The government, after all, can do the thinking for us. Our sense of civic duty to engage in public debate and critical thinking is lost except unfortunately for issues that affect our pockets.

很不幸的，正是这种想法使我们失去了作为公民应有义务参与辩论和深入分析问题的责任感，除非有关的课题会影响我们的口袋，我们才会有所反应。

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Now they are thinking about cutting into real flesh as they debate the Strategic Defence and Security Review, due in October.

如今，由于10月将出台战略防务与安全回顾报告，他们现在争论不休，并考虑忍受“切肤之痛”。

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Beyond the knowledge gained in lectures, the goal of this seminar course is to excite, enlighten, and stimulate your thinking through discussion and debate.

除了课堂上吸收的知识外，本专题研讨课程的目的在借由讨论与辩论中刺激、启发、和激发学员的思考能力。

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Nevertheless, the thinking by Uruguay's government is the most daring in a growing debate about drug policy in Latin America.

ECONOMIST: A bold, if fuzzy, proposal

But the debate is proving useful by exposing flaws in thinking on both the left and the right, and among voters generally.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

The speech was billed as just one in a series questioning the thinking of the military services, but in retrospect it was something more: the opening salvo in a public debate about the future of the Marine Corps.

FORBES: Gates Challenges Marine Corps' Mission