Do you agree with a boycott of the Olympics? Discuss.

Topic - Sports
Issue - Whether a boycott of the Olympics is appropriate
Context - Anytime
Keywords - Boycott - cancel, call off
Stand - No, do not agree


Topic sentences
1)Boycotting of the Olympics is not fair for athletes who participating.
2)Olympics should carry on regardless of any situation.
3)Boycotting of the Olympics would not solve the problem.
4)Solutions to the tension in Tibet should be thought of instead of boycotting.

Point - Boycotting of the Olympics is not fair for athletes who are participating.

Elaboration - Olympics is a prestigious competition in the world. It is for athletes who are good in certain sports to participate, bring glory to their country or even family. However it is not something that could be taken lightly and boycotted anytime we like.

Explanation - Athletes who are participating have spent alot of time to practise, to sharpen their skill in order to win a medal in the Olympics competition. The Olympics could be said to be their dreams which are so important to them. Thus by calling off the Olympics, it would be very unfair to the athletes as their time and efforts would be gone to drains. Moreover, Olympics is held only once every four years and their skills are most likely to deprove as they grow older.

Evidence - China gymnasts who took part in past Olympics gymnastics competition have trained since young at the age of 3 on average. Next scientific research shows that one's flexibility, needed in gymnastics, would deprove as he or she gets older.

Link - Thus boycotting of the Olympics should not happen as it will be very unfair for the athletes.


ShanGui

Do you agree with the boycott of Olympics? Discuss.

Topic: Sports and Politics
Issue: Is it all right to boycott Olympics?
Context: Anytime, Anywhere
Keywords: Boycott - Abstain from something/ Stop doing something
Stand: Disagree

Topic Sentences:

1) Boycotting of the Olympics will only cause matters to get worse.
2) Boycotting of the Olympics will only result in a loss of chance for athletes to prove themselves.
3) Olympics is a well regarded event and boycotting it would be a wrong thing to do.
4) Politics and Sports are two different issues that cannot be mixed together.

Point: Olympics is a well regarded event and boycotting it would be a wrong thing to do.

Elaboration: People from all over the world are anticipating for the start of the Olympics. It is a popular event for everyone, also a stage for athletes to show everyone what they are worth of. Hence, if it were to be boycotted, lots of grievances and problems might arise.

Example: The 1980s Summer Olympics that is boycotted by US and other countries was held in Moscow. This has led to a huge controversy being formed.

Evaluation: Boycotting of the Olympics would only cause more troubles and misconception. This might even lead to greater issues in which countries get into deeper misunderstanding, escalating into fights or wars. By then, it would be too late to salvage the situation. Hence, we should solve the problem while it’s still early.

Link: Therefore, it is only right to save all the troubles and just get the Olympics going.

louis

Do you agree with the boycott of the olympics.

Question analysis.

Topic:olympics and politics
Issue: countries Boycotting the olympics
Context:past, present, future, global.
Keywords:Boycott-reusing to do something by getting a whole group to do so.
Stand: I do not agree.

Topic sentence 1:
Boycotting , not just in the olympics, is wrong by itself.

Topic sentence 2:
Boycotting the olympics does not solve anything.

Topic sentence 3:
the olympics was made for sports, not for boycott.

Topic sentence 4.
Boycotts of the olympics did not work in the past.

topic sentence 3 chosen.

point:
The olympics were made for sports, not for boycott.

elaboration:
Countries are using the olympics as a chance to express their unhappiness among each other, and boycotting it seems to be their soultion. However they forget that the true essence of the olympics is for atheletes to compete with each other, not to bring politics in and settle disputes. It would be unfair to the atheletes if they had been training very hard for the event and yet their own counrty does not allow them to participate due to some conlifct between the two countries. It will also lead to nothing but the worsening of the conflict.

example.:though there was boycott of the moscow olympics, the event still went on as well and there were even more new world records made there.

evulation:
thus, even though there may be unwilling parties to join the olympics, the event would still go on as many other countries would still participate. thus this would greatly affect those atheletes who were training for the event and yet were not allowed to go. the conflict among them would also still worsen. the olympics was only made for sports, and adding politics will only make the conflict even worse.

Link:
thus we can see that by mixing politics with the olympics would create greater conflict not only among the countries, but also among the atheletes and the government of the country as well. thus i do not agree to the boycott of the olympics.

kenneth

Do you agree with a boycott of the Olympics?

Question Analysis
Topic: Sports and Politics
Issue: Whether there should be a boycott of the Olympics
Context: Present
Key-words: Boycott - to abstain from participating
Stand: I do not agree.

Topic Sentence 1: Sports and Politics should never be mixed together, which in this case, it apparantly did so.

Topic Sentence 2: A boycott of the Olympics will deal a tremendous blow to the innocent athletes participating in it.

Topic Sentence 3: By boycotting the Olympics, it would only strain those countries' ties with China, a growing power whose force cannot be underestimated.

Topic Sentence 4: By supporting the boycott of the Olympics, it would only mean that the activists have achieved their goal.

Topic sentence chosen: Sports and Politics should never be mixed together, which in this case, it apparantly did so.

Point: Sports and Politics should never be mixed together, which in this case, it apparantly did so.

Elaboration: Sports and Politics are two entirely different story, and they should never be mixed together. Rational people would most likely comprehend but however, the activists that aim to deal a severe blow to China by encouraging the boycott due to the Tibet's unrest, are oblivious to that and tried to stir up anti-China feelings among the people. By doing so, it only shows the immaturity of those people, and whatever they do, we all know well that the Olympics can never be stopped.

