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Grumpier Than Uncle Joe
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« Reply #325 on: November 17, 2017, 12:07:57 PM »

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« Reply #326 on: November 17, 2017, 12:24:57 PM »

Yeah, I realize now that some opinions are too unpopular/bad even for a thread titled "Unpopular/Bad Opinions". I'm moving on. 
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« Reply #327 on: November 17, 2017, 02:21:14 PM »

I probably shouldn't say this, but I do have a VERY unpopular opinion...
Viewing child porn should not be illegal, however obviously making or distributing it should be highly illegal as it already is.

What the  is wrong with you?! If there is demand for something, people will produce more of it.

There will always be a demand for this kind of thing, as repulsive as it is.

And if you make consumption legal, demand will only go up. Legalizing consumption of underage porn would open the floodgates, perhaps not of like, pedophile child porn, but for shady foreign-produced porn of girls in their mid teens.
All I'm saying is I don't think we should be putting people in jail for simply viewing it, as long as they're not actually harming any children in their personal lives.

Marginally, one could argue that animated or written child porn shouldn't be illegal since no actual children were involved in making it, but for live action child porn there is no excuse, and you weren't even trying to discuss what the margins of child porn were.
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« Reply #328 on: November 17, 2017, 04:06:44 PM »

I probably shouldn't say this, but I do have a VERY unpopular opinion...
Viewing child porn should not be illegal, however obviously making or distributing it should be highly illegal as it already is.

What the  is wrong with you?! If there is demand for something, people will produce more of it.

There will always be a demand for this kind of thing, as repulsive as it is.

And if you make consumption legal, demand will only go up. Legalizing consumption of underage porn would open the floodgates, perhaps not of like, pedophile child porn, but for shady foreign-produced porn of girls in their mid teens.
All I'm saying is I don't think we should be putting people in jail for simply viewing it, as long as they're not actually harming any children in their personal lives.

Marginally, one could argue that animated or written child porn shouldn't be illegal since no actual children were involved in making it, but for live action child porn there is no excuse, and you weren't even trying to discuss what the margins of child porn were.
Obviously I don't think animated or written CP should be illegal, I should clarify, in my ideal world, it wouldn't be illegal to view CP that has already been created, however it would be extremely illegal to create or buy newly made content.  In reality though, I realize that this opinion isn't practical. 
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« Reply #329 on: November 17, 2017, 04:21:14 PM »

what the christ
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« Reply #330 on: November 17, 2017, 04:34:40 PM »

I probably shouldn't say this, but I do have a VERY unpopular opinion...
Viewing child porn should not be illegal, however obviously making or distributing it should be highly illegal as it already is.

What the  is wrong with you?! If there is demand for something, people will produce more of it.

There will always be a demand for this kind of thing, as repulsive as it is.

And if you make consumption legal, demand will only go up. Legalizing consumption of underage porn would open the floodgates, perhaps not of like, pedophile child porn, but for shady foreign-produced porn of girls in their mid teens.
All I'm saying is I don't think we should be putting people in jail for simply viewing it, as long as they're not actually harming any children in their personal lives.

Marginally, one could argue that animated or written child porn shouldn't be illegal since no actual children were involved in making it, but for live action child porn there is no excuse, and you weren't even trying to discuss what the margins of child porn were.
Obviously I don't think animated or written CP should be illegal, I should clarify, in my ideal world, it wouldn't be illegal to view CP that has already been created, however it would be extremely illegal to create or buy newly made content.  In reality though, I realize that this opinion isn't practical. 

We don't live in ideal worlds. Practicality always needs to be considered. That's why even tho animated or written child porn don't directly harm children, they still are illegal. If they were freely available, they'd encourage the production of live action child porn.
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« Reply #331 on: November 17, 2017, 04:52:56 PM »

I probably shouldn't say this, but I do have a VERY unpopular opinion...
Viewing child porn should not be illegal, however obviously making or distributing it should be highly illegal as it already is.

What the  is wrong with you?! If there is demand for something, people will produce more of it.

There will always be a demand for this kind of thing, as repulsive as it is.

And if you make consumption legal, demand will only go up. Legalizing consumption of underage porn would open the floodgates, perhaps not of like, pedophile child porn, but for shady foreign-produced porn of girls in their mid teens.
All I'm saying is I don't think we should be putting people in jail for simply viewing it, as long as they're not actually harming any children in their personal lives.

Marginally, one could argue that animated or written child porn shouldn't be illegal since no actual children were involved in making it, but for live action child porn there is no excuse, and you weren't even trying to discuss what the margins of child porn were.
Obviously I don't think animated or written CP should be illegal, I should clarify, in my ideal world, it wouldn't be illegal to view CP that has already been created, however it would be extremely illegal to create or buy newly made content.  In reality though, I realize that this opinion isn't practical. 

We don't live in ideal worlds. Practicality always needs to be considered. That's why even tho animated or written child porn don't directly harm children, they still are illegal. If they were freely available, they'd encourage the production of live action child porn.
I really want to get off this topic because A; it's not something I like talking about, and B; it's making me look bad/foolish, but let me close by saying I agree with you. and lastly, anyone who harms children in any way, sexual or otherwise, deserves to be fed to the wolves.
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« Reply #332 on: November 17, 2017, 04:59:53 PM »


Obviously not.
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« Reply #333 on: November 17, 2017, 05:02:41 PM »


Okay, now I'm moving on for real.
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« Reply #334 on: November 17, 2017, 05:21:33 PM »

My brain is dribbling out my nose
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« Reply #335 on: November 17, 2017, 05:49:41 PM »

- You can be racist to whites, saying you can’t is a tumblrite excuse for your bigotry and hatred.

