Comments on: Controversial Questions meme http://erikrubright.com/blog/controversial-questions-meme/?source=rss the funeral procession for the death of taste. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Randal http://erikrubright.com/blog/controversial-questions-meme/#comment-9672 Randal Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:41:53 +0000 http://erikrubright.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-9672 Your answer for number two, is the exact same thing I have said many time. However question 14 we stand on different sides. The mostly worthless scraps have little to no meaning...sure. But when they are put together it becomes a flag and a symbol for our country. I swore an oath to support and defend our constitution, and I stand by that oath to this day. The burning in this context is not disposal of a worn flag, but an act of disrespect to the flag, our country, and by extrapolation, me. I do not like flag burners, and would enjoy seeing it when karma catches up, So should it be illegal? I think our constitution covers this as well...freedom of expression/speech. To make this rude act illegal would take another amendment to the constitution. Your answer for number two, is the exact same thing I have said many time.

However question 14 we stand on different sides. The mostly worthless scraps have little to no meaning...sure. But when they are put together it becomes a flag and a symbol for our country. I swore an oath to support and defend our constitution, and I stand by that oath to this day. The burning in this context is not disposal of a worn flag, but an act of disrespect to the flag, our country, and by extrapolation, me. I do not like flag burners, and would enjoy seeing it when karma catches up, So should it be illegal? I think our constitution covers this as well...freedom of expression/speech. To make this rude act illegal would take another amendment to the constitution.

]]> By: RG http://erikrubright.com/blog/controversial-questions-meme/#comment-3413 RG Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:12:23 +0000 http://erikrubright.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-3413 1) I was too busy firing up my bong to answer the question. 2) I don't have a uterus so I'm not qualified to really answer this question. 3) Hello? Sarah Palin? Hello? 4) No. It's barbaric and you can't un-dead the innocent. 5) See question 1. 6) Nope. Atheist. 7) Absolutely. Why shouldn't we be as equally as miserable as straight folks? 8) Nope. Mas Latino la pinga para mi! 9) The question begs: Who's fucking a 12 year old? Seriously. Who? 10) 18 should be the drinking age. If you can fight go to war and shoot people, you should be able to at least have a beer afterward. 11) Let's just declare victory and get the fuck out already. 12) We may not able to determine when we come into the world, we should at LEAST be able to decide when to leave. 13) Spanking no. Being put into a dog cage until they eat their vegetables, yes. 14) What makes you think I haven't already and for free! 15) She has to live with the consequences of her actions. Her nightmares will be sufficient punishment. 16) If the only thing that's keeping me alive is a machine - pull the fucking plug. 17) Don't care. People will judge you regardless. You've seen my blog, right? 1) I was too busy firing up my bong to answer the question.
2) I don't have a uterus so I'm not qualified to really answer this question.
3) Hello? Sarah Palin? Hello?
4) No. It's barbaric and you can't un-dead the innocent.
5) See question 1.
6) Nope. Atheist.
7) Absolutely. Why shouldn't we be as equally as miserable as straight folks?
8) Nope. Mas Latino la pinga para mi!
9) The question begs: Who's fucking a 12 year old? Seriously. Who?
10) 18 should be the drinking age. If you can fight go to war and shoot
people, you should be able to at least have a beer afterward.
11) Let's just declare victory and get the fuck out already.
12) We may not able to determine when we come into the world, we should at
LEAST be able to decide when to leave.
13) Spanking no. Being put into a dog cage until they eat their
vegetables, yes.
14) What makes you think I haven't already and for free!
15) She has to live with the consequences of her actions. Her nightmares
will be sufficient punishment.
16) If the only thing that's keeping me alive is a machine - pull the
fucking plug.
17) Don't care. People will judge you regardless. You've seen my blog, right?

