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Post by Wykked Wytch on Oct 30, 2011 22:07:03 GMT -5
The title says it all. Do you have a political opinion that others find... unorthodox? Well, post it here.
I'll go first:
- Illegal immigration is the least of our problems. We should not penalize businesses for hiring illegal immigrants because this encourages them to hide their activities, which means it is easier for them to cheat the workers out of wages. Instead, we should require companies to pay all their workers the same wages for the same amount and kind of work, so that an illegal worker will not be paid less than a legal one. This removes the main incentive for hiring illegal workers - that is, they will work for less money.
- The entire Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional and should not be performed in public schools.
- Gun control is useless because a criminal who is intent on getting a gun will break the law anyway. This is how gangs persist in certain areas despite laws that prohibit the sale or possession of guns.
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Post by worlder on Oct 30, 2011 22:19:27 GMT -5
Liberals rise up and bear arms!
M2 Browning machine guns for the left!
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Oct 30, 2011 22:21:27 GMT -5
I like babies, and even though I'm pro-choice, I don't like it when people refer to them negatively. Because BAYBEES.
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Post by Wykked Wytch on Oct 30, 2011 22:21:46 GMT -5
- There is no libertarian justification for abortion. Any libertarian who claims that abortion should be illegal is talking out of their ass.
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Post by lighthorseman on Oct 30, 2011 22:28:03 GMT -5
Ha. Where to begin?
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Post by VirtualStranger on Oct 30, 2011 22:39:14 GMT -5
Pedophilia, as long as it is not acted on, is not immoral and should be treated just like any other mental disorder.
People who are unfortunate enough to have it should be treated with sympathy, not hatred. Being told by absolutely everyone that you are the lowest form of human life imaginable is definitely not going to encourage anyone to seek help.
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Post by lighthorseman on Oct 30, 2011 22:48:45 GMT -5
Pedophilia, as long as it is not acted on, is not immoral and should be treated just like any other mental disorder. Agreed. OK, well here's a few of mine... I believe that voting weight should be based on intelligence and political knowledge. I believe an armed society is a polite society. I am simultaneously pro-life AND pro-choice, and I don't see a contradiction in that. I believe positive eugenics would be a good thing, and indeed necessary for the preservation or advancement of our modern technological society. I believe multiculturalism as practiced in Australia and countries with similar systems face major identity crises in the near to mid future (Note well, it is the cultural aspect here I take issue with, rather than the racial issue some may infer). Yes, I know, I'll be in F&B to answer the outrage shortly. |
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 30, 2011 23:10:01 GMT -5
I'm just going to try to post the craziest shit in this thread:
The office of President exists for the sole purpose of usurping Congress.
As such, all politicians should aspire to be Andrew Jackson reincarnated.
We should practice reverse-gun-control, that is to say giving criminals whatever weapons they want, free of charge. They will quickly become bored, & no more crime. Problem, prizinz?
Every war the US has ever entered has had the end result of increasing its threatening image somehow. As a result, the question "should we go to war" is always "YES, DAMN IT!"
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Post by canadian mojo on Oct 30, 2011 23:47:05 GMT -5
I believe an armed society is a polite society. Because America is so darn polite.  And just to play along: Immigration -- if you're not willing to live by our constitution and charter of rights and freedoms, you're not welcome here. |
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Post by lighthorseman on Oct 30, 2011 23:49:02 GMT -5
I believe an armed society is a polite society. Because America is so darn polite. And just to play along: Immigration -- if you're not willing to live by our constitution and charter of rights and freedoms, you're not welcome here. America is not an armed society. America is a society in which some are armed. Different things. Um... so are we supposed to discuss these revelations, or just post them and read each others? |
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 30, 2011 23:55:44 GMT -5
Somalia is not an armed civilization, it's just a civilization where whoever can get a gun does so.
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Post by canadian mojo on Oct 31, 2011 0:12:59 GMT -5
America is not an armed society. America is a society in which some are armed. Different things. So what would an 'armed society' entail, the compulsory carrying of a weapon by every citizen? From where I stand, America is an armed society since basically every citizen is able to legally buy weapons very freely. yeah, have we derailed this thing already.  |
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Post by ltfred on Oct 31, 2011 0:13:10 GMT -5
I believe positive eugenics would be a good thing, and indeed necessary for the preservation or advancement of our modern technological society. I think eugenics are pretty reasonable. Agriculture would hardly be possible without it. The problem comes when somebody decides they want to breed out the Judaism, or the liberalism or something. |
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Post by Jodie on Oct 31, 2011 0:22:45 GMT -5
I think firearms should be banned for citizens. I know that won't stop humans from trying to kill each other or steal each others shit, but the iron and steel used to make guns could be better used for repairing and maintaining infrastructure. The only people who should have fire arms should be licensed police officers and military personel.
Also: Drugs should be legal for adults. All of them. But regulated and taxed and whatnot. Education about said drugs and what they do (or how they can fuck you up if they are abused) should be a part of middle school education. The government needs to stop with the whole all drugs are bad and evil all the time shit, because it is not true. Yes there are some drugs that will make you stupid or kill you if abused, but informed, consenting adults should have the right to make those decisions for themselves without Big Brother telling them what they can and cannot do with their bodies and spare time. People who abuse substances are going to do so regardless if it is legal or not. I trust that educated people who would like to experiment will do so responsibly, so why can't we freely be given the choice on wether we want to giggle at the pretty colors on the wall on our day off from work or not?
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Post by priestling on Oct 31, 2011 0:59:43 GMT -5
Hokay. Drug use should be heavily regulated. The illegal shit, mind you. When other countries can wean off decades-old heroin addicts and make them functional members of society again in a couple YEARS? Hell yes.
Ditch the Pledge of Allegiance. I grew up with it and had to say it myself. Doesn't mean I agree with it.
Third, if anyone is taking money from ANY lobbyist, pro or con, they need to be sacked. Immediately. They're there to serve the people's interests, not corporations.
Fourth, what would be the harm in actually seeing to it everyone gets something to eat and a warm place to sleep at night? We have a starvation issue in this country that shouldn't exist. Why are people going hungry in what's supposed to be "the greatest country on earth"?
Lastly, I want to see some fucking balance in pay rates. Enforce it via a law or something, that a CEO can't make, say, more than 20 times what his lowest-paid worker makes. It'd balance things out nicely, and the work force might actually get a fucking livable wage.
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