Sentences with phrase «where political debates»

As the proposed law will apply to many online services, including social networks, online paper publications, etc., where political debates are often had, the chilling effect on expression could be very tangible.

That is still where political debates are won and lost.

Not exact matches

The political calendar in Washington — where Republicans are occupied with a make - or - break debate over tax legislation — means there is little prospect of a dramatic breakthrough or angry walkout in Mexico City this week.

This is where most of the political debate happens currently, whether an estate tax unnecessarily de-incentivizes earning.

Drawing upon evidence from the debates over healthcare reform in both the U.S. and the U.K., where Palin's propagation of the idea of death panels and Labour's insistence that Gove's reforms constituted privatisation «pure and simple» served only to confuse and scare the wider public, Thompson argued that misleading and emotive language is making political reform and compromise harder to achieve.

First and foremost, where political studies are concerned, this neglect had been linked with the development of the discipline itself and its debate in and toward non-Western states and societies specifically (see, e.g., Anderson 1987:1; Green 1993:517 — 518).

The forum was the first in a new series called the Campbell Debates, where panelists are asked to argue for or against asking rich people to pay more — a question deeply rooted in this year's presidential election, Occupy Wall Street protests and the tea party's dissatisfaction with traditional political parties.

«Too often debates about AV are less like political arguments, and more like scientific discussions, where people get lost in a language of proportionality and preferences, probabilities and possibilities.

But we can say one thing: those attacks and Ukip's rhetoric both come from the same place: a place of division and hate and animosity, a place where the immigration debate is stripped of political language and turned into something personal.

The last of the series of debates involving youth representatives of the various political parties, has ended at the University of Ghana campus, Legon, where debaters tackled unemployment and corruption among others.

This hierarchy is often reflected in political priorities, and one current debate where this may be seen is the discussion over prioritising house building over the protection of the countryside.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries sending communications to influential men was, for many early female voters, the most effective way of influencing political debate in a period where public speaking was frowned upon.

Even the debate, sparked by Russell Brand's rallying cry on Newsnight, as to where we can look for a political alternative to the three mainstream parties has rarely included a mention of what the Green party has to offer.

We're doing well with the economy we've got a good set of messages but they're all about your head and what people are worried about here [in Thurrock, where Doyle - Price is MP], you'll hear people talking about immigration, they say to us we've not done enough about immigration, we've not done enough about welfare, actually we've done a lot, but what we need to do is talk in a narrative that people understand and can engage with because too often our political debate looks managerial and bland and that's why people here don't think that politicians speak for them.

But now, at the point in the political cycle where they have most leeway, the reluctance to debate and resolve differences limits their influence within the Coalition.

For all of her wariness as a political figure, Ms. Mark - Viverito has embraced at least one high - exposure arena: She maintains a voluble, bilingual Twitter account, where she picks moments to join the national political debate («The #GOP2016 clown car getting a little crowded!»

But he gave that up, realizing that «I won't be able to express what I want to express as a scientist, I am obliged to refute lies with political ends during the whole debate, and hence I enter a game where I myself become a political militant,» he says.

racial groups who don't attend your church), anything having to do with world cup / soccer (euro, australian, and south american guys), political disscussion groups — where you have a debate over dinner, and chess / poker groups.

The IA monitors political and legislative activity in all 50 states and is active in about half the Capitols each year, focusing on states where Internet legislation and policies are being debated.

It's like those CNN political debate graphs where they show male and female reactions to what the candidate is saying.

Everything else is like we're in a political or racial debate when it's like, I am who I am and I'm proud of where I come from and what I'm about.

We'll have to wait until it's actually produced to find that out) that focuses on the intense world of three presidential debates, where millions of dollars and months of campaigning are whittled down to 270 minutes of extremely public political theatre.

But most of the film takes place in the drawing rooms and debating chambers of Washington, where we watch Lincoln at work as a very pragmatic political animal.

At 13/14, students take part in a political Ignite where they formally debate key contemporary issues using Oxford - style debating rules (e.g. «This house believes Britain should leave the E.U.»).

