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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 3/29/2008 8:22:28 AM |
"Equality for all".
That is the most controversial statement I have ever made. Been called every name in the book, from racist to chavinist, to homophobe for it.
Funny... I've had the opposite experience for the same reason. Particularly on gay rights; I've frequently been called a "fa**ot" or worse, simply for stating that they should have the same legal rights as the rest of us. Actually, I can't think of any circumstances that would lead anybody to call somebody a homophobe for advocating equality. Could you elaborate?
While standing for full equality often means standing for the oppressed, it also means standing against those who demand unfair privilege, which can actually make more enemies for you. As examples of the most controversial applications of this:
-"Ladies first" is discriminatory and wrong.
-If she wants me to put the toilet seat down for her, it's only fair for her to put it up for me.
-Making Xmas, Good Friday and Easter, all Christian festivals, legal holidays discriminates against all other religions, and is therefore a violation of the Charter of Rights (in Canada; Bill of Rights in the US). | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 3/29/2008 5:10:35 PM | Have to agree with blueeyeskc.
My most controversial:
Sitting on welfare and refusing to go to work or at the very least volunteer at a public place.
Rapist should be castrated and should have the removal of one hand.
Stoning a person should be legal
Cannabus should be legal. Any plant that grows should be legal.
Health care and education should be free for all.
English should be the official language and should be required to be learned by all. No more of this push one for Spanish.
The U.S. should stay out of every other countries business.
All racist should be publicly flogged. | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 3/29/2008 5:28:32 PM | I feel as though everyone has the right to express their opinion about another; However, everyone also has the option to express that opinion verbally, and that, my dear sir/madame, is one quality of yourself I will deny you of hearing.
Kind of makes you wonder what my opinion about you is, doesn't it? | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 3/29/2008 8:14:50 PM | I think tax credits should be given for NOT having children, not for having them, as a sort of "thank you" for using fewer planetary resources.
I think there should be national healthcare in America.
I agree with an earlier poster's idea that any politician who votes for war should have their combat age children automatically drafted and stationed in whatever country the war is with.
I think jailing someone for using drugs is waste of tax payer's money. It is outrageous to have everyone pay to house and feed someone who is only hurting themselves. People who use drugs should only be prosecuted for any crime they commit to support their habit (e.g. stealing). While in prison they will have to detox from the drugs, but if they don't do any crimes to get sent to prison in the first place then obviously doing the drugs isn't causing any problems for society, so why should society pay to get them clean?
On a related note, people who sell drugs should continue to be imprisoned, including those who sell marijuana. Prosecutions for selling marijuana need to actually increase, as it is becoming too normalized within many segments of society. This may seem contradictory with the above post that says drug use only hurts the user, but it's not. Drug selling hurts the user too, and benefits the seller. Turning young people into druggies/potheads should be severely punished and hopefully successfully discouraged (or at least prevented while the seller is in prison). | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 3/29/2008 9:14:24 PM | How about prison over crowding,give the prisoners $300,a knife,and a set of loaded dice,then let them have the weekend alone,Monday morning the survivor of the ordeal gets the chair.Problem solved.   | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 3/31/2008 9:53:13 PM | I think that everyone should send me a dollar.
I think that clowns are evil.
I think that Darth Vader's helmet looks like the head of a penis.
I think that a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.
I think, therefore, I am.
I think that Larry The Cable Guy is sexy.
I think that I should stop now. | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 3/31/2008 10:51:21 PM | Happiness is a choice.
Lot of people believe things or people make them happy
and are miserable when they don't.
No one can hurt you without your consent.
I don't mean physical hurt or the hurt we feel for someone.
I mean the hurt we think is caused by someone.
How we react is a choice, not a reflex. | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/1/2008 3:58:50 PM | My, this IS fun!
Although, we might be sacrificing our chances of getting dates. Ah, well. Here I go...
First, my controversial opinions on religion:
Christianity is not some monolithic cult where everybody thinks exactly the same way. As a Christian I can and do think for myself. I am not pro-life, pro-death penalty, pro-war, and in favour of George Dubya. I am capable of having a respectful discussion with members of other faiths and even seeing the wisdom and beauty in their beliefs. I do not check my mind at the door of the church or require others to do so. Evolution poses no challenge to my faith and I am content to let scientists tell me how old the Earth is. I care a lot more about your physical and spiritual well-being than your sexual orientation. Because God cares about us and wants us to be happy, and politics has (in theory) the same goal, religion most definitely has a place in politics.
Regarding abortion:
First off, I am so sick of all the euphemisms. I'll be 'anti-choice' if you'll be 'anti-life.' Deal?
