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Social-Political Draft

Idea：Discuss the question if we should give money to beggars. Analyze the ideology behind the answers.

Beggars, who are so-called tramps by Americans, have always been a focus to the public. They are usually described as the group who needs financial help. However, with the news emerging about how beggars use strangers innocence and trust to get the money, the answer to whether to give this financial support floats.

In this article From AOL, a man from Kentucky pretends to be a mental disability by sitting on a wheelchair and wronging his hands, asking strangers passing by for contributions. A reporter from NBC found he was faking and surprisingly, by doing this he makes $100,000 a year. Certainly, this man not only used the sympathy of  those passerby who believe in that he was going through something extremely terrible but also he took advantages of the beggars who really need help. Somehow, is it the reason that we should just use ignorance to those who taking out their hands?

There has been many discussions and arguments between the “yes” and “no” to the question. According to the debate provided by Debate, the answers to if people should give money to beggars have been supported unevenly. There are more negative attitudes than positive ones. People who choose not to give the money focuses more on the negative but real consequences that might happen such as ‘they would only buy drugs’ or ‘helping them would make them lazier’. Under comparison, those who keep the positive attitudes focus more on the causes and how they feel about the move of giving beggars money. For instance, some of the supporters hypothesize that the beggars might be from a poor family or they could not get food. In addition, there are exceptions goes “ I feel blessed if i give them money”.

The article by Ole Martin Moen simply suggests that every dollar we make is worth its value and the more dollars we give to beggars, the more lucrative we make begging. In other words, the aim of helping them that encouraging them to create a better future by themselves would not be fulfilled by giving them money straight away. In reverse, it makes it worse. Also, Steve Doughty from dailymail highlights strongly that according to Thames Reach Organization, the money gained from the anonymous generosity by beggars will only be spent on drugs. The words might be a little too terminus, somehow, the results shown is definitely not what we expect.

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Basil's Blog Link

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Daniels' Topic draft brief II

QUOTE

1. Every team to have a minimum of 8 players of colour in their 30 man squad

2. All of these 8 players must be given reasonable game time - monitored weekly by the national selectors

3. The status quo of two black wingers is no longer acceptable

4. A minimum of 4 players of colour must be in every match 22

5. At all times, 2 players of colour must be on the field[/b]

According to the Collins dictionary and a quota system can be defined as a system which limits or promotes certain shares over others. Investorwords defines a quota system as being system based on hiring or admissions policies requiring a set percentage of a minority group to be hired or admitted. I will be using the that quota system set for the Vodacom Cup in South Africa next year, to argue that excluding players in favour of others is not the answer .

The South African Rugby union, (SARU), will reintroduce the controversial racial quota system in one of its domestic rugby competitions next year. Vodacom Cup teams will have to pick at least seven in their squads with at least five playing at a time. According to Gerald Imray, (NZHERALD), SARU feels that South Africa hasn’t made progress in changing rugby in South Africa. SARU President Oregan Hoskins argues that this system will be a critical step in transforming rugby, which was originally historically restricted for whites; and had been related to the racist apartheid regime. What SARU has not realised is that the system was already tried in 1994, and then canned as it was seen as ‘window dressing. This is correct as a quota system is not a sufficient solution given still excludes.

South Africa was first introduced to rugby through the University of Stellenbosch. It was here that rugby was played first, and only played by young Afrikaner men. As rugby became a strong part of Afrikaner student culture, rugby had transformed into a salient feature at Stellenbosch. Unfortunately with the rise of Afrikaner nationalism during the 1930s and the 1940s, rugby had become a pro Afrikaner Cultural expression (Grundlingh, 1994). As a result, Rugby was only part of one ethnic group. Nauright,(1996) agrees by saying some Afrikaners/whites tried asserting their historical cultural values and beliefs as opposed to embarking on a path towards cultural assimilation for the new South Africa. After South Africa had won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, it was clear that the white administrations that still controlled key roles in the new unified SARU actually had little interest in the development of rugby in the black communities. Many of the   development programmes were little more than showpieces for the International community (Black & Nauright, 1998).

