What Unpopular Opinion Do You Have?
Submitted by Jackfrost80 on Sun, 2016-11-13 08:58
Not so much an opinion as it is fact but this one get my dad riled up each and every time:
"Glen McGrath was a better bowler than Dennis Lillee"
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That west coasts 2006 premiership was drug tainted.
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That Natalie Fyfe
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9/11 was a set up...
...so the US could ultimately control the world's oil and opium supply. Pearl Harbor, also a set up, so the US could enter the war and boost it's economy. There was no moon landing. There ARE cures for cancer and the common cold.
Oh wait...those are all POPULAR opinions!
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bring out the tin foil !
Would like to post some of my unpopular opinions but that would just get people upset and I don't want to do that .... oh and also God is just a ridiculous myth.
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Crayfish are overrated and
Crayfish are overrated and I'd take a feed of crabs before crays nine times out of ten
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me too.
me too.
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Samson Fish are CRAP
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Dhufish
Going along with the same theme as above, dhufish in my opinion are vastly over rated, give me baldy, nannygui or boarfish any day
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Haven't done the boar fish that I can recall, but
on the other 2, love nannies.
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Yep. Baldy over dhu in my
Yep. Baldy over dhu in my house.
Coral trout overrated too.
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Black bream should be catch
Black bream should be catch and release only .
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You'll be happy to know I
You'll be happy to know I took the dinghy out to Guildford for 2 hours today and didn't kill one bream.
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Should be leaving the slow
Should be leaving the slow growing demersals alone and eating Marlin instead.
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Not that unpopular i would
Not that unpopular i would have thought.
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Michael Bevan played for his
Michael Bevan played for his average rather than the team
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Serena Williams is hot
Serena Williams is hot
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My anaconda don't want
My anaconda don't want none
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I said UNpopular
I said UNpopular
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Glen mcgrath v dennis
Glen mcgrath v dennis lillee? Fuck that is tough. Both had an incredible ability to get out too order batsmen time and time again.
I reckon they are both worthy of Australia's best fast bowler title.
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McGrath had a better strike
McGrath had a better strike rate, better average and played with reduced sized fields for 90% of his career.
Dad counters this with stating that Lillee had a greater presence to which I refer to another Dennis. Dennis Denuto... it's the vibe.
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Liilee had the advantage of
Liilee had the advantage of a ery intimidating jeff thompson as a bowling partner. Mcgrath had the advantage of the freak that was shane warne.
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Dizzy is the most underrated
Dizzy is the most underrated bowler is Aussie history probably because he fell from grace so quickly. Imagine seeing off McGrath and Dizzy only to face Lee and Warney.
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shooting related
Some of the stuff you may hear from humans and shooting'
.I had a shotgun that really kicked hard.Its totally relevant to the ammo you use eg solids vs target shells
.I head shot a roo on the move at 300m.You get out the range finder and it becomes 80-100m and it was stopped
.We were shooting SLRs and the bullets were bouncing back to where we were shooting.Its the guy next to you ejected cases
.My dad shoots rabbits in the head at 1000m.Not going to even comment on that.
I was wrong I did not think you can get a spotlight that even goes 300m let alone shoot that far but it can be done with the right gear and right people
just do it.
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Should anyone in your family
Should anyone in your family be messing about with firearms?
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Be Brave!
Ok, no ones seeing the elephant in the room so ok I got this.
Bring back the death penalty for extreme cases proven beyond a doubt( martin Bryant , Hoddle street killer etc).
All large fighting breed dogs should be on leads 24/7.
All Harleys should be noise tested.
And finally crays really are overated, over to use boys , be brave
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Brave
Love the sound of a straight through Harley. Just not in my street at 4am..Lol
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Be Brave:
Well Phil Hughes always was susceptible to the short ball...
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Religion
Religion is not the problem...the arse holes that hide behing the power that religion afforded them are.
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Churches should pay tax
Churches should pay tax
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No arguement
No arguement here.
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Amen!
Amen!
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Ha ha yep extra amen to that.
Ha ha yep extra amen to that.
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Bugger off T20 hit and
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thought these were meant to
thought these were meant to be "unpopular" but I agree with all of them : damn Harleys. except of course religion is the problem.
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Well said Timmy, I'd father paulines baby haha.
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Lol
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One tax
Remove all taxes except GST and raise it to 20%, i'm sure we would be better off.
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And make it payable directly
And make it payable directly to the government cause I'm sick of collecting the shit for them.
