The Ultimate OVP: Controversial Topics

[gimmepie]

I support

Alcohol
Animal Rights
Evolutionary Theory
Gambling
Gay Rights
Institutionalized Education
Intelligent Design
Standardized Testing
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Gun Control

I oppose

Abortion
Animal Experimentation
Censorship
Corporal Punishment
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Tobacco Illegalization
Tobacco Use
Polygamy
Steroids (non-medical)

I am impartial to

Cloning
Genetic Engineering
Homosexuality
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Pornography
Prostitution
Religion
Stem Cell Research
Vegetarianism / Veganism

 

[Zeffy]

i'm impartial to a lot of things mainly because I don't really care about them or I don't know much about them to form an assessment

I support

Animal Rights
Corporal Punishment
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Evolutionary Theory
Gambling
Gay Rights
Genetic Engineering
Gun Control
Homosexuality
Institutionalized Education
Pornography
Stem Cell Research
Tobacco Use

I oppose

Abortion
Censorship
Religion
Standardized Testing
Steroids (non-medical)

I am impartial to

Alcohol
Animal Experimentation
Cloning
Intelligent Design
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Polygamy
Prostitution
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Tobacco Illegalization
Vegetarianism / Veganism

 

[Shining Raichu]

Guys, we're not supposed to be justifying our answers, this is the point of the thread :(

 

[Plumpyfoof]

I support

Abortion
Alcohol
Animal Rights
Cloning
Corporal Punishment
The Death Penalty
Evolutionary Theory - I wish physics were a package deal.
Gay Rights
Genetic Engineering
Gun Control
Homosexuality
Institutionalised Education
Intelligent Design
Marijuana Legalisation
Marijuana Use
Pornography
Stem Cell Research
Tobacco Illegalisation - So this is a thing that might seem to contradict the legalisation of marijuana thing, but Tobacca actually does nothing but kill you. At least with Marijuana you get high for a bit.

I oppose

Censorship - I don't know why people bother
Polygamy
Religion - This includes Atheism
Standardised Testing - They should call them "Double Standardised tests" because that's what they are
Steroids (non-medical)
Tobacco Use

I am impartial to

Animal Experimentation - Rats were literally bred for the purpose, it's not like we're executing animals willy nilly
Euthanasia
Gambling
Prostitution
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Vegetarianism / Veganism - Do what you want, I don't care about your pretentious animal cruelty war.

 

[Morkula]

Fun thread!

I support

Alcohol
Animal Rights
Evolutionary Theory
Gay Rights
Gun Control
Homosexuality
Institutionalized Education
Intelligent Design
Religion
Stem Cell Research

I oppose

Abortion
Censorship
Cloning
Corporal Punishment
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Genetic Engineering (in terms of GMO foods and such - I support some of the other applications such as medicine)
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Polygamy
Prostitution
Standardized Testing
Steroids (non-medical)
Tobacco Use

I am impartial to

Animal Experimentation
Gambling
Pornography
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Tobacco Illegalization
Vegetarianism / Veganism

 

[PokemonLeagueChamp]

I support

Stem Cell Research
Institutionalized Education-has significant issues but has merits
The Death Penalty
Animal Experimentation-when not taken to extremes, has its uses, especially in medicine.
Religion
Spirituality(irreligious only)
Evolutionary Theory
Abortion-not for use as after-the-fact birth control

I oppose

Vegetarianism / Veganism
Tobacco Use
Censorship
Genetic Engineering-too new to already be in our food
Gun Control
Intelligent Design
Marijuana Legalization-a doped population is easy to manipulate
Marijuana Use
Euthanasia
Homosexuality-a lot of political correctness to extremes
Pornography
Prostitution
Steroids (non-medical)

I am impartial to

Tobacco Illegalization
Alcohol
Gay Rights
Polygamy
Standardized Testing
Gambling
Animal Rights
Cloning-needs perfecting
Corporal Punishment

 

[Belinda]

I support

Abortion
Alcohol
Animal Rights
Gambling (to an extent)
Gay Rights
Homosexuality
Marijuana Legalization
Pornography
Religion
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Tobacco Use (specifically electronic cigarettes)
Vegetarianism / Veganism

I oppose

Animal Experimentation
Censorship
Corporal Punishment
Polygamy
Standardized Testing
Steroids (non-medical)
Tobacco Illegalization

I am impartial to

Cloning
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Evolutionary Theory
Genetic Engineering
Gun Control
Institutionalized Education
Intelligent Design
Marijuana Use
Prostitution
Stem Cell Research

 

[zakisrage]

