As we prepare for the Argumentative Essay Proposal, we are exploring a variety of issues that are relevant to our region, whether they be political, economic, cultural, environmental, or otherwise. If one pays some attention to the news, there are any number of problems or issues that have implications for the region. They are difficult. They are complex. And no one really knows the solution. That is what makes any of these issues potentially high quality topics for an ARW2 essay.In this journal blog, I want you to identify a situation. A situation describes a problem, who is involved, where its happening, and why it matters. Provide some context for us to understand why this situation matters for people in our region. And please remember that it must be debatable. If no one is likely to disagree, then there is no debate.
As I review your posts, I may be able to give you some advice about how to proceed. Please note that topics are first-come/first-serve on this blog. Review the posts before yours, and make sure no one else is doing the same thing. If your situation has been posted already, consider a different issue.
Remember to include your ID# in your post. Aj. M
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ReplyDeleteMy proposal would be something about refugees. I find this topic quite interesting and at the same time challenging. At current, many refugees from around the world are trying to save their lives from danger as the place they stay is not safe at all. Most countries reject them and they have no where to go, and some countries accept only small proportion of them with some conditions. Even UN can't do much things even though they are trying to help. I can see they are trying their best, and how they gonna deal and help the immigrants/refugees. Those internal things are quite complex. Some countries just making excuses to push away those refugees. This is all about humanity. It is still a huge debate that require some information for me.
This is current and important. The major crisis facing the GMS specifically is that of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. It is an issue that the region has not been able to deal with for many years now. You will need to be specific about a particular aspect of the issue that you want to explore.
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ReplyDeleteI am interested in rapid urbanization as the topic in our region. I have no idea that most people are talking about it or not. However, I definitely think that it should be debatable. There are 6 countries, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, SIngapore, Vietnam, and Malaysia that are regarded as the largest and fastest developing cities in ASEAN. The growth of urbanization can be improved economic condition by migrants from out and inbound. In spite of the urban development, there are a lot of following consequences. Spanning the area to construct new building, individuals need to cut the trees and destroy some natural resources. They use urbanization as a tool to compete in development. It means that more building and income within country is considered as developed country. In my point of view, urbanization is good, but it is not sustainable in a long term. I should find more information to pick side of urbanization.
Wonderful area to think about. From here, you're right that you will need to identify a particular place/city/country, as the issue of urbanization will have different arguments depending on the place. Keep going.
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ReplyDeleteTopic: Should abortion be made fully legalized in Thailand?
I am interested in this issue, because it is still happening and remain controversial in Thailand. There are women who seek for illegal abortion as a result of unwanted pregnancies, especially in adolescences who get pregnant at the time when they are not ready. This is harmful to their health or even lead to death. Abortion remains illegal except for the cases of rape and risks of health problems. However, the majority of Thais are Buddhist who consider abortion as illegal due to religious belief. From my perspective, I think it is better for abortion be fully legalised to provide more opportunities for women to get access to safe abortion procedure.
Ok. This is an old debate, but it is always an important one. Go and look at Thai law, because actually there are more open laws about abortion than many people realize.
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ReplyDeleteTopic: I am interested in the economical and cultural side of the Asean community. The culture of south east Asia has caused troublesome in making the development in the economy goes slower than it should've been. The way of life in south east asia has reflect the development of the nation and the culture of both the people and the system of the nation.
Ok. This is very wide at this point. You are going to need to identify a particular cultural issue/way of life that is getting in the way of developing in ASEAN, or even in a particular country in the region.
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ReplyDeleteRight now there are quite many topic to think about when it come to argumentative essay on the ASEAN. Right now there are many hot sub topic on this theme such as politic and environment that have a lot of controversial stuff that can be good for the essay. One of the first topic that come to my mind is the topic on military training that all young Thai man has been force to take by the government and i don't agree with this because of various reason so i want to use this topic for my essay. Second topic i want to take about is Thai Law need to be stronger because right now there are quite many rich criminal that use their money and influence to surpass the law and many Thai leader also use their power to be above the law so i really like to write on the topic that the law need to be stronger.
At this point, the issue of military service is more focused than your idea about Thai law. Take military service for instance, you will need to identify the arguments for why this program is considered important/necessary for Thailand and Thai security. Then you would need to refute those arguments.