The question is — is this debate really about attracting and retaining good teachers or is it about some political maneuvering where the «message» is more important than reality?

Although many over emphasize the social aspects of such an event, I found the most stimulating conversations I've had in years happening in the auditorium tent where borders — political, spatial, ideological and imagined — were debated and stretched to their limits through heady discussion from artists and the public alike.

But in Poland — a country where museums are regular sites of protest, the morality and purpose of art are publicly debated in ongoing culture wars, and an Israeli artist representing the country in Venice could arguably found a political party — this distinction hardly matters.

In today's political world of binary debates, is there a way to get traction simultaneously on both deployment of today's clean tech where it makes the most sense and on greatly boosting spending on fundamental science related to energy systems?

I can understand why a politician says the science is settled — as Barack Obama did... in the State of the Union Address, where he said the «debate is over» — because if your mission is to create a political momentum then it helps to brand the other side as a «Flat Earth Society» (as he did last June).

A few points that have caught my interest so far: • dealing with complex problems using complex tools, ideas • the idea of reconciliation in scientific debates is to try different approaches in an experimental meeting for attempting nonviolent communication in impassioned debates where there is disagreement • reconciliation is not about consensus, but rather creating an arena where we can have honest disagreement • violence in this debate derives from the potential impacts of climate change and the policy options, and differing political and cultural notions of risk and responsibility.

Issuing statements of «consensus» or «authority» is antithetical to good science, and especially so in circumstances where the originating organizations have been established with political intent, have acted to restrict public debate or have a financial conflict of interest.

The reason, Leiserowitz suspects, is that outside of political and green spheres — where the debate is certain to be ferocious over the coming months, and into the midterm elections — the general public isn't particularly engaged on these issues, or even very clear on the specifics.

Concern about the scientizing of political debates is, IMO, an interesting question — but examining that question isn't well - served by selective analysis about where the roots of the problem lay.

So when we examine the climate change debate we should consider whether this issue is like a dispassionate scientific question where we may assume that the math will be used in a neutral manner or is it like a financial or political issue where no sensible person would accept the assumption of neutrality.

They are in a different realm, one where they must now win the political debate.

A three - year preparatory process culminates in one week of sessions, debates and cultural activities, where all stakeholders with an interest in water issues come together to push for strong political commitment for a greater priority to be given to appropriate water management strategies.

Unlike other political and religious debates, this is where Reason should triumph over Passion - and hasn't, unfortunately.

The reason why the Australian public think that there is only a 58 % agreement between climate scientists is because the debate in the popular media is mostly political where anything seems to be said rather than it being a scientific debate based on evidence.

Some passionate disagreement — the antithesis of a silent consensus — would in many ways be preferable, and put climate change where it deserves to be: at the centre (not the periphery) of political debates.

Debates over climate change are just the beginning, yet it is exemplary in that preconceived ideologies and political rhetoric are elevated to the point where they can confront peer - reviewed scientific findings.

Editor's note: Once upon a time, political arguments over the content of science education focused on a single topic: evolution.While it would be wonderful to think that such debates ended with the Scopes Monkey Trial, I live in Missouri... where some members of our legislature still think our science classrooms are the proper places for ideological debates.

That's where the focus of the political debate about waste products should be.

The «settled» debate seems to be the political one for Paris where the white papers of the folks that matter are now being (or have already been) drawn up.

Making a case like you have made is basically a political argument, where much of this debate lies.

One of the exceptions is Sweden, where the decision did cause «intense political and policy debates» (p. 256).

In an environment where dealing with illegal immigration is a hotly debated political issue, stories like these are particularly charged.

The context is a libel case where the judge talks about the «astounding quantity and variety of commentaries on issues of public interest, ranging from political debate in the House of Commons,... Continue reading SCC comments on blogging

«I hope that we don't go down the route in this country where political considerations play a part in the appointment of judges,» Lidington told MPs in response to calls from his own party for a debate on giving MPs a say in the selection of the judges ahead of the Art 50 case.

We met and became friends in college where we competed on the school's debate team and graduated from the same program with a degree in Political Economy.