I believe abortion should be illegal unless the mother's life is in danger. In response to those who say, "What about rape?" I say yes, even in the case of rape. I completely agree that asking a woman to carry the resulting baby to term is a lot to ask, and that's why rape should be considered a very serious crime.
I read an interesting argument in an ethics class that says we should consider potential. As you'll see, whether or not the baby is a human being at one month is beside the point in this argument. It goes like this:
1) If you sterilized a six-year-old and argued that you committed no crime because six-year-olds can't have children anyway, you'd be laughed out of court because you have deprived them of the potential of having children.
2) Likewise, if you aborted a baby at one month and argued that it wasn't alive, you are still guilty of denying that baby the potential of life, which it would have had but for your intervention.
Finally, someone earlier asked,
<div class="quote"> If a baby isn't aborted and it turns out to be gay, will you fight for its rights?
Yes. Yes I will.
Regarding the death penalty:
Although similar things have been said already, J.R.R. Tolkien put it most poetically. With apologies for misquotation:
"Many that live deserve death. Many that die, deserve life. Can you grant them life? Then do not be so quick to deal out death."
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/1/2008 6:19:36 PM | (Mareena jumps out on stage and yells) "PEOPLE WHO ARE FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING OR MAIMING AN ANIMAL DURING AN ACT OF CRUELTY SHOULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY!!!" ( She ducks and tries to run but a couple of rotten tomatoes catch her in the hiney anyway...)  | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/2/2008 7:06:26 AM | Dam!, How right wing do you want me to get? 
How's about. Illegal drugs, yes, even pot....Contaminate the illegal drugs supply with lethal doses of cyanide then make a public announcement of the fact. If this doesn't stop the drugs trade in its tracks I don't know what will.
Has most crimes are attributed to drugs this should cure a heck of alot of problems.
Everyone should have a physical at 70 and every couple of years after. If you're going to be liability to society then all your national insurance contibutions will be refunded to your next of kin and you'll be given some illegal drugs
Good god, I'm sick | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/2/2008 2:09:57 PM | my view on pro choice is kinda strange to some...
the only issue i have with abortion is when a woman uses it for birth control...like seriously how stupid is she not to go on birth control of get herself fixed instead after one abortion...
a second abortion would be okay if its medical or rape reasons but nothing other than that | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/2/2008 6:49:01 PM | The country is essentially run by a network of secret societies that maneuver various puppets into positions of power, and then use them to run the country for their own financial gain. The current "war" is a great example of this. We are sending men over there in a "measured" action that really isn't accomplishing much, other than lining Cheney's pockets (and others who have ties to the defense industry) with gobs of cash. Same freaking thing happened in 'nam. There is a lot more going on than meets the eye when it comes to what is going on in America. (and most of it has to do with wealth and power)
Interesting fact: John Kerry and George W. Bush belonged to the same secret society at Yale. Don't believe it? Do some homework.
Is the illegal immigrant issue benefitting America? Then why isn't the government really doing something about it? Ya I've turned into a cynic over the past several years . . . | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/2/2008 7:05:11 PM | Controversial Opinions from a Man of Peace
-Bush allowed 9/11 to happen and took advantage of the situation to go to war with Iraq
-AlQaeda is mythical
-Saddam Hussein was a victim
-No such thing as gay sex
-Osama bin Laden didn't do 9/11
-Republicans are fascists
-Abortion is birth control
-No such thing as a liberal media
-US troops are also terrorists
-People who call for the deaths of rapists and pedophiles need help | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/3/2008 12:22:27 AM |
It is actually easy to prove a negative. Everyone knows that two positives make a negative. The Pope is catholic, right? Catholics believe in God, right? Therefore God does not exist. May He strike me down if I am wrong! But he won't beca
 OH how I've missed you. 
I think tax credits should be given for NOT having children, not for having them, as a sort of "thank you" for using fewer planetary resources. Amen, my sister in childfreedom.
I think that Darth Vader's helmet looks like the head of a penis. That's funny, I always thought penii looked like darth vader. I like to draw breathing panels on them and make them say "luuuuuke, I am your father" and shit like that.
I think that Larry The Cable Guy is sexy. I really do. People mock me for it.
the only issue i have with abortion is when a woman uses it for birth control I used to feel the same way. Then I realized either you're okay with it or you're not. Either you think it's murder or you don't. I don't, therefore, I don't care if a woman wants to hoover her guts 14 times. Have at it. Maybe after the 5th or 6th one she'll go sterile. | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/3/2008 4:58:29 AM |
yes, even pot....Contaminate the illegal drugs supply with lethal doses of cyanide then make a public announcement of the fact. If this doesn't stop the drugs trade in its tracks I don't know what will.
