[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Solace

I spent the last 45 minutes or so writing this thread, so please, share your thoughts on these topics:

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?

yes

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?

life in prison, no parole

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

general budget

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

no

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

it's Saudi/Israel's problem, not ours. Stay out of it.

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

It's China/Japan's problem. Stay out of it.

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

No

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

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

Yes

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?

Don't know

19. Should we recognize the independent nation of Azerbaijan?

Don't know

20. Should we recognize the independent nation of Jonathanland?

Don't know

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

don't know

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

let them vote

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

let them vote

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

let them vote

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

let them vote

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

let them vote

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?

no

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

yes

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?

DC should be returned to Maryland

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

stay as is

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

no

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

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

possibly

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?

no

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?

nothing is free

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

nothing is free

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 on the secret

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?

no

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

no/yes

52. Should we allow weapons in space?

no

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

yes

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?

no

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

yes

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

yes

58. Should nuclear weapons be banned globally?

yes

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?

support/logistics role yes, combat role 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?

no foreign entanglements

63. Should research into cloning be conducted?

yes

64. Should we close the Guantanamo Bay prison?

yes

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?

no

So there.