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Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles had written his discovery wrongly as 29 February 1819.It was later corrected. He thought he had discovered Singapore on his firs journey", "IF YOU go live in that olden time conditions in just one month in those conditions it would be a surprise if you did not catch a disease every single day.hospitals w...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168828_arg168787", "native_pair": "arg168828_arg168787", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles had a vision for Singapore that it will be an orderly, elegant, rational and modern and he worked towards it. And while Raffles was gone, Farquhar developed Singapore poorly causing Raffles to feel dissappointed.", "Even though it is true that Raffles did not work closely with the population to develop S...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580842_arg168835", "native_pair": "arg580842_arg168835", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg167721_arg168833", "native_pair": "arg167721_arg168833", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "When Raffles came back after a period of time, he changed rules and concepts Farquhar had set according to the people's needs. This can show that he cares for the people.", "Raffles was the one who stopped Singapore from being taken by the Dutch, as the Dutch were upset that Singapore would be taken by the Briti...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg168826", "native_pair": "arg168781_arg168826", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles,Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong with Commandant under the accompanying seven ships witnessing the event.", "IF YOU go live in that olden time conditions in just one month in those conditions it would be a surprise if you did not catch a disease every single day.ho...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168769_arg168787", "native_pair": "arg168769_arg168787", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg168828", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg168828", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Sir Raffles is the rightful founder because ,he increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy.", "Raffles was followed by Farquhar during his visit to S...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168798_arg168784", "native_pair": "arg168798_arg168784", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussien, and not William Farquhar. I agree that William Farquhar was the one that remained in Singapore to keep it running and also developed it further, but Raffles was the one who gave him the position because he had to leave and ...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168824_arg168787", "native_pair": "arg168824_arg168787", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Schooling <br/> Raffles established the Singapore Institution ( Now known as Raffles Institution ) which completed its construction on the year 1837.", "Raffles was the one who stopped Singapore from being taken by the Dutch, as the Dutch were upset that Singapore would be taken by the British. but Raffles stop ...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168796_arg168826", "native_pair": "arg168796_arg168826", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important for the development of the settlement.", "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities such as roads...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168772_arg168803", "native_pair": "arg168772_arg168803", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "well the definition of founder discussed in class that day that founder was not the person who discovers the place but he is the key in the development of the place and raffles came to singapore and established it on a global level...although it may have been farquhar who suggest this to raffles", "Schooling <br...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168765_arg168796", "native_pair": "arg168765_arg168796", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "To be able to have a succeful trading port you must have good contacts with many people and raffles had those contacts without him we would not have a trading port at all! I would like to mention that raffles had all the important qualities of a founder and he was in good position to do so. He invested a lot and w...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168815_arg551859", "native_pair": "arg168815_arg551859", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "When Raffles came back after a period of time, he changed rules and concepts Farquhar had set according to the people's needs. This can show that he cares for the people.", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select S...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg167721", "native_pair": "arg168781_arg167721", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "well the definition of founder discussed in class that day that founder was not the person who discovers the place but he is the key in the development of the place and raffles came to singapore and established it on a global level...although it may have been farquhar who suggest this to raffles", "Raffles conce...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168765_arg168814", "native_pair": "arg168765_arg168814", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg168781", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg168781", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was Raffles who signed the treaty with the Sultan Hussein,not Farquhar. Farquhar was just Raffles subordinate.", "Raffles was responsible for Singapore's boost of economy <br/> He increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. <br/> He established free trade and thus ma...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168794_arg168785", "native_pair": "arg168794_arg168785", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was followed by Farquhar during his visit to Singapore.This shows that Raffles saw Singapore before Farquhar making him the founder", "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities ...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168784_arg168803", "native_pair": "arg168784_arg168803", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Schooling <br/> Raffles established the Singapore Institution ( Now known as Raffles Institution ) which completed its construction on the year 1837.", "Some would say that raffles left singapore for a few years and left farquer incharge therefore he negleted us. Imagine SST Ngee Ann Poly and NTU have done so mu...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168796_arg168800", "native_pair": "arg168796_arg168800", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities such as roads, schools and lands for government buildings. In October 1822, a Town Plan Committee was formed by Raffles to oversee the project.",...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168803_arg168771", "native_pair": "arg168803_arg168771", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was Raffles that led the expedition in order to find a new trading port. Farquhar only tagged along with Raffles. So even if Farquhar did not come Raffles would have still founded Singapore.", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of M...