My Stances

[Something-To-Say]

Here's a few of my stances on things. If you're curious ask me about an issue and I'll tell you my opinionated and probably controversial opinion.Smoking: No. Smoking is basically the pussy way out of stress. I don't understand any other reason why a person would smoke other than to relieve stress, and unless you're under a SHITLOAD of stress(like the president or something), then you're just a pussy.Underage Drinking: I don't see a point to this either. I don't know why it's cool to see kids sitting around wasting away drinking beers in their basement. Once you hit 21, I'm alright with drinking as long as you know your limit and don't go too far over it.Abortion: I really don't have much of an opinion. I mean, on one hand it's their choice and the world is overpopulated anyway, and on the other hand, why would you need to get an abortion anyway?Stem Cell Research: Hell yes. I don't know why people are against it. They don't use(as far as I know) babies that people would otherwise keep anyway. They use aborted fetuses. So since nobody wants the fetus other than the scientists, let them use it. The potential good that could come out of this far exceeds any stupid arguments of the bad.America's Youth: Is doomed. Oh man. Now, I live in Arizona, and a decently rich part, so my opinion and viewpoint of America's youth is obviously different than, say, Tony's, so from my view here's what I think. I think that kids look up to idiots like paris hilton and britney spears too much. It's amazing how stupid the youth are these days. Most don't know the first thing about our goverment, but could tell you Katie Holmes' last bank transaction. Basically, people are capable of being knowlegeable, but either misuse the info or put the wrong kind of info in their heads.Women's Rights: As I've said before, I used to believe in them. But it steadily goes down. Because I've seen my mother, and she's gone through(or going through) menopause. And though other mothers might be different, as I said before, these views are from my POV. My mother is a total psychopath. 2 days ago she came in my room and talked to me about my grades(4 As and 1 C), and left the room happy. And randomly, not 2 minutes later, knocks open my door, starts screaming at me about my C, about video games, and about college. I don't think women(especially those in their 50s-60s) should be allowed to vote when I know many of them are unstable.Voting: Do it. One thing I'd change is that I personally think that an IQ test should be held. I say nobody under the IQ of say 115 or even as low as 110 should be allowed to vote, because most likely they don't know wtf they're voting for.The Elderly: OK fine, maybe I want many of them dead. But if we keep them, FOR GOD'S SAKE, AND I'M NOT JOKING, TAKE THEIR f*cking LICENSES. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE NEARLY BEEN RUN OVER BY SOME OLD ***hole LOOKING FOR THE NEAREST HANDICAPPED SPACE.The Suns: HELL YES. 2007 CHAMPIONSHIP BABY!!!!!!Death Penalty: If it's a penalty serious enough and the person admits to it, simply have someone shoot them military style.

 

[BALLAHOLLIC]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Smoking: No. Smoking is basically the pussy way out of stress. I don't understand any other reason why a person would smoke other than to relieve stress, and unless you're under a SHITLOAD of stress(like the president or something), then you're just a pussy.Underage Drinking: I don't see a point to this either. I don't know why it's cool to see kids sitting around wasting away drinking beers in their basement. Once you hit 21, I'm alright with drinking as long as you know your limit and don't go too far over it.America's Youth: Is doomed. Oh man. Now, I live in Arizona, and a decently rich part, so my opinion and viewpoint of America's youth is obviously different than, say, Tony's, so from my view here's what I think. I think that kids look up to idiots like paris hilton and britney spears too much. It's amazing how stupid the youth are these days. Most don't know the first thing about our goverment, but could tell you Katie Holmes' last bank transaction. Basically, people are capable of being knowlegeable, but either misuse the info or put the wrong kind of info in their heads.</div>Agreed 100%.

 

[the_pestilence]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Voting: Do it. One thing I'd change is that I personally think that an IQ test should be held. I say nobody under the IQ of say 115 or even as low as 110 should be allowed to vote, because most likely they don't know wtf they're voting for.</div>IQ is no longer done as a number in the official IQ tests, it's done as a percentile (I'm in the top .01%, biotch!), but I think that the equivalent of 115 (top 25%) in IQ would be a decent indicator. The only downside is that IQ tests aren't perfect right now - my uncle tested as a genius as well and he is literally retarded.EDIT: The number is "intelligence quotient", it's just the IQ test has been largely phased out by similar tests that do it in percentiles

 

[Something-To-Say]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Dec 30 2006, 12:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>IQ is no longer done as a number in the official IQ tests, it's done as a percentile (I'm in the top .01%, biotch!), but I think that the equivalent of 115 (top 25%) in IQ would be a decent indicator. The only downside is that IQ tests aren't perfect right now - my uncle tested as a genius as well and he is literally retarded.</div>True. Because they're like multi-choice. But we gotta find a way to weed out those that just randomly vote and that sort of thing.