Hmm ... think the American government already tried that in the late 60's - ever hear of paraquat? Didn't work though.
My controversial opinions?
Thinking that a license to have children would be a good idea.
Suggesting that people learn how to use the term 'myself' correctly and not use it in place of 'me' in order to sound more 'intelligent'. | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/3/2008 8:39:42 AM | University should be free. You should also have to do somewhere around 500 hours of community service for every year of education you take or you can't pass/graduate.
Recycling should be mandatory. Everywhere, anywhere, all the time, every time and facilities should be in place to make it very easy and accessible.
People should be able to vote on their country's participation in a war, and only the ones for the war should fight in it. Yea that's right.
Thanks - Criztine (I don't know if I would require as much as 500 hours for each year.)
The country is essentially run by a network of secret societies that maneuver various puppets into positions of power, and then use them to run the country for their own financial gain. The current "war" is a great example of this. We are sending men over there in a "measured" action that really isn't accomplishing much, other than lining Cheney's pockets (and others who have ties to the defense industry) with gobs of cash. Same freaking thing happened in 'nam. There is a lot more going on than meets the eye when it comes to what is going on in America. (and most of it has to do with wealth and power)
Is the illegal immigrant issue benefitting America? Then why isn't the government really doing something about it? Ya I've turned into a cynic over the past several years . . .
Thanks - Holddafries (Ever read "The Power Elite" ?)
I think jailing someone for using drugs is waste of tax payer's money. It is outrageous to have everyone pay to house and feed someone who is only hurting themselves. People who use drugs should only be prosecuted for any crime they commit to support their habit (e.g. stealing). While in prison they will have to detox from the drugs, but if they don't do any crimes to get sent to prison in the first place then obviously doing the drugs isn't causing any problems for society, so why should society pay to get them clean?
On a related note, people who sell drugs should continue to be imprisoned...
I think tax credits should be given for NOT having children, not for having them, as a sort of "thank you" for using fewer planetary resources.
Thanks - Childfreeglow ( I have always felt that it is discriminatory for people without children to have to pay more taxes. We also get fewer benefits from job related benefits packages and are in essence being paid less. Having children is a choice and those who choose not to have children should not be penalized.)
Develop NEW methods of energy. Replace foreign oil dependancy all together.
Thanks - m409998ml
1.My opinion. Murderers, rapists and all violent offenders should be used for testing on products. Not innocent animals.
Thanks - Cocoa2
Whenever Congress declares a war, the able bodied children of every congressman must submit to being drafted and serve in combat, no exceptions.
All children should be forced to work in a public service job for at least 2 years, like a fast food restaurant or something working with the public. Getting a good idea of what the general public is really all about would go far in bringing back civility to our society.
Thanks -Nipoleon
Legalize prostitution and regulate it. Severely crack down on the johns who frequent illegal prostitution operations as well as the pimps.
Thanks - Imightbedave
Cannabus should be legal. Any plant that grows should be legal.
Health care and education should be free for all.
English should be the official language and should be required to be learned by all.
Thanks - Jenann (But I also think that Americans should be more open to learning to speak more than one language and should not expect to have English spoken wherever we go in the world.)
Forgive me for being a lazy ole' copy and paste artist but I couldn't have said it better than the posters quoted above. | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/3/2008 10:33:54 AM | One of my most controversial opinions is that Obama is a closet racist despite his heritage and that the average American is to stupid to see it!
I also believe if he is elected his priority will be the Black Community and aid to Africa...
Many Homosexuals and Lesbians are so by choice.....
Political Correctness is Fascism in disguise...
Most fat people are fat because they are lazy...
Hunting is in no way a "Sport" it is just an excuse for people to satisfy their Blood lust...
The average American does not want to think for themselves...
American Football is the most overrated sport in the World..
Baseball is the most boring thing in the world to watch....
Professional sports are losing their audience because there are to few Caucasian stars...
Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder....
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/3/2008 1:09:17 PM | Great forum! Some of them are pretty whacked!
Ok, here's mine.
The leaders and all spineless retards of the current government needs to be immediately hauled out of office, be forced to work at McDonald's, have no insurance, and live in FEMA trailers with window fans and ceramic space heaters for heating & cooling.
All government officials who elect to go into war must serve as well in any war they elect to start.
Democrat and Republican parties should be abolished. We need to choose the person by their intelligence, not the size of their bank account.
Everyone on death row should be put in one room, gassed with carbon monoxide, and tagged & bagged by rapists and pedophiles so they can take their place.