According to Alison Donnelly,(ScrumQueens), SARU has been involved in creating a new initiative for South African women’s rugby. Mahlubi Puzi, SARU Manager for women’s rugby, claims that programmes will be made to help develop women’s rugby. This will see several workshops and training sessions to help develop coaches and players in more remote rural areas of South Africa. According to Puzi, the sharing of rugby knowledge is pivotal for female players, coaches and administrators. This is an attempt to fill in a gap by concentrating on applying proper training methods to assist methods; skills; drills; fitness; conditioning and nutrition. The question has to be asked as to why SARU isn’t doing the same for black communities in general, for males who may also not have accessibility as well as facilities to be able to play rugby as opposed to the quota system.

8. http://empower-sport.com/focus/africa-previous/124-south-africas-first-quota-system.html

According to Sekar, (2009) the controversial quota system was essential for cricket developing in South Africa. Sekar described it as being positive discrimination against negative discrimination which denied any non-white players the chance to compete on merit, as well as seeing a quota system restoring balance on an even playing field. ‘They also forget that the previous quota system not only excluded non-white talent, but also forced an exodus of white and mixed race talent too’.

Rugby unions should focus on development programmes, instead of racially discriminating against certain players by means of a quota system,” Kriel said. A quota system based on race will not develop new players, because institutions and provinces merely import black players, who are already playing the game, in order to comply with quota requirements. A rugby forum who was made aware of the decision also brought forth a good argument:‘They create doubt in players minds on weather they should be there or not, and disadvantages white players who may be better than one of the black players but isn't selected because of the colour of his skin.’

Conclusion: “Sports should not be dismissed even by those who have no interest in them, because they are integral to Social formation and important to many cultures”

Although sport plays a prominent role in the shaping of identities its very form posits an “us” against a “them”. As such, sport can even exaggerate existing barriers within a society, or in between societies.

Adam's Debate Topic 10 Links

Climate Change Debate

Sources

James' Socio-Political Blog on Video Games and Violence

http://vidyaviolence.blogspot.co.nz/ Link to the blog.

Looking forward to your socio political blogs this week on Wednesday

Daniels' 10 links and topic

Topic: The return of racial quotas in South African Rugby

1.NZHerald article
2.Sports, Culture, and Identities in South Africa
3.New Zealand Women's Opposition to the Springbok tour
4.Race and Nation in Post-Apartheid South Africa
5.Hitting Apartheid for Six? The Politics of the South African Sports Boycott
6.Playing for power? Rugby, Afrikaner nationalism and masculinity in South Africa
7.White Cultural Identity and the Role of Rugby
8.The 1995 Rugby World Cup and the politics of nation-building in South Africa
9.Rugby and the South African Nation: Sport, Cultures, Politics, and Power
10.Dancing on Our Bones: New Zealand, South Africa, Rugby and Racism

James' 10 links to stuff.

My topic is There are no ties to video games and real life violence.

Links;


CNN, GTA blamed
CNN host makes stuff up about GTA
Techdirt, FBI profiler opinion.
PBS, what science knows
PsychologyToday, can video games cause violence?
The Free Radical, Murder Simulators
Definition of Murder
 Culture of Violence image
 Call of duty hilarious knife glitch
You've got wang video, shadow warrior.

Baz 10 Hyperlinks

How Music Sharing Benefits Us All.

1. Thom Yorke. (n.d). Artist speak out on music piracy. 
2. Matt Tomasello. (2012). Dave Grohl Net Worth and Salary.
3. Unknown Mortal Orchestra. (2013, January, 18). Unknown Mortal Orchestra discusses on their views on piracy.
4. Dave Grohl on Piracy. (2012). 
5. How do artist get paid on Spotify.
6. More UK Artists Speak Out About File sharing, Pro & Con
7. Canadian Music Creators Speak Out Against File Sharing Lawsuits
8. Musicians Stances On Music Piracy
9. Is the music Industry at war?
10. Music Stars At War Over File-Sharing