Re: Controversy
Brunnen-G, on host 203.96.111.200
Friday, August 11, 2000, at 18:39:16
Contriversy posted by Jimmy Of York on Thursday, August 10, 2000, at 22:48:30:
> Abortion Ideally: only if there is a major birth defect. Realistically: bad, but sometimes necessary. Better support in society for solo mothers, rape victims, and those who wish to adopt would make it necessary a lot less often. Aborting because you're too stupid or lazy to use contraception, or you got unlucky and it didn't work, is entirely immoral.
> Assisted Suicide Yes, in extreme circumstances.
> Death Penalty Bad, but might be necessary sometimes. If so, at least get it over with quickly and painlessly. Don't keep them sitting around on death row for 20 years thinking it over at the taxpayer's expense. If you have it, you should also have a lot of money, effort and social services going into prevention.
> Gun Control Yes.
> God Yes, but don't ask me who or how. > School Uniforms Yes. All schools in this country have them and it seems like a good thing. > School Security Yes. At my school, this meant things like not having a pocket knife, mainly because they didn't want people's initials all over the desks. If you're talking about guns, nail-bombs and cocaine, why the hell is there even an argument? > Human Genome Project Like most advances in medical science, there'll be both good and bad results from this. (Results currently defined as "good" or "bad" are subject to change without notice during your lifetime.)
> Extra Terrestrial Life Almost impossible that there isn't. It's a big universe.
> Plastic Surgery Plastic surgery is wonderful. Ask any burns victim. You probably meant "cosmetic surgery". Cosmetic surgery is weird and stupid, but I take no moral stance on it.
> Creation vs Evolution Both.
> TV Sometimes.
> The Internet Rinkworks: good. 90% of the rest of it: either bad, pointless, stupid, or all three.
Brunnen-"spending half an hour thinking about a forum post on a weekend when you only got online for five minutes to send a work-related email: bad"G
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