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168775_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168775_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "He revived the cultural heritage of the region by setting up schools for the Chinese and Malays and did a lot for the people while Farquhar just wanted to gain control through his actions.", "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important for the development of the settle...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168790_arg168772", "native_pair": "arg168790_arg168772", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Even though Raffles sacked Farquhar when he came back to Singapore, this was because Farquhar was adopting measures that were not approved by Raffles. I believe Farquhar was adopting measures that were indirectly harmful to the population and Raffles sacked him for the best interests of Singapore's population at h...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168821_arg168784", "native_pair": "arg168821_arg168784", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg168790", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg168790", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg167721_arg168769", "native_pair": "arg167721_arg168769", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities such as roads, schools and lands for government buildings. In October 1822, a Town Plan Committee was formed by Raffles to oversee the project.",...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168814_arg168790", "native_pair": "arg168814_arg168790", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg168809", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg168809", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Schooling <br/> Raffles established the Singapore Institution ( Now known as Raffles Institution ) which completed its construction on the year 1837.", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best ...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168796_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168796_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "When Raffles came back after a period of time, he changed rules and concepts Farquhar had set according to the people's needs. This can show that he cares for the people.", "To be able to have a succeful trading port you must have good contacts with many people and raffles had those contacts without him we would...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg168815", "native_pair": "arg168781_arg168815", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles had a vision for Singapore that it will be an orderly, elegant, rational and modern and he worked towards it. And while Raffles was gone, Farquhar developed Singapore poorly causing Raffles to feel dissappointed.", "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important f...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580842_arg168772", "native_pair": "arg580842_arg168772", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles found that Farquhar had done a bad job of raising the city of Singapore, he also introduced opium selling into Singapore in order to raise more money to build Singapore.", "HE HAS A BOSS(RAFFLES) HE HAS TO FOLLOW HIM AND NOT GO ABOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE IF THEN WHY CANT FARQUHAR HELP SINGAPORE AFTER HE W...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168809_arg168833", "native_pair": "arg168809_arg168833", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Even though it is true that Raffles did not work closely with the population to develop Singapore, he provided plans, ideas and was going to put them in action by himself when his superiors ordered him to Bencoolen. Hence it was common sense for Raffles to leave his subordinate to finish his ideas", "Some would ...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168835_arg168800", "native_pair": "arg168835_arg168800", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Even though Raffles sacked Farquhar when he came back to Singapore, this was because Farquhar was adopting measures that were not approved by Raffles. I believe Farquhar was adopting measures that were indirectly harmful to the population and Raffles sacked him for the best interests of Singapore's population at h...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168821_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168821_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important for the development of the settlement.", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve Bri...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168772_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168772_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities such as roads, schools and lands for government buildings. In October 1822, a Town Plan Committee was formed by Raffles to oversee the project.",...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168803_arg168810", "native_pair": "arg168803_arg168810", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg168787", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg168787", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Even though it is true that Raffles did not work closely with the population to develop Singapore, he provided plans, ideas and was going to put them in action by himself when his superiors ordered him to Bencoolen. Hence it was common sense for Raffles to leave his subordinate to finish his ideas", "Raffles con...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168835_arg168814", "native_pair": "arg168835_arg168814", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "IF YOU go live in that olden time conditions in just one month in those conditions it would be a surprise if you did not catch a disease every single day.hospitals was one thing raffles built and that would have saved so many people in those times because the living there was conditions were bad. another reason he...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168787_arg167721", "native_pair": "arg168787_arg167721", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was responsible for Singapore's boost of economy <br/> He increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. <br/> He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy. <br/> Raffles was responsible for S...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168785_arg168809", "native_pair": "arg168785_arg168809", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Sir Raffles is the rightful founder because ,he increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy.", "Raffles had written his discovery wrongly as 29 Februa...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168798_arg168828", "native_pair": "arg168798_arg168828", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was the boss of farquhar and thus should be the founder of Singapore sine he was the leader and had more rights than farquhar. In addition, farquhar did not carry out his duties responsibilily and allowed slaves, cockfighting and murders everywhere in Singapore. Singapore was so poorly developed that Raffl...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580839_arg551859", "native_pair": "arg580839_arg551859", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "When Raffles came back after a period of time, he changed rules and concepts Farquhar had set according to the people's needs. This can show that he cares for the people.", "Raffles was the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussien, and not William Farquhar. I agree that William ...