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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.",
"Even tho... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168836_arg168821", "native_pair": "arg168836_arg168821", "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 conceived a town plan to remodel Singapore into a modern city. The plan consisted of separate areas for different ethnic groups and... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg168803", "native_pair": "arg168781_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 | [
"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.",
"Even though Raffles sacked Farquhar when he came back to Singapore, this was because Farquhar was adopting measures that were not approved ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg168821", "native_pair": "arg168781_arg168821", "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.",
"The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles,Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong with Commandant under the accompanying seven ships ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168809_arg168769", "native_pair": "arg168809_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 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.",
"The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles,Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong with Com... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580842_arg168769", "native_pair": "arg580842_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 | [
"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_arg168835", "native_pair": "arg168821_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 | [
"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.",
"Even though Raffles sack... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168816_arg168821", "native_pair": "arg168816_arg168821", "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",
"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 island ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168828_arg168778", "native_pair": "arg168828_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 | [
"Schooling <br/> Raffles established the Singapore Institution ( Now known as Raffles Institution ) which completed its construction on the year 1837.",
"The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles,Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong with Commandant under the accompanying seven ships witnessing the event."
] | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168796_arg168771", "native_pair": "arg168796_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 | [
"The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles,Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong with Commandant under the accompanying seven ships witnessing the event.",
"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 bel... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168769_arg168821", "native_pair": "arg168769_arg168821", "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 followed by Farquhar during his visit to Singapore.This shows that Raffles saw Singapore before Farquhar making him the founder"
] | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168796_arg168784", "native_pair": "arg168796_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 | [
"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.",
"He revived the cultural ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168816_arg168790", "native_pair": "arg168816_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-:arg168788_arg168810", "native_pair": "arg168788_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... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580839_arg168789", "native_pair": "arg580839_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 | [
"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 found... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168765_arg168789", "native_pair": "arg168765_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 | [
"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_arg167721", "native_pair": "arg168795_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 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 followed by Farquhar during his visit to Singapore.This shows that Raffles saw Singapore before Farquhar making him the ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168809_arg168784", "native_pair": "arg168809_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 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 the Dutch from taking Singapore. If it had not been for Raffles, the Dutch would have taken Singapore.",
"Raffles founded Singapore and Farquhar was just... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168826_arg168789", "native_pair": "arg168826_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 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_arg168826", "native_pair": "arg168803_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 | [
"No.If you research about FarQuhar.He didn't do anything to help Singapore while Raffles was away,instead of doing anything he just made a big mess and allowed things like vice,crimes and gambling dens carry on.",
"It was Raffles who signed the treaty with the Sultan Hussein,not Farquhar. Farquhar was just Raffle... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg551859_arg168794", "native_pair": "arg551859_arg168794", "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_arg168824", "native_pair": "arg168803_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 | [
"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_arg168798", "native_pair": "arg167721_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 | [
"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.",
"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 ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168781_arg168836", "native_pair": "arg168781_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.",
"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 Raffle... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168769_arg168775", "native_pair": "arg168769_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 | [
"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.",
"It was Raffles who signed the treaty with the Sultan Hussein,not Farquhar. Farquhar was j... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580842_arg168794", "native_pair": "arg580842_arg168794", "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.",
"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 sup... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168772_arg168835", "native_pair": "arg168772_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 | [
"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.",
"He revived the cultural heritage of the region by sett... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168798_arg168790", "native_pair": "arg168798_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 | [
"Schooling <br/> Raffles established the Singapore Institution ( Now known as Raffles Institution ) which completed its construction on the year 1837.",
"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... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168796_arg168809", "native_pair": "arg168796_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 | [
"No.If you research about FarQuhar.He didn't do anything to help Singapore while Raffles was away,instead of doing anything he just made a big mess and allowed things like vice,crimes and gambling dens carry on.",
