User:Cosmo the third

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Don't hesitate to delete what I write so long as you have a reason for doing so.

My favorite thing to do is delete adjectives like "evil," especially where pretaining to Nazis, child pornographers or terrorists. "Evil," even where generally considered appropriate, is not objective. I am amused to no end by those who have a zero tolerance policy toward diversity; or toward anything for that matter. The fall of Qin Dynasty is a good example of why.

I dislike laws, especially disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, public nusiance, etc. as they do not prohibit any specific act (like say murder or robbery) but instead serve as means to prevent people from doing things that make the general populace nervous. I believe in the right to be inappropriate.

In my eyes, the War on Drugs has been a colossal waste of time and money. Urban decay occasionally makes me reconsider, but in the end, I feel drug abuse is more symptom than cause. I cannot count on all my digits the number of societally functional drug users I know of (though I should hasten to add I am not one of them).

Despite all this, I am not a hippie. I have a dim view of the Bohemian lifestyle, because, in the words of Eric Cartman, hippies "say they want to save the world, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad." Nor am I a revolutionary; I prefer voting to direct action.

Additionally, I like the free-market economy, as it functions along progressive, evolutionary lines. I also like small governments, with limited spending and social programs, because, like most small things, they tend to work more efficiently. I do believe in socialized medicine, however. If the government funds fire and police, then why not health care, which is arguably the most important of the three?

That's my manifesto. Subject to change, as am I.