Unpopular opinions you have

[flylock shox]

Originally Posted by Hesla

My wife had a top 40 country single in Canada and has amazing breasts. Oh wait, this isn't the wife comparison or bragging thread.

Not without pics it ain't.

Otherwise, have at 'er.

[flylock shox]

I'm coming around to the view that maybe silly religious beliefs shouldn't be afforded any special status or protection.

Also, CP is a great community, but it harbours a great deal of ignorance about aboriginals, which leads to racist attitudes, both innocent and overt.

And I think a Filipino baby farm where children are mass-raised until the age of 5 before being returned to their parents back in North America is not only a viable idea, but a potentially lucrative business. You try to tell that to some young parents though... sheesh. Stay in the dark ages with your mewling spawn then. See if I care when my baby farm makes the Fortune 500.

[Textcritic]

I'm only sad that I stumbled on this thread so late.

· Like most of the rest of the posters here, your opinions on practically everything are ill-informed and almost certainly wrong.

· Religion is necessary and will always exist in some form or another.

· "Objectivity" and "fairness" are socially propagated myths.

· Television is probably the greatest invention of all time. Most of it represents the peak of quality entertainment and culture, and it is ridiculous to both look down on those who enjoy television, and to feel guilty for watching copious amounts.

*EDIT* One more here:

· Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton are the most intelligent and balanced American political figures of at least the past four decades.

[BloodFetish]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Ray Lewis is a murderer who no one should idolize and is lucky that in America there is a seperate justice system for the rich and famous.

I hate the two-week break before the super bowl. As a result we have to suffer through two weeks of Ray Lewis crying and attempting to dance.

Play your last game and retire, already!

[Flame Of Liberty]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I'm only sad that I stumbled on this thread so late.

· Like most of the rest of the posters here, your opinions on practically everything are ill-informed and almost certainly wrong.

· Religion is necessary and will always exist in some form or another.

· "Objectivity" and "fairness" are socially propagated myths.

· Television is probably the greatest invention of all time. Most of it represents the peak of quality entertainment and culture, and it is ridiculous to both look down on those who enjoy television, and to feel guilty for watching copious amounts.

*EDIT* One more here:

· Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton are the most intelligent and balanced American political figures of at least the past four decades.

Even a well-educated and well-spoken guy can be dead wrong on several fronts.

[NBC]

Jay Onrait and Dan O'toole are NOT funny.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty

Even a well-educated and well-spoken guy can be dead wrong on several fronts.

I'm not sure if this is a veiled rebuke or merely a general assertion that is otherwise unrelated to my post above. However, I should like to point out a few things.

First, I completely agree, and at no point have I made any knowledge claims that would invalidate your statement. I am most certainly wrong more often than not, but on that note, "wrong" is also best understood on a spectrum. Some opinions are clearly more or less wrong than others.

Second, as an extension of the above premise, the correctness of any given opinion most often is directly proportionate to ones knowledge and expertise in the subject area. Not all opinions are equal, and like it or not, well-educated opinions are almost always superior to the notoriously entitled "public opinion".

Third, our society has necessarily emerged as a collective of "ultra-specialists". Generalism has disappeared with increased needs for specialisation, and as a consequence, most of us tend to know a great deal about only a fraction of things. What so often occurs under these conditions is that we misconstrue a lot of knowledge about a few things for a lot of knowledge about everything: We extrapolate from the minutiae of our expertise to pretend to speak articulately about a great number of things of which we actually know very little.

Alas, this is the frustrating thing with opinions globally. Everyone has one about practically everything, but it is virtually impossible for most of them to be even remotely valid.

The lesson in all of this?

Defer to the experts.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

this is an unpopular opinion?

I was going to say, he is one of the most popular celebrities on the planet. Obviously a lot of people think he is talented.

[Bmuzyka]

Originally Posted by NBC

Jay Onrait and Dan O'toole are NOT funny.

How dare you sir!

[taco.vidal]

-cilantro is awesome

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Hesla

My wife had a top 40 country single in Canada and has amazing breasts. Oh wait, this isn't the wife comparison or bragging thread.

Maybe we should have a bragging thread.

Haha, that was the joke.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by Dion

Suicide is not a choice.

I still have some very backwards views when it comes to suicide, in that I still think it’s incredibly selfish. I realize this is a debatable topic, but how exactly is it not a choice? Is it an accident? If you are driven to it, you still choose to take your own life, no?

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Plett25

Vancouver is a cookie cutter, bland, completely unremarkable city in a beautiful location.

How, exactly?

[AR_Six]

Vancouver is very well designed. The downtown core is lively and vibrant. Much of the infrastructure is relatively new. There is no nightlife, but welcome to Canada-except-Montreal.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by AR_Six

Vancouver is very well designed. The downtown core is lively and vibrant. Much of the infrastructure is relatively new. There is no nightlife, but welcome to Canada-except-Montreal.

And in Montreal, you have to put up with Montreal.

[AR_Six]

Originally Posted by FFR

I hate West Jet. I prefer Air Canada in every way. I think West Jet and their employees are pretentious and arrogant. Air Canada has a way better entertainment system and far more professional flight attendants. Plus West Jet is ALWAYS late when I'm traveling for work.

Over my past 10 flights I think 6 have been Westjet and 4 Air Canada. On that track record at this point if I can get the flight for about the same price on both, I'm flying Air Canada. I like the planes much better. That said, I disagree on the Westjet employees; in terms of service in my experience they trounce AC.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by AR_Six

Vancouver is very well designed. The downtown core is lively and vibrant. Much of the infrastructure is relatively new. There is no nightlife, but welcome to Canada-except-Montreal.

I think that Vancouver is a fantastic city—easily one of the best in NA, but it pales in comparison to New York and Chicago, and the great European cities Paris, London, Berlin, Rome, Barcelona, Istanbul, etc. Furthermore, I find both Vancouver and Seattle frequently to be emulations of one another on a few levels, and this in my mind detracts a little bit from the common claim about either of them being the "best city on the planet".

There is no shame in being a world class city, but from among the 30 or 40 or so, it is pretty difficult determining "greatness" from top to bottom.

[edn88]

I want a Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup, and obviously my first choice is the Flames, but I am okay with any Canadian team winning the cup.

(is there a prize for having the least popular opinion - I think I just won)

[JazzyFlame]

While not of a western religion or muslim or jewish, i seem to have a lot of respect for staunch Catholics and its not because of their beleif in Jesus just their willingness and faith.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by peter12

How, exactly?

There are at least 30 cities in Europe and Asia that are more beautiful than anything we have here.