Hi Alistair, great to hear from you! With regard to public debating it's something I think people should give a go and see if it is for them, if you came to a workshop you'll be able to see what it's like along with getting a feel for the society. Also you may be interested in our public debates if you want to see some good arguments.

We'd love for you to contribute with an occasional weighty blog! You can write it on whatever you like, whenever you like and it will give you the chance to get really engaged with some good arguments. If you'd like to blog then e-mail us at and we'll get in touch.

livvysidhe: I need to be writing an essay on Dante’s Purgatory, but I’ve been hit with a huge wave of headache and ickiness.

Obama doesnt like to argue.
Obama only likes to mimic and "borrow words"

It's a very interesting story and I am enjoying reading it, takes a lot of courage do actually go through with it. But as far as you not hearing any good arguments against the existence of a god I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense. Your statement should have read “You have yet to hear any good arguments for/against the existence of god” since no evidence exists either way. As they say though “the proof is in the pudding” and the fact that nobody in the many documented years of human history has ever revealed any sort of proof is evidence enough. Also the fact that there have been religions for centuries that have remarkably similar origin stories to the origin of christianity is just too coincedental. Watch the movie zeitgeist (if you haven't already) on their website and let me know what you think. I'd be very interested to hear.

in the bullets just use the title of the chart (ie – Internet Users) or the title of the article (ie – water shortage).
the bullets should say what you would be writing in an essay – your evidence to back up what you think China will be like in 10 years. But instead of an essay you are drawing a picture – the bullets are just a little extra to explain the pic.

Those might be good arguments for a company that’s just starting out and doesn’t have a clear idea how fast they’ll grow. They can standardize on cloud-based apps from the get-go, then add and subtract Chromebooks to match their headcount.
It might also be good for companies with fairly low-skill employees and lots of turnover — think call centers, for instance. In that case, it might sense to have a pool of shared notebooks with a few basic apps on them and simply swap users in and out by changing the accounts.
Finally, Google is offering a cheaper program for schools and government agencies — only $20 per user per month. Those markets are really cost-sensitive and so might be easier to crack — just like they’re good candidates for Google Apps today.
But for most businesses that use Windows PCs (or Macs) today, Chromebooks will be a non-starter.

Should your Ebook be free or paid for? There are good arguments for both views:

I think it’s more of an arms race between people with skills to craft good arguments that can convince people to reach a consensus (never mind if the argument is true or not–it just has to be convincing), versus people with exquisite BS detectors. The evolutionary benefit of being able to convince other people to reach a consensus is that you don’t always have to fight to the death with someone to get a group to do the optimal thing.

How to go about writing an essay –

Alfred cheated on him
Alfred's become a drunk
Arthur gets bad memories when he looks at Alfred (like the Revolution, the fact that he raised him, etc.)
Alfred became abusive
Arthur cheated and feels guilty

I love UsUk and Hetalia

Good luck

that's tough. I guess i couldn't write a good essay on this. Anyway,are you asking for the points to be included or just want to ask whether we could write it?