[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Type 97 Chi-ha

Not all change is for the better. If you pack on 300 lbs. of lard, is that a desirable change?

You're gonna compare human rights to someone plowing too many cheese burgers? Sorry not a valid counter argument.

As far as replacing gas is concerned, forget it. Sometimes there is no replacement. Nuclear power turned out not to be a magic cure-all for our energy needs. If there is no water to drink or produce food, what do we have as a replacement? Absolutely nothing at all.

There's plenty of other renewable sources of energy, not that nuclear isn't still an option. Problem is it doesn't benefit big wigs financially speaking so it will never happen.

Banning abortion? The reality is that the pro-abortion people don't want any restrictions on abortion, using the emotive argument that it's oppressing women. Should we allow infanticide while we're at it?

The argument that a fetus is comparable to a living, breathing, person with a fully functional brain and self awareness is ridiculous. It can't feel. Here's a science quote for you "Fetuses are not capable of feeling pain at the beginning of the fetal stage, and may not be able to feel pain until the third trimester"

Think national health care is so wonderful? It turns out that in nations that have it, it's not so wonderful in practice that it is in theory. One British girl on Devianart told me she hated the national health care system, and I've heard people on other forums complain that the system has become overrun with bureaucracy and politics and quality has suffered.

I never said do what Europe does, I said it shouldn't be legal for health care companies to pull the crap they do. People can complain about free health care all they want but it's better then being stuck with a debt you can't afford to pay off.

Kicking out illegal immigrants? Why shouldn't we? All this propaganda about "they do work Americans won't do" is bushwa. That's because they work at the American equivalent of starvation wages, and employers don't pay taxes on them. A good deal for the employers, a bad deal for the rest of us.

Instead of attacking the immigrants themselves, who they will waste millions trying to stop, they should go after the guys who hire them. They don't do that though because those guys are the ones with the money and money changes everything.

As for "what others choose to do doesn't affect me," also bushwa. If someone gambles their money away, what about anybody they're supposed to support, such as their wife and kids? If someone refuses to wear their seat belts while driving, that does affect society-namely in supporting someone who might be maimed for life instead of receiving relatively minor injury. So other peoples' decisions do affect you, whether you can see it or not.

Yeah but how does abortion affect you? How does gay marriage affect you? It doesn't. My statement was referring to things that do you zero harm. I made that pretty clear.

Being ripped off? You can avoid being ripped off in most cases by doing basic research and taking basic precautions. Oftentimes people wind up being ripped off as a result of their own stupidity. Society isn't responsible for that.

You should be a business man. If people are stupid enough to put trust in you then abuse that trust. Perfect mentality. It's okay to pray on people with lower IQs or from low income areas with bad education systems. I mean who cares about them? They're not equal to me because I'm smarter and I have more money.

Selfish. Sad and selfish.