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24 Mar 2016, 6:43 am

Men shouldn't be allowed to have any say on political issues about abortion, unless they just so happen to be a medical doctor giving advice to a patient.

As such, only women should be allowed to vote on the issue in ballots/referendums and as elected political representatives.

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24 Mar 2016, 5:06 pm

Terrorism has been committed by the USA too. The rest of the world knows that.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/m ... rtinkettle

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24 Mar 2016, 5:09 pm

the legal definition of people should specifically exclude corporations.

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24 Mar 2016, 7:48 pm

auntblabby wrote:

the legal definition of people should specifically exclude corporations.

YES.

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24 Mar 2016, 7:56 pm

money is IMHO just a big bullhorn, it should not be considered "political speech" in itself.

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24 Mar 2016, 10:33 pm

Oh boy. I don't know where to begin. I'm very right-wing and against political correctness. I see the far-leftist ideology as another form of Fascism and believe that trigger warnings baby people way too much. I support Ted Cruz for President, am staunchly pro-Israel, and see radical Islam as the biggest threat facing this world. I believe that the Iranian Government is the biggest Nazi Government since WWII. I strongly believe that Iran wants to resume where Hitler left off vis-a-vis the Jews [btw, I happen to be a religious Jew myself]. I also believe that the "Palestinians" don't have a legitimate claim to a state within Israel since a. it's on Jewish land and b.it'll be a terrorist state and history shows that it's existence results in there being a terrorist base in Israel and terrorism on Israel increasing. I strongly believe that Yehuda V'Shomron [Judea and Samaria] i.e. the so-called "West Bank" belongs to Israel. My political views are very politically incorrect and can be seen as "dangerous" by political correct leftists who have a similar mindset to Big Brother in George Orwell's marvelous book "Nineteen Eighty-four." Also, I'm against gay marriage, since I see marriage as between a man and a woman. I also oppose abortion [unless abortion is absolutely needed to save the mother's life as a result of the pregnancy directly threatening the mother] and see it as murder. As such, though I'm not a Christian [as shown by what I said above], I'm a religious Conservative with some Libertarian leanings.

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27 Mar 2016, 10:57 am

I believe that people with an attraction to children should be accepted more. While I'm totally against raping kids, I really don't hating them is helpful for anyone. It makes it way harder for pedophiles who haven't done anything to get real help. I think they should be able to get help without worrying about going to jail.

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27 Mar 2016, 11:09 am

senquin wrote:

You seem like a sound chap. I'd be happy to know you. I agree with you on most of that, although I'm not sure on abortion. I think people don't take enough responsibility.

Personally, I have conflicting opinions about Israel and the Arabs. I personally believe that Israel will always be at war with Arab supremacy, because of Islam.

And I wish people would stop calling it the West Bank. It's a term made up by the Arabs to deny Jewish history.

Do you read Elder of Ziyon? I think he's a fantastic blogger.

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27 Mar 2016, 2:46 pm

auntblabby wrote:

why does it seem that anti-abortion/anti-birth control people value the life of the unborn over the life of the born? :scratch:

No clue.

I get raped and pregnant = I'm getting an abortion.

IMHO, the rights of fully formed, born people take precedence over a fetus.

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27 Mar 2016, 5:10 pm

My guess is…, because they can!

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27 Mar 2016, 5:14 pm

proof that conservatism is all about maintaining "the natural order of things" regarding oppression of the powerless-
"The levelers only change and pervert the natural order of things." [edmund burke]

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27 Mar 2016, 7:16 pm

Dox47 wrote:

Hmm, let's try a fun one:

I believe if it's cheaper to pay criminals to behave than to pay police to arrest them and prisons to house them, we should just pay them and cut out the middlemen.

I really like your idea. Guaranteed livable income is a good idea that some countries are contemplating. It also has the added benefit of making Conservatives heads explode...

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27 Mar 2016, 7:23 pm

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Not entirely sure what counts as 'unpopular'. But.

I think there desperately needs to be new ideas around work, ultimately resulting in more people doing less work. Some jobs probably can't be shared all that easily. An awful lot of them can. For this to, uh, work, there needs to be a better distribution of wealth.

I think a 'work ethic' makes little sense in an age of increasing mechanisation, and speaks more to a sort of politically useful masochism than anything worthy.

I worry that the economy in general, and the stock market in particular, runs on the same principle that leads to the idea that planes only stay in the air due to collective belief/will from the passengers, or indeed, 'I DO believe in fairies! I DO believe in fairies!', but that when it all goes belly up, there are very real material consequences.

I believe in a much stronger state in terms of social provision; that the market fails people, rather than people fail the market.

I am against the praising of the military, and of recent moves to brand them 'heroes'.

That'll do for now.

I think you are spot on. I've rarely seen this view expressed by anybody else. I've been thinking about this for a couple of decades or so. With technology advancing to eliminate whole classes of jobs, we need to consider these issues. The latest tech threatening jobs is the 3D printer. We also have to reconsider value when talking about wealth. The idea that anybody can create vast wealth alone is usually a myth that's been perpetrated by the wealthy and Conservatives in general.

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27 Mar 2016, 7:30 pm

One of my unpopular views is that there are no Gods. I also only get mad at religion when said religion tries to control my life by passing laws restricting my freedom. It's always struck me as odd how Conservatives claim to be against government except for controlling others to adhere to how they think we should live by the tenets of their particular religious views. If they stayed out of that arena, we atheists wouldn't talk about religion at all. We generally have no need to preach our brand of belief. We only ask to be left alone by religious types...

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27 Mar 2016, 7:32 pm

I could probably make some $$$ selling t-shirts that say "my dog is better than your god."

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27 Mar 2016, 7:36 pm

auntblabby wrote:

I could probably make some $$$ selling t-shirts that say "my dog is better than your god."

How much are you charging? I'm interested...

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