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1) Abortion.
Only good in select few situations. Rape or incest are good cases in which abortion is okay, and if the child would be mentally damaged beyond repair and wouldn't be able to live a full life (think kids in wheel chairs that have no real brain functions and wear diapers their whole life) is also a very merciful thing, in my opinion.
2) Teen sex.
As long as it's safe, why not? Another thing that wouldn't be done quite as much simply for it's illegality and more because it's a privilage. Just keep it safe, that's all we need!
3) Teen pregnancy.
Something very disappointing. Use condoms, people!! You're ruining your life, and chances are, you're ruining your child's life. If you don't have a good stable situation, it's not good for any of you.
4) Gay marriage.
Civil union, not neccissarily marriage. Marriage is religious, and homosexuality is against the Christian religions for the most part. Sure, ceremonies are nice, but you don't NEED to involve God to have equal rights!!
5) Sexual preference (your views, not your own sexual preference).
What is there to say about sexual preference? To each their own. I don't think you should go around parading it, I mean, unless you happen to be asked about it, why tell someone?
6) Suicide.
Very depressing. I try not to think about it, but hey. I don't like the concept, because all the survivors of that death would be left to suffer.... And question why, and feel bad that they couldn't've done anything to help.
7) Self-harm.
Not a good thing. It's hardly ever NOT a cry for attention, but at the same time, people get sick of it. I have friends that annoyed the hell out of me by always talking about how they cut NOT for attention,but to take away the pain. Then they'd be picking at their scabs during class stare
9) Love.
All for it, in every way! I would like to fall in love, but I'm not one to fall fast. There's a guy I really like right nwo... But I don't know if he knows it or not... He's here on Gaia, too ninja
10) Drugs and Alcohol.
Legalize Marijuana, but take away privilages if they are abused. Lower the drinking age; if it's not illegal and exciting, teenagers wouldn't over-indulge whenever they get the chance and wouldn't think they're being cool because it's all illegal. Make it legal to maybe, 12 and up? Look at how well Europe's youth are doing with drinking!
11) Religion.
Not neccisary, and definately problematic as it divides our nations, even our country itself, further. We even have a tendency to pick our presidents based on religion! If religion wasn't such a big deal to everyone, then life would be easier FOR everyone

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1) Abortion- Pro-choice
2) Teen sex- Do whatever you want as long as you're responsible about it.
3) Teen pregnancy- Obviously you want to prevent this, what more can I say?
4) Gay marriage- All for it!
5) Sexual preference- Totally kewl with anyone's preference. Live and let live man.
6) Suicide- I understand why someone would do it. Sometimes you can't see any other way.
7) Self-harm- What's so wrong about it really? Other than people who don't do it can't seem to understand or to deal with it.
9) Love- Why not?
10) Drugs and Alcohol- Once again, do whatever you want as long as you're responsible about it.
11) Religion- If it helps you then it good thing, just don't preach to me.

umm....me a little lost in everything I mean its not horrible but my life sucks

1) Abortion ummmm im not for it because it would be getting rid of a child and i think it would be like killing someone in a way
2) Teen sex im really not gonna go into that one
3) Teen pregnancy well that depends
4) Gay marriage im for it i suppose why shouldn't everyone be happy
5) Sexual preference ummm im gonna stay off of this one
6) Suicide im not for it though i think about it sometimes and i have one friend that has tried 3 times and another friend that has tried once
7) Self-harm hmmm i think it depends on why your doing it
9) Love all for it....i think it can make everything better
10) Drugs and Alcohol well i have a friend with alcohol issues and she rocks but i dont like that she drank it around her little sis (age 3)
11) Religion im for it i guess i think everyone should worship who or what they like

Prolly should have done this before, but better late than never, huh? The name's Tony, age 16, and I live in the U.S. Michigan, to be more exact. (It's a great state, except for the fact that the city I live in is a semi-frozen hellhole)


1) Abortion.
Your body, not theirs. Do what you want with it. That's it. Shouldn't be anyone's business but your own.

2) Teen sex.
As long as you're not a complete idiot about it, go right ahead. You know, protect yourself. Who am I to tell you what to do with your free time? I know if it was me, I'd be doing the same.

3) Teen pregnancy.
Result of a stupid decision. If you're going to have unprotected sex, you need to be prepared for the worst. In this case, this probably is the worst. Unless there's an unaccounted for problem (Hole in a condom or something) you've got nobody to blame but yourself.

4) Gay marriage. <******** yes. Homosexuals deserve all the rights to happiness and such that straight people do. If it offends you to call it marriage, call it something else. Just make sure you don't infringe on anyone's rights.

