Comments for http://mybigdebate.com Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:12:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on About THE BIG DEBATE by admin http://mybigdebate.com?cpage=1#comment-23204 admin Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:12:26 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?page_id=2#comment-23204 Hi Catherine Thanks for the comment. You should be able to reach us at bigdebatesouthafrica@gmail.com. Regards The Producers Hi Catherine

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]]> Comment on About THE BIG DEBATE by Catherine Gibbons http://mybigdebate.com?cpage=1#comment-22938 Catherine Gibbons Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:46:23 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?page_id=2#comment-22938 Please keep me informed on these very interesting subjects. I would like to attend the debate on Arts and Culture tomorrow evening as the provincial coordinator for FET Arts Gr 10-12 at the Gauteng department of Education. Unfortunately my booking request was returned. Please can I have a contact tel number? Please keep me informed on these very interesting subjects. I would like to attend the debate on Arts and Culture tomorrow evening as the provincial coordinator for FET Arts Gr 10-12 at the Gauteng department of Education. Unfortunately my booking request was returned. Please can I have a contact tel number?

]]> Comment on About THE BIG DEBATE by Marius Yannick Binyou-Bi-Homb http://mybigdebate.com?cpage=1#comment-19982 Marius Yannick Binyou-Bi-Homb Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:08:09 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?page_id=2#comment-19982 Hello. i did not know tha such a thing existed. Congrats BBC. Cameroon will organize the 3rd edition of its National Universities Debating Championship in Douala from November 4 to 11 and the 1st edition of Nationa Schools debating Championshp the same month. How can webenefit from your mediatic support? Debate formats: British parliamentary Debate Format and karl Popper Format Hello. i did not know tha such a thing existed. Congrats BBC. Cameroon will organize the 3rd edition of its National Universities Debating Championship in Douala from November 4 to 11 and the 1st edition of Nationa Schools debating Championshp the same month. How can webenefit from your mediatic support? Debate formats: British parliamentary Debate Format and karl Popper Format

]]> Comment on New 3: FOREIGN POLICY by eltito http://mybigdebate.com/?p=137&cpage=1#comment-13842 eltito Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:27:03 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?p=137#comment-13842 Responsibility and humanity is sold to the highest paycheck. Responsibility and humanity is sold to the highest paycheck.

]]> Comment on WD3: ENGLISH: DOES MINING BENEFIT AFRICA? by Barry Nkomo http://mybigdebate.com/?p=266&cpage=1#comment-7555 Barry Nkomo Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:41:03 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?p=266#comment-7555 Those whom thier livelihood is directly affected by mining operations should and must scrutinize the contracts and agreements that are signed- first and foremost. In South Africa there is a law that governs that, however, the problem lies with the implementation and legal practicalities. Big corporations and host governments must account as to how a value-chain will be created for the benefit of the citizenry. Second economies must develop concrete plans that link mining with other beneficiation industries. We must be able to use this kind of inter-dependence to strike a balance. Those whom thier livelihood is directly affected by mining operations should and must scrutinize the contracts and agreements that are signed- first and foremost. In South Africa there is a law that governs that, however, the problem lies with the implementation and legal practicalities. Big corporations and host governments must account as to how a value-chain will be created for the benefit of the citizenry. Second economies must develop concrete plans that link mining with other beneficiation industries. We must be able to use this kind of inter-dependence to strike a balance.

]]> Comment on WD3: ENGLISH: DOES MINING BENEFIT AFRICA? by Sulemanu Koney http://mybigdebate.com/?p=266&cpage=1#comment-7499 Sulemanu Koney Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:32:41 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?p=266#comment-7499 I work with the Ghana Chamber of Mines in the capacity as the Director of Analysis, Research and Finance. I would be very grateful if you can send me the transcript of this debate. Thank you. I work with the Ghana Chamber of Mines in the capacity as the Director of Analysis, Research and Finance. I would be very grateful if you can send me the transcript of this debate. Thank you.

