06-11-2002 01:24									#1
	Unpopular or Unorthodox views you hold. Support Apolyton

Yeah, so I stole this from the SDMB. So sue me:

Let's not debate - that's what other threads are for. Just let it all hang out - those views that, for one reason or another, you just haven't been able to disclose yet for fear that all would turn against you.

I'll start the fun...

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I think Titanic deserved its best picture award.

I think Tennessee needs an income tax far more than it needs a lottery. In fact, I think the lottery is a cowardly, craven way to pay for your kids education and anybody who votes for it should be ashamed for being conned into it.

You know, Barney isn't that bad. My little girl loves him, and that's all that matters.

Knoxville, TN is a boring place to live filled with extremely stupid and slow-witted people who wear too much orange. I know this isn't an unpopular opinion here on Apolyton, but it is likely an unpopular opinion where I live.

Atlas Shrugged isn't the worst book ever written.

Too-timid and too-polite drivers are far more dangerous and obnoxious than those of us who are confident and aggressive in our driving ability.

I love my SUV.

There hasn't been a truly decent piece of music written since Stravinsky.

Except U2.

Microsoft has been far more beneficial to society than harmful.

This is my third thread in the past 3 or so hours.

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See how easy that was? Man, do I feel better now for having got that off my chest!

	06-11-2002 01:31									#2
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Rule (that should have been posted on the SDMB thread): No posting orthodox "unorthodox" views like "I (don't) believe in God" or "I think that Hitler was a bad person."

	06-11-2002 01:37									#3
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I'm a communist. Need I say anything else?

	06-11-2002 01:37									#4
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I'm a student who doesn't believe that "having a good time" equates to "getting as drunk as possible, as often as possible".

Seems pretty unorthodox to me.

	06-11-2002 01:38									#5
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I dont believe that all races are equal. Individuals differ, so why shouldnt races?

	06-11-2002 01:40									#6
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I also believe in non-coercive eugenics.

	06-11-2002 01:44									#7
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Alcohol prohibition is, in principle, a good thing.

Opportunity should be treated as a resource, if positive discrimination increases the power of weak groups the to hell with liberal "equality".

I believe individualism and communitarianism are just two sides to the same coin, I support neither.

"The Last Action Hero" is an underrated film.

Economics is a faith.

Art is entirely a visual-impact medium. All theorising beyond the mere emotional impact of the sensory expression is futile, all analysis should begin and end with the medium itself.

Musical genres are generally a good thing. One is not worth the same as another, and entire genres can be dismissed without any actual experience of all the bands in it.

Popular music is the highest form of art, because of its kinetic qualities.

Early-nineties techno-pop is a better genre than it's made out to be.

Britain has about 1/5 of the population of the united states. I don't think in any way it has even 1/5ths of the good bands in popular music history. British music in general has done more harm than good to rock and pop.

	06-11-2002 01:44									#8
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I believe that mainstream archeologists are probably wrong about when urban societies begun around the world: I think they begun a few thousand years sooner than we currently put the date at.

I think watching cartoons as an adult is fun (I also think modern cartoons geenrally suck, but I don't think thats that unorthodox)

I think a good, dramatic TV show cn get a significant audience and sruvive for a long time if just given the chance by the networks.

As for my radical politics, well, that comes out elsewhere.

	06-11-2002 02:00									#9
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I think Julia Roberts is ugly.

I think chocolate sucks.

I fully agree with Paul Hanson about "having a good time" not equating to "getting drunk". In fact I think drugs and alcohol are a sad refuge for the weak or simple.

Coffee is not an "acquired taste," and most other "acquired tastes" are shams. In an attempt to feel more adult, adults force themselves to eat/drink foul tasting things so they can shame the young into thinking they are immature and unrefined.

I am a Libertarian, and believe all people should be free (very sad that freedom is an unorthodox concept).

I believe in full civil rights, civil liberties, and freedom for young people.

I don't think being poor is a bad thing.

I don't think a college degree means jack.

I love capitalism and hate materialism.

	06-11-2002 02:04									#10
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quote: Originally posted by OzzyKP I love capitalism and hate materialism.

That's not unpopular, just contradictory.

	06-11-2002 02:05									#11
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I support the legalization of most drugs, although I am not myself a drug user.

The best comedy of the 1980s was Ghostbusters, hands down.

Tchaikovsky's music is, by and large, overly sentimental crap that is structurally chaotic and full of cheap, obvious tunes.

William Faulkner sucks.

Hiroshima, Dresden, Tokyo, Hamburg, Nagasaki, etc. were horrific atrocities that went well beyond the need for waging war and stand as something for which the Allies should be ashamed, despite the ultimate good in the outcome of WWII.

