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01) Would you do meth if it was legalized? Ahah, why, if it's legalized it'd be less harmful XD ? No, I leave this kind of stuff to weak people with little imagination.
02) Abortion: for or against it? I'm against it. I'm generally against every act that tend to de-responsibilize people and the effects that their action have on others.
I don't think that people have the right to take other people's lifes, expecially of those who still have unimaginable potential like children, even if they're unwanted. FFS, just give them to adoption, then!
03) Do you think the world would fail with a female president? The "whole world" x'D ? No, of course.
04) Do you believe in the death penalty? What's with the "believe", is it some kind of religion XD ?
Anyway, no, I don't. Death penalty is dumb and unjust.
I greatly encourage lynching, instead :D
05) Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already? No, I don't see any use for it... But I think that it should be allowed to treat the pain in certain forms of terminal diseases.
06) Are you for or against premarital sex? I don't care about what people want to do with their own genitals XD But I'd like them to be responsible and aware of what they're about to do.
I know of people (expecially underage!) that have complete sexual experiences without even knowing the basics of sexual education!
07) Do you believe in God? I do!
08) Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized? No. Marriage is meant for men and women to procreate children, as the basic cell of society.
This is not a consideration about the quality of love or about the relationship itself, it's just a basic, anthropological fact.
This said, though, I support alternatives to socially recognize same-sex couples: everyone has the right to see his love recognized into a society, 'cause also if I firmly believe that love is just a temporary alteration of a peaceful state of mind, it still looks like it's the force that makes the world go 'round. --But please, don't adopt kids or ask for the Pope to bless you >_>; You can still have a fulfilling love life even without that!
09) Do you think it's wrong that so many immigrants are illegally moving to your country? Mhh, I don't think it's wrong for people to try seek a better enviroment, but immigration flux definitely need some control and regulation, expecially 'cause the most of these guys, due to their illegal situation, don't have the chance to find a licit job or improve their social situation. It's terrible to think that farmers, students or mothers are forced to become criminals, whores or have to work like slaves 'cause they don't have the possibility to do anything better.
10) A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it? It depends on the eviroment; if she has the adequate support I think she should... If not, she could give the baby in adoption, or her mother could adopt them as their children >_>; ...
11) Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen? *in Italy the age to drink alcohol is 16 x'D* I think that it depends on the maturity of the involved parties. Generally I think that the higher the age limit, the better is it, 'cause you can have responsible people at such age, but the most of them just wants to party all night long and turn themselves into pitiful, vomiting beings. --Which doesn't make 'em eligible to any right.
12) Should the war in Iraq be called off? In case you didn't notice the war in Iraq is over. What the NATO is doing now is making sure that the country is safe enough for people to take its administration back without any danger for further violence, riots or golpes.
The problem is that it's difficult for a country that lived under a dictature for around thirty years to suddenly deal with democracy. Probably it was better to let them live in an uncivilized, repressed country in the first place and wait for the people to change that state of things on their own. --But who knows what may happen in between..?
13) Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree? Generally, I agree with it. It's a controversial subject, but I think that many of such restrictions are to prevent an abuse of the subject, not against the subject itself.
Now you need the consent of the sick person, in 10 years you could just make the choice by yourself wherever you're tired of dealing with someone sick in your family.
If I were in those people's shoes, I don't know what I'd want to do.
14) Do you believe in spanking your children? Of course: sometimes a good spanking is worth a thousand scoldings :D
15) Would you burn your country flag for a million dollars? No, I wouldn't. I don't believe that money count more than my beliefs, even if modern society strongly prompts me to think otherwise XD
16) Who do you think would make a better president? I don't know. It's difficult to judge the work of someone in advance, expecially not knowing the shit that they had to deal with.
17) Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers? AHAH, as if I care about other people's judgement!! --ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME, MWAHAHAH!
Today I have an evening shift, so I'll be back late and tomorrow I'll be off... So I guess that I'll really be up for some discussion! Feel free to share your views in the comments or take it yourself :D
skinst_bomb account over DevART 'cause I thought it would be interesting to answer :3 Since the questions were mostly USA-oriented I tried to convert them to a neutral taste.01) Would you do meth if it was legalized? Ahah, why, if it's legalized it'd be less harmful XD ? No, I leave this kind of stuff to weak people with little imagination.
02) Abortion: for or against it? I'm against it. I'm generally against every act that tend to de-responsibilize people and the effects that their action have on others.
I don't think that people have the right to take other people's lifes, expecially of those who still have unimaginable potential like children, even if they're unwanted. FFS, just give them to adoption, then!
03) Do you think the world would fail with a female president? The "whole world" x'D ? No, of course.
04) Do you believe in the death penalty? What's with the "believe", is it some kind of religion XD ?
