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Because alot of us aren't so progressive or tolerant. There are alot of people out there that think that the opinion they have is right. Opinions are opinions though.letterbomber223 said:
Yes! See, if we had smoking areas and non-smoking areas, everyone would be happy.Schadrach said:
If only *dreamy stare*
They have to be smoking and nonsmoking areas that are separated in such a way that they have distinct airflow and persons in one are explicitly not breathing the same air as persons in the other, otherwise such a division is meaningless.boosh-boosh said:
Hmm, I have a few...
1) I think that the USA is holding the world back from progressing and even forcing a regression to the middle ages. There is one major problem, everyones opinion is considered valid, no matter how stupid. This means that things like religion and the theory of creativity, which the educated world has disregarded as nonsense years ago, are still considered to be an ongoing debate.
The USA also allows smear campaigns, perpetuates reality tv and thinks that what fox news does is ok(ie, reporting one side of a story and arguing a point with interviewees).
I also think the US should be taken over by a country that knows what they are doing, like Germany or the UK. Then they could be brought in line with the Kyoto protocols, disband the needless army, educate their children, remove religious and corporate influence and stop using patriotism as a brainwashing tool.
2) Racism is not what it used to be. The only true minority is "White male", as they cant play the race/sex card. A white man is not allowed to use a word(******) which a black man is. This is the definition of racism.
3) "Feminism" is bad and is the opposite of "equality". I think its a way for jilted women to get "revenge" on men for some arbitrary thing that went wrong in their life. They use history to justify self promotion. In the past it was a positive movement, but I think it succeded and is now being held onto as a way to get "one up". If a man is paid more than a woman its sexist, if a woman is payed more than a man its empowerment. I have even heard people compare the salaries of two different jobs(one predominantly male, the other female, but nonetheless DIFFERENT jobs with DIFFERENT responsibilities) as evidence that sexism still exists.
4) I think there should be a single global official record keeping authority. Too many countries have their own version of history. I have met Americans who genuinely believe that they had a large role in WW2. If you learn about the war in Russia, the US were not involved to any large degree. From a German point of view the war was justified by the treaty of versailles unreasonable sanctions, from a brittish point of view the germans were crazy imperialists.
There is also the fact that the current economic climate is being called a "global" recession despite the huge economic growth in China, India and Australia. Then you have stupidly named awards like "Miss Universe" and "The World Series". One authority to stamp out truth embellishment and hyperbolic overstatement would solve so many arguments.
5) I think that anyone who believes in fortune telling/psychic readings/seances/etc, and anyone who chooses to appear in/produce/televise reality tv or daytime talk shows should be neutered.
1) I think that the USA is holding the world back from progressing and even forcing a regression to the middle ages. There is one major problem, everyones opinion is considered valid, no matter how stupid. This means that things like religion and the theory of creativity, which the educated world has disregarded as nonsense years ago, are still considered to be an ongoing debate.
The USA also allows smear campaigns, perpetuates reality tv and thinks that what fox news does is ok(ie, reporting one side of a story and arguing a point with interviewees).
I also think the US should be taken over by a country that knows what they are doing, like Germany or the UK. Then they could be brought in line with the Kyoto protocols, disband the needless army, educate their children, remove religious and corporate influence and stop using patriotism as a brainwashing tool.
2) Racism is not what it used to be. The only true minority is "White male", as they cant play the race/sex card. A white man is not allowed to use a word(******) which a black man is. This is the definition of racism.
3) "Feminism" is bad and is the opposite of "equality". I think its a way for jilted women to get "revenge" on men for some arbitrary thing that went wrong in their life. They use history to justify self promotion. In the past it was a positive movement, but I think it succeded and is now being held onto as a way to get "one up". If a man is paid more than a woman its sexist, if a woman is payed more than a man its empowerment. I have even heard people compare the salaries of two different jobs(one predominantly male, the other female, but nonetheless DIFFERENT jobs with DIFFERENT responsibilities) as evidence that sexism still exists.
4) I think there should be a single global official record keeping authority. Too many countries have their own version of history. I have met Americans who genuinely believe that they had a large role in WW2. If you learn about the war in Russia, the US were not involved to any large degree. From a German point of view the war was justified by the treaty of versailles unreasonable sanctions, from a brittish point of view the germans were crazy imperialists.
There is also the fact that the current economic climate is being called a "global" recession despite the huge economic growth in China, India and Australia. Then you have stupidly named awards like "Miss Universe" and "The World Series". One authority to stamp out truth embellishment and hyperbolic overstatement would solve so many arguments.
5) I think that anyone who believes in fortune telling/psychic readings/seances/etc, and anyone who chooses to appear in/produce/televise reality tv or daytime talk shows should be neutered.
That's exactly my point, we wouldn't KNOW about art, language and other things, so it wouldn't bother us that we don't know about it. Yes effectively for my theory to work we would have to sacrifice what "makes us human" but once it's done, we would have no recollection of the sacrifice, if you see what I mean.JoJoDeathunter said:
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Don't we all?Prince Regent said:
Sorry, I know this is meant to be for controversial opinions but I'm just not seeing the benefits here. Losing our sapience wouldn't decrease suffering at-all, as we'd go back to the majority of people dying in early childhood of predation and disease, and the ideological conflict would be replaced by far more common low scale fights between tribes. I suppose we might not be aware of that suffering to the same extent, but then we'd also lose everything good about humanity.Davey Woo said:
1. As an American, I support the wars in the Middle East. Without some kind of intervention from somewhere, the whole area would eventually be 100% controlled by terrorist groups, criminals, etc. I do think we need to change our 'mission'. The Coalition, NATO, the UN, or even a single country should issue an ultimatum to the governments of the region saying "If you're not with us, you're against us." or at least "Help us, now, or we stop helping you." While the leadership isn't actively hiding our enemies in the Middle East, some of them aren't helping and yet we still spend millions and millions of dollars every year funding their militaries.
