Your unpopular opinions

seanbmc · 07-08-2011 04:22PM

Certain recreational drugs should be legalised.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 07-08-2011 04:23PM

ignore the anti smoking groups and bring price of cigs down to €5.

Rebel021 · 07-08-2011 04:23PM

Bring back the death penalty
Abolish the WPS programme

Free health care for all
Remove all luxuries from prisons
open borders

I could go on and on but I won't

Lord TSC · 07-08-2011 04:23PM

Ireland's drinking culture is what's killing it; we're too obsessed with being out every night of the week and not being able to remember it the morning after than we are about working hard and earning success.

Biggins · 07-08-2011 04:25PM

* We should have points system for letting people into the country (like Canada, America, Australia, etc).
* Some prisons are too easy, nearly unofficial breakaway-holiday camps!
* Semi-contact Karate should be an Olympic sport!
* Life should mean LIFE in prison!

Rebel021 · 07-08-2011 04:26PM

Dario Disgusting Vision wrote: »

ignore the anti smoking groups and bring price of cigs down to €5.

I agree but where is the shortfall in revenue going to be made up.
If we banned smoking completely which will never happen btw
the government coffers are going to be a few billion short.

stupidusername · 07-08-2011 04:28PM

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I hate, with a passion, people like the above.

because of the three things i said?

or just one?

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 07-08-2011 04:29PM

Rebel021 wrote: »

I agree but where is the shortfall in revenue going to be made up.
If we banned smoking completely which will never happen btw
the government coffers are going to be a few billion short.

i think it could balance out,they know themselves they are losing a fortune in smuggling due to the price difference,but of course no one wants to say they want to reduce it or say its an addiction they tax on so they might as well legalise cannabis in that stance.

Adamantium · 07-08-2011 04:30PM

24 hour news, internet information has made us all geniuses but with little depth of any particular subject.
Also almost all 99.5% media is cleverly constructed bull**** to keep us fighting between ourselves and make us forget about how much we ALL have in common.

we've become more spectators than participants in our own lives.

Unless you have a health problem, You don't have a problem! AT ALL.
Its all in your head.

JimiWonderDoor 92 · 07-08-2011 04:31PM

stupidusername wrote: »

because of the three things i said?

or just one?

I agreed with his post on account of your last two points.

First one I agreed with though.

Or maybe you were exaggerating the final point?

mikemac · 07-08-2011 04:32PM

Alcohol does far more damage in Ireland then many illegal drugs.
Ok you'll say my opinion means nothing as it's so widespread with every village having a pub

But after seeing the fury Joe Duffy managed to whip up, nothing will ever change about legalization of certain drugs while our drink culture continues

oppenheimer1 · 07-08-2011 04:33PM

Going from the opinions expressed in this thread, the rise of the far right in Ireland may not be that far away.

The King of Moo · 07-08-2011 04:35PM

Even if they're safer than cars, wearing a seatbelt on a coach is not uncool or a nuisance, and is in fact a good idea.

I travel regularly by bus and never understand why almost no-one wears their seatbelt when they'd never consider not wearing it in a car.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 07-08-2011 04:36PM

Make under age girls guilty as well in engagement of underage sex

Scrap croke park agreement

mikemac · 07-08-2011 04:37PM

Pat Kenny is the most talented person in RTÉ and his radio show and the Frontline are very good
Ok, he doesn't deserve his obscene salary or even half of it but he deserves to be the highest paid person in RTÉ

Nursing used to be a vocation and wards were tightly managed by nuns and matrons.
Now nursing is a degree subject, graduate salaries are expected and lots of workers want to be the manager with the clipboard while others do the real work
Was it realy worse in the old days?
Why is nursing a degree subject and we have care assistants doing other work?
Will it ever go back to a vocational job, not as well paid but then the nurses are not asked to take on extra responsibility

Hunchback · 07-08-2011 04:38PM

Brad Pitt is minging

Pete burns is cool

Irish people have terrible tendencies towards littering, and that makes us all look like classless pigs

digme · 07-08-2011 04:38PM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Going from the opinions expressed in this thread, the rise of the far right in Ireland may not be that far away.

and that's a good thing

jive · 07-08-2011 04:38PM

People with gender identity issues are mentally ill.

Gay people shouldn't marry in a catholic church.

Most drugs should be controlled and legalised.

There should be very serious sentences for repeat offenders.

The driving test should be more difficult and you should have to retake the test every 10 years.

Obese people should have to pay for healthcare.

The requirements for entering the guards should be more demanding and all guards 'on the beat' should undergo continuous fitness testing.

Kilkenny and Tipp should have their own mini all ireland

iPlop · 07-08-2011 04:39PM

Dario Disgusting Vision wrote: »

Make under age girls guilty as well in engagement of underage sex

Have you something to tell us?

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 07-08-2011 04:40PM

Sink The Banana wrote: »

Have you something to tell us?

lol no,but the 06 law for some odd reason cannot find an girl under 17 guilty of having sex whilst the bloke who could be underage will get the book thrown at him.

in the states both are guilty parties.

Tehachapi · 07-08-2011 04:41PM

There is something seriously gone horribly wrong in the brains of religious people.

GerM · 07-08-2011 04:43PM

Not everyone should be allowed vote in elections.

wild_cat · 07-08-2011 04:43PM

Ireland should bring in a two child only policy.

Abortion should be legal.

You should have to do an exam to prove you are not a gombeen in order to vote.

The catholic church should refuse al a carte Catholics thus people will wake up and realise they are not catholic after all.

Religion should be completely separate from the state.

Einhard · 07-08-2011 04:43PM

GerM wrote: »

Not everyone should be allowed vote in elections.

Not everyone is.

jive · 07-08-2011 04:44PM

Female tennis players should earn less prize money than males because they play less sets

I wish I was gay when in changing rooms

JimiWonderDoor 92 · 07-08-2011 04:44PM

mikemac wrote: »

Pat Kenny is the most talented person in RTÉ and his radio show and the Frontline are very good

Ok, he doesn't deserve his obscene salary or even half of it but he deserves to be the highest paid person in RTÉ

I'd agree with you but would say Sean O Rourke is under rated at Lunch Time on Radio 1. I never know what side he's on.

Also... Norris. I thought he was the most interesting candidate and would vote for him after Michael. D BUT, he should resign from office after that Israeli business.

If the church did it we'd be rightly livid, unfortunately the populist Irish Meida largely overlooked this.

Micky Dolenz · 07-08-2011 04:45PM

When you take a life you have to give life to be redeemed.

All murders should have their healthy organs tagged, when a transplant is needed, the convicts time is up.

Works a treat in China.

The King of Moo · 07-08-2011 04:45PM

It's pointless railing against religion (in terms of belief, not of course complaining about abuse and such carried out by institutions) as most religious people won't be convinced by your arguments, and something else would replace it instead.

Too many people need a system to explain the world or a promise of immortality or mystery and wonder, or hold sincere religious beliefs for their own reasons for religion in some form or other to ever really disappear.

Live and let live.

zuroph · 07-08-2011 04:46PM

democracy doesnt work. you should have to sit something similar to an IQ test to be allowed vote.

Wolfe Tone · 07-08-2011 04:47PM

Bail should only be refused when there is a very high probability of the accused fleeing the country.

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