I support

Religion
Intelligent Design
Spirituality
Homosexuality
Gay Rights
The Death Penalty
Gun Control
Animal Rights
Tobacco Illegalisation

I oppose

Polygamy
Censorship
Prostitution
Gambling
Standardised Testing
Euthanasia
Corporal Punishment
Genetic Engineering
Stem Cell Research
Marijuana Use
Marijuana Legalisation
Tobacco Use
Alcohol (not allowed to drink it anyway)
Steroids

I am impartial to

Institutionalised Education
Abortion
Evolutionary Theory
Cloning
Animal Experimentation
Vegetarianism / Veganism

Religion: I think it can most definitely have a positive influence on people, and my Muslim faith is important to me. However, I think that religion should stay out of politics - after all, the bad things that were caused by religion were caused because it was brought into politics. Religion's influence is much better when kept out of politics.
____________________
Homosexuality: I think homosexuality is natural and it should definitely be tolerated. My family isn't exactly sympathetic to the idea, but I think gay people have rights too.
Gay Rights: I support them. Knowing gay people has helped me support them.
Polygamy: I oppose it. It's legal where my family comes from (and being from the Muslim community, I've seen it happen). I think it's outdated and ridiculous.
Censorship: I think there's way too much censorship. We really need to lighten up on it.
Prostitution: I think it's awful. A lot of prostitutes are trafficked and live in poverty. Plus people can get STDs due to the unprotected sex.
Gambling: I think gambling is a waste of money and can lead to a lot of problems.
____________________
Institutionalized Education; is education a positive institution?: I think education works pretty well for the most part. Most schools do it good, though they can be a bit restrictive. Homeschooling can work sometimes.
Abortion: I'm opposed to abortion except in cases of rape or to protect the life of the mother.
The Death Penalty: I'm pro-death penalty.
Gun Control: I think we should control guns more. Too many people are getting murdered.
Corporal Punishment: Opposed to it.
____________________
Genetic Engineering: Opposed to it.
Stem Cell Research: Opposed to it.
Animal Experimentation: I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, it's better than human experimentation; on the other it's kind of cruel.
Vegetarianism / Veganism: I don't believe in vegetarianism and especially not veganism, but I respect those who do. Me and most of my friends are meat-eaters.

 

[acatfrommars]

I support

Animal Rights
Cloning
Gambling
Gay Rights
Gun Control
Homosexuality
Intelligent Design
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Religion
Spirituality
Stem Cell Research
Steroids
Tobacco Use

I oppose

Abortion
Alcohol
Euthanasia
Genetic Engineering
Institutionalized Education
Polygamy
Standardized Testing
Tobacco Illegalization

I am impartial to

Animal Experimentation
Censorship
Evolutionary Theory
Pornography
Prostitution
Vegetarianism Veganism

Had fun doing this. A lot of these will probably change as I grow older.

 

[Phantom1]

I remember this, I never posted my response because I was lazy. :P

I support

Abortion
Animal Rights
Cloning
Gay Rights
Genetic Engineering
Homosexuality
Institutionalized Education
Stem Cell Research
Gun Control
Evolutionary Theory

I oppose

Corporal Punishment
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Polygamy
Steroids (non-medical)
Alcohol
Religion
Intelligent Design
Tobacco Illegalization

I am impartial to

Tobacco Use
Censorship
Animal Experimentation
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Gambling
Pornography
Prostitution
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Standardized Testing
Vegetarianism / Veganism


I'm a very divided person on most topics.

 

[Shining Raichu]

OK so here are the results! You'll need to click on each one for the actual results because uploading and saving the images was far too much effort after I went to the trouble of collecting all that data lol. This is out of the 29 people that participated. If anybody forgot to put something into a category, I automatically placed it in the "impartial" column.

Abortion
Alcohol
Animal Experimentation
Animal Rights
Censorship
Cloning
Corporal Punishment
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Gambling
Gay Rights
Genetic Engineering
Gun Control
Homosexuality
Institutionalized Education
Intelligent Design
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Polygamy
Pornography
Prostitution
Religion
Spirituality
Standardized Testing
Stem Cell Research
Steroids (non-medical use)
Tobacco Illegalization
Tobacco Use
Vegetarianiam / Veganism

So, here are some of my observations:

• Abortion is still a very divisive issue. It was neck-and-neck between support and oppose throughout the entire collection process until support for a woman's right to choose nudged ahead near the end.
• People really don't like censorship.
• The only thing that didn't even get one opposition vote was gay rights, and homosexuality had the second highest amount of support. This tells me that either PokeCommunity really is down with the gays, or they're too scared to say otherwise. Either way, it's a positive step forward for the world.
• It's really not a good time to murder somebody. Only 28% of people are opposed to the death penalty, whereas the other 72% either want you to die for your sins or just don't give a crap about your walk down death row.
• More people support euthanasia than religion.
• 52% of our PC sample group are opposed to polygamy. What... a bunch of prudes.
• 59% of people claim they are impartial to pornography. My guess is they actually support it but don't want to admit that they use it.
• The exact same number of people support, oppose and are impartial to tobacco use and tobacco illegalization.

