I don't do drugs, but I think the war on drugs is bullshit. I suppose that's not that controversial
What's your controversial opinion?
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Well, I appear to have a rather uncommon religious belief, or at least the reason for the belief is uncommon. I'm an agnostic atheist by the way.
I say that all religions have as much chance as being true as each other (well, the sensible ones, for instance, I'm certain the Aztecs were wrong) and that if I spend my life worshipping the one then chances are I chose the wrong one. Therefore I choose to worship none, since that impacts my life the least rules wise. I hope that if their is a deity up there then they'll recognise this and appreciate it.
I'm also about as far left as you can get politics wise. I'm not quite all the way 'cause my view is that I'd be happy living in a (proper, no soviet) communist state, I recognise almost no-one else would so I'll settle for extreme socialist (that's compromise ay?). I also believe that the people born in a country have no more right to be their than anyone else in the world.
I say that all religions have as much chance as being true as each other (well, the sensible ones, for instance, I'm certain the Aztecs were wrong) and that if I spend my life worshipping the one then chances are I chose the wrong one. Therefore I choose to worship none, since that impacts my life the least rules wise. I hope that if their is a deity up there then they'll recognise this and appreciate it.
I'm also about as far left as you can get politics wise. I'm not quite all the way 'cause my view is that I'd be happy living in a (proper, no soviet) communist state, I recognise almost no-one else would so I'll settle for extreme socialist (that's compromise ay?). I also believe that the people born in a country have no more right to be their than anyone else in the world.
People hope that if the world was free of religion it would be full of rational people. They are wrong, wrong, wrong. There are murderous idiots that would exist without religion.
Yeah, I'm a confirmed Orthodox Christian, and your view on religious tolerance is very similar to mine. Most people I know that belong to some kind of organized religion or nonorganized belief system see it as their personal tie to a feeling they have about being spiritual. It's only a part of their individual philosophy.Funk Engine said:
This definitely isn't the case with all atheists, but I've encountered a few (trolls) who use their atheism as the forefront of their personality. Which is often presented as an attempt to simultaneously be both a victim and a superior.
Well, whether people like to admit it or not, our culture was built on religious principles. I'm atheist by the way.skywalkerlion said:
Frankly you are just as bad as the fundi Christians.ThePirateMan said:
OT: For me there are two things
1. I am a socialist in a country where that is a dirty word.
2. I believe that illegal drugs should be made legal and taxed.
I am sure I am going to get flamed by my fellow Americans but I do not give a crap.
You have a massively good point, but it can't happen. You've kinda gone onto a tanget because this is less of an opinion and more of a sceanario that's better than ours.ReservoirAngel said:
The OP never said it had be realistic or based in reality in any way, so I rendered this, because it is my opinion that shit would be better this way. I know its impossible, but I still think it would be.PoisonUnagi said:
As for a generally controversial opinion on a real thing: I think 'Friends' is a pretty shitty sitcom, actually.
I've got a few.
There we go, I think I've pissed more than a few people off. Such is the point of this thread though, right? It feels good to get all this bile out in the open.
Hmm, probably says a lot about me that my longest rant was about videogames.
The militant versions of both are equally as annoying. Religious extremists, at their worst are violent, murderous, psychopaths.
But, really, religion is not the root of all evil. Religion is just a set of ideas.
People are the root of all evil, people twist or over analyze religious doctrines just to support their hatred. Without religion the world would have just as many conflicts as it does now, they'd just find more excuses to have those conflicts.
But, really, religion is not the root of all evil. Religion is just a set of ideas.
People are the root of all evil, people twist or over analyze religious doctrines just to support their hatred. Without religion the world would have just as many conflicts as it does now, they'd just find more excuses to have those conflicts.
I think the two party system is outdated and unnecessary. It provides a mentality of "us V them" and causes people to vote for candidates based on supposed values rather than their actual ones. I believe a system where candidates are chosen based on their own merits, and not backed by a political party would go a long way towards improving our (America's) government.
It's not exactly sacred and it begins at third trimester. (or whenever an infant can be separated from its mother and still live.) Anything before that is a cluster of cells and medically classified as a parasite. I also believe that scientific testing is alright, provided that fully informed consent is given.