]]> Comment on WD3: ENGLISH: DOES MINING BENEFIT AFRICA? by Lango Simbeye http://mybigdebate.com/?p=266&cpage=1#comment-7358 Lango Simbeye Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:46:51 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?p=266#comment-7358 Very refreshing to see a deeper debate about the issues that really matter and it had to take the BBC and not our very own ZNBC..anyway that s another debate.I agree with Clare Short that we should be using the mineral wealth more so now than ever before to stimulate growth in other areas...The foregn direct investment that Felix Mutati sings about is misplaced ,making it condusive for foreign investers bla bla bla,. what about the youth of Zambia????.The minearl wealth should be used to prepare the younger generation for leadership,business creation,creativity...that means education,making loans available,creating policy that positions them in a more competetive situation.We better get our act straight ,this not a time to be selfish Very refreshing to see a deeper debate about the issues that really matter and it had to take the BBC and not our very own ZNBC..anyway that s another debate.I agree with Clare Short that we should be using the mineral wealth more so now than ever before to stimulate growth in other areas…The foregn direct investment that Felix Mutati sings about is misplaced ,making it condusive for foreign investers bla bla bla,. what about the youth of Zambia????.The minearl wealth should be used to prepare the younger generation for leadership,business creation,creativity…that means education,making loans available,creating policy that positions them in a more competetive situation.We better get our act straight ,this not a time to be selfish

]]> Comment on New 6: ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT by Claudio Perley http://mybigdebate.com/?p=172&cpage=1#comment-4543 Claudio Perley Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:47:34 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?p=172#comment-4543 My partner and i have actually already been looking into photo voltaic energy for just about a yr and my partner and i finally made the commitment based mostly upon the mix of governtment incentive opportunities together with exceptionally cost-effective loans. The two of us have now really been looking into solar for nearly a yr and as a consequence the two of us last but not least made the actual decision based mostly on the blend of the governtment incentive packages together with exceptionally cost effective financing. I actually wasn't able to believe how cheap the program ended up being and as a consequence my spouse and i will have already been a solar power family for around a 4 weeks and furthermore almost everything seem to be as though it is working out very good. We can also actually sit back and watch exactly how very much power our organization aer saving every single week and so it is truly extremely awesome. I alway suspected that photo voltaic is backed by just a whole lot of hype then again I can convey to anyone the fact that the product is the real deal. I wish we had done this many years ago. My partner and i have actually already been looking into photo voltaic energy for just about a yr and my partner and i finally made the commitment based mostly upon the mix of governtment incentive opportunities together with exceptionally cost-effective loans. The two of us have now really been looking into solar for nearly a yr and as a consequence the two of us last but not least made the actual decision based mostly on the blend of the governtment incentive packages together with exceptionally cost effective financing. I actually wasn’t able to believe how cheap the program ended up being and as a consequence my spouse and i will have already been a solar power family for around a 4 weeks and furthermore almost everything seem to be as though it is working out very good. We can also actually sit back and watch exactly how very much power our organization aer saving every single week and so it is truly extremely awesome. I alway suspected that photo voltaic is backed by just a whole lot of hype then again I can convey to anyone the fact that the product is the real deal. I wish we had done this many years ago.

