Political Opinions

[Oakvale]

1. Should the government should prohibit gun ownership by private citizens?

I think so. Things are different in the United States, of course...

2. Should Marijuana should be legalized?

Sure, why not?

3. Should the death penalty be abolition?

Abolished. Yes.

4. Should the government control, regulate, and ban video games, including banning video game sales to teens?

Nah.

5. Should we pull our troops out of Afghanistan?

What, ever? Yes. Today? No.

6. Should abortion be legal or illegal?

Legal.

7. Should stem cell research be legal?

Yeah.

8. Should criminals who sexually assault and/or rape children under the age of 13 be killed, castrated, chemically castrated, or simply imprisoned and registered as a sex offender?

Imprisoned, registered as a sex offender. I can see the advantages of chemical castration, mind you.

9. Should the police get money directly from tickets or should ticket money be put in with other government spending?

Probably put it in with other government spending. Seems to be the wisest option.

10. Should the police have a monthly/weekly quota of tickets that they must meet?

Troll question!

11. Should we stop Iran's nuclear weapons program?

Obviously, yes. As soon as it becomes necessary.

12. Should we liberate North Korea and install a peaceful democratic government?

As tempting as that sounds, does the idea of "China" ring any bells? Not sure how politically feasible that would be. More to the point, North Korea can't have that long left to exist, surely.

13. Should the government give money to failing businesses in order to keep them from going bankrupt?

Depends. If you want a yes or no answer, I guess I'd say "yes", since I'm not opposed per se.

14. Should the government control the economy (command economy), should the government never intervene in the economy (laissez-faire), or should the government intervene in the economy only when it is necessary (mixed economy)?

Mixed economy is the only really sensible option.

15. Should lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals be given equal rights as straight individuals?

Well yeah.

16. Should we pull our forces out of Iraq?

I have to admit I'm a little nervous at the date the Obama admin's set - it seems some what premature, but I don't want to see the coalition forces in Iraq for a thousand years or whatever McCain said.

17. Should gay marriage be legalized?

Sure.

18. Should we recognize the independent nation of Kosovo?

Yeah.

19. Should we recognize the independent nation of Azerbaijan?

...yeah?

20. Should we recognize the independent nation of Jonathanland?

Who cares? Seriously.

21. Should we recognize the independent nation of South Ossetia?

Uhuh.

22. Should Puerto Rico become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?

I don't care. Let them choose.

23. Should Guam become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?

See #22.

24. Should American Samoa become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?

See #22.

25. Should the US Virgin Islands become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?

See #22.

26. Should the US Minor Outlying Islands become US states, become and independent countries, or remain US territories?

See #22.

27. Should we make Iraq a US state?

That would be silly.

28. Should we make Afghanistan a US state?

...

29. Do you think WikiLeaks should get shutdown?

Undecided. Lean no, if only because, despite the media hysteria, the information leaked has thus far been fairly unimportant.

30. Should the government minimize it's military spending?

You'd need to elaborate.

31. Should the government make stronger efforts to stop illegal immigration, especially from Mexico?

Again, you'd need to elaborate.

32. Should citizens of the District of Columbia be granted full voting rights?

Sure.

33. Should New York City become it's own state, an independent country, or remain part of New York?

Remain part of the state, I suppose.

34. Should the United States create a North American Union with Canada? If so should we allow Mexico to join?

Yes and sure, why not? Although obv. Mexico isn't in North Ameria.

35. Should the government censor books, movies, and other entertainment mediums?

Nah.

36. Should it be made illegal to deny that the Holocaust happened or to claim that the government is responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

Undecided. Lean no, but I can certainly understand the rationale in France, Germany etc.

37. Should the government offer free broadband internet to all citizens, like Finland does?

Not at the moment. The time may come when it's considered a near-right.

38. Should the government increase it's power to enforce internet laws and put a stop to internet crimes?

Yeah.

39. Should the government shutdown 4chan, just /b/, or neither?

...

40. Should 13 year olds be given universal suffrage?

...

41. Should the drinking age be lowered to atleast 18?

Yeah.

42. Should church and state remain separate?

Sure.

43. Should we allow a mosque to be built next to Ground Zero?

Yeah. (Not a bigot).

44. Should the government offer free healthcare?

Mmhm.

45. Should the government offer free college/university education?

Mmhm.

46. Should tobacco be made illegal?

Ha!

47. Should alcohol be made illegal again?

Ha!

48. Should the government keep secrets from and lie to it's citizens?

Depends.

49. Should classified and top secret documents be declassified?

Depends.


50. Should the government take greater steps to promote political awareness among teens, so they know how to make better informed political decisions?

Yeah, obviously.

51. Should public schools bring back the ability to beat their students and force them to wear school uniforms?

...

52. Should we allow weapons in space?

Haha.

53. Should the United States join the International Criminal Court?

I guess.

54. Should the age of consent be lowered to 13?

Creepy.

55. Should Julian Assange be tried in court for sexually assaulting (and raping) women and for releasing top secret government and military documents to the public?

Uh, I guess.

56. Should NASA work harder to accomplish goals such as making first contact, building space ships, and colonizing other planets?

Yeah, that'd be awesome.

57. Should NASA set-up a colony on Mars using their proposed one-way trip system?

Again, awesome.

58. Should nuclear weapons be banned globally?

Nah.

59. Should nuclear power be actively used in the United States?

Absolutely.

60. Should teenagers (from 13 to 19) be given the same rights and privileges as adults?

Nope.

61. Should we allow private military contractors to continue to exist?

With a dash more regulation and oversight, if at all.

62. Should the government and military work to help stop and prevent genocides, civil wars, and other atrocities happening around the world, such as in Africa?

Uh, yeah. I honestly can't really see how someone can disagree with this. Maybe I'm a secret neocon.

63. Should research into cloning be conducted?

Yeah.

64. Should we close the Guantanamo Bay prison?

I guess.

65. Should Guantanamo Bay become a US state?

Haha.

66. Should the United States become imperialist again, but this time we make the places we conquer become permanent US states?

Hilarious.

67. Should the world unite under a democratic world government that is just like the United States, but governs the entire world?

Elaboration needed, I think.

[Oakvale]

2. Should Marijuana should be legalized?
No.

I thought you were over the moderate heroism.

Incidentally, I like how Winston apparently wants to legalize said drug while also banning tobacco and alchol, which seems like a bizzare position to take.