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55. Should Julian Assange be tried in court for sexually assaulting (and raping) women and for releasing top secret government and military documents to the public?

If the charges are legitimate, hell yes. I'm in support of Wikileaks, but if he's a rapist, sorry, he doesn't get automatic sainthood because of his work. The timing of the rape charges is unfortunate and worthy of discussion, but dismissing them entirely because of that is wrong. There are potentially REAL victims here. They shouldn't come second just because this guy is famous or popular.
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There is some speculation these women were lying. They accused him of rape the day before all wikileaks stuff happened (I think, dad filled me in when I was making dinner last night so it could be the day of). My father thinks these women were lying and so do many of his friends. I'm all for putting rapists behind bars... but a family friend of a family friend knew the Duke lacrosse guys. That RUINED their life. I want to make sure this guy actually raped these claims of rape are legitimate before rushing to send him to jail. A lot of people have a lot to gain by sending him to jail.
 
I don't even know what WikiLeaks is. I heard it mentioned on the news last night, and there was something about some guy, but I wasn't really paying attention.
 
67. Should the world unite under a democratic world government that is just like the United States, but governs the entire world?

I was right there until you said 'just like the United States'.

then you lost me.
 
I'll answer a few. Are you doing a report or something?

1. Should the government should prohibit gun ownership by private citizens?
No.

2. Should Marijuana should be legalized?
Yes.


3. Should the death penalty be abolition?
Huh?


4. Should the government control, regulate, and ban video games, including banning video game sales to teens?
No.


5. Should we pull our troops out of Afghanistan?
Yes.

6. Should abortion be legal or illegal?
It should remain legal.


7. Should stem cell research be legal?
Absolutely.


8. Should criminals who sexually assault and/or rape children under the age of 13 be killed, castrated, chemically castrated, or simply imprisoned and registered as a sex offender?
Imprisioned.


9. Should the police get money directly from tickets or should ticket money be put in with other government spending?
Uh...

10. Should the police have a monthly/weekly quota of tickets that they must meet?
No.

11. Should we stop Iran's nuclear weapons program?
No.


12. Should we liberate North Korea and install a peaceful democratic government?
No. I believe the US should involve themselves less with other countries.

13. Should the government give money to failing businesses in order to keep them from going bankrupt?
Yes. They bailed out the banks, after all.


14. Should the government control the economy (command economy), should the government never intervene in the economy (laissez-faire), or should the government intervene in the economy only when it is necessary (mixed economy)?
Last option.

15. Should lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals be given equal rights as straight individuals?
Of course.

16. Should we pull our forces out of Iraq?
Yep.

17. Should gay marriage be legalized?
Of course.


18. Should we recognize the independent nation of Kosovo?
Huh?

19. Should we recognize the independent nation of Azerbaijan?
What?

20. Should we recognize the independent nation of Jonathanland?
Jesus.

21. Should we recognize the independent nation of South Ossetia?
Lol...

22. Should Puerto Rico become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
I don't feel I'm familiar enough with that topic to comment.


23. Should Guam become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
See above.


24. Should American Samoa become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
Do I need to answer this?

25. Should the US Virgin Islands become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
Is this spam?


26. Should the US Minor Outlying Islands become US states, become and independent countries, or remain US territories?
*passes out*


27. Should we make Iraq a US state?
Um, is this a serious question?

28. Should we make Afghanistan a US state?
See above.


29. Do you think WikiLeaks should get shutdown?
Yep.

30. Should the government minimize it's military spending?
YES.

31. Should the government make stronger efforts to stop illegal immigration, especially from Mexico?
Sure.


32. Should citizens of the District of Columbia be granted full voting rights?
Sure.

33. Should New York City become it's own state, an independent country, or remain part of New York?
Um...


34. Should the United States create a North American Union with Canada? If so should we allow Mexico to join?
Sure. Unions are always good.


35. Should the government censor books, movies, and other entertainment mediums?
Of course not. This isn't Nazi Germany.

36. Should it be made illegal to deny that the Holocaust happened or to claim that the government is responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks were orchestrated by the government.
These are two very seperate issues and my response to these arem beyond the scope of this "survey."

37. Should the government offer free broadband internet to all citizens, like Finland does?
Sounds good to me.

38. Should the government increase it's power to enforce internet laws and put a stop to internet crimes?
Uh...


39. Should the government shutdown 4chan, just /b/, or neither?
What?

40. Should 13 year olds be given universal suffrage?
You mean emancipation? In certain situations, yes, absolutely they should have that right.

41. Should the drinking age be lowered to at least 18?
Yep. If you can die for your country, you should be able to get a drink at a bar, imo.

