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Old 12-04-10, 02:21 AM   #13
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1. Should the government should prohibit gun ownership by private citizens?
No.

2. Should Marijuana should be legalized?
Yes.

3. Should the death penalty be abolition?
No.

4. Should the government control, regulate, and ban video games, including banning video game sales to teens?
No.

5. Should we pull our troops out of Afghanistan?
Yes.

6. Should abortion be legal or illegal?
Legal.

7. Should stem cell research be legal?
Legal.

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?
I like castrated and allowed to slowly bleed to death, but prison is probably the most equitable solution.

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

10. Should the police have a monthly/weekly quota of tickets that they must meet?
No. It makes them mercenary.

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

12. Should we liberate North Korea and install a peaceful democratic government?
No. Not unless they do something overt that warrants it.

13. Should the government give money to failing businesses in order to keep them from going bankrupt?
No. The government shouldn't have that kind of money anyway.

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)?
See above.

15. Should lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals be given equal rights as straight individuals?
Yes. But you need to define "rights".

16. Should we pull our forces out of Iraq?
Yes.

17. Should gay marriage be legalized?
Yes.

18. Should we recognize the independent nation of Kosovo?
Unsure.

19. Should we recognize the independent nation of Azerbaijan?
Unsure.

20. Should we recognize the independent nation of Jonathanland?
Huh?

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

22. Should Puerto Rico become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
Up to them. If they want to apply for statehood, then sure.

23. Should Guam become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
Same as above. They should do what they want, not what we want.

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

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

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

27. Should we make Iraq a US state?
No.

28. Should we make Afghanistan a US state?
No.

29. Do you think WikiLeaks should get shutdown?
Unsure.

30. Should the government minimize it's military spending?
Yes, but "minimize" needs to be defined first.

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

32. Should citizens of the District of Columbia be granted full voting rights?
They can vote now, can't they? If you mean should DC become a state, then no.

33. Should New York City become it's own state, an independent country, or remain part of New York?
No opinion. Should North and South California become separate states? It's up to them, not me.

34. Should the United States create a North American Union with Canada? If so should we allow Mexico to join?
Depends on what it would entail, and for what reason. Unsure - needs discussion.

35. Should the government censor books, movies, and other entertainment mediums?
No.

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?
No. Censoring any opinion, no matter how silly, is still censorship.

37. Should the government offer free broadband internet to all citizens, like Finland does?
No. Maybe state governments, but the Fed needs to shrink, not grow.

38. Should the government increase it's power to enforce internet laws and put a stop to internet crimes?
No.

39. Should the government shutdown 4chan, just /b/, or neither?
No.

40. Should 13 year olds be given universal suffrage?
No.

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

42. Should church and state remain separate?
Yes.

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

44. Should the government offer free healthcare?
State yes, Federal no.

45. Should the government offer free college/university education?
State yes, Federal no.

46. Should tobacco be made illegal?
No.

47. Should alcohol be made illegal again?
No.

48. Should the government keep secrets from and lie to it's citizens?
Depends. Some agencies need secrecy just to do their jobs.

49. Should classified and top secret documents be declassified?
No.

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

51. Should public schools bring back the ability to beat their students and force them to wear school uniforms?
No.

52. Should we allow weapons in space?
Allow? That implies that they can be stopped.

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

54. Should the age of consent be lowered to 13?
No.

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?
Unsure.

56. Should NASA work harder to accomplish goals such as making first contact, building space ships, and colonizing other planets?
Depends on how much money has to be diverted from other projects.

57. Should NASA set-up a colony on Mars using their proposed one-way trip system?
Only if survival can be guaranteed.

58. Should nuclear weapons be banned globally?
Good luck.

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

60. Should teenagers (from 13 to 19) be given the same rights and privileges as adults?
No.

61. Should we allow private military contractors to continue to exist?
Allow? Should the military be in the business of manufacturing their own weapons? No. Independent contractors are the lifeblood of creativity. Oversight, sure. Banning? No.

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?
Tough call. There is a fine line between helping those who need it and stepping on everyone's toes when it's not wanted.

63. Should research into cloning be conducted?
Yes.

64. Should we close the Guantanamo Bay prison?
No.

65. Should Guantanamo Bay become a US state?
No.

66. Should the United States become imperialist again, but this time we make the places we conquer become permanent US states?
No.

67. Should the world unite under a democratic world government that is just like the United States, but governs the entire world?
Yes, but there is no such animal, and not likely to be in the forseeable future, so the point is actually moot.
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