The Backroom Predefined Positions Thread

[AntiochusIII]

I'm sleepy, I'm bored, and worse, I'm boring. I'm spending my free time surfing an off-topic area of a bloody wargame fansite forum. I think I'll play.

*Abortion
Extreme cases lead to extreme trepidation. I believe we should not legislate moral issues. That translates to me "supporting" it from the general political rhetoric. The dilemma is hers to make, and the father's.

*Capital Punishment
Who are you to think you have the right to take some other person's life away, big guy?

*Drugs
Drugs are drugs. They need to be heavily regulated just like most drugs already are. Add a few to the list instead of the outright ban won't destroy human civilization. I personally was raised to despise drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and other body-ruining substances and never really had the intention to be Cool and use them; but I suppose others can do what they want as long as I'm not forced to breath in smoke everywhere I go.

*Evolution
It's a scientific theory; it's a scientific issue. That this somehow bothers certain publics bothers me.

*Gays
MRD is absolutely right. We need more gays to be that guy-friend who won't try to take your sweetheart's underwear off if he could. Besides, Will & Grace was fun. Oh, and if they want to marry, then go ahead and marry. If God's offended, God's a bigot. Those people who want Will to marry Grace is really, really lame.

*Gun Control
I don't see a reason why any average citizen should walk around school premises with AK-47's. I also don't think NYC and LA will benefit from having more guns circulating around. Unfortunately, I also don't see why Joe Wisconsin-Montana III should be forced to stop hunting in his premises, if he's properly licensed. We need license to drive cars.

*Immigration
I am an immigrant. America is also a very big place. Though I do see practical reasons in the opposition to the rate of illegal immigration that's flooding the southern border as well as the argument of National Self-Determination -- as flawed as it is. I have no personal stake in this, though, except to wish my fellow humans a better life that they seek so fervently, somewhere. And not to be exploited around too much.

*Media Content
People in America watch TV too much, bitch about TV too much, and watch TV too much. The level of debate and factual accuracy presented in the news channels disappoint me when I tried to watch them, but people really do bitch about TV too much. Not a long time ago I was pissed off about [something] so terribly that I couldn't even bring myself to play a computer game to get my mind off -- can't blame me for not having a proper FPS close at hand! -- so I went down to watch TV for hours for the first time in weeks. It was relaxing. Damn, I forgot how funny Scrubs is.

*Military in General
I wish for the day we don't need them. What? Can't I dream? I have long hair, you know! Though I must admit we'll probably need them for an infinitely long time. Oh, and the military's a good business in the US. Tends to revitalize dead economic areas good.

*Prostitution
A terrible, terrible reality is associated with prostitution: coercion, underage "job," human trade, exploitation, disease and premature physical and mental breakdowns of the human spirit, a put-down of the desperate poor to an even lower degradation. The only way to solve that is to put the business into the limelight where it can be properly investigated, observed, limited, and regulated, keeping it away from the crutches of organized crime -- but legal, where people who actually don't mind doing it can do it, not the desperate or the coerced ones.

*Race and Racism
I am a racist. I despise the Kra'hen. Our only solace will be their annihilation.

*Separation of Church and State
Pointless prayers mean just as little as pointless nationalism. Both are, in fact, unbelievably destructive under the right circumstances. At least the state has a functional purpose.

*The Rise of China and India
I do not find the level of income disparity and pollution creation of said countries to be at all favorable. But unlike most Americans or Europeans (well, I'm neither), and being of a Chinese descent myself, the only thing I despise about the Dragon is its oligarchic, dictatorial regime. Wish them Chinese and Indians luck. They have a rough road made for the future.

*The War on Terror
Sauron and Pamela Anderson terrorize my nightmares. I'll call the Fellowship, see if they're interested in declaring war. Oh, you mean the bearded guys?

*Welfare
A social safety net established without moral demands is a distinction between modern civilization and Victorian hypocrisy. Though many favor the more regulated versions like the famed Scandinavian models, I myself find the balance for me in particular to be elsewhere, closer to the capitalistas than they think.

*Your religious beliefs
Demiurge and I go a long way back. What a fool; a pompous, petulant fool! And that's my Creator!

Oh wait. That's Plato's fault. Damn. Did you know everything is Plato's fault?