 

[Evanlyn]

I support

Alcohol
Intelligent Design
Religion
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Standardized Testing

just some notes​

Alcohol
I see nothing wrong with Alcohol, I enjoy drinking a little myself.. just as long as you don't do silly things under the influence of alcohol.. like driving. If you drink responsibly, it's all good.

Intelligent Design
I believe that there was a higher power behind the creation of the world.

Religion and Spirituality (Irrreligious only)
I have no problem with either of these, you can believe what you want. Just please don't push it into people's faces. Religion can have a positive affect on people, but it can be abused in some cases.

Standardized Testing
I think it may produce fairer results, depending on the situation... I mean, sometimes I guess it's the opposite, but generally, I think this is a good thing.

I oppose

Abortion
Animal Experimentation
Corporal Punishment
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Gambling
Gay Rights
Genetic Engineering
Homosexuality
Institutionalized Education
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Polygamy
Pornography
Prostitution
Steroids (non-medical)

just some notes​

Wow, looks like I'm opposed to a lot of things...

Abortian, The Death Penalty, Euthanasia
I'm opposed to these three because I believe that everyone has a right to live. In regards to the Death Penalty, I'm undecided, at the moment I am against it, but I haven't ever been in a situation where I think anyone would need a death penalty.. I'm not sure. Euthanasia, I don't believe in killing people, I understand that some people will be in a lot of pain and killing them may seem easier, but, especially if the person cannot tell you if they want to die themselves, I believe it's wrong to kill them on this basis.
Abortion.. well.. I'm one of those people who believe that a baby is always alive (as a fetus and such), and I believe that abortion is actually murder. And, since I'm against killing, I'm against abortion.

Animal Experimentation
I find experimenting on animals just wrong and abusive.. simple

Corporal Punishment
I don't like hurting people.. and I don't think things like flogging and such is right..

Gambling
Well, it doesn't really take a genius to figure this out. It is your own choice, but I'm against it, as I see gambling your money as silly. It's rather likely you'll just end up losing your money (unless you are a very lucky person).

Gay Rights / Homosexuality
Gay/homosexuality... this is a very touchy subject.. I don't see homosexual acts as morally right, or natural. But I also believe that everyone deserves their rights.

Genetic Engineering
Again, not natural, not cool..

Institutionalized Education
I'm against this purely because of what they're doing in Australia. They're making it so even the homeschoolers have to follow the 'government-approved' educational program. Soon, we'll have to be using the exact same books and programs as the school. Which kind of defeats the purpose of homeschooling, at least in my family's case, because we use different programs from the school.

Marijuana Legalization / Marijuana Use / Steroids
I'm against drugs, so yeah..

Polygamy
I think that marriage should just be between two people, marrying multiple people seems unfair and weird.

Pornography / Prostitution
I think that sexual actions should perform between a man and his wife.. so paying someone to do it with you seems wrong, and I personally wouldn't ever watch pornography, but each to his/her own. I also see it as morally wrong, and I don't think prostitution should be legalised.

I am impartial to

Animal Rights
Censorship
Cloning
Evolutionary Theory
Gun Control
Stem Cell Research
Tobacco Illegalization
Tobacco Use
Vegetarianism / Veganism

just some notes​

I'm impartial to all these things because I am either ignorant to them, or I honestly don't care.

I don't believe in evolution, but I don't know enough the Evolutionary Theory about it to be against it, and to be able to argue against it. Hence why it is under this category. I also don't know anything really about Stem Cell Research, or Cloning.

There is gun control here in Australia, but I can see the cons and pros of gun control.

I see no problem with vegetarianism or veganism.. each to their own.

