Unpopular Opinions
I know you got 'em, what are they?
I think ALL drugs should be legalized. ALL of them. I'm not worried about the mass
die-off. There are too many people on this rock anyway. Let them cull themselves.
This includes people I know and care about. If they're going to be stupid, so be it.
It'll also free up law enforcement to actually go after other criminals.
Convicted sexual predators (especially repeat offenders and pedophiles) should get the death penalty. There is very little evidence that they are capable of
rehabilitation. Kill them and be done with it. No appeals.
The religious indoctrination of children should be considered felony child abuse.
The immediate and permanent removal of all minor children should be one penalty
for it.
I have others, but those are the three I feel most strongly about.
So when and where are you running for election? ?
In a democracy, people should have to opt in and then pass an exam before they are entitled to vote.
If I cannot trust you to sit the right way round on a toilet, I can't trust you to choose my leader.
The JFK assassination. Oswald could have not pulled that off alone!
@IBuiltTheMoon The biggest part that bamboozles me is how he fired off 3 rounds in 5.6 seconds with a bolt-action Italian piece of shit! Carlos Hathcock couldn't do it. He was the best 1000 yard shot the Marines had! Jesse Ventura couldn't do it. He was Expert. People that have served during the time said it would be hard to get a head shot in that time frame with an M-14. Your target is moving 6-8 MPH, you are on the 6th floor, and you have to shoot through trees. I do balistists tests myself.
I believe that a bit of euthanasia might not be such a bad idea.
Some people really be taken out of the gene pool.
I used to argue to juries that there are some people who are alive solely because it's against the law to kill them...you know given your intent it stops being euthanasia right?
I am all for someone choosing euthanasia for themselves but not so much to cleanse the gene pool (although it needs some adjustment). That would require judgement from other people, ie who should or should not be euthanized. I don't trust other people's judgments.
Our democracies are deeply flawed. We should go back to the ancient greek system where people are pulled at random to serve. Rather like jury service
You need to educate people in order to do that and the vast majority of people isn’t adequately educated. It would take forever to implement. Plus, is democracy really that good? Think Trump, Brexit, democratically elected Hitler. What the world needs is a benevolent dictator.
@SergeyCornwall The trouble with benevolent dictators is they don't stay benevolent for too long. If they do? A ruthless one soon comes along. Also anyone who wants the job is unsuitable for the position. The only chance of a benevolent dictator is an absolute monarchy and thats just a chance. They don't have to fight for power, curry favour, just be born.
I'm vegan (for ethical reasons). That is enough for people to bring out their blessed crosses and holy water to exorcise me.
You are correct. I am on the other end of the spectrum. I eat keto and do it almost to the point of being carnivore. I LOVE bacon. Same reaction from people.
@boatdude87 Interestingly, it is possible to do vegan keto. So being vegan and being keto are not mutually exclusive. However, keto is a diet and being vegan is an ethical stance and a way of life (not just what I eat).
For a human the divide the earth into sections and claim "ownership" of any of it is absurd.
Well, wild animals are territorial too.
Hydrocarbon fuels are a necessary evil.
For now.
I hate weddings! It's really not my conception of love and relationship. I find the rituals and traditions arround them annoying and tasteless. If you want to put on a costume, to put on a show in front of an audiance and to get some applauds, become an actor!
Long ago I heard a stat. that generally speaking, the more people spend on a wedding the shorter time the marriage will last. About says it all.
I've grown to really dislike Xmas. It starts in October. The nonstop pressure to shop, the crowds, the family obligations, even the decorations. All of it. Just blah.
We should all get together and refuse to trade with shops who start their christmas push before December.
I'm a Conservative Capitalist. Need I elaborate?
A license to have children.
And make it damn hard to get!
There should be frequent retesting for drivers licenses after a certain age. 60 or 65ish? A doc and close relative should have to at least sign off on your motor functions, vision, and confirm that you arent senile, forgetting where you are etc.
Corporate and political criminals should be just as likely if not more so to receive the death penalty, let alone hard prison time in general. The death penalty for treason should be reinstated with Mango Mussolini at the front of the line. Oh you said unpopular but I digress...
The drinking age should be lowered, prohibition of most all drugs should be ended, and euthenasia should be legal.
There should also probably be an IQ test before youre allowed to vote or breed.
Make that 'doc and/or close relative' and I'm on board. I have no immediate family left besides my brother, who's six years older than me and not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Ok here goes: With regards to dogs it's not all in how you raise them. Genetics matter. Too many people get dogs that are "too extra" for them, that belong in the hands of highly experienced people.
Retail rescue is a thing the average person has no clue about and "adopt don't shop" actually just perpetuates the revolving door of homeless animals. Mills and flippers always have some form of income and a place to dump their dogs and love that mantra. It keeps them in business. Retail rescue IS BIG BUSINESS.
In my world you'd not get your hands on another dog if word got out you dumped a dog in a shelter or "rescue". Rescues due to the above now need to be vetted & screened as well as a breeder unless one doesn't care they're buying flipped or imported-for-profit "rescues".
People who don't question big pharma on vaccinations are no better or more enlightened than anti vaxxers. Your shots from the < 1970's do not contain the exact components as those manufactured today. Dismissing the epidemic of autistic children because "Wakefield" & Jenny McCathy is disgusting.
It's mind boggling that people give blind trust to an industry that creates false shortages, price gouging in the name of R&D while receiving government/taxpaper subsidies, outsources components to questionable producers like China, but will rail on parents who have but anecdotal experience with the before and after with their kids.
Where will those same pharma cheerleaders be when a link is finally found. Oh wait, there's no money in that.
Most epic campaign ever, the cognitive dissonance.
The poppy appeal!
In the U.K. in The weeks leading to 11.11 the poppy appeal resurfaces. I hate it for so many reasons and every year I get into some heated debates over it.
The poppy appeal is a charity that commemorates WWI and the battle fields of north eastern France. It was intended to support WWI veterans but it extended to WWII and then all veterans and current serving members. While I respect its initial aim (after all WWI vets were conscripted and faced the firing squad if they deserted) it has now become a “joker card” to would-be soldiers. All WWI veterans have now died. The poppy appeal should therefore stop being. REMEMBERANCE yes LEST WE FORGET. I just don’t think it right to devote all that effort and money to current servicemen who joined of their own accord and are getting paid for it.
Another issue I have with it is to do with charities in the U.K. in general. There are countless amounts of charities and charity shops supporting countless amounts of causes. While, on the surface, it all seems like good human philanthropy, and I do shop in such places for economical and ecological reasons, it is really a symptom of a centuries long tradition of LAISSEZ-FAIRE attitude in the lives and business of the people. It leads to great wealth inequality and the need for a few very wealthy people to do what the government was supposed to provide in the first place. Think Charles Dickens. A country with a government that invests in its people has no need for charities.
RIGHT ON on both counts!
I think it is wrong to maintain a carnivorous animal and then allow it the freedom to hunt and kill or harry wildlife. (Fox hunters and cat "owners" )
Please also add 'Organic', the idea that if something is untested for safety in a lab to proper safety standards, it is therefore safer than something that has been. Especially if it has been used since the days when people poisoned themselves to death by thirty by boiling their wine in lead containers, and took carcinogens to expel worms. Mindless technophobia or what.
The idea of allowing cyclists to cycle on the pavement(sidewalk) or in pedestrian areas is plain wrong. Wheeled vehicles should stick to the road.
People who are fed up with being alive should be allowed to exit with dignity.
The termination of a pregnancy should be decided by the woman herself without outside influence or moral judgement.
In the U.K, the idea of the greenbelt should be scrapped and housing development allowed all over it. We should make every effort to retain green spaces between houses for our children to play near their homes. All children need need this. The green belt only supplies vistas for the rich.
Sport is an activity(usually) competitive that we do in our spare time to use up surplus energy, keep fit and socialise. The meaning of the word should not extend to include professional versions.