A LITTLE EXPERIMENT: I was thinking about maybe doing a survey to attempt to figure the political leanings of those who read this here blog, but then I figured, "why would I?" My politics certainly can't be pinned down to any one particular ideology, and I can't imagine most other peoples' can either. So here's what I'm going to do instead: I'm posting a list of 27 "controversial" statements from a monologue by Bill Maher. For each statement (either in the comments or in an e-mail) just go through and say which ones you most agree and disagree with, and why. Should you choose to tally up how many you agree/disagree with, feel free to do so.
Okay, here we go:
1. Religion is bad.
2. Drugs are good.
3. America causes cancer.
4. Longevity is less important than fun.
5. Young people should be discouraged from voting.
6. Stereotypes are true.
7. Abstinence is a perversion.
8. Bush's lies are worse than Clinton's.
9. There's nothing sexy about being old or pregnant.
10. September 11th changed nothing.
11. If I had known the onset of war would add 100 points to George Bush's IQ, I would have started one.
12. Pornography stops rape.
13. AIDS ribbons are stupid.
14. Flag burning makes me feel patriotic.
15. Death is not the worst thing that can happen to you.
16. People have too much self-esteem.
17. Being drunk is funny.
18. Children are not innocent.
19. God doesn't write books.
20. Jesus wasn't a Republican.
21. I'm for Mad Cow disease.
22. I'm against suing tobacco companies.
23. Girls hate each other.
24. No doesn't always mean no.
25. You have to lie to stay married.
26. Womens' sports are boring.
27. The Olympics are gay.
Best of luck, ladies and gentlemen; I'll post my answers tomorrow.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 9, 2003 10:43 AMI don't know about you all, but I have never burned a flag, and see no reason to do so. Nevertheless, the day that flag burning becomes illegal, I will burn a flag in protest.
Posted by: flag burning at December 14, 2004 12:06 AM