The sentences below are possible
answers to this task. They are presented to help you write your
own sentences on these issues. The writer's premises are in the
second sentences. In each of the first sentences the writer is
problematising the opposing position or opinion.
| 1. Banning smoking in restaurants |
It could be asserted
that smokers should be free
to smoke in restaurants as they wish. However,
by banning smoking in all public places we can help
people to give up this extremely unhealthy habit.
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| 2. Banning all guns |
It has been argued
that people have a legal
right to own guns in our society. However,
unlike the United States, there is no law in Australia
that guarantees any right to own firearms.
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| 3. Making Australia a republic |
It is claimed that changing
to a republic would make Australia a more democratic
country. However,
the constitutional system that we have at the moment
has functioned very well to ensure democracy for nearly
100 years and it is very risky to change it.
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| 4. Decreasing immigration levels. |
It has been maintained
that there are not enough
employment opportunities in Australia to sustain high
immigration levels. However,
research into this issue has found that immigrants
create new forms of employment through the businesses
they establish.
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| 5. Having the Grand Prix at Albert
Park. |
It is contended that the
people of Melbourne are very unhappy with the government's
decision to stage the Grand Prix at Albert Park. However,
recent opinion polls show that the vast majority of the
population is not concerned with this issue at all and
is happy to have the Grand Prix anywhere in Melbourne.
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| 6. Reintroducing capital punishment |
It could be said
that reintroducing capital
punishment will deter people from committing serious
crimes of violence. However,
overseas experience indicates that the level of violent
crime is not reduced by the threat of the death penalty.
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