What’s the most controversial opinion you hold?

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Do you want to share any opinions you have that are (or may be) seen as controversial?

Mine are probably around the severity of criminal punishment the courts should be giving out for certain crimes and what kids should do in the event of physical violence from peers. Both subjects can be quite provoking for others.

What are yours?

It can’t work, that is the thing - because if a baby is produced - and I think you have to accept that as it’s in the woman’s body, it’s her call - then it has to be paid for. And that means either the parents or the state - and there’s no reason the state should, being as the parents started it.

So, you play you pay, is the only way. Otherwise it’s the younguns that miss out.

In defence of your dog, I am strange and sometimes a bit hairy and stinky.

I do occasionally I look at the cat and am struck by the hairy little beast on my bed. It is really weird 😂

And that option is available for women also.

i am still all for a women’s right to make a choice should there be an unwanted pregnancy.

More responsibility needs to be put on a parent if a child is over weight. No excuses. Feed your child better.

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That people should get rid of their pets if they can't afford basic necessities. E.g. if you're going to a food bank regularly or can't afford to buy your kids new school shoes, you shouldn't have a dog.

Not just because having a pet is an additional expense and you should be prioritising human needs, but also because if you can't afford food, clothing and heating, you can't afford vet bills.

And pets aren't your babies. Losing a 'fur baby' isn't the same as losing a real baby.

Also agree. And short leads in shared spaces please.

The two child cap should stay in place.
The benefits system could do with an overhaul all round, but how is a difficult one.

Yep.

That it’s stupid to get married, if you are a woman who earns more than her partner. There’s nothing to gain from it but a lot to lose. IMO it’s incomparable to a lower earning woman getting married for security. As let’s face it, it’s almost always the woman who ends up being the default parent so it makes sense to ensure you are financially stable in the case of a split.

I agree with this. ^ We have a limited amount of lovely hot summery weather in the year, and most summers it's rainy and dull or just overcast and cool-ish. Yet as soon as we get a nice summer, and the mercury hits 20C, people start whingeing that it's tooooooo hot. 😖 These same people will be carping about how it's tooooooo cold in 3 months, and how they have 'had to put the heating on already.' 🙄

I disagree with the suggested punishments for paedos/child abusers. I think they should 100% be punished but the suggestions of physical things like execution or castration would make children less likely to come forward. Quite often the abusers are family, even though the child won’t like the abuse they are often confused and love the abuser, in many cases if they know that them coming forward would lead to their death it would stop them speaking up.

That it should be made law that when someone goes on holiday they have to send everyone in their family a postcard.

This is a tradition that needs reviving.

Absolutely agree.

For the avoidance of doubt, so am I.

I get fed up with men opining on the issue.

Shawshank is my favourite movie too 🥰🎬

Solar panels are more damaging to the environment than natural gas.

Solar panels require toxic chemicals such as Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Hexafluoroethane, Polyvinyl fluoride to produce. Some panels release Nitrogen trifluoride which is magnitudes worse for atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Toxic solar ewaste represents a growing problem. Only about 10% of solar panels are being recycled. It is estimated 78 million metric tons of solar panels will have reached the end of their life by 2050. The only thing green about solar is the money being used to line corrupt pockets.

Oh god no. I used to spend half a holiday looking for a post office and stamps!

And imagine poor people on holiday in the UK trying to find a decreasing number of post offices!

The internet has made everything worse.

I agree that wealth, or lack of it, has no bearing on intelligence. But I have done two degrees ten years apart and I was shocked at the low standards second time around. Open book exams, exam questions given in advance, being spoon fed the expected content of essays... and all that with a 40% pass mark! You'd have to try pretty hard to fail! Perhaps it's down to the individual institution, but my second degree was so much easier than my first

All reality TV should be banned.

I have a few:

The NHS should be about saving lives where it makes sense to do so, managing pain, and ensuring people can remain well enough to work/study. Our expectations are too high. I think things like fertility treatment, keeping people alive through artificial means, operating on people where there’s a poor prognosis, etc. should be paid for services.

A biological male cannot be a woman. I cannot believe that anyone seriously believes it. There would be outcry if I, a pale white, freckled, Irish woman, decided I was black and started appropriating black spaces and culture. I don’t, and can never have that lived experience. It’s not mine to take, and it’s insulting and reductive. You can’t just decide to be something you’re not.

For many people in a relationship sex is important. Sometimes people on here say that it’s not a need. It’s not oxygen or food or water, so your loved one can get along perfectly well without it. Perhaps, but good sex is like listening to music you love, or a glass of delicious champagne, or watching a great movie, or eating your favourite food. It’s one of the things that can make life rich, enjoyable, and precious. I am not saying for one minute that anyone should ever have sex they don’t want, but I am saying rather than unilaterally deciding you’re done with it, explore ways to get your libido back. Time and again on here we read of husbands having affairs, and then it transpires the couple haven’t had sex for two years. At that point, whether you like or not, you’re housemates. That’s a long way of saying that if you want to stop having sex with your partner make sure you both wholeheartedly agree to it.

IVF shouldn't be paid for by the NHS.
Im sorry.

Home educators should be regularly inspected.

Prison should be like hell on earth. I don't believe there is an afterlife so criminals should be properly punished in this life.