[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

1. What's more important, democracy or freedom of religion?
(Was the Turkish military coup to preserve freedom of religion justified?)

2. How do we decide which immoral behavior should be punishable by the state and which immoral behavior should not?

3. Can someone who has committed a heinous crime be so punished by their own guilt that no sentence is needed?

4. Does the penal system keep society safer or does it have an inverse effect?

5. How far should the genetic engineering of humans go? Are we at risk of breeding a generation with an Aryan attitude in which naturally created humans are considered inferior?

6. Is incest wrong because of offspring's potential genetic defects, or is it because of the nature of family?

7. Is it important for small ethnicities to continue on? If an ethnicity dies out due to reproducing with other ethnicities, is that a bad thing?

8. With modern day weaponry- smart bombs, tanks, nukes, etc. . . how can people hold any power over their government?

9. Do humans need attempt to control their population, or will natural occurrences take control?

10. Is the world overpopulated with humans? Is there enough wealth to go around?

11. How important is space exploration and space settlement?

12. Is there a way to stop urban sprawl?

13. Can civil engineers find a way for us to live more harmoniously with our environment?

[terriblecanyons]

1. What's more important, democracy or freedom of religion?
(Was the Turkish military coup to preserve freedom of religion justified?)
Democracy, because with democracy comes freedom of religion. Or at least a good one anyway.

2. How do we decide which immoral behavior should be punishable by the state and which immoral behavior should not?
A vote or a poll is the best way to go.

3. Can someone who has committed a heinous crime be so punished by their own guilt that no sentence is needed?
I believe some sentence is needed... though those who commit horrible crimes are often mentally ill, so....

4. Does the penal system keep society safer or does it have an inverse effect?
It was originally intended for good, until it got so out of whack it's kind of doing the opposite right now.

5. How far should the genetic engineering of humans go? Are we at risk of breeding a generation with an Aryan attitude in which naturally created humans are considered inferior?
I think human engineering actually creates the opposite effect... it proves that we are all the same, yet different. Though you'd definitely have to be careful around those waters, because it can create a sort of nazi effect if not handled and maintained correctly.

6. Is incest wrong because of offspring's potential genetic defects, or is it because of the nature of family?
Uhhh, both? Something is seriously fucked up if you're your own grandpa.

7. Is it important for small ethnicities to continue on? If an ethnicity dies out due to reproducing with other ethnicities, is that a bad thing?
Bah, who cares. Sure there's gonna be some racist who want to carry on their nationality or whatever, but who cares, really? The human race and all other species, 'living' or not, were meant to cross-breed. It keeps the genes fresh and new. Otherwise we'd all be idiots; studies show that mixed nationalities actually produce more intelligent beings.

8. With modern day weaponry- smart bombs, tanks, nukes, etc. . . how can people hold any power over their government?
They can't. Things need to be changed.

9. Do humans need attempt to control their population, or will natural occurrences take control?
A little bit of both. What the fuck, Catholics? Ever heard of birth control? Fuck. Darwinism also comes into play somewhere in there... along with diseases, etc. We've all gotta die somehow.

10. Is the world overpopulated with humans? Is there enough wealth to go around?
The world is WAY too overpopulated. It's actually disgusting. Because of overpopulation, not every person on this planet can reach their full potential because of poverty caused by overpopulation. Kinda sad...

11. How important is space exploration and space settlement?
I think we need to focus more on where we live first, but whatever. I don't care either way.

12. Is there a way to stop urban sprawl?
Nope.

13. Can civil engineers find a way for us to live more harmoniously with our environment?
Sure, they can find a way, but will it actually come into action? Probably not.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

1. What's more important, democracy or freedom of religion?
(Was the Turkish military coup to preserve freedom of religion justified?)

Freedom of religion, and thought in general. A democratically elected leader who threatens our basic human rights should always be overthrown, preferably without violence.

2. How do we decide which immoral behavior should be punishable by the state and which immoral behavior should not?

When the behavior breaches someone else's rights

3. Can someone who has committed a heinous crime be so punished by their own guilt that no sentence is needed?

I think so, but nobody can see into another persons mind to be able to decide that.

4. Does the penal system keep society safer or does it have an inverse effect?

It keeps us safer from the criminally insane, but makes criminal orginizations stronger

5. How far should the genetic engineering of humans go? Are we at risk of breeding a generation with an Aryan attitude in which naturally created humans are considered inferior?

It should go no farther than preventing serious genetic life threatening diseases such as cystic fibrosis. Anything more than that, and I believe it might.

6. Is incest wrong because of offspring's potential genetic defects, or is it because of the nature of family?

It is wrong because of the nature of families.

7. Is it important for small ethnicities to continue on? If an ethnicity dies out due to reproducing with other ethnicities, is that a bad thing?

While it is important to have respect for your ethnicity, cultures and ethnicities blending is not a bad thing, it strengthens the human race.

8. With modern day weaponry- smart bombs, tanks, nukes, etc. . . how can people hold any power over their government?

I think tomorrow's revolutionary leader has to look to computer hackers for soldiers

9. Do humans need attempt to control their population, or will natural occurrences take control?

I think natural occurrences will control it naturally, being the 4th of 6th, a 2 child per family rule disgusts me, but in impoverished nations, prophylactic distribution could do wonders.

10. Is the world overpopulated with humans? Is there enough wealth to go around?

It isn't overpopulated yet, the earth has plenty of sustainable resources, though they are being mismanaged. Imagine all the food that could be produced by those tobacco and coffee fields

11. How important is space exploration and space settlement?

Very important to the survival of the human race. There are lots of resources out there, and a cataclysmic event could wipe us out.

12. Is there a way to stop urban sprawl?

I think so. Demolishing it and planting seeds while re-engineering the way we live would be a good start

13. Can civil engineers find a way for us to live more harmoniously with our environment?

Tokyo engineers already have sky-city. Settlement integrated with the ecology is very important too.