All places that sell alcohol must provide free rides to their customers, who have to give up their keys with the first order of alcohol.
Birth control needs to be mandatory for sexually active teenagers and those on welfare.
All businesses should provide on-site daycare so that single mothers wouldn't have to worry about having latch-key kids.
Recycling should be mandatory.
Wal-Mart should be forced to move to China and be banned from selling to the U.S.
All off-shore companies should be forced to move out of the country and be banned from selling to the U.S. (Think this was said earlier.)
Abortion should be only for women who are at risk of dying, raped, recently divorced and already has a child or children to support on her own.
Deadbeat parents should be made to work in a controlled manufacturing company to pay for their child support - imprisoned so they could not escape.
Anyone who discriminates - and this is where I get it.
Against race: Live in the same neighborhood
Against age: Have to work in a nursing home
Against religion: Don't force your beliefs down my throat.
Against sex: HOLY MOLY! You're against sex?
Against same sex: Hey, as long as they aren't doing me, that's their business. 
All teachers should be certified every 3 years.
Standardized testing should be stopped. The students aren't learning because there are too many. (IOWA & CRCT tests come to mind).
Free University
Free Medical
Illegal immigrants should be rounded up and deported.
Minimum wage must be raised to meet the cost of living. (Haven't seen this one in here yet.)
Corporate owners should be paid no more than 5 times the amount of the lowest paid employee.
Chemically treated, genetically modified, over processed food should be shipped to Africa, along with the companies who make it. It's filling, encourages eating, and has been known to encourage obesity. America is a fat nation. It's time to do something about it. (McAfrica, anyone?)  | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/3/2008 7:12:56 PM | Here are some of my controversial and personal opinions:
1) Serial sex offenders and pedophiles should be permanently sterilised upon conviction for their second offence (serial sex offender) and first offence (pedophile) on top of any jail sentence.
2) Nuclear weapons should be banned across the entire world and all countries should dismantle their arsensals in 10 years, along with all biological and chemical weapons;
3) Tax breaks and incentives should be given to encourage space exploration by the private sector;
4) Cars should be banned from the inner city and replaced with decent public transport and infrastructure allowing pedestrians and bicycles instead;
5) The West should engage in a 'crash program' in science and technology to find ways to end our reliance on fossil fuels.
6) A binding system of international law should be established safeguarding certain human rights, and be ratified by all countries on the planet.
7) Religious fundamentalism and preaching religious fundamentalism and hatred (including hatred of certain ethnic, religious or sexual oriented groups) should be made a serious criminal offence punishable by a fine of up to $1,000,000 for each offence by any church and up to ten years imprisonment for any individual and up to 20 years imprisonment for any church, mosque or religious leaders deliberately inciting, encouraging or formenting religious hatred and violence. Picketing of funerals and celebrity events should be punishable by a $100,000 fine for the church and up to five years imprisonment for each offence where each leader is concerned, and $20,000 fine and up to 18 months imprisonment for each follower who pickets funerals or celebrity events to spread religious hatred.
8) Creationism and intelligent design should be banned from public and university classrooms in any way, shape or form.
9) All consitutions in all states should have a provision making a strict separation of church and state. (Politics and religion together are poisonous).
10) The sacking of workers by corporations for 'offshoring' purposes should be made an offence under corporate and employment law. | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/3/2008 9:03:45 PM | Great opinions, Southern and Greg. Good stuff!!
Greg's last point is a good one! I think that outsourcing should be a felony offense, and the CEOs who order this put in the slammer for 20 years and fined a minimum of one million dollars per worker who lost his job!! We should kick them in the behind, and HARD if they do this sort of thing!!!!
I'll add another one. NO MORE special breaks for the rich, no more special interest rates for rich people--no more higher rates for savings accounts based on having a lot of money while charging fees to the poor guy who can't keep a minimum balance in his account. ENOUGH ripping off the poor and giving the rich special breaks that they DON'T need. The rich can take care of themselves thank you very much!!! They are often the ones who tell the poor that they can take care of themselves. We should make the rich of our world spend some time as a poor person, and they will change their tune FAST.
Addition: No more giving low interest rates on loans to the rich while giving high rates to people on lower incomes. | |
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| What are some of your most controversial opinions?
Posted: 4/4/2008 4:57:58 AM | All televised and general interest print media advertising for Big Pharma should be prohibited. We are all too quickly becoming a continent of individuals who are deriving some perverted sense of self worth by labelling ourselves as having assorted and sundry maladies.
As if the already very deep pockets of Big Pharma need further lining.... | |
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