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg168824", "native_pair": "arg168781_arg168824", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Sir Raffles is the rightful founder because ,he increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy.", "The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles,Sultan ...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168798_arg168769", "native_pair": "arg168798_arg168769", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was responsible for Singapore's boost of economy <br/> He increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. <br/> He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy. <br/> Raffles was responsible for S...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168785_arg168796", "native_pair": "arg168785_arg168796", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important for the development of the settlement.", "Raffles was the boss of farquhar and thus should be the founder of Singapore sine he was the leader and had more rights than farquhar. In addition, farquhar did not carry out his duti...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168772_arg580839", "native_pair": "arg168772_arg580839", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles established local magistrate in Singapore.This local magistrate led to activities such as public gambling and slavery to be controlled Farquar protected Singapore from the Dutch attacks and attracted traders to Singapore while Raffles was away.", "Raffles had written his discovery wrongly as 29 February ...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168810_arg168828", "native_pair": "arg168810_arg168828", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg168772", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg168772", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important for the development of the settlement.", "It was Raffles that led the expedition in order to find a new trading port. Farquhar only tagged along with Raffles. So even if Farquhar did not come Raffles would have still founded ...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168772_arg168775", "native_pair": "arg168772_arg168775", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg167721_arg551859", "native_pair": "arg167721_arg551859", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was responsible for Singapore's boost of economy <br/> He increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. <br/> He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy. <br/> Raffles was responsible for S...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168785_arg168772", "native_pair": "arg168785_arg168772", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "When Raffles came back after a period of time, he changed rules and concepts Farquhar had set according to the people's needs. This can show that he cares for the people.", "HE HAS A BOSS(RAFFLES) HE HAS TO FOLLOW HIM AND NOT GO ABOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE IF THEN WHY CANT FARQUHAR HELP SINGAPORE AFTER HE WAS FIRE...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg168833", "native_pair": "arg168781_arg168833", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168788_arg168765", "native_pair": "arg168788_arg168765", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Some would say that raffles left singapore for a few years and left farquer incharge therefore he negleted us. Imagine SST Ngee Ann Poly and NTU have done so much for us and are considered the founders of us are you trying to imply that because now they are back taking care OF THEIR OWN SCHOOLS. Another good examp...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168800_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168800_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "When Raffles came back after a period of time, he changed rules and concepts Farquhar had set according to the people's needs. This can show that he cares for the people.", "Sir Raffles is the rightful founder because ,he increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. He e...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg168798", "native_pair": "arg168781_arg168798", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Even though it is true that Raffles did not work closely with the population to develop Singapore, he provided plans, ideas and was going to put them in action by himself when his superiors ordered him to Bencoolen. Hence it was common sense for Raffles to leave his subordinate to finish his ideas", "Raffles had...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168835_arg168828", "native_pair": "arg168835_arg168828", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "On 28 January 1819,Raffles came to Singapore. When Raffles saw the good location of Singapore and he signed a agreement with the Sultan of Johor on behalf of the British East India Company on February 1819 to use the southern part of Singapore as a British trading post and settlement.", "Raffles found that Farqu...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168816_arg168809", "native_pair": "arg168816_arg168809", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles found that Farquhar had done a bad job of raising the city of Singapore, he also introduced opium selling into Singapore in order to raise more money to build Singapore.", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to s...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168809_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168809_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities such as roads, schools and lands for government buildings. In October 1822, a Town Plan Committee was formed by Raffles to oversee the project.",...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168814_arg168836", "native_pair": "arg168814_arg168836", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important for the development of the settlement.", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve Bri...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168772_arg167721", "native_pair": "arg168772_arg167721", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168788_arg168781", "native_pair": "arg168788_arg168781", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168788_arg168771", "native_pair": "arg168788_arg168771", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was responsible for Singapore's boost of economy <br/> He increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. <br/> He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy. <br/> Raffles was responsible for S...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168785_arg168836", "native_pair": "arg168785_arg168836", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles had written his discovery wrongly as 29 February 1819.It was later corrected. He thought he had discovered Singapore on his firs journey", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best locat...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168828_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168828_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was followed by Farquhar during his visit to Singapore.This shows that Raffles saw Singapore before Farquhar making him the founder", "Raffles established local magistrate in Singapore.This local magistrate led to activities such as public gambling and slavery to be controlled Farquar protected Singapore...