I believe that consoles and PCs are on equal footing and you could have a processor powered by Zeus and it wouldn't amount to crap if you don't have any good games. Consoles are not dumbing down the medium, developers who feel that console players are incapable of advanced thought are. Console players aren't immune to my scorn either, just because your parents could only afford to buy you one console doesn't mean that your console is the best, and shouting obscenities online doesn't make you cool or funny it just makes you a douche bag. And just because Nintendo doesn't have a huge library of M rated games means that it's "kiddy" or "gay" or "casual".
As for "casual games", they're an annoying fad at best. Facebook games and iPod apps carry with them a business model that's bad for the developing games industry. Not all of them are bad, some like Angry Birds, I will concede to being a success and should be rewarded as such. I guess that would apply to Farmville too, but I'm firm in the belief that time sink is just evil.
I know you mentioned game related stuff doesn't really need to be said, but I have to get all that off my chest.
As for "casual games", they're an annoying fad at best. Facebook games and iPod apps carry with them a business model that's bad for the developing games industry. Not all of them are bad, some like Angry Birds, I will concede to being a success and should be rewarded as such. I guess that would apply to Farmville too, but I'm firm in the belief that time sink is just evil.
I know you mentioned game related stuff doesn't really need to be said, but I have to get all that off my chest.
There we go, I think I've pissed more than a few people off. Such is the point of this thread though, right? It feels good to get all this bile out in the open.
Hmm, probably says a lot about me that my longest rant was about videogames.
Well in the short term yes, the world would be a much better place for the animals living here and nature itself but without humans the world would be vulnerable to meteors and other dangers from space. Of course I'm assuming that we will eventually create ways of protecting the planet from such things.Cheesus333 said:
In regards to the topic I'd like to see a worldwide 2-child only policy put into practice to help prevent overpopulation. People who concieve say twins instead of a second child would be tolerated but people who deliberately had more wouldn't receive the tax cut incentives and other perks to following the scheme. Also, making sex illegal for anyone under 18 worldwide would also be a fantastic idea to implement.
maybe cause the countries that people dont want having nukes are countries that would use them cause they are giants dicks.thejboy88 said:
i dont think this oppinion is controversial but i think religion is oudated stone age practice that we as a race should move beyond so that we can take responsibility for our actions. in a similiar way a child stops believing in santa and starts buying presents for his family instead of relying on santa.
global warming is real, is that controversial? also it doesnt matter if its natural or man made the evidence seems to be pointing towards a warming planet. i get annoyed with people who say its a natural process as if that means we can just ignore it. mankind has been the master of the enviroment for ages. if we dont like it we cahnge it, cutting down forests, creating dams etc. so if global warming is a natural process and that process is bad for us which a change in the enviroment would be, why dont we do all we can to prevent it, like reducing co2 etc.
Yeah, I made a simple reasoned statement earlier in another thread that the show is for kids, and with the reactions I got, you would think I held a shotgun to a dog's head and pulled the trigger.TheDarkEricDraven said:
My controversial opinion is that I'm getting tired of all these "Which x do you hate that everyone loves" threads.
I'm sorry, I did not mean to offend you OP. I just felt that I needed to get it out there! (and it is, in fact my opinion ^^)
I'm sorry, I did not mean to offend you OP. I just felt that I needed to get it out there! (and it is, in fact my opinion ^^)
I believe that all humans with opinions that are based on a lack of knowledge, a predetermined irrational belief, or a general ignorance of knowledge should be educated on the matter that they are debating terribly on, and then shot when they still don't get it.
I also agree with a lot of the religious bashing here. There are a lot of terrible things that can be justified with it, and there is too much brainwashing involved in conversion from one to another. Not to mention the culture destruction that is missionaries and similar viruses, who enter the population of another country with the specific purpose of taking away a part of their culture in order to spread their own.
I also think Wernher von Braun was awesome......
(WTF Spellcheck, Wernher is a word but von and Braun aren't?)
I also agree with a lot of the religious bashing here. There are a lot of terrible things that can be justified with it, and there is too much brainwashing involved in conversion from one to another. Not to mention the culture destruction that is missionaries and similar viruses, who enter the population of another country with the specific purpose of taking away a part of their culture in order to spread their own.
I also think Wernher von Braun was awesome......