3-piece suits look very sharp.

Public school education should consist more of teaching critical thinking skills rather than rote memorization of science and mathematics.

Not a single film that has won best picture since Schindler's List has deserved it. To that end, Gladiator was a TERRIBLE movie and perhaps the worst of them all, perhaps being tied with Forrest Gump.

Mozart's musical significance is very overrated.

Starbucks coffee is awful, Dunkin Donuts beats it by a landslide.

Andrea Boccelli is a 2nd-rate singer who wouldn't have close to the career he has now if he wasn't blind.

	06-11-2002 02:08									#12
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"Mozart's musical significance is very overrated."



Note, the above was NOT a debate.

	06-11-2002 02:16									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Mozart's musical significance is very overrated. Andrea Boccelli is a 2nd-rate singer who wouldn't have close to the career he has now if he wasn't blind.

I thought he said controversial.

	06-11-2002 02:17									#14
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One does not need to read 'Literature' tobe well educated.

Intellectual elitism is good, as are professional politicians,

Human rights are a utalitarian good, not an absolute one.

Rigth and wrong do not equal Good and Evil.

Anchovies are just fine.

	06-11-2002 02:18									#15
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT "Mozart's musical significance is very overrated." Note, the above was NOT a debate.

I didn't say he wasn't a great composer, just that is actual impact on future generations of composers was not as significant as most people seem to think.

	06-11-2002 02:20									#16
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Everything tastes better with Tobasco sauce, except for milk and peanut butter.

	06-11-2002 02:23									#17
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Miracle Whip is the foulest substance ever made by man.

	06-11-2002 02:25									#18
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Halle Berry isn't a particularly attractive woman.

The above statement does not make me racist in anyway.

	06-11-2002 02:28									#19
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Any bagels with any topping other than: sesame, onions, garlic, salt, poppy, raisins and not made with either regular, cinammon, or sourdought are simply NOT BAGELS.

American futbol is no at interesting to watch as soccer.

Golf should not be on TV.

NASCAR is boooooring (unless someone crashes, and then it is only temporarily interesting)

	06-11-2002 02:29									#20
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I hope for the day when the Great Quake hits sending California (Hollywood in particular) straight into the Pacific Ocean.

There ought to be eco-guerillas placed randomly around America's highways to attack passing SUVs at random to convince people to stop buying them.

I don't care about voting Republican or Democrat because it's really voting National Socialist anyway.

The United States should be divided into at least 4 other countries.

Though I think it doesn't work, I think pure Communism is a nice ideal.

In 100,000 years of human existence, not a whole lot has changed.

We are not, in general, getting dumber.

Charity from corporations is NOT a good thing.

Money is a means to an end, not the means in itself.

While I have lots of other things that I believe in, most of them have larger groups of people who feel the same way.

	06-11-2002 02:32									#21
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-I think that abortions should be legal up til one year after birth.

	06-11-2002 02:35									#22
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I think abortions should be mandatory.

	06-11-2002 02:38									#23
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Germans are not bad people.

Nor are Americans.

(You'd be surprised just how controversial these views would be amongst some circles in Britain).

	06-11-2002 02:39									#24
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Julia Roberts -- "Pretty Woman," my butt. She's only borderline attractive, if that.

The next time Florida secedes from the Union, let's not fight a war to force them back in.

	06-11-2002 02:40									#25
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"You'd be surprised just how controversial these views would be amongst some circles in Britain."

No we wouldn't.

	06-11-2002 02:40									#26
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The public sector can be as efficient as the private one.

Star wars and star Trek were mediocre sci-fi series at best, with few novel ideas in thy shows and movies.

Men do not prefer blondes.

	06-11-2002 02:45									#27
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Insurance companies help prevent wars. Banks help start them.

	06-11-2002 02:46									#28
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I think it would have been better if the Confederate States of America had won the Civil War.

	06-11-2002 02:56									#29
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My views:

I think communists should all be arrested and face treason charges against capitalism and the welfare of the people.

I am opposed to any government interference in the economy besides that of law enforcement.

Money and greed will better man kind in the end.

Treason is being anti-war when it comes to the war on terror.

I propose militarization of the US border patrol to stop Mexican Army incursions.

The government has a right to conduct law enforcement against illogical leftist groups that threaten economic freedom.

The corporation is there to better man-kind not to hurt anybody. They provide jobs. Better than no jobs.

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Some people think some of those are highly unorthodox... I wouldn't say unpopular depending on the country you visit but somewhat unorthodox.

	06-11-2002 03:00									#30
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This thread was made for Fez.