"IF YOU go live in that olden time conditions in just one month in those conditions it would be a su... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg551859_arg168787", "native_pair": "arg551859_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 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_arg168810", "native_pair": "arg168821_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 | [
"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 island first) And I do know that farquer has been very involved in this help and sometimes even does all the work but let me remind you that being raffles \"... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168778_arg168833", "native_pair": "arg168778_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 | [
"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.",
"The Singapore Treaty is ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168816_arg168771", "native_pair": "arg168816_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 | [
"Schooling <br/> Raffles established the Singapore Institution ( Now known as Raffles Institution ) which completed its construction on the year 1837.",
"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 f... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168796_arg168803", "native_pair": "arg168796_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 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 undoubtedly Raffles' ambition and vision which led him to search for another British base in the Str... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168789_arg167721", "native_pair": "arg168789_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_arg168815", "native_pair": "arg168785_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 | [
"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 island first) And I do know that farquer has been very involved in this help and sometimes even does all the work but let me remind you that being raffles \"... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168778_arg168772", "native_pair": "arg168778_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 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_arg168826", "native_pair": "arg168785_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 | [
"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_arg168788", "native_pair": "arg168814_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 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 the person who signed a treaty with the Temenggong and also the Sultan Hussie... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg580842_arg168824", "native_pair": "arg580842_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 | [
"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 R... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168836_arg168794", "native_pair": "arg168836_arg168794", "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 | [
"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 island first) And I do know that farquer has been very involved in this help and sometimes even does all the work but let me remind you that being raffles \"... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168778_arg168790", "native_pair": "arg168778_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 | [
"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_arg168821", "native_pair": "arg168815_arg168821", "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_arg168800", "native_pair": "arg168785_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 | [
"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.",
"On 28 January 1819,Raffles came to Singapore. When Raf... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168798_arg168816", "native_pair": "arg168798_arg168816", "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.",
"To be able to have a suc... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168816_arg168815", "native_pair": "arg168816_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 | [
"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.",
"Farquhar has a boss!(raffles) he has to follow raffles and not go about doing anything else if then why cant farquha... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_no-it-is-raffles-:arg168775_arg168836", "native_pair": "arg168775_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 | [
"Crimes like robbing and fighting often occurred. Farquhar set up a small police force.",
"Farquhar won the affection and respect from the people with his doings. When he was sacked, thousands of people bade him farewell on the day he left Singapore. This proves that Farquhar is very important to the people."
] | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168808_arg168823", "native_pair": "arg168808_arg168823", "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 | [
"Farquar protected Singapore from Dutch attacks and attracted traders to Singapore while Raffles was away.",
"There were a lot of pests at that time, and the people were suffering from them. Raffles wasn't around, and William had to think of a solution himself."
] | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168776_arg168806", "native_pair": "arg168776_arg168806", "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 | [
"Crimes like robbing and fighting often occurred. Farquhar set up a small police force.",
"Farquhar was the one to take charge of the new settlement and keep it running against all odds after British presence was introduced, as Raffles had to return to Bencoolen."
] | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168808_arg168767", "native_pair": "arg168808_arg168767", "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 did all the ground work to improve Singapore but Raffles only dreamt about what to do.",
"It is clear that Stamford Raffles was the basis for the idea but the implementation was left to Farquhar so i believe he is the rightful founder of Singapore. Raffles was just the 'idea man' before the founding but... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg167722_arg168768", "native_pair": "arg167722_arg168768", "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 | [
"There were a lot of pests at that time, and the people were suffering from them. Raffles wasn't around, and William had to think of a solution himself.",
"Faruhar carried out the 'grand plan' of Raffles'. Raffles practically just sat there and watched it all go, not even lifting a finger to help. It doesn't matt... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168806_arg168780", "native_pair": "arg168806_arg168780", "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 was the one to take charge of the new settlement and keep it running against all odds after British presence was introduced, as Raffles had to return to Bencoolen.",
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore al... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168767_arg168793", "native_pair": "arg168767_arg168793", "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 William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone.",
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168793_arg168766", "native_pair": "arg168793_arg168766", "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 | [
"Faquhar solved the problems in Singapore using cash from his own pocket. When Singapore was once infested with rats and centipedes, Farquhar rewarded the people with coins for every pest they catch. This solved the problem quickly, as he held to his promise.",
"Crimes like robbing and fighting often occurred. Fa... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168804_arg168808", "native_pair": "arg168804_arg168808", "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 Farquar was fired by Raffles, he was given a grander ceremony before he left compared to Raffles, which show how much the people loved him.",