Anyway, no, I don't. Death penalty is dumb and unjust.
I greatly encourage lynching, instead :D
05) Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already? No, I don't see any use for it... But I think that it should be allowed to treat the pain in certain forms of terminal diseases.
06) Are you for or against premarital sex? I don't care about what people want to do with their own genitals XD But I'd like them to be responsible and aware of what they're about to do.
I know of people (expecially underage!) that have complete sexual experiences without even knowing the basics of sexual education!
07) Do you believe in God? I do!
08) Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized? No. Marriage is meant for men and women to procreate children, as the basic cell of society.
This is not a consideration about the quality of love or about the relationship itself, it's just a basic, anthropological fact.
This said, though, I support alternatives to socially recognize same-sex couples: everyone has the right to see his love recognized into a society, 'cause also if I firmly believe that love is just a temporary alteration of a peaceful state of mind, it still looks like it's the force that makes the world go 'round. --But please, don't adopt kids or ask for the Pope to bless you >_>; You can still have a fulfilling love life even without that!
09) Do you think it's wrong that so many immigrants are illegally moving to your country? Mhh, I don't think it's wrong for people to try seek a better enviroment, but immigration flux definitely need some control and regulation, expecially 'cause the most of these guys, due to their illegal situation, don't have the chance to find a licit job or improve their social situation. It's terrible to think that farmers, students or mothers are forced to become criminals, whores or have to work like slaves 'cause they don't have the possibility to do anything better.
10) A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it? It depends on the eviroment; if she has the adequate support I think she should... If not, she could give the baby in adoption, or her mother could adopt them as their children >_>; ...
11) Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen? *in Italy the age to drink alcohol is 16 x'D* I think that it depends on the maturity of the involved parties. Generally I think that the higher the age limit, the better is it, 'cause you can have responsible people at such age, but the most of them just wants to party all night long and turn themselves into pitiful, vomiting beings. --Which doesn't make 'em eligible to any right.
12) Should the war in Iraq be called off? In case you didn't notice the war in Iraq is over. What the NATO is doing now is making sure that the country is safe enough for people to take its administration back without any danger for further violence, riots or golpes.
The problem is that it's difficult for a country that lived under a dictature for around thirty years to suddenly deal with democracy. Probably it was better to let them live in an uncivilized, repressed country in the first place and wait for the people to change that state of things on their own. --But who knows what may happen in between..?
13) Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree? Generally, I agree with it. It's a controversial subject, but I think that many of such restrictions are to prevent an abuse of the subject, not against the subject itself.
Now you need the consent of the sick person, in 10 years you could just make the choice by yourself wherever you're tired of dealing with someone sick in your family.
If I were in those people's shoes, I don't know what I'd want to do.
14) Do you believe in spanking your children? Of course: sometimes a good spanking is worth a thousand scoldings :D
15) Would you burn your country flag for a million dollars? No, I wouldn't. I don't believe that money count more than my beliefs, even if modern society strongly prompts me to think otherwise XD
16) Who do you think would make a better president? I don't know. It's difficult to judge the work of someone in advance, expecially not knowing the shit that they had to deal with.
17) Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers? AHAH, as if I care about other people's judgement!! --ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME, MWAHAHAH!
Today I have an evening shift, so I'll be back late and tomorrow I'll be off... So I guess that I'll really be up for some discussion! Feel free to share your views in the comments or take it yourself :D
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Date: 11/10/10 14:59 (UTC)01) Would you do meth if it was legalized? No. Legality is one thing, common sense is another.
02) Abortion: for or against it? For. Although I think it might be better to administer it in justified cases, not for every bimbo that happens to get knocked up.
03) Do you think the world would fail with a female president? I don't think we'll have a world president until we discover the Warp drive - and by that time gender won't be an issue in politics. :D
04) Do you believe in the death penalty? You mean "support"? No, I don't. Give them life sentence and put them to hard labour - that will give them time to reflect upon their wrongdoings while at the same time they will actually work to earn their prison-grade food instead of eating away our taxes.
05) Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already? I do. Look at the USA in the '20s, look at the Netherlands today. Besides tobacco is way more harmful and yet it's still legal. Hypocrisy, anyone?
06) Are you for or against premarital sex? For. Otherwise I would most likely die a virgin. XD
07) Do you believe in God? I used to, but that was back when I was a Santa Claus-eligible kid who accepted everything adults told him without question. Then I grew up and started thinking for myself.
08) Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized? I see no harm in that.
09) Do you think it's wrong that so many immigrants are illegally moving to your country? I think it's wrong they have to do it illegally. But of course, the real problem is not our immigration laws, but the situation in their countries that forces them to leave home.
