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What are some of your most controversial opinions?
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Re: What are some of your most controversial opinions?

I'm more and more agnostic, I've almost stopped giving a fuck about god and I'm starting to question whether he exists or not. Used to be christian... I was split off by believing that fearing God isn't loving him and is not worth it
I don't like organized religion, hate what the churches (christian, muslim, judaism) have done...
I believe religion has been used as a tool to control populations, much like school, in several cases.

I am anti-school

I'm between pro-choice and pro-life in the abortion issue. If you didn't want a baby, why have unprotected sex in the first place? If the protection (condoms, not really pills) fails, or you're raped, then, well, I guess it should be allowed lol. Isn't it possible to get rid of the baby and make it grow outside of her mother?
I dunno lol.

Hemp, not necessarily marijuana, seems to be very useful for many things. I READ SOMEWHERE that it was all planned by oil companies or something to make bullshit media about how marijuana is worse than all other drugs and should be outlawed as to not allow them to lose their fucking business. If marijuana is illegal, why isn't illegal too? The only thing I have against smoked drugs is second-hand smoke, in the more long-term, extreme cases.

Fuck PETA, they're basically a religion whose gods are animals.

Anti-authority

Anti-copyright, pro-piracy

Anti-boot camp. You shouldn't just be shoved into prison because your parents want to get rid of you.

Discrimination, including all discrimination based on age, is fucked up.
"Minors" shouldn't be considered "minors" anymore. A series of questions might arise, but anyway, this bullshit rule didn't exist hundreds of years ago. Even though there might have been some ageism, there wasn't as much, you were more judged by your skill, talent, and character. If you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?

Anarchy in a "group" may work, I'm an anarchist individualist myself

I used to be semi-anti-gay rights, mostly perhaps because of what my parents said, but not at all anymore. Fuck "organized, legal marriage" anyway. It isn't my problem what others are doing, it's an infringement of freedom to control what people can or can't do like that.

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[] - Alucard483 - 09-21-2008, 06:37 AM
Re: What are some of your most controversial opinions? - LOON_ATTIC - 04-03-2010 04:30 PM

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