"Farquar dealt with every day problems during the early years of Singapore.He also attempted to know the people and understood malay, whereas Raffles hardly communica... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168786_arg168792", "native_pair": "arg168786_arg168792", "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 me, a founder would be a leader, well respected by the organisation/group he is managing. Both Raffles and Farquhar were good leaders. However, when William Farquhar was sent off to Britain, more people went to send him off than the combined number of people that sent Raffles off during the three times Raffles ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168818_arg168805", "native_pair": "arg168818_arg168805", "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 invited the immigrants from Malacca to come and trade and stationed an office at St. John's Island to inform the trading ships passing by about the settlement in Singapore.",
"Faquhar solved the problems in Singapore using cash from his own pocket. When Singapore was once infested with rats and centipedes, Fa... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168777_arg168804", "native_pair": "arg168777_arg168804", "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 did all the so-called planning, Farquhar did make some plans of his own, too, since Raffles had to leave for Bencoolen. This means that Farquhar had to plan on his own, too.",
"The people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168831_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168831_arg168832", "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 | [
"Faquhar solved the problems in Singapore using cash from his own pocket. When Singapore was once infested with rats and centipedes, Farquhar rewarded the people with coins for every pest they catch. This solved the problem quickly, as he held to his promise.",
"Farquhar did all the ground work to improve Singapo... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168804_arg167722", "native_pair": "arg168804_arg167722", "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 contributed significantly, even forking out his own money to start up the colony carved out of the jungle, by first offering money as an incentive for people to hunt and to exterminate rats and centipedes. Raffles did nothing of that sort.",
"Farquhar was unjustly exiled by Raffles even though William h... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168801_arg168779", "native_pair": "arg168801_arg168779", "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 me, a founder would be a leader, well respected by the organisation/group he is managing. Both Raffles and Farquhar were good leaders. However, when William Farquhar was sent off to Britain, more people went to send him off than the combined number of people that sent Raffles off during the three times Raffles ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168818_arg168834", "native_pair": "arg168818_arg168834", "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 was the one that played the role of a 'mother' to Singapore.He contributed more to Singapore than Raffles supporting the fact that he was the founder of Singapore.",
"The people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to be ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168764_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168764_arg168832", "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 did all the ground work to improve Singapore but Raffles only dreamt about what to do.",
"Farquhar contributed significantly, even forking out his own money to start up the colony carved out of the jungle, by first offering money as an incentive for people to hunt and to exterminate rats and centipedes.... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg167722_arg168801", "native_pair": "arg167722_arg168801", "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 was the one to implement the actual operations, whereas Raffles only came up with the ideas, which would or would not work. Actions require action, and Farquhar implemented those ideas.",
"The people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168774_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168774_arg168832", "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 people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to be there for them. William Farquhar even took money out of his own pockets to resolve certain issues. When he was forced to leave, the people sent him off with sorrow in their heart... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168832_arg168808", "native_pair": "arg168832_arg168808", "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 Farquar was fired by Raffles, he was given a grander ceremony before he left compared to Raffles, which show how much the people loved him.",
"The people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to be there for them. William Farq... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168786_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168786_arg168832", "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 | [
"William Farquhar was removed from his position by Raffles because Farquhar had grown too close to the people. However, knowing the people well is necessary to help Farquhar solve the problems faced by the people.",
"Crimes like robbing and fighting often occurred. Farquhar set up a small police force."
] | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168811_arg168808", "native_pair": "arg168811_arg168808", "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 came and left Singapore, returning after a long period of time. Farquar stayed here all the time, and solved many problems. Raffles did not do much at all compared to Farquar.",
"Farquhar won the affection and respect from the people with his doings. When he was sacked, thousands of people bade him farew... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168830_arg168823", "native_pair": "arg168830_arg168823", "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 neglected Singapore when he went around conquering other 'more useful' countries for about FOUR years, leaving all the work to Farquhar to settle. Plus, to drive my point further, the countries that were run by Raffles all ended up BADLY. This shows that Raffles was a bad developer of the country.",
"Wit... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168822_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168822_arg168812", "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 me, a founder would be a leader, well respected by the organisation/group he is managing. Both Raffles and Farquhar were good leaders. However, when William Farquhar was sent off to Britain, more people went to send him off than the combined number of people that sent Raffles off during the three times Raffles ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168818_arg168823", "native_pair": "arg168818_arg168823", "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 invited the immigrants from Malacca to come and trade and stationed an office at St. John's Island to inform the trading ships passing by about the settlement in Singapore.",
"The people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168777_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168777_arg168832", "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 me, a founder would be a leader, well respected by the organisation/group he is managing. Both Raffles and Farquhar were good leaders. However, when William Farquhar was sent off to Britain, more people went to send him off than the combined number of people that sent Raffles off during the three times Raffles ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168818_arg168831", "native_pair": "arg168818_arg168831", "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 | [
