Unpopular opinions you hold - Page 24

Sheldonrs · 04-11-2007, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Tissy... oh, you WILL kneel at the alter of Roddenberry!

Getting a little "Wrath Of Kahn", are we?

04-11-2007, 07:07 PM

Um... maybe.

Kingswood · 04-11-2007, 07:37 PM

Some more potentially unpopular opinions:

The American political system is rife with corruption and desperately needs major reform. (examples: Florida ballots, secret lobbying, getting laws passed in exchange for generous "campaign contributions", allowing political parties to set electoral boundaries, etc.)

The USA would be better off with a politically independent national electoral agency that had the power to regulate everything to do with elections such as electoral boundaries, voter registration, and the way voting is performed.

The electoral college is flawed as well. I cannot understand the point of a system that denies a large minority of voters in each state a say in who becomes president. If a state elects seven members, and 55% of voters vote one way and 45% vote another, then the majority should have 4 votes and the minority 3. Or, better still, just have the President decided by first-past-the-post like they do in many other countries. This isn't the 1770's, when messages took days to cross the USA. The founding fathers of the USA could not imagine the technology we have today, such as computers that can easily tabulate 250 million votes and communication networks that can transmit the electoral will of millions across the USA at the blink of an eye. So why not modernize the electoral process?

Auldjaded · 04-11-2007, 07:55 PM

Stop the War on Drugs (and all the people who die in that ridiculous and never-ending battle) legalize 'em and Regulate and Tax 'em out of existence.

Smoking everywhere, just like when I was a kid.

Everyone should be allowed to smoke a big smelly cigar and have a Martini (3:1, very dirty, 7 olives, please) at their favorite bar. Or Denny's.

Golf should be a legally protected reason to take 6 weeks off. Just like pregnancy.

Undertoad · 04-11-2007, 08:09 PM

Martinis are made with gin and vermouth.

Auldjaded · 04-11-2007, 08:13 PM

...the way I like 'em:

3 shots gin
1 shot dry vermouth
olive brine
7 olives.

OK, call it a Martini Salad, if you will.
Martini. It's what's for dinner.

Undertoad · 04-11-2007, 08:30 PM

That is an unpopular opinion. Popular opinion says martinis are made with vodka and some other flavoring such as apple. I don't understand how this can be.

lumberjim · 04-11-2007, 08:42 PM

easy. people don't like martinis. they like looking cool with that funky glass in their hand.

Aliantha · 04-11-2007, 08:42 PM

I like them with both. Either will get you pissed.

Auldjaded · 04-11-2007, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

easy. people don't like martinis. they like looking cool with that funky glass in their hand.

Speaking for myself, there is little on earth as wonderful as a fresh ice cold martini, glistening in a cocktail glass...it's the first sip that is marvelous: the piney smell of the gin, the salty tast of the olive brine, and the ahhhhhh fine relaxing feeling of the alcohol hitting the bloodstream...it is one of life's pleasures... If you don't like a martini, perhaps you need to give it a few more chances...

Phil · 04-12-2007, 05:21 AM

star wars is a series of childrens' films.

tow words that never seem to go together - SPORTS PERSONALITY.

emo's are just misunderstood.

tissy_uk · 04-12-2007, 06:18 AM

not too keen on martinis, now gin, thats another matter
G&T anyone?

tissy_uk · 04-12-2007, 06:19 AM

By the way, whats the altar of Roddenberry??

04-12-2007, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tissy_uk

not too keen on martinis, now gin, thats another matter
G&T anyone?

Martinis are only gin. People who call anything else a martini are... well, let's say they are "mistaken".

BigV · 04-12-2007, 10:13 AM

Why aren't they ordered: "I'll have a glass of gin, please."?

04-11-2007, 07:37 PM	#348
Kingswood Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Vic Posts: 316	Some more potentially unpopular opinions: The American political system is rife with corruption and desperately needs major reform. (examples: Florida ballots, secret lobbying, getting laws passed in exchange for generous "campaign contributions", allowing political parties to set electoral boundaries, etc.) The USA would be better off with a politically independent national electoral agency that had the power to regulate everything to do with elections such as electoral boundaries, voter registration, and the way voting is performed. The electoral college is flawed as well. I cannot understand the point of a system that denies a large minority of voters in each state a say in who becomes president. If a state elects seven members, and 55% of voters vote one way and 45% vote another, then the majority should have 4 votes and the minority 3. Or, better still, just have the President decided by first-past-the-post like they do in many other countries. This isn't the 1770's, when messages took days to cross the USA. The founding fathers of the USA could not imagine the technology we have today, such as computers that can easily tabulate 250 million votes and communication networks that can transmit the electoral will of millions across the USA at the blink of an eye. So why not modernize the electoral process? __________________ Ur is a city in Mesopotamia.

04-11-2007, 07:55 PM	#349
Auldjaded Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: PA Posts: 10	Drug War? We don't need no Steenkeen Drug War Stop the War on Drugs (and all the people who die in that ridiculous and never-ending battle) legalize 'em and Regulate and Tax 'em out of existence. Smoking everywhere, just like when I was a kid. Everyone should be allowed to smoke a big smelly cigar and have a Martini (3:1, very dirty, 7 olives, please) at their favorite bar. Or Denny's. Golf should be a legally protected reason to take 6 weeks off. Just like pregnancy.

04-11-2007, 08:13 PM	#351
Auldjaded Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: PA Posts: 10	Classic Martini ...the way I like 'em: 3 shots gin 1 shot dry vermouth olive brine 7 olives. OK, call it a Martini Salad, if you will. Martini. It's what's for dinner.

04-11-2007, 08:42 PM	#353
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	easy. people don't like martinis. they like looking cool with that funky glass in their hand. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-11-2007, 08:42 PM	#354
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I like them with both. Either will get you pissed. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-11-2007, 07:07 PM	#347
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Um... maybe.

04-11-2007, 08:09 PM	#350
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Martinis are made with gin and vermouth.

04-11-2007, 08:30 PM	#352
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That is an unpopular opinion. Popular opinion says martinis are made with vodka and some other flavoring such as apple. I don't understand how this can be.

04-12-2007, 05:21 AM	#356
Phil Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 304	star wars is a series of childrens' films. tow words that never seem to go together - SPORTS PERSONALITY. emo's are just misunderstood. __________________ Atheist n A person to be pitied in that he is unable to believe things for which there is no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of a convenient means of feeling superior to others.

04-12-2007, 06:18 AM	#357
tissy_uk Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Leicester, UK Posts: 57	not too keen on martinis, now gin, thats another matter G&T anyone? __________________ "Some people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience" Doug Larson

04-12-2007, 06:19 AM	#358
tissy_uk Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Leicester, UK Posts: 57	By the way, whats the altar of Roddenberry?? __________________ "Some people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience" Doug Larson

04-12-2007, 10:13 AM	#360
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Why aren't they ordered: "I'll have a glass of gin, please."? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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