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Squid are over-rated
And best utilised for bait. And catching them isn't real fishing.
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The obese should absorb 0.5%
The obese should absorb 0.5% of my medicare levy so that I pay 1% and they pay 2%
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Yes. This for sure. You can
Yes. This for sure.
You can add smokers to the list too though. If you choose to willingly endanger your health, then you forfeit the gift of healthcare.
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hope you dont drink booze
hope you dont drink booze
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and be charged for child
and be charged for child abuse if their kids are also morbidly obese before the age of 13
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As a society everyone should
As a society everyone should be more tolerant of each other. And that goes for people who immigrate here as much as it does for people born and raised here. Everyone should respect everyone's right to practice a religion, and those practising any religion should respect the right of others to choose not to. Those minority groups choosing to live in Australia should respect our right to continue on with our customs and beliefs.
The basics of all religions should be taught in school, not to brainwash, but to understand. When we understand we tolerate, we accept, and we respect.
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Religion has no place in the
Religion has no place in the public school system. I do not tolerate, accept or respect religious teachings and if I find out my kids are being subjected to it at a public school there'll be absolutely shit to pay.
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Christmas?
I respect that...but then you need to give up Christmas and Easter as days off for the kids and make sure you don't say bless you when they sneeze. This is religious based too you know.
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Education
Also, why is being taught about religion a bad thing? Sure, you may not want your kids to practice it, but why be afraid of them knowing what it us. Let them make their own mind up. What have you got to fear?
You let schools teach sex education. Doesn't mean they are having sex at school does it.
I think religion scares some people because if their own insecurities.
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moved
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Christmas was started by the
Christmas was started by the Romans as a Pagan ceremony of the sun god ....or maybe it was Saturn. It was Odin (norse god) who left presents under the "Christmas" tree.
not too many pine trees in the middle east.
Also I believe Religion should be taught in schools the day evolution and science is taught in Church
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Difference
The difference is Schools are there to provide education on a whole range of topics. Churches are not. Churches are a place of worship for that particular religion. You dont go to the WACA in January and then complain because they arent playing football. Its a cricket ground.
Schools are there to provide our kids with the knowlege they will need to help succeed/survive in society. Religion (whether you like it or not) is a huge part of ours and most other society. To understand why millions have a faith (even if you don't) equips people to better understand how to interact with others.
Its just a belief system.
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The problem is with how it is
The problem is with how it is being taught. When pure superstition is being introduced as fact to young impressionable minds.
I have a problem when someone tries the teach little kids "talk to this imaginary being every night or you will burn in the eternal fires of hell"
Edit and FWIW: religion as a subject ie: these guys believe this and these guys believe that would be fine in education but it is never presented like that.
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Burn
I think you may be slightly over exagerating that one. That really is straight out of the Reverend Fred Nile handbook of fire and brimstone.
Also, which state school teaches religion in the way you have described? Hell, I dont beleive a Christian based school would have said that in the last 50 years.
I think you will find that most parents teach their kids more crap based on their own ideas of "facts" on matters or politics, sex, religion and any other topic you wish to talk about. But I guess its the parents perogative to impose their own ideas (as right or as wrong as they may be) on a young impressionable mind. Plenty of F*cked up kids walking around spouting out the same f*cked up shit their parents do, all because they are too affraid to learn or get an opinion of their own based on knowledge and experience.
Expand your horizons people...you may find their is more to life than just tomato sauce. Sweet Chilli is also awesome, but you wont know if you never even look into it.
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haha Exageration ?
do Christians believe in heaven or hell or not?
I also think people should definitely expand their horizons but believing in a book quite literally written by some farmers 2000 years ago to me just doesn't seem like expanding your horizons. :)
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Heaven and hell
Yes they do believe in heaven or hell. How heaven or hell actually eventuates is anyones guess (if you believe in it). Doesnt meen you have to pray every night to avoid hell, or indeed to get into heaven.
Do Christians believe that creation took 7 days...yep, but perhaps 7 days is just a way of saying 7 stages...which may have taken 7 billion years.
As you said, it was written around 2000 years ago and not necessarily in English.
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So either these kiddy
So either these kiddy fiddling priests know it's all a scam (hence not worried about 'hell') or they believe that 'God' is cool with the rape and molestation of children under their care and they'll still get into 'heaven'. Which one?
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I thought bless you
Was when you sneezed . Sign of the plague .( old days)
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^^^The basics of all
^^^
The basics of all religions should be taught in school, not to brainwash, but to understand.