(WTF Spellcheck, Wernher is a word but von and Braun aren't?)
- I'm a Christian and I like Richard Dawkins. Seriously, some of the viewpoints he offers make sense in a certain light, even though I don't entirely agree with him on everything. Brilliant man, good mathematics, and some Christians do make up horrific, close-minded arguments towards the existence of God that don't go anywhere or lend insight to anyone. Then again, it's arguable these are the "false Christians" we often speak of.
- There is no true right or wrong in warfare. Even the worse dicators, brutal leaders, and atrocity makers had good intention and will behind their doing. Not to mention "their" actions alone doesn't paint the entire process, as to what side they advocated, as evil.
- Being raised in a cruel environment is no reason to want to take out your pain on the world later on. Sociology and inner psychology only go so far. You were raped, beaten, and hurt as a child? I am sorry to hear this. I truly, truly am....however, what gives you the right to rage over it all these years later and enact the same actions against others which hurt you in the first place? Thinking the world owes you for pain is a rather sick mentality.
- The history of the United States is without blemish. There was no true "Native American genocide". They died as a consequence of a bad immune system, lost in terms of warfare, and need to understand it as that, publically. - Signed. Someone of Tsalagi and Blackfoot descent. Oh. And there was warfare, death, and famine before the Europeans came here.
- While we're on that topic, stop claiming, for the sake of envoking empathy towards the "poor, societally oppressed illegal immigrant that is starving in another country"....that "all Americans are immigrants". If you were fucking born here, your parents go back a few (pick a good number, I care not how specific), and you have been a responsible human being...you are a native to this land in the same vein as the Native Americans originally were. And even then, there's the theory they are descended from nomadic tribes crossing over from Asia. Stop making ignorant arguments to support people just because you want them to be feed at the behest of our so called "privileged system". You should care more about those born within your own land than you do towards those who are, ahem, "hard-working" in your eyes. Just stop the bullshit arguments and argue something legitimate and logical
- Pointing out the wording people use to express themselves and their opinions to make them look ignorant is a bad argumentative technique. It just says you'd rather attack the surface level of what it sounds like over arguing what the main issues are.
- America needs to cater less towards those who can't support themselves and stop hindering the development of those who can based off of meritocratic, intellectual merits. Some people, because of their ability to think and reason, actually deserve to live a full, long, loving life.
- Black society is at fault for the mental attitudes of modern day American black culture. Get rid of the so called indignation, educate yourself at a higher level than the "demand for black culture", and ignore the self-indoctrinated beliefs as to what racism truly is. The NAACP is a former shadow for what it once was.
- I am not racist unless I deliberately and passionately hate, despise, and loathe your very soul as a human being. Institutionalized racism, white privelege, and all these other terminologies were created by others for the sake of making warfare against others, for their own means and purposes, instead of just accepting the past and trying to move forward. Some expectations are reasonable to a certain degree as well.
- Americans should be able to vote on how much certain industries bring in. High profile actors, businessman, musicians, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES (who contribute nothing but entertainment for the neandrathalic towards society), etc. Communism? No. Some Americans would actually give in consideration of the said individuals talents.
- Get rid of lobbying entirely. Make it illegal in Washington.
- There is no true right or wrong in warfare. Even the worse dicators, brutal leaders, and atrocity makers had good intention and will behind their doing. Not to mention "their" actions alone doesn't paint the entire process, as to what side they advocated, as evil.
- Being raised in a cruel environment is no reason to want to take out your pain on the world later on. Sociology and inner psychology only go so far. You were raped, beaten, and hurt as a child? I am sorry to hear this. I truly, truly am....however, what gives you the right to rage over it all these years later and enact the same actions against others which hurt you in the first place? Thinking the world owes you for pain is a rather sick mentality.
- The history of the United States is without blemish. There was no true "Native American genocide". They died as a consequence of a bad immune system, lost in terms of warfare, and need to understand it as that, publically. - Signed. Someone of Tsalagi and Blackfoot descent. Oh. And there was warfare, death, and famine before the Europeans came here.
