[Cyfer]

Hello, post your views on the Lisbon Treaty here.

I won't say anything for now since I'm attending a very important (and exciting!) debate regarding this topic Thursday with prominent debating figures. I'll post after that just in case I've missed out any arguments or if my opinion has been swayed.

[MrJohnDClare]

This does sound very exciting, and I would be interested to hear your informed views.

My feeling about it is that very few people know really what it is on about, and when they 'support' or 'oppose' the Lisbon Treaty, they are either supporting or opposing the idea of European cooperation, or their ideas are based on misconcpetions about what it involves.

Does ANYBODY really know what it says?

[Cyfer]

MrJohnDClare, on Nov 11 2009, 04:00 PM, said:

This does sound very exciting, and I would be interested to hear your informed views.

My feeling about it is that very few people know really what it is on about, and when they 'support' or 'oppose' the Lisbon Treaty, they are either supporting or opposing the idea of European cooperation, or their ideas are based on misconcpetions about what it involves.

Does ANYBODY really know what it says?

That's exactly what I found out in a Current Affairs club in a school (basically, a satirical comedy with more knowledge), although it consisted of mostly people in their last year of their school life, nobody really knew what it meant exactly.

I actually can't wait till the debate!

Both sides have very good backgrounds, the side for the motion has an excellent speaker whose father was a lawyer to do with something in the lisbon treaty. Not sure about their partner.
The opposing side has a history/business studies teacher who will provide the hardcore facts with another excellent speaker as a partner who will bring a more comical and entertaining view of the treaty, swaying people to their side while reminding us of patriotism which will provide a very good argument (hearing from previous speeches).

I hope, finally most of the people interested will really see the whole thing uncovered, not the vague tidbits the media portrays as it rambles and laughs at Tony Blair.