Another countered, "But science grows exponentially, so I think we should put more in B". An impassioned discussion about wind turbines went round and round.
There have been impassioned discussions in the speculative fiction community about whether authors can write with authenticity and moral authority about cultures that aren't their own - travelogues aside, which invariably say more about the author than the place they are visiting, P. J. O'Rourke being a poster case.
That race could still be such an issue in 2015 — and that African-Americans could remain so rarely seen in elite ballet companies — has been depressing to many dancegoers, and has led to impassioned discussions in the dance world and beyond about race, stereotypes and image.
On Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging platform, impassioned discussions on the ethics of eating dog became almost as popular a topic as the World Cup.
The design of real-world studies to test whether Ebola vaccines work has similarly triggered impassioned discussions.
Among readers, the article triggered an impassioned discussion about Canadian culture and traditions and the differences between other Western countries and Canada.
Israeli politicians from left to right agreed with him as an impassioned discussion about Jewish solidarity with Israel dominated the airwaves.
As I mingled in the crowd in the Forbidden City on Tuesday afternoon, I heard, once or twice, the words "Dalai Lama" spoken quietly, seriously — and one such mention turned into an impassioned discussion about "why the Dalai Lama doesn't like China," among three visitors who looked Chinese and spoke Mandarin, as they looked at Tibetan tangkas, or religious paintings, in one of the new galleries.
If he does, Rep. Bishop will witness an impassioned discussion about Maine's prized forests, just the latest entry in a storied history of compromises.