Rip me

What a brave man, making such a bold statement ;(

Yeah I'm extremely interested in TexArkana's hard drive right now.
I have never, and would never, watch anything sexual involving anyone under the age of 18. I'm not attracted to children in any way either, as I like, shall we say, well developed women 😏
URGRHGHRURGRHHGRGHRGRH

My point was, I like thick/curvy/chubby ladies, so obviously underage children are not in any way arousing to me. I could've handled this better though.
Kid, stop pls, you're digging yourself a deeper hole with every passing day
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« Reply #336 on: November 17, 2017, 06:46:05 PM »

If someone is to commit the crime of rape or murder, the age of the victim should not be a factor in the criminal penalty.  The penalty should be the same regardless of whether the victim was a child or an adult.
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« Reply #337 on: November 17, 2017, 06:57:49 PM »

The Democratic Primary being rigged is an old and boring story that really doesn't matter anymore (Clinton voter/Sanders regret voter)

Paul Simon's world music era is horrible

The max prison sentence should be 15 years
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« Reply #338 on: November 17, 2017, 10:21:26 PM »

Paul Simon is overrated period. He was only good with Garfunkel, the more likable half.
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« Reply #339 on: November 17, 2017, 11:07:05 PM »

Less than 1% of the world's population is trans.
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« Reply #340 on: November 17, 2017, 11:15:06 PM »

Less than 1% of the world's population is trans.
This figure can be reduced to zero, depending on one's worldview. It is also an unpopular and bad opinion.
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« Reply #341 on: November 17, 2017, 11:26:26 PM »

If someone is to commit the crime of rape or murder, the age of the victim should not be a factor in the criminal penalty.  The penalty should be the same regardless of whether the victim was a child or an adult.
I don't see why you'd consider that to be an unpopular/bad opinion.  The death penalty is the death penalty. (My own reasons for abolishing the death penalty revolve entirely upon the difficulty of proving beyond a reasonable doubt, the inadequate defense available to many of those accused, and the inability of our society to consistently implement it even when it is an option, not because I think it a cruel punishment as many of those who oppose the death penalty think.)
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« Reply #342 on: November 18, 2017, 09:03:13 AM »

- You can be racist to whites, saying you can’t is a tumblrite excuse for your bigotry and hatred.

Rip me

What a brave man, making such a bold statement ;(

Unpopular opinion: most AZ users (with the exclusion of Cactus and some others) are trash. I don’t understand the issue with you, like I’ve never gone after you, yet you show up randomly and jump on my case.
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« Reply #343 on: November 18, 2017, 12:08:06 PM »

- You can be racist to whites, saying you can’t is a tumblrite excuse for your bigotry and hatred.

Rip me

What a brave man, making such a bold statement ;(

Unpopular opinion: most AZ users (with the exclusion of Cactus and some others) are trash. I don’t understand the issue with you, like I’ve never gone after you, yet you show up randomly and jump on my case.
Just for you, baby
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« Reply #344 on: November 18, 2017, 02:59:07 PM »

Less than 1% of the world's population is trans.
That's proven fact, not opinion.
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« Reply #345 on: November 18, 2017, 06:41:07 PM »

I think the Omphalos hypothesis is a likely possibility of our Earth’s past, though I am a theistic evolutionist.
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« Reply #346 on: November 18, 2017, 08:19:23 PM »

- You can be racist to whites, saying you can’t is a tumblrite excuse for your bigotry and hatred.

Rip me

What a brave man, making such a bold statement ;(

Unpopular opinion: most AZ users (with the exclusion of Cactus and some others) are trash. I don’t understand the issue with you, like I’ve never gone after you, yet you show up randomly and jump on my case.

I think the heat makes the Arizona posters overly aggressive. They always seem to be enraged about something.
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« Reply #347 on: November 18, 2017, 08:28:54 PM »

I think the Omphalos hypothesis is a likely possibility of our Earth’s past, though I am a theistic evolutionist.

Branching off of this: I don't think that evolution is real (too many holes in the theory).
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« Reply #348 on: November 18, 2017, 08:38:40 PM »

- You can be racist to whites, saying you can’t is a tumblrite excuse for your bigotry and hatred.

Rip me

What a brave man, making such a bold statement ;(

Unpopular opinion: most AZ users (with the exclusion of Cactus and some others) are trash. I don’t understand the issue with you, like I’ve never gone after you, yet you show up randomly and jump on my case.

I think the heat makes the Arizona posters overly aggressive. They always seem to be enraged about something.

Scientific studies have shown that an infusion of year will increase aggressive thoughts and behaviors.
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« Reply #349 on: November 18, 2017, 11:49:42 PM »

So to piggyback off of some other heterodox opinions of trans folk, here’s mine (I’ll add the caveat that I’m open to being convinced otherwise):

I’m skeptical of various theorems put forward by trans advocates about how gender identity works, mostly because it seems like they are applying their fairly unique experience to everyone. More to the point, though, I don’t think gender fluidity is anything more than trans people who may not have realized their gender identity yet, and treating it otherwise does legitimate harm to trans people in particular and homosexual/bisexual people in general (I’m not counting nonbinary people like India’s hijra community when I refer to fluid)
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