42. Should church and state remain separate?
YES.

43. Should we allow a mosque to be built next to Ground Zero?
Sure. Why not?


44. Should the government offer free healthcare?
Yep.

45. Should the government offer free college/university education?
Sure.

46. Should tobacco be made illegal?
Nah.


47. Should alcohol be made illegal again?
Nope.

48. Should the government keep secrets from and lie to it's citizens?
Nope.

49. Should classified and top secret documents be declassified?
Uh...

50. Should the government take greater steps to promote political awareness among teens, so they know how to make better informed political decisions?
Yep.

51. Should public schools bring back the ability to beat their students and force them to wear school uniforms?
Well, no schools should be able to beat their students. As for uniforms, they're still required in many public schools.


52. Should we allow weapons in space?
Sure.

53. Should the United States join the International Criminal Court?
Sure.

54. Should the age of consent be lowered to 13?
For sex? No.

55. Should Julian Assange be tried in court for sexually assaulting (and raping) women and for releasing top secret government and military documents to the public?
I'm not farmilar with that case.

56. Should NASA work harder to accomplish goals such as making first contact, building space ships, and colonizing other planets?
Nah. Our money should go to social programs and education and improving the lives of our citizens.


57. Should NASA set-up a colony on Mars using their proposed one-way trip system?
No.

58. Should nuclear weapons be banned globally?
No.

59. Should nuclear power be actively used in the United States?
Sure.

60. Should teenagers (from 13 to 19) be given the same rights and privileges as adults?
No.

61. Should we allow private military contractors to continue to exist?
No.

62. Should the government and military work to help stop and prevent genocides, civil wars, and other atrocities happening around the world, such as in Africa?
Yes, within reason. The US should continue to use our recources and influence to help other countries.

63. Should research into cloning be conducted?
Yep.

64. Should we close the Guantanamo Bay prison?
Yep.

65. Should Guantanamo Bay become a US state?
Nope.

66. Should the United States become imperialist again, but this time we make the places we conquer become permanent US states?
No.

67. Should the world unite under a democratic world government that is just like the United States, but governs the entire world?
Hmm...
 
zobothehobo said:
There is some speculation these women were lying. They accused him of rape the day before all wikileaks stuff happened (I think, dad filled me in when I was making dinner last night so it could be the day of). My father thinks these women were lying and so do many of his friends. I'm all for putting rapists behind bars... but a family friend of a family friend knew the Duke lacrosse guys. That RUINED their life. I want to make sure this guy actually raped these claims of rape are legitimate before rushing to send him to jail. A lot of people have a lot to gain by sending him to jail.
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There is always speculation that rape victims are lying. That's why so few victims report their rapes. In the U.S., less than 20% of rapes are reported, yet 1 in 6 women will experience rape or sexual assault. According to the FBI/law enforcement here, only 2% of reported rapes are false- a percentage that is similar to most other reported crimes, like theft and fraud. The charges brought up against Julian Assange are from Sweden so perhaps those statistics are not entirely accurate, but the prejudice against rape victims is still alive and well in many other parts of the world, probably Sweden included. (Anyone from Sweden here? I'm not well-informed on how well matters of rape/sexual assault are handled there).

In the case of Julian Assange and the timing of those women's accusations, it is just as likely that they believed once he became such a celebrity of sorts that their cases and stories would be taken more seriously, or that his account of what really happened would be scrutinized more intensely. Just as likely as the idea that they are lying, I mean. I'm aware of how false rape charges can damage everyone involved, but I don't see how in any case, our first concern should be with the alleged rapist rather than his alleged victims. If people wanted to destroy Julian Assange(and yes, there are many of those people out there), I don't see how false rape charges would be their first idea to pursue.
 
There are a lot of questions and I don't feel like answering all of them. But this statement will pretty much sum up how I would have answered these questions: anyone should be able to do what they want as long as it doesn't harm themself or others.
 
1. Should the government should prohibit gun ownership by private citizens?
No.

2. Should Marijuana should be legalized?
No.

3. Should the death penalty be abolition?
Absolutely not.

4. Should the government control, regulate, and ban video games, including banning video game sales to teens?
No.

5. Should we pull our troops out of Afghanistan?
At this point, maybe.

6. Should abortion be legal or illegal?
Illegal.

7. Should stem cell research be legal?
Legal.

8. Should criminals who sexually assault and/or rape children under the age of 13 be killed, castrated, chemically castrated, or simply imprisoned and registered as a sex offender?
All of the above. They should be killed, too.

9. Should the police get money directly from tickets or should ticket money be put in with other government spending?
Other government spending.

10. Should the police have a monthly/weekly quota of tickets that they must meet?
No.

11. Should we stop Iran's nuclear weapons program?
Yes.

12. Should we liberate North Korea and install a peaceful democratic government?
Maybe.

13. Should the government give money to failing businesses in order to keep them from going bankrupt?
Depends on the situation.

14. Should the government control the economy (command economy), should the government never intervene in the economy (laissez-faire), or should the government intervene in the economy only when it is necessary (mixed economy)?
Government should never intervene in the economy.

15. Should lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals be given equal rights as straight individuals?
I don't see why not.