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168784_arg168810", "native_pair": "arg168784_arg168810", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was the boss of farquhar and thus should be the founder of Singapore sine he was the leader and had more rights than farquhar. In addition, farquhar did not carry out his duties responsibilily and allowed slaves, cockfighting and murders everywhere in Singapore. Singapore was so poorly developed that Raffl...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580839_arg168795", "native_pair": "arg580839_arg168795", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "To be able to have a succeful trading port you must have good contacts with many people and raffles had those contacts without him we would not have a trading port at all! I would like to mention that raffles had all the important qualities of a founder and he was in good position to do so. He invested a lot and w...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168815_arg168772", "native_pair": "arg168815_arg168772", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg551859", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg551859", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles found that Farquhar had done a bad job of raising the city of Singapore, he also introduced opium selling into Singapore in order to raise more money to build Singapore.", "Raffles was the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussien, and not William Farquhar. I agree that W...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168809_arg168824", "native_pair": "arg168809_arg168824", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg168765", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg168765", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "He revived the cultural heritage of the region by setting up schools for the Chinese and Malays and did a lot for the people while Farquhar just wanted to gain control through his actions.", "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168790_arg168803", "native_pair": "arg168790_arg168803", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles had written his discovery wrongly as 29 February 1819.It was later corrected. He thought he had discovered Singapore on his firs journey", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best locat...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168828_arg167721", "native_pair": "arg168828_arg167721", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was followed by Farquhar during his visit to Singapore.This shows that Raffles saw Singapore before Farquhar making him the founder", "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location t...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168784_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168784_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg167721_arg580839", "native_pair": "arg167721_arg580839", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "HE HAS A BOSS(RAFFLES) HE HAS TO FOLLOW HIM AND NOT GO ABOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE IF THEN WHY CANT FARQUHAR HELP SINGAPORE AFTER HE WAS FIRED!!! I SAID HE DOES NOT HAVE THE POSITION TO BE THE FOUNDER!!!! <br/> Farquhar has a boss!(raffles) he has to follow raffles and not go about doing anything else if then why ca...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168833_arg168826", "native_pair": "arg168833_arg168826", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168788_arg168789", "native_pair": "arg168788_arg168789", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussien, and not William Farquhar. I agree that William Farquhar was the one that remained in Singapore to keep it running and also developed it further, but Raffles was the one who gave him the position because he had to leave and ...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168824_arg168784", "native_pair": "arg168824_arg168784", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Although Farquhar was said to be the one who stayed in Singapore to support its development, Raffles provided the planning, the strategizing, and was the one to select Singapore as another British base, giving early Singapore support of the British. If William Farquhar was to be proclaimed the founder because he d...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168795_arg580842", "native_pair": "arg168795_arg580842", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was followed by Farquhar during his visit to Singapore.This shows that Raffles saw Singapore before Farquhar making him the founder", "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities ...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168784_arg168814", "native_pair": "arg168784_arg168814", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles found that Farquhar had done a bad job of raising the city of Singapore, he also introduced opium selling into Singapore in order to raise more money to build Singapore.", "To be able to have a succeful trading port you must have good contacts with many people and raffles had those contacts without him w...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168809_arg168815", "native_pair": "arg168809_arg168815", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles founded Singapore and Farquhar was just a subordinate for Raffles. So it was normal that Raffles gave he duty of turning Singapore into a successful city and left the city to Farquhar to handle.", "It was Raffles that led the expedition in order to find a new trading port. Farquhar only tagged along with...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168789_arg168775", "native_pair": "arg168789_arg168775", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Farquhar has a boss!(raffles) he has to follow raffles and not go about doing anything else if then why cant farquhar help singapore after he was fired? I say again you do need to be in a certain position to be a founder as time, money, effort is all invested. You must know people who would help you.", "It was u...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168836_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168836_arg168788", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "HE HAS A BOSS(RAFFLES) HE HAS TO FOLLOW HIM AND NOT GO ABOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE IF THEN WHY CANT FARQUHAR HELP SINGAPORE AFTER HE WAS FIRED!!! I SAID HE DOES NOT HAVE THE POSITION TO BE THE FOUNDER!!!! <br/> Farquhar has a boss!(raffles) he has to follow raffles and not go about doing anything else if then why ca...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168833_arg168803", "native_pair": "arg168833_arg168803", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities such as roads, schools and lands for government buildings. In October 1822, a Town Plan Committee was formed by Raffles to oversee the project.",...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168814_arg580839", "native_pair": "arg168814_arg580839", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was responsible for Singapore's boost of economy <br/> He increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. <br/> He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy. <br/> Raffles was responsible for S...