YES # Celebrities’ larger than life status can move supporters to blindly vote for a candidate, especially when media too tries to over-pitch all the glitter. # Backing from someone like Oprah Winfrey is bound to make a difference in US...

With 1.6 billion people overweight worldwide, obesity is now recognised as a major global health threat - even in the developing world. YES # Yes, it really augurs very badly for the future health of the population as we see more and more obese people...

Kenya is burning, Iraq is burning, Pakistan is burning ‘ Yes, Democracy can’t be perfect, however, it’s demanding more and more blood than ever. Developing a democratic movement in all regions of the world is increasingly becoming...

# If policy on drugs is in future to be pragmatic not moralistic, driven by ethics not dogma, then the current prohibitionist stance will have to be swept away as unworkable and immoral. Such a strategy leads inevitably to the legalisation and...

YES # Patients who lead an unhealthy lifestyle should be denied treatment and taxed more. # We have a responsibility to be healthy and why should taxpayers fund unhealthy lifestyles of irresponsible citizens. NO # Taxes should be increased on...

YES # Children grow up according to the conditions they are living in and in this modern and competitive world our children are maturing and developing faster. So, there’s no harm in giving them the wheels. # A person should be allowed to take the...

YES # If deaf couples prefer to create a child who is effectively disabled, to fit in better with the family lifestyle, they should be allowed to exercise that choice and we should support them in that decision. # When we have the right to create...

No # Travel can help preserve destinations, as local people learn that there is more economic value in preserving nature for tourists than in farming or timber harvesting. # Visiting endangered places does make one appreciate the natural world and its...

Yes # With the advent of internet and mobile text messaging, we are actually raising a generation of ignorant kids having writing styles that tend to favor short bursts of truncated words and phrases. (e.g. c u @ 8 for ’see you at eight’) #...

# EU is celebrating as former communist new members join the bloc’s passport-free travel zone. # Border controls are needed because any illegal migrants or terrorists would be able to roam anywhere without any additional checks. # However, some...