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| Yes | 48% | 288 votes | Total: 594 votes | |
| No | 52% | 306 votes |
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The world's resources are the common heritage of mankind and should therefore be protected for generations to come. It is important for advanced Industrial countries who have e...read more
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We Are All in This Together Whether a developing or a highly-industrialized nation, each is responsible for the future health of its people and the planet. The crisis that w...read more
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The reason that advanced nations are successful due to destructive environmental practices is that these countries invented the entire process of industrialization. When creatin...read more
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by Sara Bradley
Yes, and it is not only fair, but it is essential as part of a global effort. This concern, however, comprises a suggestive solution to two major intercontinental issues. ...read more
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The difficult truth is that all countries without any exceptions must "go green", if we want to survive on this planet. We are getting closer than ever to the tipping point in t...read more
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"A rising tide lifts all boats," according to John F. Kennedy, in a speech that is now decades old. It is a simple and elegant concept. And going green is a perfect example. ...read more
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by Lana Evans
It is clearly hypocritical, yet far from unfair, that the industrialized world ask nations which are considered by thenselves and others to be industrially deprived. Yet, many o...read more
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by Zach Bigalke
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." -Native American Proverb With the increasing globalization of our planet, underdeveloped n...read more
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Global warming is a worldwide phenomenon that affects every single country, rich and poor. So it behooves all nations to "go green" because there will not be significant long-t...read more
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by Helen Abbott
The fact of the matter is that we are slowly destroying the world in which we live, not to mention ourselves, the human race. We are clogging up our lungs and our envronment wit...read more
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Many years ago in a restaurant in Kathmandu, a Nepalese man (after first suggesting that I was a spy for the CIA) asked me why the US, a great, powerful, and most of all wealthy...read more
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Is it fair to ask underdeveloped countries to go green when many advanced industrial countries owe their success to destructive environmental practices? Yes, it is fair. It is n...read more
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by Ron Whyte
My first impression is to argue a yes vote although not for the reasons you may expect. We must first be reasonable to the understanding of individual countries just as we do to...read more
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It is just as fair to ask developing countries to operate within a sustainable ecological framework as it is to demand that they recognize basic human rights. We advance as...read more
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by Joel Blithe
The world, as it is in 2008, is an unimaginably complex and interconnected place. More importantly, our realization of this interconnectedness is now undeniable and demands tha...read more
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The real question is, "Do we really want to educate underdeveloped countries to follow the lead in environmental destruction and cause them to become dependent on volatile sourc...read more
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by S. C. Mask
"Global Responsibility" It is not only fair for industrial countries to ask underdeveloped countries to go green, it is their global responsibility. In addition to that they...read more
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Yes, but ... It is undeniably the right thing to do to ask all countries to go green. The planet needs it. Not only can no nation afford to deny its fundamental responsibil...read more
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Agreeably, developing countries face unique challenges in addressing concerns related to the environment. But simply ignoring "going green" will indeed destroy the base of natur...read more
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by Rossi Davis
Is it fair to ask underdeveloped countries to go green when many advanced industrial countries owe their success to destructive environmental principals? What is fairness? ...read more
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Is it fair to ask underdeveloped countries to "go green" when many advanced industrial countries owe their success to destructive environmental practices? My father used to s...read more
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It would be fair if the industrial countries would recognize their mistakes, their impact on the environment and consider the health of future generations first. The companie...read more
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It is definitely not fair to pressure other countries to "go green," considering the fact that several industrial countries continue to destroy the environment by doing otherwis...read more
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The question in itself is problematic, immediately it creates the perspective of 'us' and 'them'. Defining the concept of going green as the practice of embracing the environmen...read more
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Let us not be ridiculous here. Is anything in this world fair? Is it fair to ask of others what we ourselves were incapable of doing and to this very day remain unwilling to do?...read more
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by S. Cyprian
It is simply the case of pot asking spoon to cut down on amount of time spent on fire. It's absurd how the advanced countries who attained their status after decades of industri...read more
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by V. Kumar
Fair to only one side is not fair at all! While asking communities and people to sacrifice part of what they have, it is essential to take into account their capacity. The co...read more
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by Nisha Danny
When the developed countries fails to set an example to the rest of the world in the "Go green movement", it is totally unfair to ask underdeveloped countries to do so. When dev...read more
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There is an old cliche that says "How is it that the pot is calling the kettle black". Asking underdeveloped countries to go green would be nothing less then hypocrisy. It...read more
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No! It is for all. Developed and developing countries should unitedly work for the environmental balance as we all share the same planet, earth. However, the developing countri...read more
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We live in a world of necessary injustice; a world that is not fair. It is not "fair" for industrialized nations nations built on the ashes of fossil fuels - to demand that dev...read more
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by K.D. Saffron
The whole issue of "going green" was created by the advanced industrialized nations. Many industrialized countries are observing and changing their living practices to show the...read more
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by David Carter
While it is fair to ask-in the Bible Jesus Christ says, "ask and ye shall receive"-it is not fair to expect, demand or pressure underdeveloped countries to "go green", knowing t...read more
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Pollution is, unfortunately, a by-product of a successful economy. Think of the leading economic powerhouses and pollution is an issue: the USA, China, Russia, the UK, South Kor...read more
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by Sahana
It is absolutely unfair! Talk about being worlds apart. In underdeveloped countries, the fight for survival is all consuming and there is no time or inclination to think about...read more
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People in the underdeveloped countries pay the price for Westerners to have a wonderful life. The developed countries were build on the backs of slaves and cheap labor from imm...read more
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by Sally Morem
No it isn't fair. Western peoples have found that it takes a great deal of wealth to buy a clean and decent environment. And a great deal of wealth is something that underdeve...read more
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It is not fair to request any moral behavior from underdeveloped countries which many advanced industrial countries have caused to remain underdeveloped for their own personal i...read more
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by Earl Demott
When Otto von Bismarck sat in his hunting lodge in what is now a very clean and environmentally friendly village of Warcino, Poland, it is uncertain how much he knew the implica...read more
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by Matei Monica
No it is not fair. Why to ask! They simply can see the good achievements around. They simply can see if they want, how they witnessed the own life through time. And the word...read more
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