"William Farquhar had helped more citizen of Singapore than Raffles did. Raffles was just more of the idea man. William Farquhar was more of a founder of Singapore than Raffles.",
"Farquhar contributed significantly, even forking out his own money to start up the colony carved out of the jungle, by first offering... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168807_arg168801", "native_pair": "arg168807_arg168801", "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 doesn't care about the citizens, doesn't spare a thought at all. <br/> So what if he discovered the island majulah singapura, he did not help in the least in singapore's development. so why in the world should he deserve the title of 'singapore's founder'? <br/> Farquhar developed the island, with all his ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168834_arg168793", "native_pair": "arg168834_arg168793", "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 | [
"Crimes like robbing and fighting often occurred. Farquhar set up a small police force.",
"Raffles neglected Singapore when he went around conquering other 'more useful' countries for about FOUR years, leaving all the work to Farquhar to settle. Plus, to drive my point further, the countries that were run by Raff... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168808_arg168822", "native_pair": "arg168808_arg168822", "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 people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to be there for them. William Farquhar even took money out of his own pockets to resolve certain issues. When he was forced to leave, the people sent him off with sorrow in their heart... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168832_arg167722", "native_pair": "arg168832_arg167722", "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 | [
"There were pests like centipedes and rats all over the island. These pests hurt some people. The rats also destroyed the food supplies. Tigers were also a threat to the people here. He solved it by giving rewards were given to those people who killed these pests.",
"Raffles neglected Singapore when he went aroun... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168791_arg168822", "native_pair": "arg168791_arg168822", "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 people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to be there for them. William Farquhar even took money out of his own pockets to resolve certain issues. When he was forced to leave, the people sent him off with sorrow in their heart... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168832_arg168806", "native_pair": "arg168832_arg168806", "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 was unjustly exiled by Raffles even though William had done a lot to help Singapore.",
"Farquar weeded out many problems, such as the rat and centipede infestation. It took only a few days for Farquar to finish destroying the infestation, whereas Raffles did not do anything about the problem at all."
] | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168779_arg168805", "native_pair": "arg168779_arg168805", "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 me, a founder would be a leader, well respected by the organisation/group he is managing. Both Raffles and Farquhar were good leaders. However, when William Farquhar was sent off to Britain, more people went to send him off than the combined number of people that sent Raffles off during the three times Raffles ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168818_arg168807", "native_pair": "arg168818_arg168807", "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 | [
"William Farquhar stayed in Singapore longer than Raffles, so Farquhar had more time to get to know the people more, to earn the trust of the people, to find out the problems that the people were facing and to solve those problems",
"Farquhar was unjustly exiled by Raffles even though William had done a lot to he... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168773_arg168779", "native_pair": "arg168773_arg168779", "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 ordered his men to go to Malacca and bring some food back. The traders in Singapore also brought some of the necessities here.",
"Farquhar was the one to implement the actual operations, whereas Raffles only came up with the ideas, which would or would not work. Actions require action, and Farquhar impl... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168783_arg168774", "native_pair": "arg168783_arg168774", "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 | [
"Faruhar carried out the 'grand plan' of Raffles'. Raffles practically just sat there and watched it all go, not even lifting a finger to help. It doesn't matter if Raffles was the head of the so-called operation, Farquhar was the one to DEVELOP Singapore to what it is today.",
"He invited the immigrants from Mal... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168780_arg168777", "native_pair": "arg168780_arg168777", "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 me, a founder would be a leader, well respected by the organisation/group he is managing. Both Raffles and Farquhar were good leaders. However, when William Farquhar was sent off to Britain, more people went to send him off than the combined number of people that sent Raffles off during the three times Raffles ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168818_arg168779", "native_pair": "arg168818_arg168779", "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 people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to be there for them. William Farquhar even took money out of his own pockets to resolve certain issues. When he was forced to leave, the people sent him off with sorrow in their heart... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168832_arg168807", "native_pair": "arg168832_arg168807", "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 ordered his men to go to Malacca and bring some food back. The traders in Singapore also brought some of the necessities here.",
"Without William Farquhar Singapore would have perished. Only because William was there to govern the country, Singapore continued to exist. Raffles left to govern another cou... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168783_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168783_arg168812", "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 Farquhar left Singapore, more people were there to send him off than Raffles. This shows that the people recognized Farquhar as their founder, not Raffles",
"The people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to be there for the... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168825_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168825_arg168832", "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 | [
"Faruhar carried out the 'grand plan' of Raffles'. Raffles practically just sat there and watched it all go, not even lifting a finger to help. It doesn't matter if Raffles was the head of the so-called operation, Farquhar was the one to DEVELOP Singapore to what it is today.",
"Crimes like robbing and fighting o... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168780_arg168808", "native_pair": "arg168780_arg168808", "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 was unjustly exiled by Raffles even though William had done a lot to help Singapore.",
"Without William Farquhar Singapore would have perished. Only because William was there to govern the country, Singapore continued to exist. Raffles left to govern another country."
] | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168779_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168779_arg168812", "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 | [
"Crimes like robbing and fighting often occurred. Farquhar set up a small police force.",
"William Farquhar stayed in Singapore longer than Raffles, so Farquhar had more time to get to know the people more, to earn the trust of the people, to find out the problems that the people were facing and to solve those pr... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168808_arg168773", "native_pair": "arg168808_arg168773", "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 was unjustly exiled by Raffles even though William had done a lot to help Singapore.",
"It is clear that Stamford Raffles was the basis for the idea but the implementation was left to Farquhar so i believe he is the rightful founder of Singapore. Raffles was just the 'idea man' before the founding but w... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168779_arg168768", "native_pair": "arg168779_arg168768", "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 is clear that Stamford Raffles was the basis for the idea but the implementation was left to Farquhar so i believe he is the rightful founder of Singapore. Raffles was just the 'idea man' before the founding but was summoned to Bencoolen by his superiors and did not have much contribution to the founding of Sin... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168768_arg168806", "native_pair": "arg168768_arg168806", "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 did all the ground work to improve Singapore but Raffles only dreamt about what to do.",
"To me, a founder would be a leader, well respected by the organisation/group he is managing. Both Raffles and Farquhar were good leaders. However, when William Farquhar was sent off to Britain, more people went to ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg167722_arg168818", "native_pair": "arg167722_arg168818", "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 Farquar was fired by Raffles, he was given a grander ceremony before he left compared to Raffles, which show how much the people loved him.",
"Farquhar contributed significantly, even forking out his own money to start up the colony carved out of the jungle, by first offering money as an incentive for peopl... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168786_arg168801", "native_pair": "arg168786_arg168801", "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 people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to deal with the country's problems when Raffles failed to be there for them. William Farquhar even took money out of his own pockets to resolve certain issues. When he was forced to leave, the people sent him off with sorrow in their heart... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168832_arg168770", "native_pair": "arg168832_arg168770", "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 is clear that Stamford Raffles was the basis for the idea but the implementation was left to Farquhar so i believe he is the rightful founder of Singapore. Raffles was just the 'idea man' before the founding but was summoned to Bencoolen by his superiors and did not have much contribution to the founding of Sin... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168768_arg168776", "native_pair": "arg168768_arg168776", "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 me, a founder would be a leader, well respected by the organisation/group he is managing. Both Raffles and Farquhar were good leaders. However, when William Farquhar was sent off to Britain, more people went to send him off than the combined number of people that sent Raffles off during the three times Raffles ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168818_arg168806", "native_pair": "arg168818_arg168806", "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 Farquhar left Singapore, more people were there to send him off than Raffles. This shows that the people recognized Farquhar as their founder, not Raffles",
"Faruhar carried out the 'grand plan' of Raffles'. Raffles practically just sat there and watched it all go, not even lifting a finger to help. It does... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168825_arg168780", "native_pair": "arg168825_arg168780", "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 ordered his men to go to Malacca and bring some food back. The traders in Singapore also brought some of the necessities here.",
"It is clear that Stamford Raffles was the basis for the idea but the implementation was left to Farquhar so i believe he is the rightful founder of Singapore. Raffles was jus... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168783_arg168768", "native_pair": "arg168783_arg168768", "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 | [
"There were a lot of pests at that time, and the people were suffering from them. Raffles wasn't around, and William had to think of a solution himself.",
"William Farquhar stayed in Singapore longer than Raffles, so Farquhar had more time to get to know the people more, to earn the trust of the people, to find o... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168806_arg168773", "native_pair": "arg168806_arg168773", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"} |
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