5) Sexual preference (your views, not your own sexual preference).
Shouldn't really be an issue, I think. Too much pressure gets put on that kind of stuff.

6) Suicide.
Many people, including myself, have considered or even attempted it. I don't think it's smart, though. All you're doing is hurting everyone else around you so you can stop the pain of your own life. It's a fool's way out, and one I never want to take.

7) Self-harm.
Can I just say, I have NO idea why anyone would do this. I know it's supposed to help you cope with your pain or something, but it just doesn't make sense to me.

9) Love.
I like the concept. I know it exists, at least for me. I love my sister, and that's a fact. She's about it, though, since my parents are really screwed up and she's the only one I had when I was going through a lot of s**t. You can read about that in my thread about my family. I don't think I've ever been in love with anyone, but I'd like to be.

10) Drugs and Alcohol.
Drugs are the epitome of ignorance. Pure and simple. As for alcohol, I've watched my dad halfway destroy his life thanks to it. I won't say I'll never drink, I'll just never drink as much as he does.

11) Religion.
I'm an atheist, as you can see by my signature. I enjoy getting in debates with people over the subject of religion, since it gives me a chance to display my linguistic skills, which I don't get to do very often.

Better late than never right? If I were part of a political party, it would be the party that believes in not being stupid. Seeing how this isn't capable for either left-wings or right-wings, and the other parties are more focused on different things, I guess I'm in a party alone. That's ok, though. That's how I roll.
(I remember Lewis Black once said the republican party is a party of bad ideas, and the democrat party is a party of no ideas. In Congress, a republican will stand up and say, "I have a really bad idea." and a democrat will stand up and say, "And I can make it even shittier.")

I don't think I should tell you anything about me that is identifiable. I don't know how many people out of you are stalkers capable of hacking my computer so I'll play it safe.

My family is funny in its own way. I remember my dad telling me not to go to school in Wisconsin. He said I'd be closer to the North Pole. He said I'd have to deal with the Polar Bear crossings. My mom makes jokes about how I'm not a happy person (I guess I'm not hah), and my sisters have the best comebacks.

Apparently we're not white. We're Indian with all the quirks. And yes, Indian Standard Time is very true. Not the feather headress Indian, the Dot-head Indian. That should sum it up for the idiots.

Most of my beliefs rule for listening to your body and against doing stupid things. What about the overlap? Well that's when your brainpower and willpower come it. Please use them wisely.

I used to be tired of stereotyping my personality just based on the clothes my parents make me wear or the fact that I was Indian. I was also annoyed of people asking for homework help just because they knew I understood the material.

Nowadays I don't really give a damn about many things because I'll be getting out of here soon and I just don't feel like wasting the time or energy.

I) Abortion
Pro-choice. Again, the stupidity of getting pregnant several times and just using abortion as a birth control... really pisses me off. In rape cases I believe it is ok. In accidents I believe it is up to you. Some mothers may feel like they can take on the pregnancy, even if they give the baby up for adoption. Some women, however, may have complications and may die if they have the baby. Especially in the case of the woman being married with a child already, if she's going to die in childbirth then she should abort or at least save herself in the emergency room. Her husband needs a wife and her child needs a mother.
Also, in cases of mentally retarded children if the retardation is going to be severe then I believe it is ok to choose to abort the baby. I don't care if mentally retarded people are people too. Think of the life you're putting that person through just because you made them live. That person never grows up. He is always a baby and always needs to be attended to. That person may find simple joys in everyday things that we overlook, but that person may always feel out of place. There are tons of people with good lives who try to kill themselves because they feel out of place. I wouldn't want to force an out-of-place feeling on anybody.
Again your stupidity is accountable. 16 cigarettes a day while pregnant lowers your baby's IQ by 12 points.
I had to teach a girl with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome how to march for marching band. She had the attention span and learning capability of a 5th grader on her good days. Normally a 3rd grader. It was one of the most difficult experiences I ever had.
Usually when there is something wron gwith the baby, the body rejects the pregnancy and aborts the pregnancy itself. However there are some times when things don't go normally. I would never put my baby's whole life time in jeopardy just to keep the baby alive.
I disagree with anti-abortion reasons for anti-stem cell research. There are bioethical methods to stem cell research and stem cells can only be retrieved 10 days after fertilization. You don't even have to take the whole fertilized egg. You can just take one cell in the blastocyte and grow that one cell to form many cells, while you let the rest of the blastocyte develop just like a normal infant would.

