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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",
"Raffles unjustly removed Farquhar from his position in Singapore and accused him... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168773_arg168770", "native_pair": "arg168773_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 | [
"Farquhar ordered his men to go to Malacca and bring some food back. The traders in Singapore also brought some of the necessities here.",
"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 s... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168783_arg168818", "native_pair": "arg168783_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 | [
"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_arg168831", "native_pair": "arg168768_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 | [
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone.",
"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 t... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168793_arg168801", "native_pair": "arg168793_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 | [
"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 ordered his men to go to Malacca and bring some food back. The traders ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168773_arg168783", "native_pair": "arg168773_arg168783", "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_arg168807", "native_pair": "arg168834_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 was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",
"Farquhar did al... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168766_arg167722", "native_pair": "arg168766_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 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.",
"Farquhar did all the ground work to improve Singapore but Raffles only dreamt about what to do."
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Debate topic: william farquhar ought to be honoured as the rightful founder of singapore | [
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",
"There were a lo... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168766_arg168806", "native_pair": "arg168766_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 | [
"William made the initiative to understand the locals and to communicate with them. He even learnt Malay just so to make conversation easier.",
"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 wa... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168820_arg168768", "native_pair": "arg168820_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 | [
"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.",
"Raffles doesn't care about the citizens, doesn't spare a thought at all. <br/> So what if he discovered the island m... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168831_arg168834", "native_pair": "arg168831_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 | [
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone.",
"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 communicated... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168793_arg168792", "native_pair": "arg168793_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 | [
"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.",
"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 o... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168812_arg168806", "native_pair": "arg168812_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 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.",
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's developm... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168774_arg168766", "native_pair": "arg168774_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 | [
"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.",
"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 ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168786_arg168773", "native_pair": "arg168786_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 | [
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone.",
"William made the initiative to understand the locals and to communicate with them. He even learnt Malay just so to make conversation easier."
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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.",
"Farquhar was unjustly exiled by Raffles even though William had done a lot to help Singapore."
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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.",
"William made the initiative to understand the locals and to communicate with them. He even learnt Malay just so to make conversation easier."
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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 unjustly exiled by Raffles even though William had done a lot to help Singapore."
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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",
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone."
] | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168825_arg168793", "native_pair": "arg168825_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 | [
"William made the initiative to understand the locals and to communicate with them. He even learnt Malay just so to make conversation easier.",
"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 prob... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168820_arg168773", "native_pair": "arg168820_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 | [
"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.",
"The people recognized William Farquhar as the ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168791_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168791_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.",
"Raffles unjustly removed Farquhar ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168780_arg168770", "native_pair": "arg168780_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 | [
"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.",
"There were pests like centipedes and rats all over the island. These pests hurt some people. The rats also destroyed the food supplie... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168807_arg168791", "native_pair": "arg168807_arg168791", "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.",
"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 shoul... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168779_arg168834", "native_pair": "arg168779_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 | [
"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.",
"He ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168822_arg168777", "native_pair": "arg168822_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 | [
"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.",
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168774_arg168793", "native_pair": "arg168774_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 | [
"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",
"Faquhar solved the problems in Singapore using cash from his own pocket. When Si... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168773_arg168804", "native_pair": "arg168773_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 William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone.",
"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 compa... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168793_arg168830", "native_pair": "arg168793_arg168830", "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 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.",
"He invited the immigrants from Malacca to come and trade and stationed an office at St. John's Is... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168805_arg168777", "native_pair": "arg168805_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_arg168825", "native_pair": "arg168818_arg168825", "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 did all the ground work to improve Singapore but Raffles only dreamt about what to do."
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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 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."
