Sentences with phrase «legitimate debate between»

A man in the back of the room shouts, «Legitimate debate between climate denial and death?»

There were legitimate debates between scientists working in this field about how reliable different kinds of proxy data are and what are the limits, what are the uncertainties, and then there were the dishonest attacks against the science.

Not exact matches

Cameron's personal involvement in the story has ensured that the debate over the use of tax havens has generated more heat than light, with little distinction being made between the mere use of tax - neutral jurisdictions to manage international investment, which in itself is legitimate, and criminal tax evasion.

Would it not be satisfying if the debate between atheism and theism turned out to have been so stubborn because the truth was in neither, as traditionally conceived, but in a middle ground not by any means a weak compromise between them but a clear - cut alternative as definite and legitimate, formally regarded, as any other?

But though Article 2 of the Charter sought to outlaw any use of armed force between or among states except in defense against aggression, it did not clearly define what counted as aggression — a matter that remains unsettled, as the recent debate over what counts as legitimate preemption testifies.

I know there's always a debate between those who read the Bible literally and those who don't, and I think it's a legitimate debate within the Christian community of which I'm a part.

«I know there's always a debate between those who read the Bible literally and those who don't, and that I think it's a legitimate debate within the Christian community of which I'm a part.

Your call for two - party debates between Cuomo and Astorino unfairly marginalizes legitimate third - party candidates, treating them as a mere sideshow to the main event.

Instead, we should have a legitimate policy debate between the center - right and the center - left on what to do about climate change.

Good journalism should never exclude legitimate voices from a debate of public interest, but it also needs to distinguish between carefully - checked fact and distorted misrepresentations in complex and divisive areas like this.