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ReplyDeleteTopic: Plastic bags should be banned in Thailand.
Every store in Thailand that I have seen today use plastic bags. Thailand ranks six of the country that leave plastic bags on the beach and in the sea which is one of the causes of global warming. However, Thailand did not have any legislation to ‘limit’ or ‘ban’ the use of plastic bags. I do research it has just campaign in 7-11 and on ‘4 December’ that government refrains the use of plastic bags. Different from the country in ASEAN+3, China rank top of the country that manufacturer and export plastic bag, however, it has a law to restrict the use. Other countries such as Malaysia, Myanmar, and Indonesia also use this law. I think it’s time for government in Thailand to ban the use of plastic bags and use other alternatives ecosystems in order to save our world. P
This works. The legal and environmental question is actually not a difficult one. There are clear reasons why Thailand should reduce plastics. The harder (and more interesting question) is that about Thai consumers. Do some research to find out why banning plastics is a hard thing to do in Thai society, more than most other societies in the world.
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ReplyDeleteTopic : Philippines must stop using plastic bags.
As we known, plastic bags play a part of people’s lives in these days. People use plastics bags around the world. However, plastic bags also have the effects to living things, such as people and animals. Philippines is on the third rank in the world that dump plastic bags around the places, especially the ocean. There are a lot of households in Philippines that do not care about recycling or reusing plastic bags. In other words, when people use plastic bags at once, they will throw them around places, especially the ocean. Therefore, plastic bags in Philippines increase rapidly. From this situation, this is able to cause the various effects, such as increasing toxic in the ocean and harming marine animals.
Moreover, from my research, Philippines does not has the strong laws about reducing plastic bags yet, so people tend to use plastic bags continuously. Additionally, the effects of plastic pollution does not affect only one country, it can affect people or living things around the world. Therefore, I think that this topic is interested me because it is related to our lives.
Ok, but I wonder why your focus on the Philippines. Does it have any particular connection to your own positionality? The post before yours is doing the same topic, but in Thailand. If you have a good reason to focus on the Philippines specifically, then I think we can move forward.
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ReplyDeleteTopic : Countries in the GMS should not produce and use hydroelectric energy.
As what I see along the course about the GMS, one of the main conflicts in the GMS is the construction of dams for hydroelectric energy. I do not support this idea because people in this region are rely on water resources. They use water for agriculture including farming and fishing, transportation, and normal human needs. To give another duty on water such as generating electricity may affect the other needs. The issue is already visible from the decreasing amount of water in the Mekong from the dams in China. Moreover, the construction of the dam from whatever country who created it may end up with conflicts within and between countries. So I think that countries in the GMS should not use hydropower and use other source of energy instead.
Ok. As we have explored already in this course, the issue of the dams is critical for so many reasons, some of which you have cited here. It is one thing to argue against hydropower, but this also means that you need to argue FOR an alternative. I wonder what that would be?
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ReplyDeleteTopic: Thailand’s reliance on imported energy
Despite being one of the largest producers of natural gas and coal, Thailand still relies mainly on imported energy and fossil fuels to satisfy its energy demand. It actually worked for Thailand until one of Thailand’s main suppliers of natural gas, Myanmar halted its supply lines for pipeline maintenance during Songkran, which caused the Thai energy industry to use up its reserve energy to power the country. Although, this might be small hiccup, this foreshadows a wave of issues that could possibly pull Thailand into a indefinite blackout. For both economic and environmental issues, I believe Thailand should take this opportunity to hopefully be the pioneer of renewable energy in Southeast Asia. Although not technologically advanced as Singapore and Malaysia, Thailand should bolster its land advantage as well as its agricultural prowess to advance their renewable energy sector. Biomass is currently one of the leading renewable energy sources in Thailand. I believe once the Thai government monetizes animal, crop waste and methane, they would be able to grow their biomass industry exponentially. Even if its not feasible, it is still a better plan than planning to burn more coal for fuel which would make the pollution crisis even worse than it has to be.
It sounds like you're on your way. You have narrowed to a particular alternative (biomass), and I can see how this would be a highly debatable issue. Keep going!