II) Teen Sex
Again, avoid stupidity. If you feel the most non-stupid thing to do is abstinence, then more power to you. After all, there are other ways to entertain yourself, and safer ways to pleasure each other.
If you absolutely have to have sex then do it as safely as possible. Get the Gaurdasil shot. Use condoms, Use birth control. Don't have sex with people who share needles using needle drugs (again... another stupid thing to do).
With all the sex education out there, I think most of us know when we're about to do something stupid sexually. If we just paid attention to the part of the brain saying, "um... you're about to do something F-ing stupid," we'd probably have a lot less problems.
Again, there is no such thing as "safe" sex except no sex, so it all depends on the degree that you keep it safe. As long as you can keep it as safe as possible, you can worry the least about it and then you can have fun with it. If you're not even going to have fun, then don't bother. It's not worth the hassle. Sex, to me, is an art form and should be treated as such. Not something mundane like working the same shift at a plastic utensil making factory every day.
Also the peer pressure. That's just stupid right off the bat. If you're going to do it for a stupid reason like that, you should be kicked in the head. Just don't do it if you don't feel liek it. The peoiple who pressure you aren't really your friends. And if they don't even pressure you, but you feel like you should be like them, maybe you should reevaluate your morals and beliefs. Somewhere in the brain there is a part solely dedicated to telling you when something is stupid. You can choose to ignore it, or maybe take the advice for once.

III) Teen Pregnancy
Stupid Stupid Stupid. Some people do this on purpose. Maybe they actually wanted a child, or maybe they were going to marry anyway and they wanted to start right away. Ok. Good for you if you can handle it. Just as long as you can stay healthy during your pregnancy. Especially as a teen, more often than not miscarriages happen because of unhealthiness.
However, if you were just too stupid to use protection, why did you even stick it in the first place?

IV) Gay Marriage
I'm going to quote AgentPingoX69Oo on this one

That's the best at being sarcastic I'll probably ever be...
Anyway, when anti-gay-marriage is backed up by religion it makes me want to punch a small child.
I'm pro-gay marriage, but anti- gay-straight alliances in colleges. As I was checking these out most of them said that straight members of these alliances could proudly display support banners, but could not reveal their sexual preferences. To me this is bogus. A gay person in this same alliance can proudly say that he is gay. It would make me even more proud to say I'm straight and I support gays. It's a type of hypocrisy and it's stupid. I would march in gay support parades and help out at fund raisers. Why shouldn't I be allowed to say I'm straight? I support them. Can't they support me? It's an alliance - not a dictatorship.

V) Sexual Preference
I love the diversity that comes with different types of sexual preferences. I would rather have everyone having their own personalities, than have only one type of preference allowed. Zombified robot people piss me off.

VI) Suicide
I believe it depends on the person and the situation. I normally take no p***y-like behavior. Drinking and doing drugs counts as such. If you're going to be strong enough to live I believe you should try to pull through. I know that's harsh and difficult, but that's how I've brought myself up (this is how I've lived most of my life) and that's how I'll bring up my kids. Don't get me wrong. I will have compassion. I will be understanding. I understand that maybe someone is just having a bad year. You can pull through or if you feel you can't take it, shouldn't take it, and it wouldn't matter if you didn't take it, then the decision is yours.
If a friend of mine did it I would be stricken, but you see I've been attracted to friends who at least try to get through their problems.
It just comes down to the person, and in most cases that I've seen suicide, I can understand why the person did it in the first place. With things like this I'd rule more of understanding and, dare I say it, mercy?

VII) Self-harm
Depends. Alcohol, pill-popping, and needle drugs are all self harm. These actions damage the liver and nervous system. Smoking puts harmful carcinogens in your body. Cutting... well it leaves scars. that's not half as bad as scarring your liver. New skin cells are made everyday and skin scars can heal (unless you cut too deeply.. .then you'll probably need it sewed back up). However, drinking scars your liver which is a very important organ. I guess in this case there are levels of stupidity. I'd be willing to help anyone with their problems. I wouldn't just write them off as stupid because they are participating in one of these behaviors. I would encourage them to stop, however.

IX) Love
Dude, don't even get me started. I have just given up on the entire subject. I'm cold, bitter, and insensitive. I don't need anyone else, except my family. If you'd like to persuade me otherwise, go ahead. I'd like some more insight in this subject.
Secondly, what happened to number 8??

