The Controversial Survey

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Snagged from pretty much everybody at this point. I'll be honest, I think a lot of these questions are stupid and/or poorly worded, and I think it shows in my answers...

1. Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey?
Um, yes. Hence this post. Stupid question.

2. Would you do meth if it was legal?
No.

3. Abortion: for or against it?
I'm pro-choice. No one is "for abortion." I don't know of a single person who goes around saying, "Yay, abortion! We should have MORE abortions! Woo!" But I do believe women should have the option.

4. Do you think the world would fail with a female president?
No. Stupid question.

5. Do you believe in the death penalty?
No.

6. Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?
No.

7. Are you for or against premarital sex?
For it. Would like to have more of it.

8. Do you believe in God?
Yes.

9. Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized?
Yes.

10. Do you think it's wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA?
Yes, breaking the law is wrong. But maybe the problem isn't the people coming to the US, maybe the problem is the law.

11. A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it?
That's not up to me. It's up to the girl and her parents. Stupid question.

12. Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen?
No.

13. Should the war in Iraq be called off?
"Called off"? Like, we just pick up and leave tomorrow? "Sorry, war's canceled. Everybody go home." No, that's ridiculous. Should we have an exit strategy with a reasonable time frame? Yes.

14. Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree?
I disagree - that statement is wrong. It's legal in Oregon. Ohhh, you mean should it be illegal? No.

15. Do you believe in spanking your children?
I don't plan to have children. What other people do with their children is up to them, as long as it doesn't constitute abuse.

16. Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?
That depends. Is a million dollars the going rate for properly disposing of old flags these days?

17. Who do you think would make a better president? McCain or Obama?
Obama.

18. Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers?
I really don't care, or I might've tried to give more of a supporting argument for them. If anyone wants to know my reasoning, feel free to ask me.

Comments

[msclawdia.livejournal.com]

So... this was framed by a high school kid, right? I mean, the choice of questions, the poor wording and weird sentence structure, the selection of issues that you have to be 'brave' to publicly opine on makes it feel a bit like being ambushed by Teen Reporter for High School High Herald's shocking expose on what your fellow students really think.

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Haha, it seems that way, though I was debating abortion in the lunchroom in middle school, so even "high school kid" doesn't really explain it, lol.

I can't see what's particularly brave about answering some of these questions - but then again, I work in government and most of my friends are political, so it's nothing unusual to have debates on these issues. Maybe other people who don't like to talk about "taboo" topics like politics and religion would find it more of a challenge to post this.

And once again, I find myself longing for an "eyeroll" icon, lol.

[ldyavalon.livejournal.com]

I love the way you nitpicked some of the questions ;) I'm half asleep and didn't notice the obvious in some of them xD

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Heh, I can be a pain in the ass when I want to be. I know what questions they were trying to ask, but the wording sometimes just made me roll my eyes.

[bendy1.livejournal.com]

Ooh, 6 & 12, why?

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Hmm, on 6, I could've parsed the wording a bit more... I don't wish marijuana would be legal, but if doctors want to approve it for medical use, good for them. I'm not a doctor, so I can't say if it's better or worse than any other prescription drug out there, so I'll just go by what the doctors tell me. I don't particularly think it needs to be freely available for everyone, though. I don't really buy the arguments that cigarettes and alcohol are legal, so marijuana should be, too, because it's no worse than those. (If it were up to me, cigarettes would be illegal, too.) I think my mentality comes from never being a drug person - I don't really get recreational drug use (I also don't get binge drinking), but I buy the arguments that pot is a gateway drug. If it were legalized, I'd say it should have laws that are at least as strict, if not stricter, than those pertaining to alcohol (age limit, legal limit for DUI, restrictions on sale of product, as some states have).

12 - I think we're too entrenched in our culture to make a change like this. High school and college binge drinking is already out of control, even though it's illegal for everyone but college seniors. A lot of people point to Europe and say, "Well, they have a lower drinking age, and kids have a more mature attitude because they're exposed to it at a younger age," which I'm not convinced is true - it seems that teenagers in Europe get into just as much trouble with binge drinking as Americans. But even if it is true, it's not that easy to just change a culture. The reason it's different in Europe (if it is) is because it's been like that for a long time. If you lower the drinking age in the US, we'll still have a culture of irresponsible teenagers, binge drinking, drunk driving, etc. That's not going to go away just because you've made it legal - all you've done is made it easier for them to have access.

[bendy1.livejournal.com]

I don't drink so I have no idea on that one. Maybe it should be like driving - you get a license after answering basic questions about the law and it gets suspended if you mess up no matter how old you are.

I did drink when I was a teenager but I've never liked the taste or the feeling. I have been in cars with wasted teenagers so I suppose at least I can agree teenagers are idiots :D

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I've never much liked the taste of alcohol, either, which is why I've never been able to drink enough of it to get really drunk. I've gotten used to it, and tried enough different things that I've found a few I like so that I have something to order when I go out, but I rarely drink more than enough to get a little buzz. It seems like most people in college and around my age don't care about the taste - they'll drink utter shit as long as it gets them wasted. I've always thought that was stupid.

I think that's the problem we face - that teenage mentality that you don't just drink a glass of wine because it tastes good, you have to drink as much as possible so you get drunk. They can't just treat it like any other beverage.

[molliemole.livejournal.com]

I don't disagree with a single one of your answers.

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Great minds think alike! :)