Tobacco, some people use it, some people don't. I personally don't, and I never will smoke,

 

[Crux]

I Support

Alcohol
institutionalized Education
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Polygamy
Pornography
Prostitution
The Death Penalty
Gambling
Gay Rights
Censorship
Homosexuality

I Oppose

Animal Experimentation
Corporal Punishment
Genetic Engineering
Steroids (non-medical use)
Tobacco Illegalization
Stem Cell Research
Cloning

I Am Impartial To

Abortion
Animal Rights
Euthanasia
Intelligent Design
Religion
Spirituality
Standardized Testing
Tobacco Use
Vegetarianiam / Veganism
Gun Control
Evolutionary Theory

 

[Morgnarok]

I support

Alcohol
Animal Rights
Censorship
The Death Penalty
Gun Control
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Religion
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Tobacco Use

I oppose

Animal Experimentation
Pornography
Prostitution
Steroids (non-medical)
Tobacco Illegalization

I am impartial to

Abortion
Cloning
Euthanasia
Corporal Punishment
Evolutionary Theory
Gambling
Gay Rights
Genetic Engineering
Homosexuality
Institutionalized Education
Intelligent Design
Polygamy
Standardized Testing
Stem Cell Research
Vegetarianism / Veganism

 

[Shining Raichu]

I love that people are starting to post in this thread again and I encourage as many people as possible to do so, but just saying... if anyone is expecting me to re-collect or update the data with the new entries, you can forget it :P

 

[Sopheria]

Ooh, cool thread! Shame I missed out on the totaling, but I'll post just to put in my two cents :)

I Support
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gay Rights
Standardized Testing
The Death Penalty
Evolutionary Theory
Marijuana Legalization


I Oppose
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gun Control
Tobacco Illegalization
Censorship
Tobacco Use
Animal Experimentation


I am impartial to
________________________________________________________________________________________________

religion
spirituality
intelligent design
homosexuality
polygamy
pornography
prostitution
gambling
institutionalized education
abortion
euthanasia
cloning
genetic engineering
stem cell research
animal rights
vegetarianism/veganism
marijuana use
alcohol
steroids (non-medical)


Gay Rights: Seems like common sense to me. Nobody should be treated unequally just because of what gender they prefer.
Standardized Testing: I think there needs to be some way of assessing how well schools are educating people. Otherwise how would you know which schools are the good ones and which ones are the lousy ones?
Death Penalty: Simple: some people are just unredeemable, and particularly heinous crimes need to be punished with the death penalty as a deterrent.
Evolutionary Theory: No reason to be against the most well corroborated and extensively proven theory in all of science.
Marijuana legalization: There's no reason for it to be illegal, and it only makes things worse. Even if you're against the use of marijuana, you should still be in favor of legalization. You have two choices: people easily obtaining marijuana, or people easily obtaining marijuana and the existence of a multi-billion dollar un-taxed, un-regulated black market. Take your pick.

Gun control: Another no brainer for me. There's no reason responsible gun owners shouldn't be allowed to own guns. Gun control is essentially punishing people who have done nothing wrong for the actions of a few, which I'm against no matter what it is. Besides, in my country we have a Constitution prohibiting gun control.
Tobacco Illegalization: See my point on marijuana legalization and gun control.
Censorship: There's never any justification for censorship. If there's something you don't want to hear, then don't listen. If there's something you don't want other people to hear...then you're a control freak who needs to chill out.
Tobacco Use: Tobacco's gross. And it smells gross. I don't think it should be banned or illegal or anything, but if you're going to smoke, then not in my house.
Animal Experimentation: I love animals. I know it has its advantages and I know a lot of products that I use probably wouldn't exist if they didn't use animal testing, but still I wish there was some other way... :(

 

[Timbjerr]

I just realized how indifferent I am to things. XD

I support
Alcohol
Corporal Punishment
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Evolutionary Theory
Gambling
Gay Rights
Marijuana Legalization
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Stem Cell Research

I oppose
Abortion (though I support abortion rights, I'm personally opposed to abortion itself)
Censorship
Gun Control
Institutionalized Education
Standardized Testing
Steroids (non-medical)
Tobacco Illegalization

I'm indifferent to
Animal Experimentation
Animal Rights
Cloning
Genetic Engineering
Homosexuality
Intelligent Design
Marijuana Use
Polygamy
Pornography
Prostitution
Religion
Tobacco Use
Vegetarianism / Veganism

 

[Faye Rose~]

I support

Gay Rights
Gun Control
Homosexuality

I oppose

Censorship
Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Use
Polygamy
Religion
Spirituality (irreligious only)
Standardized Testing

I am impartial to

Abortion
Alcohol
Animal Experimentation
Animal Rights
Cloning
Corporal Punishment
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Evolutionary Theory
Gambling
Genetic Engineering
Institutionalized Education
Intelligent Design
Pornography
Prostitution
Stem Cell Research
Steroids (non-medical)
Tobacco Illegalization
Tobacco Use
Vegetarianism / Veganism