10) A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it? See question number 2 - this qualifies as a justified case. At this age wouldn't it be dangerous to give birth?
11) Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen? It already is 18 here in Poland. :D But of course, even though liquor shops tend to respect drinking age law, under-age kids don't have much of a problem getting piss drunk.
12) Should the war in Iraq be called off? It never should've started, but I guess the land of the free needed the oil. [/sarcasm]
13) Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree? I don't. Other than that I'm not touching that with an 80 foot pole.
14) Do you believe in spanking your children? If used sparingly in right situations it can be very educational.
15) Would you burn your country flag for a million dollars? I'd do it for free, my pleasure. Just because a piece of cloth has a specific colour pattern doesn't make it anything special in my book. (I also always sing Las maquinas de la muerte instead of the national anthem, because I like it better.)
16) Who do you think would make a better president? We already have a better one. Thank you, Andrei Tupolev! :D
17) Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers? "Judge not lest ye be judged yourself" - to quote that song by Metallica. :D
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Date: 12/10/10 09:18 (UTC)no subject
Date: 12/10/10 10:10 (UTC)no subject
Date: 12/10/10 10:19 (UTC)...THIS WILL LEAD HUMAN GENRE TO DESTRUCTION!
In any case, I'm fine with any ends x'D
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Date: 12/10/10 08:20 (UTC)Besides, if you're also going to say that unwanted children should be given up for adoption, wouldn't it be better to give as many people the option to adopt as possible?
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Date: 12/10/10 09:25 (UTC)Ahah, well, don't think that there are so many kis up for adoption anyway XD
It looks like the demand is much higher that the availability >3> If just bureaucracy wasn't such a pain in the ass for everyone--
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Date: 12/10/10 10:59 (UTC)12% of them commit suicide. Another 5% reattempt before they turn 18.
Even when they leave, they are often left with mental scars.
I never understood the Pro-Life view when people say 'if they don't want them, give them up for adoption!' because of this. Adoption is a broken system in most parts of the world. Not only that, but the trauma of birth on a living, breathing woman can be to the point that the mother commits suicide, or infaside, or abandons the unwanted child.
There's a ton of other things I could mention, but instead I'll leave you with a link.
http://forums.dragcave.net/index.php?showtopic=100672
When you have a minute, read it.
I'll also be posting a Devart journal on it eventually. Look out for it.
The truth behind abortion, adoption and the like will probably shock the shit out of you.
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Date: 12/10/10 13:46 (UTC)Just a fast reply from a stubborn person: I don't think that "12%" is such an impressive percentage; probably the one of non-adopted people committing suicide is pretty higher... You know a social worker and I know people who've been adopted when they were children (one of them is one of my co-workers), and they're living pretty nice lifes with their acquired parents in a safe enviroment.
Sure, they were indeed lucky, but luck in this world doesn't have to do with many things that we consider obvious but one: the chance to live.
The fact that many children or adults had a miserable life makes you think about killing yourself, or make you regret the fact that your parents gave birth to you..? I actually think that cursing the fact to be alive is a way too tasteless luxury for those who managed to be born in the first place :/
--Otherwise you can work hard to develop such a "wonderful system" where only people who have the certainty to be happy, rich, safe, intelligent and beautiful can have the right to live and come to birth.
Isn't that right? Unhappy people live worthless existences, don't they?
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Date: 12/10/10 17:44 (UTC)Anyway, I'm not sure what you mean by a "determined male or female figure." Are you talking about primary caregivers? Cause both men and women are capable of being nurturing, loving parents. Women may be traditionally be the primary caregivers while men earn the family income, but it doesn't have to be that way.
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Date: 12/10/10 18:16 (UTC)Anyway, don't make adoption sound bad just when it's related to heteroxual couples XD
It's not ok if heterosexuals adopt kids 'cause it's going to traumatize the poor things, but it's ok if homosexuals do 'cause they are not going to..? This is quite biased, isn't it ^_^; ?
No, I'm not talking about "caregivers" or "breadwinner", I'm just considering the mere gender issue.
Like when you finally got a glimpse of your dad's naked body and realize that it's not the same as yours and your mom.
I think that it's an important stage for the development of a child's identity, and I'm not just referring to the sexual one.
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Date: 13/10/10 07:30 (UTC)Also I think we might have run into some cultural dissonance here. XD I don't know how they do things in Italy, but in the US most people go out of their way to avoid allowing their kids to see them naked. It's considering quite traumatizing if it does happen. And Americans seem just as capable for forming stable gender identities as anyone else from any other country, so I don't think having a woman or a man in the house is that important. A kid's more likely to learn about the differences between the sexes from playing doctor with his friends, or just noticing that grown up women and men dress differently.