2. A unique religious view: God started it, but everything has pretty much been coasting since the big bang. The afterlife exists, and is unique to every individual. Christ existed, and was a great man/deity, but he's probably chilling with God ruling the afterlife right now. Prayer alone fixes nothing. Action solves problems.
3. I have absolutely zero sympathy for fat people who act like they're disabled and deserve special privileges. It's your own damn fault, get over it.
4. Humanity can and will, eventually, colonize space. Warp drives FTW. (The warp drive is theoretically possible. It annihilates matter in front and recreates it behind the ship. It cannot be made with current tech, but it could eventually.)
5. There is life elsewhere in the universe.
6. Humanity has destroyed natural selection and it's going to kick us in the ass someday. Everyone's opinion is valid, even the unbelievably stupid, and we coddle the students who are failing their classes. (We refuse to hold a student back except in the most extreme situations, even when they really should be). We try our hardest to save everyone, even people who, say, hurt themselves playing chicken with sports cars when they were drunk.
7. Violent content should be more restricted then sexual content. We're teaching kids (inadvertently) that sexual urges are evil, even though everyone will feel them, but violence is ok.
8. The American education system really, really, really sucks. This probably doesn't apply everywhere, but in my area it wasn't until 8th grade that students were explicitly told what a star was. At the same time, in 7th and 8th grade we were still 'learning' fundamental grammar that we had been taught since 2nd grade. And we were the 3rd or 4th best public school in the state!
9. American expectations about education should be higher. Currently, A=EPIC, B=VERY GOOD, C=OKAY, D=BAD. and F=VERY BAD. It should be A+=EPIC, A=VERY GOOD, B=REGULAR, C=BAD, D=VERY BAD, and F=ABSOLUTE SH*T. Honor roll should be changed to Straight As, not Straight Bs.
10. Athletes should have a few zeros knocked off their salaries.
11. The space program should receive a lot more funding.
Christ that was a lot of content. I should be President or something.
2. A unique religious view: God started it, but everything has pretty much been coasting since the big bang. The afterlife exists, and is unique to every individual. Christ existed, and was a great man/deity, but he's probably chilling with God ruling the afterlife right now. Prayer alone fixes nothing. Action solves problems.
3. I have absolutely zero sympathy for fat people who act like they're disabled and deserve special privileges. It's your own damn fault, get over it.
4. Humanity can and will, eventually, colonize space. Warp drives FTW. (The warp drive is theoretically possible. It annihilates matter in front and recreates it behind the ship. It cannot be made with current tech, but it could eventually.)
5. There is life elsewhere in the universe.
6. Humanity has destroyed natural selection and it's going to kick us in the ass someday. Everyone's opinion is valid, even the unbelievably stupid, and we coddle the students who are failing their classes. (We refuse to hold a student back except in the most extreme situations, even when they really should be). We try our hardest to save everyone, even people who, say, hurt themselves playing chicken with sports cars when they were drunk.
7. Violent content should be more restricted then sexual content. We're teaching kids (inadvertently) that sexual urges are evil, even though everyone will feel them, but violence is ok.
8. The American education system really, really, really sucks. This probably doesn't apply everywhere, but in my area it wasn't until 8th grade that students were explicitly told what a star was. At the same time, in 7th and 8th grade we were still 'learning' fundamental grammar that we had been taught since 2nd grade. And we were the 3rd or 4th best public school in the state!
9. American expectations about education should be higher. Currently, A=EPIC, B=VERY GOOD, C=OKAY, D=BAD. and F=VERY BAD. It should be A+=EPIC, A=VERY GOOD, B=REGULAR, C=BAD, D=VERY BAD, and F=ABSOLUTE SH*T. Honor roll should be changed to Straight As, not Straight Bs.
10. Athletes should have a few zeros knocked off their salaries.
11. The space program should receive a lot more funding.
Christ that was a lot of content. I should be President or something.
Ooh, this is a good one - people always seem to assume that if you think this then you must hate and/or sneer at all the dirty, dirty people who go around having unmarried sex...Sniper Team 4 said:
In addition to the above: anybody who wants to ban any ideology (religion, atheism, communism, capitalism, what the hell ever,) no matter the reason, needs to be probed with a red-hot poker and shot into the sun.
"I think that all people that are either physically or mentally unable to ever work a day in their lives should just be gotten rid of."RanD00M said:
The bolded word is the important one. If you are crippled severely enough, you can't work, can you?
Well you started of with saying " unable to find a job" which threw me a bit off. And lets say he was born able bodied and then got crippled after having worked for some time, then he's okay, but if he was born crippled or became a cripple before any major work then we kill them off. And I'm not being just an ass to others, if this were to happen to me under my rule then I would have myself killed off.Ironic Pirate said: