Do any of you like to have debates about politics? Things like, should cannabis be legalised, should there be more strict laws on drinking, should all police officers have a gun, gay parents adopting etc. ?
I'd just like to know :p and maybe some of your views
lol, ur one month to late >.<
we had a few about bush/kerry b4 the elections
any ways...
cannabis shouln't be legalized, in fact tobacco should be on the same lvl
drinking.... the age should be lowered here in the States
cops with guns.... well cops here have m16s and m4s in the trunks of thier cruisers and i think they should
gay parents adopting... well... well.... have to real opion on that
gay marriage... shouldn't be legalized
NoPeace - out
weed should stay illegal
drinking age doesnt really matter (alot of places here sell anything to anyone)
cops should cary assault rifles
gay parents shouldnt be able to adopt
gay marriage should not be legal
whenever im of legal age im going to start my own political party, then im going to run for governor. then i'll run for president.
my views:
- Cannabis Legalization. I am not for this.
- Marijuana Legalization. Currently, marijuana is sold in an unsafe state. Drug dealers lace the marijuana with different things that arent natural to the drug. I believe that if marijuana is legalized, it will be safer and we will live in a better world. However, there would be a huge tax on this marijuana.
- Cops with guns. I believe that cops should only have a colt, nothing more.
- Weapon Restrictions. Machine guns and submachineguns need to be outlawed once again. You can walk down to your local gun store at the moment and buy an M4A1 carbine. Isn't this country fighting terrorists? You do not need an AK-47 to hunt deer. I would ALSO put a tax on ammunition to discourage murder.
- Gay Marriage. I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. Thats as simple as it is.
- Drinking. If anything, I think the age requirement on drinking needs to stay the same or be raised. Lowering the age requirement would cause teenagers, new to driving, to drink. There would be a higher accident and death rate in the United States if this occured.
- Taxes. There is a certain tax in the United States that takes 10% of income from the poor, and only 5% from the rich. I would make this tax 10% on both sides. This would give the government millions of dollars a year more and help pull us out of national debt.
Also, if I were elected into office, the SECOND I got in, I would repeal the 2% tax cut on the rich. That has cost the government 67.8 BILLION dollars a year. The rich do not need these tax cuts.
- Minimum Wage. I believe minimum wage should remain the same. Raising the minimum wage to 7.50$ an hour would cause the economy to inflate.
- Oil. I support drilling in ANWR.
- Gas Prices. If I were put into office, I would immediately write a bill that limits the maximum gas price. We have this for things like electricity, why not gas? Gas prices cost some people over 300$ a week. Thats THOUSANDS of dollars a year.
- Perscription Drugs. Here is a comparison to a certain prescription drug sold in the United States compared to two other countries. Canada sells this drug for approximately 125$ a bottle. The United Kingdom sells the same drug for approximately 129$ a bottle. The United States, however, sells this drug for approximately 421$ a bottle. That is INSANE. I would instantly pass a bill on a price limit for Rx drugs.
- Health Insurance. Citizens of the United States should be on the same plan as the plans used by Senators and Congressmen.
Now, would I make a good president or not?
See Notes.Originally Posted by Kaoii
Agreed, should both be illegal.cannabis shouln't be legalized, in fact tobacco should be on the same lvl
100% disagree, last thing they need is 16 year olds driving around drunk, at least this way it happens less.drinking.... the age should be lowered here in the States
That's nice, and people shouldn't be born retarded, or without working legs, yet it happens and we help them to have as a normal life as possible, no change should be made for gay people, fact is that there are people who feel trapped in the wrong body and get surgery to change their sex, and there are people that simply got an attraction to the same sex, now we should also give these people as much of a normal life as possible, marriage is one of them, and they should also be allowed to adopt, test have shown that childeren from a gay marriage don't have a bigger chance to be gay, and they will have a normal life just like kids of 2 parents or 1 parent for that matter, although there are ofcourse a few things they want to know at some age, but they happen now aswell with single parent childeren or adopted childeren.Gay Marriage. I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. Thats as simple as it is.
Last edited by GohanSSJ; 27-11-04 at 12:29 AM.
Marijuana Legalization - If marijuana is legalized you'd have a lot more addicts (look at tobacco or alcohol) and then a lot more kids smoking oit at younger ages.
Gay Marriage - people were not made to work that way so why encourage it saying it's not only tolerble but ok and should be accpeted by everyone.
Health Insurance - should stay how it is.
i believe weed on its own should be legal
it should be sold in chemists
health risks are slim to none
its in ready supply
just requires a little education
personally i doubt id smoke any if it was legalized but i feel it would be a good descision
People Where Made The Breed. Full Stop.
We Are Animals Basically, Animals Breed And Prolong The Species Existence.
We Wasn't Intended To Make Computers, Make Cars Or Go Into Space.
So Why Do We Encourage This?
I See Nothing Wrong With Gays At All. You Love Who You Love, Its That Simple. Denying Someone Of Showing There True Affection For Someone Is Nothing Short Of Oppresion.
*Marijuana In Itself Is Not Addictive, Mixing It With Tobacco Is, It Produces A Sub-Chemical Smoke Which Your Body Grows And Yearns For Give Due To The Nicotine*
personally, i dont c anything wrong with gays but i've alwayz had the opinion that gay marriages shouldn't b legal, just me.
Gays I can tolerate I don't think they should be banned from choosing they way they want to live but I don't think their lifestyle should be encouraged by allowing them to take part in ceremonies that were intended for a man and a woman.
And what will stop people from mixing it? (Marijuana that is)
Ah well, the drug thing seems to have really worked in america, and yeh, i talked about the bush/kerry thing with teachers in school, and in general studies, it's fun, we just have massive class debates and we have to spontaniously choose a side :)
Considered the downsides of alcohol? 250 000 people in the UK die of it a year and nearly treble that number get liver cancer. Funny, because there have been no recorded fatalities of cannabis overdose and whilst under the influence you don't get as agressive? What makes you think that alcohol is needed to have fun? Tried the herb? If you didn't like it, don't stop other people from smokin it :3dflagsdo .
cops in the UK don't carry guns, theyre not allowed.
Gay parents - no shouldn't adopt, society not ready for change.
Gay marriage, fuck that, pardon my french, but no. Don't allow it, it'll turn people gay for christ's sake
Woo!
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i would not prefer to be adobted by gays omg For Shame!!! :|
all depends on your age and IQ
People don't choose to be gay, they are born that way, think about it, all your life (if you are straight anyway) you were attracted to girls/women, why exactly? And why are girls attracted to guys? It doesn't really make sense, yet for some reason we still are, why? Because it's in our nature, now with my examples before nature isn't perfect, errors are made, things go wrong, you know no one is perfect, question is ofcourse what is perfect, it's something we don't really know, still what we know is that if everything goes right then you are straight.
Now it doesn't go always right, so someone is born gay or bisexual, they are attracted to the same sex or both sex's, now we can tell them go and act like a straight person, but would that make someone happy? You know my father has a friend and we are 100% sure he is gay, this guy is about 60 now, he has lived his whole life alone, why? Because when he was raised being gay was simply not accepted, and even though times change now, a part of him still lives in that time, and he will die without ever having a relationship, now that's sad.
When someone is born retarded, or can't walk or anything, then we try anything to help them, they get care, if they can do certain jobs then we adapt things to make it for them to be able to work etc, but when they are gay for some reason people still try to make it for them real hard, you know they can't help it that they are gay, and so what if they are, do they hurt you, do they hurt anyone close to you? Gay people simply get in a relationship with another gay person, or a bisexual person ofcourse, and they have a normal life, just like everyone else, sure they are of the same sex, and that's not how it's supposed to be, but many things aren't, but what is supposed to be is that we have a happy life, and if they are happy that way then who are we to tell it's wrong?