Evidence: Over the past few decades, we have all seen that acts of boycotting the Olympics were never successful and the Olympics proceeded on even without the participation of several countries.

Evaluation: The boycott will never be successful and it would only stain the reputation of those who support the boycott, and shows their level of maturity in handling such situations.

Link: Therefore, i do not agree to the boycott of the Olympics as eventually, Sports is sports, Politics is politics, these two should never be mixed together.

-Edmund

Do you agree with a boycott of the Olympics? Discuss.

Topic: Olympics

Issue: Boycotting the Olympics

Context:

Time – Not specified
Place – Worldwide

Keywords:

Boycott - Banning; Refusal to participate in the games
Olympics - Global event with long history; great and extensive media emphasis;

Important for host country
Discuss - Personal views; Two-sided arguments
Stand: Definite yes or no ( As seen from ‘Do You Agree’)

My Stand: Do not agree

Topic Sentences:

1. Boycotting the Olympics is not necessary as it may not be effective in improving the situation.

2. Boycotting may imply a lack of respect to the host country of the Olympic Games, hence leading or extending to strains in relationship between the two countries in the future.

3. Countries should not focus too much on politics but instead emphasize on the true spirit and purpose behind the Olympics.

4. Boycotting may result in the intensive preparations done by the athletes to go to waste, hence causing a great setback to them.

Content Paragraph

Point: I believe that boycotting is not necessary, as it may not be effective in resolving the conflict.

Elaboration: The fact that it is not necessary is because the solution does not depend solely on threats. Instead, it is more important that the parties involved understand and realize the importance to change their mentality or wrongdoings, in an attempt to rebuild peace and harmony between the two parties. This would then act as a catalyst to resolve the conflict, much more quickly and effectively. Though boycotting often provides a faster and more direct way to solve the problem, there may also be an equal amount of possibility that it backfires and instead, results in a negative impact.

Example: Take for example the recent boycott threat on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The European Union is one such country who attempts to use boycotting as a means to resolve the conflict between China and Tibet. Through it, they intend to force China to improve its attitude and treatment towards the Tibetans.

Evaluation: However by boycotting the Olympics, it may spark off anger in the Chinese, due to the fact that their hard work spend on making the 2008 Olympics a success will be put to waste, as well as posing a great negative impact on their reputation. This may lead to the arise of rebellious attitudes which may worsen China’s treatment towards the Tibetans and their level of respect towards human rights.

Link: Hence this makes it more difficult for a peaceful solution to be reached.

Justin

(1996 - mass media)The media can be largely blamed for the world-wide increase in violence.' to what extent do u agree?

Topic - Media
Issue - Media can be largely blamed for the world-wide increase in violence to what extent?
Context - Global, present
Keywords - Violence - riots, strikes, Increase - comparison should be made
Stand - Media can indeed be largely blamed

4 Topic Sentences -

1)The media, by reporting on sensitive issues, may unintentionally start up a confront.

2)Media is a form of propagation, as violent scences are repeated, people tend to be influenced by it.

3)The media, by portraying the explicit details and scenes on violence, has no doubt influenced people to take part in it as well, leading to world-wide increase in violence.

4)Due to its far reaching capabilities, the media by reporting on certain violence incidences, can help rally the support of other affected people, and thus fuel the rise of the violence.

Chosen topic sentence - The media, by portraying the explicit details and scenes on violence, has no doubt influenced people to take part in it as well, leading to world-wide increase in violence.

Paragraph for chosen topic sentence-

The media, by portraying the explicit details and scenes on violence, has no doubt influenced people to take part in it as well, leading to world-wide increase in violence. Media is everywhere, ever since its commercialisation in the 19th century, it had since had a great impact in the lives of many. One major influence which it brought about is violence. This often arises through movies, tv shows, articles, as well as pictures and reported articles. By reporting on certain violence related issues, it may fuel the anger in some people, causing them to develop hatred and eventually participating in the violence situation. An example is the recent unrest in Tibet, where the riots, which eventually evolved to violent confronts with the authorities, have fueled the anger in many people due to the vast media reports, spurring them to engage in the current situation as well. Thus, the media, definitely have the ability to increase world-wide violence.

Group effort.

Is the Environment suffering?

The environment is indeed suffering. Increasing release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide has led to an increase in the average global temperature over the years, from 1880 to present. The most worrying now is that the average temperature is expected to continue rising with the increasing amount of greenhouse gases released now.

The rise in temperature of the atmosphere has brought about serious consequences. Firstly, it has caused the vast ice caps at North and South Poles to melt which in turn caused the sea level to rise. Though the impact of rising sea level is not so visible, however in time to come, low lying areas will be submerged in water. In other words, lives would be lost and financial cost would be iccurred. The rapid melting of ice caps would also result in the extinction of life in Artic or Antartica, polar bears and penguins. This is because they would be confined to small standing grounds and extincted if the ice caps were to be completely melted. Next, rising temperatures would cause famine. This is due to the changes in the temperature of soil. Every crop would grow best in different soil temperature. Thus by increasing the temperature of soil due to rising atmospheric temperature, crops would not grow optimally causing insufficient food supply, famine. Lastly, the rise in temperature would affect the weather. As such, more natural disaster would be more frequently seen, such as hurricanes and tornadoes.

Release of carbon dioxide gas to the atmosphere comes mostly from exhaust pipes in vehicles' engines. Moreover the usage of cars has increased over the years due to increasing demand for luxury good as people now have greater purchasing power compared to the past. One should in fact take transport such as trains or buses instead of driving cars as this would significantly decrease amount of carbon dioxide being released should everyone be environment conscious.

ShanGui