Sentence examples for irrelevant debating from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush warned that the United Nations risked fading "into history as an ineffective, irrelevant debating society".

President Bush, going to the martial setting of a Florida naval station, challenged the U.N. to show "backbone and courage," to stand up to Iraq or be seen as "an ineffective, irrelevant debating society".

In a sometimes-misquoted statement, President George W. Bush stated in February 2003 (referring to UN uncertainty towards Iraqi provocations under the Saddam Hussein regime) that "free nations will not allow the United Nations to fade into history as an ineffective, irrelevant debating society".

"Whether a particular utility is in the government sector or the private sector is an irrelevant debate," he said.

But the greatest reason for progressives to refuse to be drawn into an irrelevant debate about Senators Clinton and Obama is that it is destructive.

An irrelevant debate was conducted about whether Liverpudlians were or were not too sentimental over Ken Bigley's death, when surely the question is: 'So what anyway?'.

However that is now an irrelevant debate: RBS's investment bank is shrinking; and it would not be surprising if that shrinkage accelerated, now that a pure retail banker, McEwan, has been given the top job.

Instead of working to reach a global, fair and binding climate agreement, they played politics, got into irrelevant debates about developed vs. developing nations and were generally out of touch with the world's people.

It has become rather irrelevant to debate whether there can be smart writing about television, and even, increasingly, about TV's naughty younger sibling, reality TV.

By Ian Crouch April 16, 2010 It has become rather irrelevant to debate whether there can be smart writing about television, and even, increasingly, about TV's naughty younger sibling, reality TV.

Such anticipative discussions, however, pose several challenges, primarily the risks of debating irrelevant ethical concerns or – more importantly – neglecting relevant ones, if debates are not based on a realistic assessment of current and future developments.