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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.",
"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 l... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168806_arg168834", "native_pair": "arg168806_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 | [
"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.",
"To ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168822_arg168818", "native_pair": "arg168822_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 | [
"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.",
"Far... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168822_arg168823", "native_pair": "arg168822_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 | [
"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",
"He invited the immigrants from Malacca to come and trade and stationed an office... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168773_arg168777", "native_pair": "arg168773_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 | [
"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.",
"Faquhar solved the problems in Singapore using cash from his own pocket. When Singapore was once infested with rats and centipedes, F... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168807_arg168804", "native_pair": "arg168807_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 | [
"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",
"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,... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168825_arg168805", "native_pair": "arg168825_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 | [
"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.",
"Without William Farquhar Singapore would have peris... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168804_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168804_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 | [
"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.",
"William Farquhar was removed from his position by Raffles because Farquhar had grown too cl... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168823_arg168811", "native_pair": "arg168823_arg168811", "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 sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",
"Farquhar was un... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168766_arg168779", "native_pair": "arg168766_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 | [
"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",
"When Farquhar left Singapore, more people were there to send him off than Raffle... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168773_arg168825", "native_pair": "arg168773_arg168825", "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.",
"When Farquhar left Singapore, more people were... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168791_arg168825", "native_pair": "arg168791_arg168825", "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.",
"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 op... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168776_arg168780", "native_pair": "arg168776_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 | [
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone.",
"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... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168793_arg168831", "native_pair": "arg168793_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 | [
"Farquhar did all the ground work to improve Singapore but Raffles only dreamt about what to do.",
"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-:arg167722_arg168767", "native_pair": "arg167722_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 | [
"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_arg168767", "native_pair": "arg168832_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 | [
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone.",
"Without William Farquhar Singapore would have perished. Only because William was there to govern the country, Singapore continued to exist. Raffles left to govern anoth... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168793_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168793_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 | [
"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.",
"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... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168767_arg168777", "native_pair": "arg168767_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 | [
"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.",
"To me, a founder would be a leader... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168780_arg168818", "native_pair": "arg168780_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 | [
"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 was the one to take charge of the new settlement and keep it running against all odds after British presence was introduced,... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168807_arg168767", "native_pair": "arg168807_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 | [
"Crimes like robbing and fighting often occurred. Farquhar set up a small police force.",
"Raffles unjustly removed Farquhar from his position in Singapore and accused him of ' being too close to the local population '. I think that it is unfair that a person who contributed so much to Singapore's development be ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168808_arg168770", "native_pair": "arg168808_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 | [
"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.",
"There were a lot of pests at that time, and the people were suffering from them. Raffles wa... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168823_arg168806", "native_pair": "arg168823_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 | [
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",
"When Farquhar l... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168766_arg168825", "native_pair": "arg168766_arg168825", "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 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.",
"Without William Farquhar Singapore would have perished. Only because William was there to govern ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168805_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168805_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 | [
"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.",
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despi... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168780_arg168766", "native_pair": "arg168780_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 | [
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",
"Crimes like rob... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168766_arg168808", "native_pair": "arg168766_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 | [
"William made the initiative to understand the locals and to communicate with them. He even learnt Malay just so to make conversation easier.",
"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 Raffl... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168820_arg168780", "native_pair": "arg168820_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 | [
"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_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168834_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 | [
"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.",
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168805_arg168793", "native_pair": "arg168805_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.",
"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-:arg168808_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168808_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 | [
"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.",
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measur... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168764_arg168766", "native_pair": "arg168764_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 | [
"Farquhar was unjustly exiled by Raffles even though William had done a lot to help 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 ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168779_arg168822", "native_pair": "arg168779_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 | [
"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.",
"When Farquar was fired by Raffles, he was given a grander ceremony before he left compared to Raf... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168805_arg168786", "native_pair": "arg168805_arg168786", "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.",
"Farquhar won the affection and respect from the people with his doings. When he was sacked, thousands of people bade him farewell on the ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168764_arg168823", "native_pair": "arg168764_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 | [
"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_arg168792", "native_pair": "arg168768_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 | [
"Farquar protected Singapore from Dutch attacks and attracted traders to Singapore while Raffles was away.",
"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 ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168776_arg168823", "native_pair": "arg168776_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 | [
"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.",
