What's your controversial opinion?

[CalabusDabus]

That there is no evidence whatso ever for The Big Bang THEORY, and the only reason it exists is the fact that people will do anything to avoid the thought that their sin will send them to hell.

 

[4ged]

i think that the first name, last name, ip address/street address, and country of origin should be readily available to anyone in the world for anything posted on the internet, then maybe trolling will have dire consequences and will be discouraged at a level equal of you probably wouldn't do it to someones face and not get smacked for it.

 

[electric_warrior]

The sad thing is that somewhere this opinion IS considered 'controversial' instead of 'common effing sense'.

I applaud you, but no post is complete without trolling, so:
It's 'they're country', fag.

Thanks, I was actually a little worried about this post. I know how tetchy people can get about Israel.

I think my opinion on the matter can be best summed up by the maxim "Two wrongs don't make a right"

 

[The Funslinger]

Ooh I have a new one.

Assasination is a far more civilized way to solve problems than war. And governments should use it more often.

Agreed. I also get the feeling that the assassins of the latest generation would probably end up cobbling together hidden blades... and then never use it, because modern assassination comes down more to espionage, poisoning and faking accidents* and whatnot.

Edit:*miss typed.

 

[boosh-boosh]

Alright, here we go:

- Patriotism is a crock of shit. Yes, you can like where you live/where you were born but i think it's completely ridiculous to act as if it makes you an intrinsically better person, and to rabbit on and on about how fabulous your country is... It's just a land mass, it doesn't mean anything.

- Complete separation of church and state. Yes, you can have your religious beliefs, but if we are allowed freedom of religion, then you can't run a country in accordance to certain religious beliefs/practices but not others. That'd be unfair. So, just take religion out of the equation when it come to politics.

- Prostitution should be legalised. So should all drugs. People can do what they want with their goddamn bodies.

- I don't think that we should all automatically have to love/respect those that we are related to. If they're the sort of person you would actively avoid in every day life, why on earth should the fact that you share some genetic information mean that you can't tell them what you think of them, in the way you would with any other person?

- Oh yeah, and i want to be able to smoke in bars again. Yeah, health risks, blah blah blah. We're all going to die anyway.

 

[boosh-boosh]

- Oh yeah, and i want to be able to smoke in bars again. Yeah, health risks, blah blah blah. We're all going to die anyway.

Marry me.

Hells yes!

 

[Schadrach]

Spoiler: Dont look if you're interested in complete and utter equality.

I believe that homosexuals should have the same rights as people but I don't think that churches should be pushed to marry homosexuals as if its God's wish as it says in the bible that homosexuality is a sin. Also I don't like seeing homosexual acts so yes have your rights as long as they're not shoved down my throat. I find it all disgusting personally but thats just me.

Spoiler: Dont look if you're interested in complete and utter equality.

I believe that homosexuals should have the same rights as people but I don't think that churches should be pushed to marry homosexuals as if its God's wish as it says in the bible that homosexuality is a sin. Also I don't like seeing homosexual acts so yes have your rights as long as they're not shoved down my throat. I find it all disgusting personally but thats just me.

Agree to a point. LGBT folk should be allowed to get 'married' - even if certain churches want no part of it, there shouldn't be a legal or linguistic difference between what straights do and what gays do.
And I think homosexuality should avoid being shoved down people's throats only as much as heterosexuality is. Sexuality in general is overused by lazy advertisers and it seems unfair that it's always straight.

The only real solution to all of this is to explicitly separate legal and religious "marriage" and use separate language for the two. Legal "marriage" then holds all legal rights associated with the institution and is not restricted by race (I always love to point out to the "marriage hasn't changed in hundreds of years" folks that it wasn't that long ago that interracial marriage was not legal in the US), sex, or orientation. Religious "marriage" is entirely up to the church performing the ceremony in question -- this ceremony confers no legal status of any kind and it is entirely up to that religious institution who they perform any ritual, ceremonial, or celebratory functions for. To mandate otherwise would be in violation of their first amendment rights.

 

[LuckyClover95]

I believe sex is a special, meaningful act that you should share only with the person you are married to. I get some really weird looks from people when they first ask if I'm a virgin and I say yes, then they ask why and I give them that answer.
The fact that I believe in God also seems to be rather controversial, at least on this site.

There are quite a few Christians, Muslims and other religions on here. It's just they don't mention it with every post they make, but when a topic like this comes up the athiests get unfortunately vicious.


OP: MY controversial opinion is that I'm Pro-life.

 

[Amphoteric]

Not as controversial on this site but legalise prostitution, legalise all drugs, ban the teaching of intelligent design completely (I don't care what class it is).

Something a little more controversial, at least in the UK, is that I want to abolish the Monarchy.

I also wish the US would stop going around acting like its citizens lives are more valuable than someone from Iraq of Afghanistan.

I also believe that humans will never colonise another planet or reach another star ever.

 

[Schadrach]

- Complete separation of church and state. Yes, you can have your religious beliefs, but if we are allowed freedom of religion, then you can't run a country in accordance to certain religious beliefs/practices but not others. That'd be unfair. So, just take religion out of the equation when it come to politics.

If only. Unfortunately people will always consider it when voting, so it will always be part of the equation. Hell, JFK was controversial because he was the wrong "kind" of Christian (Catholic).

- Prostitution should be legalised. So should all drugs. People can do what they want with their goddamn bodies.

Yes, on the converse penalties for crimes committed while under the effects of intoxicants should have their penalties driven through the roof. At that point it's not what you are doing with your body, it's what you did to someone else after being stupid enough to do such things to your own goddamned body and then engage in risky behavior.

- Oh yeah, and i want to be able to smoke in bars again. Yeah, health risks, blah blah blah. We're all going to die anyway.

This one I'm less in agreement with. Your health risk to yourself is you own business. Your health risks to others aren't, and unfortunately smoking effects those nearby as well. There was an IHOP near where I live that had the right idea -- the smoking area was in an enclosed glass room was separate ventilation and a maintained negative pressure (so air would flow in but not out when the door was opened). This let the smokers smoke, while letting the nonsmokers not have to deal with it at all.