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• Arabs say education pointless without free speech 14 janvier 2011 08:08

  if audience is not used to free speech/critical thinking, why do u expect them to vote for the more sensible option... the vote may well be meaningless ..TR was disappointing ! was expecting a better quality debate

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  • Arabs say education pointless (...) 14 janvier 2011 11:43

    I think that’s a bit too easy, them not being used to free speech doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t have an opinion... Anyway, I do think, as the counterparty stated, some forms of education still have their value, even without freedom of expression. But it has it’s limits, and I think both parties would agree on that.

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• Doha Debate : Education pointless without free speech ? 14 janvier 2011 21:27, par Laila

  A new generation is reaping the fruits of freedom of speech in Tunis. And a poet in Egypt is confirming what your side of the debate is saying :
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTxh...

  You made a great case for the purpose of education and freedom of speech.

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• Doha Debate : Education pointless without free speech ? 16 janvier 2011 21:03, par ameer raschid

  The actual wording of the motion used the word "worthless" not "pointless" and worthless is much stronger than pointless. If we play around with the language worthless as a single word is different from worth less as its opposite worth more also can change the meaning of the motion which leave no room for compromise and is not realistic. Education is a tool for various disciplines and conclusions can always be questioned when seeking the truth even in science.Authoritarianism does not allow for dissent but education is needed to discern the truth whether it can be openly expressed or not. It is certainly worth more with freedom of expression and worth less without it but not worthless. Can we really say that acquiring knowledge is worthless without freedom of expression ? Perhaps only when you cannot use it for the purpose for which it is intended.

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  • Doha Debate : Education pointless (...) 16 janvier 2011 21:24, par sarah

    This is an intrinsic flaw of the whole concept of ’Doha debates’ : they always end up discussing the content of the motion rather than the theme at hand.

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• Doha Debate : Education pointless without free speech ? 25 mars 2011 02:33, par Riyaz

  For a moment I found reading, ’This forum is moderated beforehand : your contribution will only appear after being validated by a site administrator’ before I could comment on a debate discussing freedom of speech ironical, though people do know the real intent of it’s presence.

  From what I gathered, what the opposition was actually debating for was a right to livelihood and an opportunity to train for it. This should be considered apart from what education actually stands for which is the reformation of man.

  People migrate to the west as well as the opportunity giving middle eastern countries because they can make a living. If they really valued human reform they would’t migrate to the middle east. What actually happens is that a people whose mind is dead come to a land which is dead of ideas, just to make money and basically that is the crux of what they are missing. People need to wake up.

  My comment should be taken for it’s generality and not for it’s absoluteness. People would understand I am sure.

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• Doha Debate : Education pointless without free speech ? 7 septembre 2011 20:01, par A.K

  Education without freedom of speech is not education : it is instruction. You receive the keys without having the right of opening doors.

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• Doha Debate : Education pointless without free speech ? 7 septembre 2011 20:03, par A.K

  The keys are not worthless, but they become unsufficient.

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