 

[ReppinTheD]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Dec 30 2006, 12:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Smoking: No. Smoking is basically the pussy way out of stress. I don't understand any other reason why a person would smoke other than to relieve stress, and unless you're under a SHITLOAD of stress(like the president or something), then you're just a pussy.America's Youth: Is doomed. Oh man. Now, I live in Arizona, and a decently rich part, so my opinion and viewpoint of America's youth is obviously different than, say, Tony's, so from my view here's what I think. I think that kids look up to idiots like paris hilton and britney spears too much. It's amazing how stupid the youth are these days. Most don't know the first thing about our goverment, but could tell you Katie Holmes' last bank transaction. Basically, people are capable of being knowlegeable, but either misuse the info or put the wrong kind of info in their heads.</div>First of all - if you're talking about cigarettes - I dont smoke cigarettes. If you are talking about Pot - I smoke pot, and I am def not a pussy. I also don't smoke to relieve my stress. 2nd - you are way over exaggerating that.

 

[yankshater213]

Haha about the youth, I think our generation is going to grow up to suck balls. Everyone is so dependant on their parents that IMO when it comes down to it so many people are going to fail. In the last generation, my parents both were poor and worked 2 jobs and paid for everything they wanted. They were taught independance and responsibility. Now I'm not saying myself and my family are well off, but I know that I am one of few people here on BBW that was taught these values, and people taught these will go further in life because they've already learned their lessons. Not to single you out Tony, but I'm just using you as an example, but when you get spoiled like that, it happens to a lot, and I mean A LOT of people these days, you tend to overlook things I mentioned like independance and responsibility among others, and you kind of expect everything to fall into your lap. Now like I said my family is pretty well off, but I have a job, I work, I pay for my sh*t. Just this week I had to pay for a new sticker and an oil change (that took a hit to my wallet). I just think that the next generation of people that will be working in jobs is F*cked because work ethic and independence is falling and falling, and American culture for teens and kids is starting to skew towards expecting sh*t from parents and not having to do anything yourself.

 

[JustBlaze]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>and unless you're under a SHITLOAD of stress(like the president or something), then you're just a pussy.</div>That's so incredibly ignorant, implying that the only person who's under a lot of stress is our President.

 

[ASUFan22]

I agree with a lot of what you said except for women's rights. Your mother may be like that, but I got a lot of women relatives and they are all pretty stable and smart.

 

[kingjamez]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Dec 30 2006, 12:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Smoking: No. Smoking is basically the pussy way out of stress. I don't understand any other reason why a person would smoke other than to relieve stress, and unless you're under a SHITLOAD of stress(like the president or something), then you're just a pussy.Underage Drinking: I don't see a point to this either. I don't know why it's cool to see kids sitting around wasting away drinking beers in their basement. Once you hit 21, I'm alright with drinking as long as you know your limit and don't go too far over it.America's Youth: Is doomed. Oh man. Now, I live in Arizona, and a decently rich part, so my opinion and viewpoint of America's youth is obviously different than, say, Tony's, so from my view here's what I think. I think that kids look up to idiots like paris hilton and britney spears too much. It's amazing how stupid the youth are these days. Most don't know the first thing about our goverment, but could tell you Katie Holmes' last bank transaction. Basically, people are capable of being knowlegeable, but either misuse the info or put the wrong kind of info in their heads.Voting: Do it. One thing I'd change is that I personally think that an IQ test should be held. I say nobody under the IQ of say 115 or even as low as 110 should be allowed to vote, because most likely they don't know wtf they're voting for.The Elderly: OK fine, maybe I want many of them dead. But if we keep them, FOR GOD'S SAKE, AND I'M NOT JOKING, TAKE THEIR f*cking LICENSES. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE NEARLY BEEN RUN OVER BY SOME OLD ***hole LOOKING FOR THE NEAREST HANDICAPPED SPACE.</div>Smoking I agree with you. It's a pointless to have a law against marijuana, when TONS of people already do it. It just makes people feel like more of a rebel when they do it. I've done it before, and its pointless really..I hate smokers, I hate seeing people smoke..I make sure I cough extra loud when I walk past a smoker, I don't think smoking in public should be allowed, it disturbs other people, and sets a terrible example for people around you.Underage Drinking..I'm pretty sure when I pass 21, I won't be a drinker at all..I'd rather stick with Gatorade, water, and tea. This also makes underage teens feel like a rebel when they drink, and TRY to get themselves drunk. I just can't wait until I see some of these teens get caught drinking away and acting like complete dumbshits.The youth in america pisses me off. There so spoiled, and they've got attitudes that make me want to smack the sh*t out of them. Around my family I may do things that aren't really appropriate, but hey, thats my family, I love them, they love me, its all good. But I would never do anything to disrespect me or my family. Thats what I see in the youth today..I see brats, and little bitchy kids. I agree with you when you say kids look up to people like Paris Hilton. They think shes this great beutiful perfect woman. When in fact shes a skank. Also kids now think they can get whatever they want, they think its easy to get anything in the world. Parents have fault in this issue too, if they give there children anything they want as kids, they'll grow up to be dependent on there parents for there whole lives. Voting..half the people that vote are just retardedElderly people cannot drive, its a fact. Asians can't drive either, no offense to anyone out there. Everytime someone is going slow I place a bet with my mom that its an oriental driving the car..And IM ALWAYS RIGHT! There so damn slow its incredible..