]]> By: John http://erikrubright.com/blog/controversial-questions-meme/#comment-3410 John Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:05:00 +0000 http://erikrubright.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-3410 I didn't get to actually respond to the talking points: 1. No meth, no way, ever. I've seen what it does to people. Not pretty. I've also seen what pot and alcohol can do to people. Any drug to excess will cause problems. The stronger the drug, the faster it creates problems. 2. Abortion? Nobody out there thinks it's a great idea. The problem is that the people against it are also against preventing unwanted pregnancy, i.e. against sex ed and free condom/birth control distribution. 3. 50% of the population are female. 50% of those likely to bring ruin on the country are female. Ergo, there is a 50% chance that it would happen. QED. 4. Do I believe in the death penalty? You mean, like, do I believe in Peter Pan, or Santa Claus? Sure. I believe in the death penalty for both of them. 5. I live in the pot capital of the country. The smell is everywhere. Everyone thinks it's all natural (it's the herb, dude! it's all good!) and that it's okay to smoke it three times a day. They think it makes them more spiritual. They think alcohol is evil. These people live in a pot cloud of stupidity. And it doesn't make conversation more interesting. It's also waaayyy stronger than it was 20 years ago. It's really not the benign drug it used to be. So, no, I'm not itching to make it legal. 6. Do I believe in God? No. Do I believe in a universal mulligatawny soup that contains energy, spirit, and memory? Perhaps. Likely. 7. Same-sex marriage? Absolutely. If people give the word marriage that much weight, then to have anything else would be to create a "separate but equal" class of people, shown to only perpetuate prejudice. (And my husband and I were the first male couple in Humboldt to get married). 8. Hispanics moving to the U.S. of A.! Good god! Since when?! (Gee, um, since 1492). 9. This question is, like, 10 kinds of wrong. And kinda irrelevant. 10. Drinking age. No. In an uncivilized country, we need laws like this (unfortunately). But, of course, laws were made to be broken! ;-) 11. Iraq? Interesting take on it, Erik. But we're not barbarians, are we?! We must take over using civilized means, like setting up Home Depots and WalMarts and giving everyone in Iraq the promise of minimum wage jobs under fluorescent lighting! 12. Assisted suicide? What would you do if were diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer? or Alzheimer's? Yep. Stock up on the Restorils! 13. Spanking. Yeah. Our children are fucked. 14. Burn the American flag? Did someone say 'volunteer?' 15. There sure are some insane people in this country. But no one asks what to do with an insane president who sends thousands off to die killing hundreds of thousands of people in a country that had nothing to do with 911. 16. Well, I'm often kept alive with my husband's tube down my throat. And that's way more important. 17. Judge? Me? Who would do that? It's not like I have opinions or anything. I didn't get to actually respond to the talking points:
1. No meth, no way, ever. I've seen what it does to people. Not pretty. I've also seen what pot and alcohol can do to people. Any drug to excess will cause problems. The stronger the drug, the faster it creates problems.
2. Abortion? Nobody out there thinks it's a great idea. The problem is that the people against it are also against preventing unwanted pregnancy, i.e. against sex ed and free condom/birth control distribution.
3. 50% of the population are female. 50% of those likely to bring ruin on the country are female. Ergo, there is a 50% chance that it would happen. QED.
4. Do I believe in the death penalty? You mean, like, do I believe in Peter Pan, or Santa Claus? Sure. I believe in the death penalty for both of them.
5. I live in the pot capital of the country. The smell is everywhere. Everyone thinks it's all natural (it's the herb, dude! it's all good!) and that it's okay to smoke it three times a day. They think it makes them more spiritual. They think alcohol is evil. These people live in a pot cloud of stupidity. And it doesn't make conversation more interesting. It's also waaayyy stronger than it was 20 years ago. It's really not the benign drug it used to be. So, no, I'm not itching to make it legal.
6. Do I believe in God? No. Do I believe in a universal mulligatawny soup that contains energy, spirit, and memory? Perhaps. Likely.
7. Same-sex marriage? Absolutely. If people give the word marriage that much weight, then to have anything else would be to create a "separate but equal" class of people, shown to only perpetuate prejudice. (And my husband and I were the first male couple in Humboldt to get married).
8. Hispanics moving to the U.S. of A.! Good god! Since when?! (Gee, um, since 1492).
9. This question is, like, 10 kinds of wrong. And kinda irrelevant.
10. Drinking age. No. In an uncivilized country, we need laws like this (unfortunately). But, of course, laws were made to be broken! ;-)
11. Iraq? Interesting take on it, Erik. But we're not barbarians, are we?! We must take over using civilized means, like setting up Home Depots and WalMarts and giving everyone in Iraq the promise of minimum wage jobs under fluorescent lighting!
12. Assisted suicide? What would you do if were diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer? or Alzheimer's? Yep. Stock up on the Restorils!
13. Spanking. Yeah. Our children are fucked.
14. Burn the American flag? Did someone say 'volunteer?'
15. There sure are some insane people in this country. But no one asks what to do with an insane president who sends thousands off to die killing hundreds of thousands of people in a country that had nothing to do with 911.
16. Well, I'm often kept alive with my husband's tube down my throat. And that's way more important.
17. Judge? Me? Who would do that? It's not like I have opinions or anything.

]]> By: matthew thompson http://erikrubright.com/blog/controversial-questions-meme/#comment-3409 matthew thompson Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:58:48 +0000 http://erikrubright.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-3409 1. Meth. no way in hell... have you seen how ugly it makes you? 2. In general against abortion but I think it is better to give options that make abortion unecessary that to criminalize women in a bad situation. 4. On the death penalty... I am against it... you can't bring back the dead if you find out later they are innocent. 6. I am Buddhist and believe Gods (real or not) distract us from our own true potential. 7. I am same sex married, CA last October. 1. Meth. no way in hell... have you seen how ugly it makes you? 2. In general against abortion but I think it is better to give options that make abortion unecessary that to criminalize women in a bad situation. 4. On the death penalty... I am against it... you can't bring back the dead if you find out later they are innocent. 6. I am Buddhist and believe Gods (real or not) distract us from our own true potential. 7. I am same sex married, CA last October.

]]> By: Dead Robot http://erikrubright.com/blog/controversial-questions-meme/#comment-3408 Dead Robot Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:50:55 +0000 http://erikrubright.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-3408 I would have to say yes, your country would go to hell in a hand bag if a woman ran it. I would have to say yes, your country would go to hell in a hand bag if a woman ran it.

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