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168785_arg168787", "native_pair": "arg168785_arg168787", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "He revived the cultural heritage of the region by setting up schools for the Chinese and Malays and did a lot for the people while Farquhar just wanted to gain control through his actions.", "HE HAS A BOSS(RAFFLES) HE HAS TO FOLLOW HIM AND NOT GO ABOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE IF THEN WHY CANT FARQUHAR HELP SINGAPORE...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168790_arg168833", "native_pair": "arg168790_arg168833", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Schooling <br/> Raffles established the Singapore Institution ( Now known as Raffles Institution ) which completed its construction on the year 1837.", "FOUNDER IS NOT A PERSON WHO \"DISCOVERS\" A PLACE if so i can say the prince Sanila Utama is the founder of singapore!(this for some who say farquhar saw the is...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168796_arg168778", "native_pair": "arg168796_arg168778", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles had a vision for Singapore that it will be an orderly, elegant, rational and modern and he worked towards it. And while Raffles was gone, Farquhar developed Singapore poorly causing Raffles to feel dissappointed.", "Raffles was responsible for Singapore's boost of economy <br/> He increased the economy o...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580842_arg168785", "native_pair": "arg580842_arg168785", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "well the definition of founder discussed in class that day that founder was not the person who discovers the place but he is the key in the development of the place and raffles came to singapore and established it on a global level...although it may have been farquhar who suggest this to raffles", "Before leavin...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168765_arg168772", "native_pair": "arg168765_arg168772", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168788_arg168787", "native_pair": "arg168788_arg168787", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles,Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong with Commandant under the accompanying seven ships witnessing the event.", "To be able to have a succeful trading port you must have good contacts with many people and raffles had those contacts without him we would not have a tradi...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168771_arg168815", "native_pair": "arg168771_arg168815", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "To be able to have a succeful trading port you must have good contacts with many people and raffles had those contacts without him we would not have a trading port at all! I would like to mention that raffles had all the important qualities of a founder and he was in good position to do so. He invested a lot and w...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168815_arg580839", "native_pair": "arg168815_arg580839", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was responsible for Singapore's boost of economy <br/> He increased the economy of Singapore by using the Straits of Malacca as a trading route. <br/> He established free trade and thus many people came to Singapore to trade with each other, boosting Singapore's economy. <br/> Raffles was responsible for S...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168785_arg168781", "native_pair": "arg168785_arg168781", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "HE HAS A BOSS(RAFFLES) HE HAS TO FOLLOW HIM AND NOT GO ABOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE IF THEN WHY CANT FARQUHAR HELP SINGAPORE AFTER HE WAS FIRED!!! I SAID HE DOES NOT HAVE THE POSITION TO BE THE FOUNDER!!!! <br/> Farquhar has a boss!(raffles) he has to follow raffles and not go about doing anything else if then why ca...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168833_arg551859", "native_pair": "arg168833_arg551859", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important for the development of the settlement.", "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities such as roads...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168772_arg168814", "native_pair": "arg168772_arg168814", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussien, and not William Farquhar. I agree that William Farquhar was the one that remained in Singapore to keep it running and also developed it further, but Raffles was the one who gave him the position because he had to leave and ...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168824_arg168789", "native_pair": "arg168824_arg168789", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "It was undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Straits of Malacca, and to select Singapore as the best location to achieve British economic and strategic objectives in the region. Without Raffles, it is likely that Singapore would have remained a sparsely in...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg167721_arg580842", "native_pair": "arg167721_arg580842", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles had written his discovery wrongly as 29 February 1819.It was later corrected. He thought he had discovered Singapore on his firs journey", "Raffles was the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussien, and not William Farquhar. I agree that William Farquhar was the one that ...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168828_arg168824", "native_pair": "arg168828_arg168824", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and provision of other facilities such as roads, schools and lands for government buildings. In October 1822, a Town Plan Committee was formed by Raffles to oversee the project.",...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168814_arg168795", "native_pair": "arg168814_arg168795", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Raffles was the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussien, and not William Farquhar. I agree that William Farquhar was the one that remained in Singapore to keep it running and also developed it further, but Raffles was the one who gave him the position because he had to leave and ...	0	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168824_arg168836", "native_pair": "arg168824_arg168836", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles,Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong with Commandant under the accompanying seven ships witnessing the event.", "To be able to have a succeful trading port you must have good contacts with many people and raffles had those contacts without him we would not have a tradi...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168769_arg168815", "native_pair": "arg168769_arg168815", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}
Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore	[ "Before leaving Singapore, Raffles did leave some plans and policies that were important for the development of the settlement.", "Raffles was the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussien, and not William Farquhar. I agree that William Farquhar was the one that remained in Singap...	1	{"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168772_arg168824", "native_pair": "arg168772_arg168824", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"}

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