]]> Comment on WD2: Português: A homossexualidade é contra-Africana? by André Eurico http://mybigdebate.com/?p=247&cpage=1#comment-4492 André Eurico Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:43:04 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?p=247#comment-4492 No one has been born to be what he/she should be throughout his/her life. All of us face deep social transformations repressions, both physical and mental as the heavy social influence and restrictions are imposed upon us. Africa traditionally loved and protected life, above all. Let's not forget that colonisation disrupted our local very human way of trearting people, by turning people in simply working robots and treated as animals mkost of the time. I may be misleading to generalise this for all the African continent, but African communities are many prioritising life above all other things. Gays/Guys existed since then, therefore, there was social orientation to make them what the society valued most at the time. Many got married and bore children though their natural orientation was not to partner with opposite sexes. They were not the only ones to be diverted from their will and desires, we had and have as well those moulded to be criminals, robberers, just to mention a few psychosocial divertions as far as the contextually approved social ethic and valued principles were/are concerned at the time our one birth and development. I am not saying they must not leave as they are doing now, but the context of today in terms of sexual orientation is based on lesse-faire arousing more problems rather than simply homosexual issues. We need simply to look into HIV/AIDS spread to understand that we have a wrong sexual orientation today everywere. As we speak about gays/guys we should also speak about polygamy, open and hidden, and other social behaviours permited under democracy and free will in most of our societies. We have today more free societies and the best ones are those where the level of well framed education is high, but the rest simply represents the unsafe or quit impossible for any one to enjoy safe, free, responsible and abundant life. When this free and quit irresponsible will is brought to societies with less opportunities to well framed education we are just moulding criminal robots with no capacity to make sacrifice to promote others to better life as well. To me the homosexuality may not be the issue, but how do we as a society mould and educate our ofsprings and try to undersdtand their wishes is the issue. Education should be the matter and freedom shall be granted to any sexual orientation but promoting and protecting life and lives and dignity of all members of society. No one has been born to be what he/she should be throughout his/her life. All of us face deep social transformations repressions, both physical and mental as the heavy social influence and restrictions are imposed upon us.

Africa traditionally loved and protected life, above all. Let’s not forget that colonisation disrupted our local very human way of trearting people, by turning people in simply working robots and treated as animals mkost of the time. I may be misleading to generalise this for all the African continent, but African communities are many prioritising life above all other things. Gays/Guys existed since then, therefore, there was social orientation to make them what the society valued most at the time. Many got married and bore children though their natural orientation was not to partner with opposite sexes. They were not the only ones to be diverted from their will and desires, we had and have as well those moulded to be criminals, robberers, just to mention a few psychosocial divertions as far as the contextually approved social ethic and valued principles were/are concerned at the time our one birth and development. I am not saying they must not leave as they are doing now, but the context of today in terms of sexual orientation is based on lesse-faire arousing more problems rather than simply homosexual issues. We need simply to look into HIV/AIDS spread to understand that we have a wrong sexual orientation today everywere. As we speak about gays/guys we should also speak about polygamy, open and hidden, and other social behaviours permited under democracy and free will in most of our societies.

We have today more free societies and the best ones are those where the level of well framed education is high, but the rest simply represents the unsafe or quit impossible for any one to enjoy safe, free, responsible and abundant life. When this free and quit irresponsible will is brought to societies with less opportunities to well framed education we are just moulding criminal robots with no capacity to make sacrifice to promote others to better life as well. To me the homosexuality may not be the issue, but how do we as a society mould and educate our ofsprings and try to undersdtand their wishes is the issue. Education should be the matter and freedom shall be granted to any sexual orientation but promoting and protecting life and lives and dignity of all members of society.

]]> Comment on WD2: Português: A homossexualidade é contra-Africana? by Isaias Chicola http://mybigdebate.com/?p=247&cpage=1#comment-4420 Isaias Chicola Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:44:09 +0000 http://mybigdebate.com/?p=247#comment-4420 O homossexualismo nao é apenas contra a africanidade; é essencialmente contra o criador. Nao existe na Biblia indicio nenhum que denote a aprovacao do homossexualismo; alias, Sodoma e Gomorra foram destruidos em partes por essa imoralidade. EM Rm. 1 vemos Deus a entregar as pessoas às suas proprias paixao por perverterem o natural. EM Suma o Homossexualismo é abominaçao a Deus. No entanto acredito que nossa missao nao é perseguir ou odeiar os homossexuais, mas sim COMPAIXÃO. Isaias Chicola Angolano O homossexualismo nao é apenas contra a africanidade; é essencialmente contra o criador. Nao existe na Biblia indicio nenhum que denote a aprovacao do homossexualismo; alias, Sodoma e Gomorra foram destruidos em partes por essa imoralidade. EM Rm. 1 vemos Deus a entregar as pessoas às suas proprias paixao por perverterem o natural.
EM Suma o Homossexualismo é abominaçao a Deus.
No entanto acredito que nossa missao nao é perseguir ou odeiar os homossexuais, mas sim COMPAIXÃO.
Isaias Chicola
Angolano

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