

Dr. Nussbaum's ethical look at the roles of anger and forgiveness in politics and her ideas for anger's productive uses through thoughtful protest, social action, and healthy debate are important messages for everyone.»

I actually responded to an entry made about this post but I thought it was a valid contribution to the general thread of debate here: The general feel I have for services like Twitter is that they provide a very easy and very simple way to get the information and thoughts out there for people who don't want the responsibility of running a blog, want to avoid the invasive data - mining of the social network and very quickly fire off something witty, something silly, something topical or genuinely answer that all important Twitter question... What are they doing?

«Here in Washington, D.C., one of the hottest debates around the Barack Obama administration's fight against climate change is perhaps the most important number you've never heard of: The social cost of carbon (SCC).»

«We want more people to participate in our democratic life and democratic institutions, and social media is an important part of that, but we also do not want social media to be a chill in what needs to be the commons, what needs to be available for public debate,» she said.

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Joined by social media, internet and gaming experts, the youth delegates debated and discussed this important topic in groups, pitching their final ideas to a panel of judges, including Professor Tanya Byron.