 

[ASUFan22]

That reminds me....I know this girl at school and she idolizes Paris Hilton. It's so annoying, she's so stupid. She doesn't look half bad, I think she may be Paris #2.Also, there was this car that just randomly switched lanes and almost hit us. When we got closer I saw that the driver was a tiny old lady, it was pretty funny.

 

[nba dogmatist]

how are smokers being pussies? haha. it's something to do. I don't do it to get away from stress. I do it to have fun.

 

[Something-To-Say]

Well to clarify just in case some of you weren't sure, I DID mean smoking cigarettes. And if you need something to do, get a job or read a damn book. I don't care if you damage your health, do it in a way that won't damage mine too.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JustBlaze @ Dec 30 2006, 05:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That's so incredibly ignorant, implying that the only person who's under a lot of stress is our President.</div>Do you know how to read?

 

[JustBlaze]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Dec 30 2006, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Do you know how to read?</div>As incomprehensible as most of your posts are, I still manage to read them, so yes. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Dec 30 2006, 12:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Smoking: No. Smoking is basically the pussy way out of stress. I don't understand any other reason why a person would smoke other than to relieve stress, and unless you're under a SHITLOAD of stress(like the president or something), then you're just a pussy.</div>That entire statement is moronic.

 

[LAZY]

Living in Oklahoma is pretty much living in a cigarette in the shape of a gun. Cant enjoy a damn meal in any public place without some fat ass blowing their smoke around you. I just wish the rules about smoking in public would looked over more often. Something like California would be nice hereCigars are ok here and there

 

[Something-To-Say]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LAZY @ Dec 30 2006, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Cigars are ok here and there</div>Yeah, I agree with that. Like a Victory Cigar, or my father usually lights one at each New Year.

 

[the_pestilence]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Dec 29 2006, 11:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>True. Because they're like multi-choice. But we gotta find a way to weed out those that just randomly vote and that sort of thing.</div>Yeah, I think that a basic test on the topic of the election (written by an unbiased panel) would be in order. Something that just makes sure you're not a total moron and makes you locate iraq on the map, tell who the candidates are, different sects of islam, what their stances are. Nothing too serious but just enough to weed out the total imbeciles.

 

[Justice]

Having a voting test would be a terrible idea. People's votes barely matter as it is. America's voter turnout is one of the lowest in the world, and you are suggesting we make it lower. Uh, yeah. Great idea.Smoking isn't going to do that much to your health unless you live with a smoker or you constantly are around smoke for whatever reason.

 

[The`Dream]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Smoking: No. Smoking is basically the pussy way out of stress. I don't understand any other reason why a person would smoke other than to relieve stress, and unless you're under a SHITLOAD of stress(like the president or something), then you're just a pussy.</div>The next time you have a thought, just say no to actually typing it

 

[the_pestilence]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Dec 31 2006, 02:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Having a voting test would be a terrible idea. People's votes barely matter as it is. America's voter turnout is one of the lowest in the world, and you are suggesting we make it lower. Uh, yeah. Great idea.</div>I'd rather have 10,000,000 people who actually know the issues vote than 110,000,000 rednecks who vote based on who bill o'reilly tells them to vote for.