16. Should we pull our forces out of Iraq?
In a short time, yes.

17. Should gay marriage be legalized?
Yeah, I'm sick of people arguing about it. Just get it over with.

18. Should we recognize the independent nation of Kosovo?
I.

19. Should we recognize the independent nation of Azerbaijan?
Don't.

20. Should we recognize the independent nation of Jonathanland?
Know.

21. Should we recognize the independent nation of South Ossetia?
These.

22. Should Puerto Rico become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
Should stay as is.

23. Should Guam become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
Should stay as is.

24. Should American Samoa become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
Should stay as is.

25. Should the US Virgin Islands become a US state, become and independent country, or remain a US territory?
Should stay as is.

26. Should the US Minor Outlying Islands become US states, become and independent countries, or remain US territories?
Should stay as is.

27. Should we make Iraq a US state?
Hell no.

28. Should we make Afghanistan a US state?
Hell no again.

29. Do you think WikiLeaks should get shutdown?
Yes.

30. Should the government minimize it's military spending?
No.

31. Should the government make stronger efforts to stop illegal immigration, especially from Mexico?
Yes.

32. Should citizens of the District of Columbia be granted full voting rights?
Yes.

33. Should New York City become it's own state, an independent country, or remain part of New York?
Remain part of NY.

34. Should the United States create a North American Union with Canada? If so should we allow Mexico to join?
No.

35. Should the government censor books, movies, and other entertainment mediums?
Absolutely not.

36. Should it be made illegal to deny that the Holocaust happened or to claim that the government is responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
Not illegal because of freedom of (in this case, stupid and moronic) speech.

37. Should the government offer free broadband internet to all citizens, like Finland does?
No.

38. Should the government increase it's power to enforce internet laws and put a stop to internet crimes?
no.

39. Should the government shutdown 4chan, just /b/, or neither?
Neither.

40. Should 13 year olds be given universal suffrage?
No.

41. Should the drinking age be lowered to atleast 18?
It should be 20.

42. Should church and state remain separate?
Yes.

43. Should we allow a mosque to be built next to Ground Zero?
No.

44. Should the government offer free healthcare?
No.

45. Should the government offer free college/university education?
No.

46. Should tobacco be made illegal?
No.

47. Should alcohol be made illegal again?
Hell no.

48. Should the government keep secrets from and lie to it's citizens?
In very rare cases when it is absolutely necessary.

49. Should classified and top secret documents be declassified?
No.

50. Should the government take greater steps to promote political awareness among teens, so they know how to make better informed political decisions?
Yes.

51. Should public schools bring back the ability to beat their students and force them to wear school uniforms?
No.

52. Should we allow weapons in space?
No.

53. Should the United States join the International Criminal Court?
No.

54. Should the age of consent be lowered to 13?
No way.

55. Should Julian Assange be tried in court for sexually assaulting (and raping) women and for releasing top secret government and military documents to the public?
Yes, absolutely. He needs to rot in prison forever.

56. Should NASA work harder to accomplish goals such as making first contact, building space ships, and colonizing other planets?
No.

57. Should NASA set-up a colony on Mars using their proposed one-way trip system?
Go for it.

58. Should nuclear weapons be banned globally?
In certain areas.

59. Should nuclear power be actively used in the United States?
Sure.

60. Should teenagers (from 13 to 19) be given the same rights and privileges as adults?
No.

61. Should we allow private military contractors to continue to exist?
Yes.

62. Should the government and military work to help stop and prevent genocides, civil wars, and other atrocities happening around the world, such as in Africa?
Yes.

63. Should research into cloning be conducted?
Probably not.

64. Should we close the Guantanamo Bay prison?
No.

65. Should Guantanamo Bay become a US state?
No.

66. Should the United States become imperialist again, but this time we make the places we conquer become permanent US states?
No.

67. Should the world unite under a democratic world government that is just like the United States, but governs the entire world?
No.
 
My basic views are as follows:

I am pro-choice/anti-guns and pretty much a pacifist. I agree with stem cell research, don't like nuclear weapons and do like sustainable energy resources. I am passionate about free speech and agree with Wikileaks' decision to release data. However if it becomes an issue of national security then obviously there are problems with it. It brings us the question of how free can our free speech really be without harming those around us.

Of course I think that homosexuals should have the same rights as heterosexuals and I also think that politics and religion should be kept as separate as possible. Thankfully in the UK we don't have much of a problem with that.

That pretty much sums me up.
 
Regardless of whether or not these questions are serious, there was a politics discussion thread opened right before this one so do we really need two?
 
AirwaveRaid said:
Don' feed the troll...
Like really, what the hell kind of a question/answer is that?
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The same kind as should NYC be its own country.

Some of the questions are just ridiculous though. Like really should the age of consent be moved down to 13? Who would ask that? And who would want that?!
 
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i didnt see that one. oh god...lol
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