Word: argumentive
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...don’t buy the cynical argument, then here’s a pragmatic one: awareness campaigns are collectively self-defeating. The more campaigns there are, the less effective they become—there is only so much a person can be mentally aware of at a given moment. Activism on campus has now become like the Magic Faraway Tree from the Enid Blyton stories. Every so often, a new themed-land emerges at the top, a silly, fanciful, senseless thing like the Land of Do-As-You-Please, or Take-What-You-Want. Like at Harvard, these then...
...argument that has also been targeted at the U.S.'s Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The veteran nature-series broadcaster David Attenborough, whose critically acclaimed documentaries have appeared on public television in both the U.K. and U.S, insists that wide-spectrum public-service broadcasting still plays an irreplaceable role in British cultural life. So what if some people switch off nature shows? "The notion that you shouldn't pay for something if you don't use it is uncivilized," says Attenborough. It's no different, he adds, from having some of his tax money spent on, say, a public swimming pool...
...best way to keep as many workers' places in Denmark as possible," maintenance man and union shop steward Poul Erik Pedersen tells me. "We aren't against the management. We want to make sure that they make money and we make money." Then, unprompted, he takes the argument a step further: "There are some good things about outsourcing. Where the jobs go, the standard of living is growing, and then they can afford to buy more Legos or other things from the West...
...Advocates for universal health care must make a moral argument to counter conservative inertia, but they must make the right one. Otherwise, the public will suspect that they are motivated by a vindictive egalitarianism, rather than a genuine desire to help the medically needy. The leading Democratic candidates—Clinton, Edwards, and Obama—are taking the step in the right direction by stressing the moral case for a sufficient amount of coverage for everyone...
Should the Chinese currency--now pegged to the U.S. dollar--appreciate against the dollar? China is under growing pressure from the U.S. to adjust the rate or let it float. The argument, made vociferously by the White House, is that the current exchange rate artificially cheapens China's exports, to the detriment of American jobs and the U.S. trade deficit. The trade gap with China is more than $100 billion. Naim called the current rate of $1 to 8.3 yuan "the world's most dangerous number." At issue, he said, is whether it will change in an orderly manner...