 

[BrewCityBuck]

In my opinion, I don't care if half the country votes or not, most of the people that do vote are so stupid I can't imagine the half that don't...I would rather have people that care vote instead of making people do it.

 

[Something-To-Say]

added a stance on death penalty.

 

[Justice]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Dec 31 2006, 06:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'd rather have 10,000,000 people who actually know the issues vote than 110,000,000 rednecks who vote based on who bill o'reilly tells them to vote for.</div>If you really think a test that you described would help the Democratic vote, you need your head checked. I really don't think the minority vote would do too well with a test like yours. Also, there's a lot of little things that don't make sense about it. When do they test these people? How many people are actually going to take a day off from work or whatever to do this? Your test wouldn't do what you want, which is stopping people blindly voting for what the media tells them. A person can be very uneducated and still know what they want in a politician by knowing the issues. The war on Iraq honestly affects very few people compared to an issue like the economy. The system you are suggesting is flawed, short-sighted, and no one would support it. Whatever you think, though.

 

[Something-To-Say]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Jan 1 2007, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>When do they test these people? How many people are actually going to take a day off from work or whatever to do this? Your test wouldn't do what you want, which is stopping people blindly voting for what the media tells them. A person can be very uneducated and still know what they want in a politician by knowing the issues. The war on Iraq honestly affects very few people compared to an issue like the economy. The system you are suggesting is flawed, short-sighted, and no one would support it. Whatever you think, though.</div>They can have an electronic system on voting day to enter the building. Take a like 5 minute timed test and if you don't score high enough, you can't enter.I don't know why you talk about 'the test wouldn't do what I want'. I want a more informed voting group, that's what I want. How wouldn't this help.I don't give a sh*t if no one supports it. People didn't support freedom of slaves in the South, but what now?And the test isn't like an IQ test. It'd be a test over current events and such that pertains to voting issues.

 

[Justice]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Jan 2 2007, 12:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They can have an electronic system on voting day to enter the building. Take a like 5 minute timed test and if you don't score high enough, you can't enter.I don't know why you talk about 'the test wouldn't do what I want'. I want a more informed voting group, that's what I want. How wouldn't this help.I don't give a sh*t if no one supports it. People didn't support freedom of slaves in the South, but what now?And the test isn't like an IQ test. It'd be a test over current events and such that pertains to voting issues.</div>That works for people that have five minutes, but what about when voting places have lines backed up for hours already? It's not a very efficient system.I am talking about what tHe_pEsTiLeNcE wanted, not you. That is why I quoted him. If you want more informed voters, it might work. I don't really think it would, though. It would mostly just discourage people from voting. People that don't have time to sit in lines for hours wouldn't vote, period. You yourself said people should vote, so I don't know why you would want that. Also, chances are people could just study for the test. In that case, they would only know about the issues on the test. They could still make an uninformed vote.The difference between freedom for slaves of the south and a test to see whether you are "informed" is that one supports freedom and the other discourages it. Why you would want less people to vote (probably mostly disadvantaged people)... I don't know.I realize it's not a straight-up IQ test, but that doesn't matter. Someone can not know what Iraq, the Dow-Jones, what GDP is, etc., and still have a good vote. It doesn't take a whole lot to figure out what you want. If you only care about a few issues and you vote based on those, I don't see the problem voting like that. Precedence has ruled tests like this unconstitutional, anyway. I know you probably don't care too much, but that is the case.

 

[the_pestilence]

sure there would be some people with good votes ruled out but overall the people who couldn't answer a couple extremely simple questions shouldn't be allowed to voteThey wouldn't be able to study for it as nobody but the polling officers would know what it was before hand (it would be leaked I'm sure, but not very widespread)The only way people would be able to study would be (god forbid) reading a newspaper and if somebody read the news then they would have an educated vote.Of course the system would never go for this because it's designed to make people not think for themselves, but I personally don't want some retard in wyoming to have a vote that counts the same as mine (well, actually people in wyoming's votes count four times as much as mine but that's a different story......)

 

[abc]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Dec 30 2006, 02:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>IQ is no longer done as a number in the official IQ tests, it's done as a percentile (I'm in the top .01%, biotch!), but I think that the equivalent of 115 (top 25%) in IQ would be a decent indicator. The only downside is that IQ tests aren't perfect right now - my uncle tested as a genius as well and he is literally retarded.EDIT: The number is "intelligence quotient", it's just the IQ test has been largely phased out by similar tests that do it in percentiles</div>Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't 110 - 115 around average? Why wouldn't you let average people vote? They are majority and isn't that what democracy is? And who says the most important issues are Iraq? MAYBE MAYBE the only way too add that is spot checking (like every 10th person) and give hem a few questions.