- While we're on that topic, stop claiming, for the sake of envoking empathy towards the "poor, societally oppressed illegal immigrant that is starving in another country"....that "all Americans are immigrants". If you were fucking born here, your parents go back a few (pick a good number, I care not how specific), and you have been a responsible human being...you are a native to this land in the same vein as the Native Americans originally were. And even then, there's the theory they are descended from nomadic tribes crossing over from Asia. Stop making ignorant arguments to support people just because you want them to be feed at the behest of our so called "privileged system". You should care more about those born within your own land than you do towards those who are, ahem, "hard-working" in your eyes. Just stop the bullshit arguments and argue something legitimate and logical
- Pointing out the wording people use to express themselves and their opinions to make them look ignorant is a bad argumentative technique. It just says you'd rather attack the surface level of what it sounds like over arguing what the main issues are.
- America needs to cater less towards those who can't support themselves and stop hindering the development of those who can based off of meritocratic, intellectual merits. Some people, because of their ability to think and reason, actually deserve to live a full, long, loving life.
- Black society is at fault for the mental attitudes of modern day American black culture. Get rid of the so called indignation, educate yourself at a higher level than the "demand for black culture", and ignore the self-indoctrinated beliefs as to what racism truly is. The NAACP is a former shadow for what it once was.
- I am not racist unless I deliberately and passionately hate, despise, and loathe your very soul as a human being. Institutionalized racism, white privelege, and all these other terminologies were created by others for the sake of making warfare against others, for their own means and purposes, instead of just accepting the past and trying to move forward. Some expectations are reasonable to a certain degree as well.
- Americans should be able to vote on how much certain industries bring in. High profile actors, businessman, musicians, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES (who contribute nothing but entertainment for the neandrathalic towards society), etc. Communism? No. Some Americans would actually give in consideration of the said individuals talents.
- Get rid of lobbying entirely. Make it illegal in Washington.
I proclaim that rights are myths fabricated and used by liars to control the fools that perpetuate them.
Warfare does not discriminate and is not nice. I can't stress this enough. War is not some game that has rules that nations are bound to play by, it is cruel hell. The Geneva Convention is just a bunch of tripe that western nations use to say "we have the moral high ground because we didn't use atomic bombs or nerve gas." It's not the most tripe-abiding army that wins, it's the one that uses the most underhanded and foul tactics. Call it atrocity, but isn't that what war is in the first place?
Neon Genesis Evangelion is great.
Gurren Lagann is overrated. I liked it to the extent I can like something stupid, but that's it. I need more than "this is epic."
No one, and I mean no one, deserves to vote until they fulfill a full term of military service of some kind. Doesn't have to be live combat, but it is preferred.
Democracy may be a joke, but it's a joke with better taste than most other ways (see above).
Those who say "morality comes from society, not religion" are morons. Morality comes from the will of the gods, not people. Ethics come from the will of the majority of the people. You don't have to agree with morality or ethics, but dammit, get the terminology right.
The gene pool has gone stagnant and I am the bringer of chlorine!
Feel free to ask me for more.
Warfare does not discriminate and is not nice. I can't stress this enough. War is not some game that has rules that nations are bound to play by, it is cruel hell. The Geneva Convention is just a bunch of tripe that western nations use to say "we have the moral high ground because we didn't use atomic bombs or nerve gas." It's not the most tripe-abiding army that wins, it's the one that uses the most underhanded and foul tactics. Call it atrocity, but isn't that what war is in the first place?
Neon Genesis Evangelion is great.
Gurren Lagann is overrated. I liked it to the extent I can like something stupid, but that's it. I need more than "this is epic."
No one, and I mean no one, deserves to vote until they fulfill a full term of military service of some kind. Doesn't have to be live combat, but it is preferred.
Democracy may be a joke, but it's a joke with better taste than most other ways (see above).
Those who say "morality comes from society, not religion" are morons. Morality comes from the will of the gods, not people. Ethics come from the will of the majority of the people. You don't have to agree with morality or ethics, but dammit, get the terminology right.
The gene pool has gone stagnant and I am the bringer of chlorine!
Feel free to ask me for more.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is the greatest giant robot anime ever made
Card Captor Sakura is a steaming plile of horse shit
Pro choice
PC gaming is dead
...
come at me bro
Card Captor Sakura is a steaming plile of horse shit
Pro choice
PC gaming is dead
...
come at me bro