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ReplyDeleteTopic: Cannabis use and understanding among Thais
Currently, cannabis use in Thailand becomes confusing since there are many possible alternative of cannabis usage. There were several marijuana events that happened in the past months, including the event called Pun Burirum. Pun Burirum is an event where marijuana knowledge is shared by the users and doctors. However, people are still debating whether marijuana should be used only in medication or should be also used casually during parties, festivals, or even daily usage.
Yes. This is certainly new territory for Thai society. And very interesting I think. Thailand is a true leader in this area among Southeast Asian countries that continue to treat cannabis as a dangerous drug. I think the debate about recreational use is more interesting now, especially as many people now accept that the medicinal purposes are useful.
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ReplyDeleteTopic: Should animals be used for scientific or comercial testing. I choose this topic because it is an important issue nowadays. Most country would like to banned any activities that is cruel animals. An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, determine the toxicity of medications, check the safety of products destined for human use, and other biomedical, commercial, and health care uses. Especially in Thailand, most of Thai people are Buddhism, so this topic is significant for all of them.
Ok. While this is an old debate, it can still be interesting if you narrow it. As you note, religion is a big reason why this issue is conftroversial in Thailand. If you keep the issue specific to Thai society, and to the religious arguments against animal testing, this could be interesting.
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ReplyDeleteShould all Thai students study more about ASEAN?
I think that thai students just know only that when we are in ASEAN we have to prepare more English skills, and dressing the national dress on ASEAN day. On the other hand, the less number of people know that there are a lot of thing not just the English language but it include economy, environment and education. Because this might bring other countries including Thailand to be more developing countries. however, some people might think that it is far from us we don’t have to concern about ASEAN right now because it did not cause any effect to us.
At this point, this is very wide. It looks like an educational topic, and that schools are not doing a good enough job to help young people the true meaning of ASEAN. You may look at how schools are preparing Thai students for ASEAN, and then argue against that. This could work.
DeleteSo at this point, we are still in very wide territory. But if you wanted to write something about the lives of the elderly in ASEAN societies, and how life has changed completely for them, this may be very interesting. You are likely going to need to narrow to a particular country/society in order to make this work.
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ReplyDeleteI think most of us will agree to the studying a second language side because we are now studying, but some people in Thailand are not interested in. A second language is very beneficial, such as communicate and learning abroad. It always require for the job to show the personal knowledge, so that people can get more income rate for having a good skill. However, it is not for all of people in Thailand. Some of them think that it is not necessary because they think that a new language is not necessary because they are not using the skill in their life rutine.
Ok. You have identified a debate. So the question is, should students in Thailand be required to learn a second language in school? If your answer is no, then your topic would be debatable. If it is yes, it would not because that is already the current situation.
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ReplyDeleteTopic : Corruption in Vietnam education
I am interested in education. Vietnam is a developing country like Thailand. Vietnam experiences serious corruption in its educational sectorDue to the fact that Vietnam has been corrupted in education, I believe corruption of education hinders Vietnam's progress. Vietnam tops the statistics as the fastest growing economy in ASEAN.Corruption on education sector has stemmed Vietnam from pushing its human resources to the full potential.
Interesting. I would like to know the reason for your focus on Vietnam specifically. Moreover, I would like to know an example of the corruption that you're talking about before going forward. If it is corrupt, so what is the debate exactly? Work to narrow down.
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ReplyDeleteIs ASEAN ready for electric cars?
I think this will be a very interesting topic to find because many countries start to promote electric cars in their countries. Most europe countries are now using electric cars from its eco friendly and technology. In ASEAN, only developing countries started using electric cars. Mainly the reason that not many people use electric cars is because to tax. For example, in Thailand we have a 300% tax on import cars. Tesla model X that cost around 5 million baht in US, but in Thailand it now cost around 12 million baht. The high price makes the car harder to reach for most people. Also, the charging infrastructure in ASEAN is not ready, there are only a few of charging stations in ASEAN that is level 2 charging station. This is why this topic is interesting to me to find out are we ready for the electric cars and what we should do to get ready for it.
I think this will work. It looks like you have specialized knowledge on the subject, particularly if you focus on the economics of the issue. Keep going!
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ReplyDeleteTopic: sexual consensual. Girls should be protected in rape crime
I would need more than this. I think you won't find much disagreement about this. The more debatable question is how.
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