Anyway, gender identity isn't something you learn from your parents, it's innate. That's how some people get gender dysphoria, you know...? It doesn't have anything to do with how they were raised, something just went a little wrong with the hormone levels in their mom's womb.
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Date: 13/10/10 16:48 (UTC)Everybody has nurturing feelings and love to give, but not everyone can express it the same way.
If same sex couples would be allowed to get kids, they should be able to produce them themselves; since their genitals can't do that, they just can't get them.
It's natural, obvious, logical, it's the law of nature.
If you really want to grow up someone yourself so bad, get a puppy, or become a teacher or sport instructor.
There are many alternatives to get a fulfilling life!
Ahah, well, it's not that my dad went around flipping his weenie at child me XD It's more subtexty and accidental, they're little events that make you wonder: looking at your parents in swimming suits at the beach, or taking a bath with your mum. That stage of recognization doesn't have much to do with sex, it has to do with identity by imitation, and it's pretty previous to actual interaction with the other, as you explained with the "doctor play".
As for the cultural dissonance, you don't have to bother the quality of education or the mental sanity of people, just look at the basic behaviours: in Italy we just hug and kiss each other (even between the same sex) more frequently and freely than you do.
As for the gender identity, I'm not very acknowledged on the subject 'cause I don't care about it, so I won't discuss it XD
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Date: 13/10/10 12:53 (UTC)I highlyreccomend you do some more research into the issue before saying that all woman, essentially, are having abortions to 'avoid responsiblity' of their pregnancies. It's very important to research things before forming an opinion on them.
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Date: 13/10/10 17:07 (UTC)An unwanted kid is a problem, raising it up is a problem and work hard to give them a proper lifestyle is a problem.
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE PROBLEMS.
Don't use words like "innocent child" when it's opportune for you, a child may also grow to be a criminal, but at least they had their chance to live.
Also, I read those links you posted right down here and over, and thank you for considering me some Medieval women who's not aware of the world XD
I beg you, allow me to have my own opinions and think that you're as stupid as you think I am.
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Date: 13/10/10 12:54 (UTC)no subject
Date: 12/10/10 17:23 (UTC)Mmh... Tu sei più per il matrimonio o la convivenza? Io sono sempre più convinto che un uomo che si sposa di questi tempi sia uno sprovveduto: giuridicamente, non siamo abbastanza tutelati in caso di separazione o divorzio. Alla faccia della parità dei sessi! Te sognerai sicuramente l'altare, vè? XD
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Date: 12/10/10 17:35 (UTC)(x'DDDD)
Beh, è ovvio che io sia per il matrimonio :D Tra l'altro, non mi stupisce che tu la pensi così, riguardo i diritti dei padri :D Infatti, contrariamente a quanto si pensa, cosette come il matrimonio monogamo o il sesso dopo il matrimonio furono istituite proprio per preservare la dignità della donna nella vita di coppia. Sai quanti si scopavano la bella del paese per poi condannarla a fare la prostituta perchè non la sposavano e nessun'altro uomo la voleva poichè non vergine XD ?
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Date: 13/10/10 20:04 (UTC)Oggi però si toglie il cetriolo dal vostro deretano per metterlo nel nostro. "Fare a turno" non è mica progresso! Magari ci fosse una robusta e seria legislazione sugli accordi prematrimoniali come negli Stati Uniti. Dalla fine di un matrimonio è quasi sempre l'uomo a uscirne con le ossa rotte. Basta guardarci attorno per vedere situazioni assurde.
Non si deve cambiare posto al cetriolo, lo si deve eliminare! ;_;
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Date: 16/10/10 22:10 (UTC)I think marijuana is legal in Argentina too, but not sure...
I'm gonna adopt instead of having my own children, I think it's a good way to contribute to society and besides, I always dreamt with adopting two kids^^
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Date: 18/10/10 08:47 (UTC)I don't think that gay marriage is something "harmful" to society, but somehow I can't really approve it.
It just seems very forced and kinda useless-- It's just as if same sex people want to play "family" just to show that "they" can also do it, and that they can do it better than heterosexuals... It's kinda fun, that while heterosexual couples choose co-habitation instead of marriage and there's such a high number of divorces, and they see all of this as some sort of "progress" and social emancipation, gay dudes & dudettes are all up for romanticism and "I'll love you for ever ♥" stuff.
Yeah, I agree on the abortion subject :/ I mean, I can see why many women would use it, and sometimes their choice could also be understood (in case of rape, for example), but-- I think that giving birth to a child is something wonderful, a real miracle-- It's something like humankind's hope turning to flesh, you know ^_^; ?
Ahah, I would like to adopt a kid or make my own, but as a single woman (who doesn't intend to get married at all) I don't think I'd be allowed to XD