Now marriages were there to connect 2 people, it was never about connection 2 straight people, they always said to connect 1 person to another, and that's how it should be.
Just ask yourself this, is it fair that 1 person can't marry a other person just because they are off the same sex, is that really fair that you deny that to someone just because they are born that way even though they don't hurt anyone with it, and it makes them more happy?
Btw for the people who think you can become gay and that your not born with it, it's not a fact yet that you are born with it, but they done alot of checking with many thousands of people all over the years gay, bisexual and straight, and they can find no connection to why one is gay and the other is straight, and they checked for everything, parents, the role of their parents, their friends, brothers, sisters, other family, where they grew up, how they grew etc etc, they can't find anything.
Quoted For Truth GohanSSJ.
Prejudice Needs To Stop In The World, It's Like Saying Different Races Cannot Marry Each Other, Because "its not natural"324141"!"!!!!"
Which is also bullshit, as it's all because of the position of their countrys towards the sun, if you take Africa for example the sun shined always strong their, the skin of the people there got darker because of it, and their childeren were born darker and darker, they were born with a skin that could handle the sun better, they evolved simply to resist it better.
Indeed.
A Matter Of Pigment Oil Caused Hundreds Of Years Of Pain And Suffering For Everyone. Pity Most People Still Have That Narrow-Mindedness
you see my views on homosexuality is based on the bible (i am an ordained minister just to let u know)
as u all should know, the US laws is based on the bible and in the bible it plainly says that mariage is the union between a man and woman, im all for civil unions of homosexuals but marriage is out of the question
about the drinking age, yeah sure there will be more deaths if it was lowered here. but the driving age is way to young anyways. most 16 year olds are immature and irresponsiable and should never touch a car. but why do i want the drinking age lowered? simply because at 17 you can go off and fight a fucking war but... but... you can have a drink with ur buddies, for crying out loud! kids go off over seas, risking thier lives and yet they arn't responsible enough to drink?
NoPeace - out
"Marriage is the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family."
"Sexual orientation of a parent is critical to the upbringing of a child. Society is based on the ideal of having heterosexual parents, and it goes against values for same sex parents to raise children. Having homosexual parents is also a major stressor for a child due to society's norms and values. It can cause embarrassment and abnormal feelings. Children who are raised in ‘alternative family lifestyles', are more likely to engage in drugs and have negative feelings towards their parents and themselves, than children raised by normal families."
Why do they have to get married if they love each other? Why can't they recongnize their own union instead of demanding to be included into the beleifs of other religions/people?
What if I love an cat? Can I go and get married to it? I know your religion doesnt allow it but who cares I was born loving cats and I want everyone to know all about it and have all the same rights as a man and a woman.
Last edited by iod; 27-11-04 at 02:15 AM.
with tests on animals where the environment simpy cannot support more of a species the rate of homosexuals increases HUGELY
its natural
Definition of marriage shouldn't change to include homosexual individuals. However, a new form Social Unions or something, should be allowed to placate them. I say this on religious bounds, but also feel that no malice should be shown towards these people, a new system is needed to allow them to live.
All too true."Why do they have to get married if they love each other? Why can't they recongnize their own union instead of deanding to be included into the beleifs of other religions/people?"
Drinking age should likely be lowered, if for nothing else it would, with time, curve the excess.
Abortion, always wrong, no reason for it. I was adopted, so don't kill the kids.
Euthanasia needs to be outlawed, instead proper pain management needs to be put in place. Heck a thousand issues out there that need addressing that I doubt will be touched upon during the second term. I'm used to the slowness now.
To any who don't know about it, I might recommend www.nationstates.net as an interesting way to release you're political tensions in a somewhat moderated way. Although most thigns on there tend to lean liberal, it is still a very good site for bringing about discussion.
i disagree
some things cant be managed
some situations have no physical pain
i know if i lost the use of my body i would NOT want to carry on like that
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