Not to brainwash, but to understand.
In todays society, i wish i understood islam i lot more than what i do.
I wish i understood christianity a lot more than what i do.
I am not a religious person. But if i understood other peoples beliefs and cultures better, i believe i could be a better person myself.
It doesnt mean i want to convert myself or anyone else.
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Bravo
Bravo Randall
You put it very eloquently.
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No good Randall
sorry this thread is all about being "unpopular"
Just joke
in all seriousness a good comment
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I have no problem with people holding spiritual beliefs if it helps them through life. However I do get annoyed when I and others are forced to abide by, pay for or practice the spiritual beliefs of others.
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The point Randall is trying
The point Randall is trying to make is that ignorance breeds fear like that fuckhead who leads the Australian patriot movement. I think it should be done in high school where kids are beginning to form adult opinions, and only as an outline. Not to ram it down their necks.
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I disagree mate but I am
I disagree mate but I am anti-religion and that's my view. I respect one's choice to follow a religion but much like and STD, prefer that they keep it to themself.
I'd rather the time was spent teaching kids about Aboriginal history and culture as well as Australian history in general. I only learned about Australian history because I elected history as my TEE unit in years 11 and 12 and learned about Aboriginal history and culture as part of one of my elective units at uni. I can guarentee i got a lot more from that than learning aobut an imaginary man in the sky.
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Aboriginal studies
Would that have included any reference to the "dream time" or any other beliefs. That would constitute religion of sorts wouldn't it? You cannot tell me that you would have walked out of those classes where dream time was mentioned or referred to.
Aboriginal culture has a massive reliance of religion...wouldn't you say. But we are allowed to teach that in state schools arent we?
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Yes Aboriginal studies have a
Yes Aboriginal studies have a reliance on religion
Jack were you taught the woggle was an actual creature?
Are Aboriginal studies taught as fact or truth ???
Of course not.
like my point all along Religious studies should be fine but not delivering it as a truth.
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The unit was 'Sociology of
The unit was 'Sociology of Indigenous Health Issues' and covered family structure, diet, nomadic life etc before european settlement and then delved into the effect that white settlement had one all of those things up to the modern day. I'm sure the dreamtime was referenced somewhere in regard to their belief systems but it didn't delve into the theory behind dreamtime beliefs and the focus was on the tangible aspects of Aboriginal culture and history and no I didn't walk out when it was mentioned. Just like I attended a catholic church for my nephew's christening but the funny part about that is my brother asked me to be his godfather and the bloody priest turns to me and asks "will you bring the child up to believe in God almighty". You could have heard a pin drop when I responded with a "no".
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Interesting comparison jack.
Interesting comparison jack. Because you have studied aboriginal history and culture do you think you have a better understanding and acceptance of indigenous issues? If so, you are a good case study for the point i am trying to get across. A better education of other peoples makes us better people.
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Other people's cutlures, yes.
Other people's cutlures, yes. Culture and religion are two different things. Culture is how a person lives in regard to their interactions with others, behaviour and customs (including religions). Religion is a belief sytem of blind worship involving imaginary entities.
We can learn about one's culture without going into the theoretical aspects of their religion.
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Well with most ethnic
Well with most ethnic culture religion is entwined so it's unavoidable. I think you'd be very hard pressed to find one that isn't.
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shorething
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Interesting reading this
Interesting reading this back and forth.
would love to see the basic beliefs/history of major religions covered in education system. Would hugely benefit our massively multicultural country by hopefully increasing understanding and reducing ignorance. JackFrost I don't think the agenda of this teaching should be to covert and you are right in thinking that this should be so, however it should be presented without bias by teachers (as much as possible) to encourage students to explore further as they wish.
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How about there's no more
How about there's no more Phuked up religion as Islam.
Theres is no place for it in western society and we should reject any more entering our country.
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Ban Fluro and Work boots on planes
sick of sitting next to stinking fuckers on planes, have a shower and put on civilian's, its not that much effort. Worst offenders are office jockey engineers munching too much curry wearing the same shirts all week, and while I'm ranting unclip the gloves from your pants that have never been used. And the hand luggage is that,your 15 kg suit cases are meant to be in the hold.
I'm done now.
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This is so true. I work FIFO
This is so true. I work FIFO and have never flown in work clothes. Once I've left site it's my time, why would anyone want to wear work gear any more than they have to?