"William Farquhar was removed from ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168780_arg168811", "native_pair": "arg168780_arg168811", "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 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.",
"Even though Raffles did all the so-called planning, Farquhar did make some plans of his own, too,... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168805_arg168831", "native_pair": "arg168805_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 | [
"Raffles unjustly removed Farquhar from his position in Singapore and accused him of ' being too close to the local population '. I think that it is unfair that a person who contributed so much to Singapore's development be unjustly sent off like that.",
"Farquhar was the one to take charge of the new settlement ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168770_arg168767", "native_pair": "arg168770_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 | [
"Raffles unjustly removed Farquhar from his position in Singapore and accused him of ' being too close to the local population '. I think that it is unfair that a person who contributed so much to Singapore's development be unjustly sent off like that.",
"He invited the immigrants from Malacca to come and trade a... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168770_arg168777", "native_pair": "arg168770_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 | [
"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.",
"Faruhar carried out the 'grand plan' of Raffles'. Raffles practically just sat there and wa... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168823_arg168780", "native_pair": "arg168823_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 | [
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",
"William made th... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168766_arg168820", "native_pair": "arg168766_arg168820", "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.",
"William made the initiative to understand the locals and to communicate with them. He even learnt Malay just so to make conversation e... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168777_arg168820", "native_pair": "arg168777_arg168820", "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.",
"Farquar dealt with every day problems during the early years of Singapore.He also attempted to know the people and understood malay, w... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168777_arg168792", "native_pair": "arg168777_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 | [
"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.",
"William Farquhar was removed from his position by Raffles because Farquhar had grown too close to the people. However, knowing the... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168812_arg168811", "native_pair": "arg168812_arg168811", "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.",
"When Farquar was fired by Raffles, he was given a grander ceremony before he left compared to Raf... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168811_arg168786", "native_pair": "arg168811_arg168786", "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.",
"Farquhar won the affection and respect from th... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168791_arg168823", "native_pair": "arg168791_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 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.",
"Farquar weeded out many problems, such as the rat and centipede infestation. It took only a few days for Farquar to finish des... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168830_arg168805", "native_pair": "arg168830_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 | [
"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",
"The people recognized William Farquhar as the founder because he was there to de... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168773_arg168832", "native_pair": "arg168773_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 | [
"Crimes like robbing and fighting often occurred. Farquhar set up a small police force.",
"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 communicated with the people."
] | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168808_arg168792", "native_pair": "arg168808_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 | [
"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.",
"It is clear that Stamford Raffles was the basis for the idea but the implementation was left to F... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168805_arg168768", "native_pair": "arg168805_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 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.",
"Without William Farquhar Singapore would have ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168791_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168791_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 | [
"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 was the one to take charge of the new sett... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168804_arg168767", "native_pair": "arg168804_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 | [
"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_arg168830", "native_pair": "arg168834_arg168830", "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 was the one that played the role of a 'mot... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168804_arg168764", "native_pair": "arg168804_arg168764", "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 unjustly removed Farquhar from his position in Singapore and accused him of ' being too close to the local population '. I think that it is unfair that a person who contributed so much to Singapore's development be unjustly sent off like that.",
"When Farquar was fired by Raffles, he was given a grander ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168770_arg168786", "native_pair": "arg168770_arg168786", "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.",
"Even though William had legalized gambling, he did it so that Singapore can prosper, but Raffles had turned it down, leaving Singapore alone."
] | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168779_arg168793", "native_pair": "arg168779_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 | [
"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 did all the ground work to improve Singapore but Raffles only dreamt ab... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168773_arg167722", "native_pair": "arg168773_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 | [
"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_arg168764", "native_pair": "arg168834_arg168764", "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 sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",
"William Farquha... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168766_arg168811", "native_pair": "arg168766_arg168811", "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.",
"Raffles unjustly removed Farquhar from his position in Singapore and accused him of ' being too close to the local population '. I think that it is unfair that a person who contributed so much to Singapor... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168776_arg168770", "native_pair": "arg168776_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 | [
"Farquhar did all the ground work to improve Singapore but Raffles only dreamt about what to do.",
"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 communicated with the people."
] | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg167722_arg168792", "native_pair": "arg167722_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 | [
"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_arg168776", "native_pair": "arg168834_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 | [
"Farquar protected Singapore from Dutch attacks and attracted traders to Singapore while Raffles was away.",
"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."
] | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168776_arg168774", "native_pair": "arg168776_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 | [
"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.",
"Without William Farquhar Singapore would have perished. Only because William was there to govern the country, Singapore continued to ... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168807_arg168812", "native_pair": "arg168807_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 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.",
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration whi... | 1 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168786_arg168766", "native_pair": "arg168786_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 | [
"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.",
"Farquhar did all the ground work t... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168780_arg167722", "native_pair": "arg168780_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 | [
"William Farquhar was sacked. Despite his many positive achievements in the formative period of Singapore's development, he adopted measures in his administration which conflicted with Raffles' instructions, so a lot of people would just ignore Farquhar's contribution and credit them to Raffles",
"He invited the ... | 0 | {"id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore_yes-of-course-:arg168766_arg168777", "native_pair": "arg168766_arg168777", "split_group_id": "william-farquhar-ought-to-be-honoured-as-the-rightful-founder-of-singapore"} |
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