Apollon Meeting➂

Topic: We need an immigration  law in Apollon.


Moderator:Tama


Agreeside: Angelina, Mac
Angelina: She thinks we need the law because working place will be small in the future. And, it is good to improve hospitality.
Mac: He agrees to it because we don't have enough young people to work in the future. Moreover, communicating with people who have other culture makes us positive.

Disagreeside: Laura, Belle, Jack

Laura: She doesn't think we need the law because if we make the immigration law, the number of crime will increase, and the number of unemployed people will increase.

Belle: She think we have to decide immigraters' political rights and think about their workplace if we make the law. And she worries about race, religion and the number of crime.

Jack: He thinks accepting immigrants have bad influence for tourist industry. For example, the number of homeless can increase, or high buildings can block the beautiful scenery. And she thinks improving the education system cause increasing the number of children.

 

 

 Questuion and opinion

George: "Who permits the working visa?"
Jack: "It is the government."
George: "Are the workers immigraters?"
Jack: "No, working visa have the period, so they should update visa."
George: "Don' t you think that accepting immigraters is risky?"
Mac: "We will check strictly."


First of all, Apollon was an island of immigrants.


Final comment
This discussion was good because the panelists have various opinion to persuade the other side. However, the audiences were confused with the discussion because they didn't know the meanings of the word, "immigration".

Apollon Meeting ②

Topic: Shoud we develope the countryside?

Moderator:Hanna

Agreeside: Alice, Lucus(I), Finnian
Alice: She think we should develope the countryside because if we make a botanical garden, more tourist become to come Apollon.
Lucus: I think we should develope the countryside, too. Now, most people in Apollon live in the main city. So, this overpopulation in the city cause many problems. For example, airpollution, water pollution or so on. On the other hand, depopulation is progressing in the countryside. So, I think we should try to disperse population in the city. As a concrete example, we can invite companies at cheap prices and make more work place. If so, more people live in the countryside and solve the problem.
Finnian: . When she was a child, she lived in the countryside, and transportation doesn't work well . So she think we need develop the countryside includes implovements in transport. And she think develpeing the countryside, more people will come here.

Disagreeside: Carol, Kofy
Carol:She disagrees to developing the countryside. When she was a child, there were more nature and the town was clear. So, she worry about the nature and the environment.
Koffy: She disagrees to developing the countryside, too. She want to have quiet places because she is a writer. Moreover, when she was a child, she often played outside. But, developing the countryside, the environment will be worse and children's chances of playing outside may decrese. So, she think we shouldn't develope the countryside.

Question and opinion
Carol: " I think when we constract buildings to develope the countryside, we have to destroy the nature. How do you think about it?"
Finnian: Now, we have a lot of vacant places, so we don't have to break many trees.

Hanna: "Disagree members worry about the environment. How dou agreeside members think  about it?"
Lucus: " I think thier opinion is right, but, in fact, because of the overpopulation, the environment in Apollon is so bad. So, even if we develope the countryside or not, there is problems about the environment. However, the overpopulation doesn't cause only environmetal problem. It causes increasing the number of unemployed people, or lack of day-care center, or declinig birthrate or so on. So, thinking og it, we should develope the coountryside and disperse the ppopulation in the city.

Consensus
we should develop the countryside to solve the problems which overpopulation in the main city causes while we take care of the environment.

Final comment
I think we should have showed the map and explain  the countryside first. We stopped discussion several times because we misunderstand the meaning of a question. So, next time, making use of the experience, we can make a good discussion, I guess.

Apollon Meeting ①

Topic:Should we use a solar energy instead of nuclear energy?

Moderator: Isabela

Agreeside: Lucy, Ashley, Sara
Lusy: She agree with using solar energy. She thinks it's a strong point that solar solar energy use electricity.
Ashley: She also agree solar energy because it's good for environment. It's good for us in the long run because, though it really costs, can make up for it someday.
Sara: She said nucler energy is harmful for nature and human, and has risks of happening big problem.

Disagreeside: Sophie, Emily
Sophie:She disagree with using solar energy because she thinks solar energy needs large space, and we have to kill many plants. So, it damages to industrial tourism because some people come to Apollon to see rare plants.
Emily:Solar energy depends on whether, so solar energy is unstable. She is a singer, so her concert use big energy, so nuclear is better. Moreover, solar energy costs a lot.

From a standpoint of each occupation
Sara: She is a photographer. So, she respects nature there, but nuclear power has a risk of damaging forests. There is a problem of radition.
Ashley:When she marry her boyfriend and have a baby, she warry about children's future because of radition. Solar system is safety.
Lucy: She thinks, actually, solar system's first cost is expensive, but we can save money in the long run.
Sophie: She is entertainer, so she warry about TV off when we use solar energy. Solar energy is unstable and it isn't enough to change nuclear system.
Isabere: Acutually, other country have accidents about nuclear energy.
Emily: Solar system is also dangerous. If solar panels are broken, we can't use any energy.

Question and Opinion
Q1: Why do we discuss only solar energy and nuclear energy? There are various energy in the world, for example, wind energy, water energy, terrestrial heat or so on.
Answer: We are thinking about it.
My opinion: We should stop nuclear energy because of radition. However, nuclear energy is nesessary now. So, I think we should decrease nuclear energy gradually. Then,using other energy, we can compensate for the big energy.

Consensus
Stay and try to reduce nuclear system until we find better system.

Final comment
I think the discussion was so effective because all panelists had several opinion to persuade people in the other side, and the moderator could get each panelist's idea in shape. Personally, they could find a better point of compromise.