 

[Justice]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Jan 2 2007, 03:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>sure there would be some people with good votes ruled out but overall the people who couldn't answer a couple extremely simple questions shouldn't be allowed to voteThey wouldn't be able to study for it as nobody but the polling officers would know what it was before hand (it would be leaked I'm sure, but not very widespread)The only way people would be able to study would be (god forbid) reading a newspaper and if somebody read the news then they would have an educated vote.Of course the system would never go for this because it's designed to make people not think for themselves, but I personally don't want some retard in wyoming to have a vote that counts the same as mine (well, actually people in wyoming's votes count four times as much as mine but that's a different story......)</div>I kinda disagree with you there. I understand how you're upset that you think people are making stupid votes, but there are probably people that think you're making a stupid vote as well. The country started out by making the electoral college which really limits the value of a person's vote. I think that was a really stupid move that keeps us from really being democratic. Look at all these countries we police. We say, "No no, you voted for the dictator. We'll put this guy in so that you can be more democratic like us." You see where I'm going with this? We won't necessarily have a dictator, but restricting votes based on intelligence makes this government an oligarchy (rule by the few), which in my opinion is not what America is about.Maybe... I'm not so sure. This is purely hypothetical, but that is a possible problem if they are easy questions.That may be true. I still am not so sure. One could be pretty educated on affairs here in America and still not really know where Iraq is, for example. Once again, purely hypothetical, but I think it would take away votes that aren't necessarily bad ones.Well, that's not really what I was talking about. Back when black people still had problems with civil rights, they would give tests to check if people could read or whatever. Obviously, the black people were far less educated, thus few black votes were actually made and whoever the white people wanted was voted in. It was ruled unconstitutional to do so any longer. Now, black people aren't as notably uneducated comparatively in this time, but it still would be a problem. The rednecks you mentioned earlier might not be so upset about it, but I guarantee you that Jesse Jackson and the NAACP would be all over your ass.I hate the value of the vote in America today. I don't know where you live (Cali, perhaps), but obviously I live in Texas. Now, the number of electoral votes Wyoming (3) gets is far less than Texas (34). Assuming I vote for the winning candidate (and it matters in the end decision), my vote is technically worth a buttload more than someone from Wyoming's. Then again, if I vote for the loser, the vote is typically worthless. Sometimes in the past, electoral votes have been split between the candidates. So let's say that about half of the votes in Texas go to a Democrat and the other half goes to a Republican. Maybe there's also 1 or 2 percent or whatever to the Independent. Then the votes would go 16 and 16 to the Republican and the Democrat, 2 to the Independent. This is just a poor example. Many countries do this so that everyone's vote matters. America doesn't. I don't bother voting because the Republican will always win in Texas. If I vote for the Republican, the Democrat, or the Independent, it doesn't matter. The Republican will always win here. So what's the point?

 

[CRaZy_KiCkz]

who cares if kids drink while being under 21. they are just having fun, what else is there to do

 

[Something-To-Say]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CRaZy_KiCkz @ Jan 3 2007, 07:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>who cares if kids drink while being under 21. they are just having fun, what else is there to do</div>Get a job... play video games... normal things. Getting drunk not only destroys brain cells, but it makes you stupid enough to have paul wall as an avatar haha (jk) but it also makes you do stupid stuff. For instance Horizon's quarterback last year, Dax I think was his name, got drunk and rammed his car into someone's house. What happens, crazy kickz, when someone rams a car into your house while drunk? It doesn happen.

 

[Justice]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ginger Jesus @ Jan 3 2007, 11:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Get a job... play video games... normal things. Getting drunk not only destroys brain cells, but it makes you stupid enough to have paul wall as an avatar haha (jk) but it also makes you do stupid stuff. For instance Horizon's quarterback last year, Dax I think was his name, got drunk and rammed his car into someone's house. What happens, crazy kickz, when someone rams a car into your house while drunk? It doesn happen.</div>You can play video games and get a job while still being a drinker. I do, and I have.Drinking and driving is not something anyone should do, so what does it have to do with being under 21? It's not like you're magically able to drink and drive when you turn 21.