X) Drugs and Alcohol
Wow in the answering of other questions, I think I already answered this. They're stupid. They harm you. I can understand if you're just relaxing after a long day with a joint or with a beer (or maybe both). Sometimes my dad will have a harsh month and he MIGHT drink some beer on the last Friday night of that month. However I just feel that it's ignorant to want to solve all of your problems with drugs or alcohol. These things take away the pain temporarily, or just give a different kind of pain. Alcohol damages your liver. You need your liver for when your bone marrow no longer makes reb blood cells. Think of how ******** you're going to be if you screwed up your liver when that time comes. Plus, drugs and alcohol just make you horrible at sex! Like I said, sex, to me, is an art form. I would NOT hinder it it drugs or alcohol. Don't tell me Ernest Hemmingway was a great writer and he was always drunk. Have you seen his work? His 7 word sentences? Yeah I like his stuff, but I'm not sticking up for drinking just because he was a good writer. They say he was sober when he wrote his literature ... (HAH)

XII) Religion
For as long as I can remember I have been engrossed with religion. Seeing all the different stand points, I am atheist/satanist because I disagree with the ideas the white-light religions try to teach. I believe it was a nice try at getting people to realize how much of douchebags they were being, but it was misguided. Also Anti-religions, like the people catholic priests call "satanists" who are actually anti-catholics, are just plain stupid. If you really dislike a relgion that much, just ignore it. What are you solving by breaking into a cathedral and desecrating the eucharist?
As for non-white light things, you'll notice that those non-white light religions aren't actually religions, but systems of beliefs.
As usual, I have no respect for stupidity and ignorance. If you blindly believe in a religion without even questioning or learning the religion's history, yet you swear it's the way to go, I see no possible way that you could be respectable. It's those kinds of people who just don't think that piss me off.
Most white-light religions also push an overbearing theme that ignorance is bliss. This is why I could never never NEVER go back to a white-light religion. I'm sorry, ignorance just doesn't cut it with me. People who just openly display their ignorance around me make me want to punch several small children. Apparently, this is where most of my frustration comes from. Just be glad I don't find myself in a nursery when these ignorant people are around.

Hello Im Red. Real name is Nadia (pronouced Nad-ja) but everyone knows me by Red, Im 20 years old, love to read, get into long educational or just plain fun discussions, I surf a lot Im totally in love with the ocean and Im getting married soon.

My Views on:

1) Abortion.

I dont aprrove of it, I know there might be some extreme cases like rape or health issues that might make some people think its ok but to me abortion is murder no matter what. If you dont want the child then simply put it up for adoption when you give birth. If there theres a big chance that it will be born with a disability, then you know what...thats nature. It happens. Dont terminate his/her life just because you think you're doing him/her a favor. Give them a chance to live no matter how short their life might be.
Although I dont approve of abortion I do believe strongly that a person has a right to choose for themselves, I would never get an abortion no matter what the situation but that does not mean that I will judge someone that has done it, will do it or otherwise approve of it.

2) Teen sex.

I'm pretty neutral when it comes to this subject, of course like any other person I dont think that a 12 year old should be having sex because mentally and physically they're no mature enough, but if you're 16 years old and having sex because you consider yourself an adult and think its cool or all your friends are doing it so therefore you have to do it too...then you know what you're stupid and should grow up.
If you're old enough to have sex you should be old enough to take responsibility of any of the consequences sex brings like pregnancy, STD's and REGRET! if you can handle that in a mature way, then be my guest.

3) Teen pregnancy.

Well I wouldnt say that I don't aprove of this, I would definately like to see a lot less teen pregnancy than thre is in this world. It makes me sad to see young girls having their childhood/teen years cut short because they got pregnant. I'm not trying to say that their lives are ruined because they got pregnant, but they had to grow up a lot sooner than they should have. This is tied with my believes about teen sex. If you think you're old enough to have sex, they dont cry and b***h and moan when you get pregnant. Grow up, take responsibility for your actions and be a parent. This goes for guys too.

4) Gay marriage.

You can't choose who you love.

5) Sexual preference (your views, not your own sexual preference).

Like I said before. You can't choose who you love.

6) Suicide.

It's not the answer. That's all I have to say about that.

7) Self-harm.

I used to do it so Im not going to sit on a high chair and say its wrong to do and BLAH BLAH BLAH. But I will say that although it can be a temporary relief. It's not the answer.

9) Love.

Love is beautiful, but it comes hand in hand with pain and heartbreak, you can't have one without the other. It's a very bittersweet emotion, but Im sure no one would choose not to have it.

10) Drugs and Alcohol.

Don't use them.

11) Religion.

To each his own. Believe what you want to believe, as long as you believe in something.