Campaign finance reform. I read a book called The money men that was pro CFR. I agreed with the books ideas until I did some more thinking and concluded that: CFR is anti free speech. Interest groups raise money to try to hold politicians accountable to them and there are some interest groups I support. Also the U.S. CFR laws prevent advertisments from mentioning a candidates name within 60 days of an election.

Global Warming: I was only presented with the humans are causing it side in school. Then I realized climate science is complicated and saying that rising CO2 causes warming isn't necessarily true because correlation =/= causation. Also there have been other fairly rapid warming periods within the past few millenia.

I was opposed to making drugs legal when I was in my early teen years. Then I grew up, did a bunch of drugs, and now I think that some should be legalized.

That is basically it. I tend to stick with my (few) principles.

Global warming is a little thing I like to call natural climate change. We do very little to the atmosphere in reality.

WhiteLeekIndustries:
One time, there was this man in my providence named "Adolph".
He had all the solutions.
But his Final Solution failed

Right, now I know you're a troll. Can people please report this guy's post? He's been trolling for a while, notice the clue in the name linking him to earlier troll 'Leeky'? Sorry to hijack the thread for this but he posted a troll thread earlier so I think we need to do this.

Anyway, back on topic. For a while I thought weed should be banned completely, well, made B-Class or something at any rate rather than C-Class (UK standards). Since then I've gradually changed my mind. Also, seeing the incompetence of the EU I almost voted UKIP recently, but ended up sticking to Conservative. Although I'll be living with a Labour supporter from university next year and our landlord is a diehard Tory, so that should be interesting... ;)

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, two useless men are called a law firm, and three or more become a Congress.

-John Adams
(Misquoted at first)

implodingMan:
I was opposed to making drugs legal when I was in my early teen years. Then I grew up, did a bunch of drugs, and now I think that some should be legalized.

That is basically it. I tend to stick with my (few) principles.

I think the US, needs to realize the taxes that they could collect on the legalized selling of some drugs. Not hard drugs like cocaine, or methamphetamines' and the sort. But just as a random fact, when the settlers founded Jamestown, each settler was required to grow cannabis. But they don't tell us about that in our Nationally Funded History Books do they?

I used to think letting everyone vote for a leader was a good idea. Not so much, anymore.

I used to be against the mechanations of the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, flat out. Now, I rather like them, and think they're necessary. I just want them to do their frickin' jobs correctly this time.

...I'm trying to think of more, since I know I've changed my mind at times in the past, but I'm coming up blank.

Iraq war.

I was all about bombin' the darkies until I realized how much it cost.

Now I am a paul tard and I love everyone of all colors and religions and want free trade with every nation on earth, with our military back home instead of stationed in 90% of the world's countries.

Something that I changed my mind on eh...I guess nuclear power (fission) would be one. I was all for it for a while, but by the time we have invested in the structures it will be somewhat obsolete, I would rather we invest in Fusion research (like ITER).

I used to think that every foreign person is a condescending ass that hates somebody just for being American.

Then I realized that is just the impression I get from the idiots on the internet. I realized how stupid it would be to generalize an entire nation just because of their opinions.

I opposed gay marriage when I was a Baptist, going as far as voting for my state's marriage amendment, but now, as an atheist, I have no reason to anymore. My stance on abortion isn't as well defined as it used to be either, and technically my opposition to the death penalty is weaker, but only at the philosophic level.

Pumpkin_Eater:
I opposed gay marriage when I was a Baptist, going as far as voting for my state's marriage amendment, but now, as an atheist, I have no reason to anymore. My stance on abortion isn't as well defined as it used to be either, and technically my opposition to the death penalty is weaker, but only at the philosophic level.

I spent 8 years of my childhood in a baptist church...things become much easier once you leave that denomination.

DementedMonkeez:

Pumpkin_Eater:
I opposed gay marriage when I was a Baptist, going as far as voting for my state's marriage amendment, but now, as an atheist, I have no reason to anymore. My stance on abortion isn't as well defined as it used to be either, and technically my opposition to the death penalty is weaker, but only at the philosophic level.

I spent 8 years of my childhood in a baptist church...things become much easier once you leave that denomination.

Well I actually believed in it; leaving, at least at the spiritual level was the most painful thing that I've experienced in recent memory. Officially I'm still considered a member, and I've only told a few people I'm no longer a believer. Typical closet atheist, and I don't plan on coming out of it anytime soon.

Funnily enough, some of my friends have been talking to me about switching churches recently. This must be what it's like for a gay person getting who's getting hit on by straight people.

Pumpkin_Eater:

DementedMonkeez:

Pumpkin_Eater:
I opposed gay marriage when I was a Baptist, going as far as voting for my state's marriage amendment, but now, as an atheist, I have no reason to anymore. My stance on abortion isn't as well defined as it used to be either, and technically my opposition to the death penalty is weaker, but only at the philosophic level.

I spent 8 years of my childhood in a baptist church...things become much easier once you leave that denomination.

Well I actually believed in it; leaving, at least at the spiritual level was the most painful thing that I've experienced in recent memory. Officially I'm still considered a member, and I've only told a few people I'm no longer a believer. Typical closet atheist, and I don't plan on coming out of it anytime soon.

Funnily enough, some of my friends have been talking to me about switching churches recently. This must be what it's like for a gay person getting who's getting hit on by straight people.

I did not leave my faith entirely, I just moved to a Methodist church. They are like the second chance denomination. Very accepting, and straight forward. Leaving my baptist church was a very sketchy endeavor that included losing most of my childhood friends. For some reason Methodists and Baptists don't hold each other in very high regard.

Here's another one for me. Until college I was all for the war on drugs. Then I discovered the connection between the failure of alcohol prohibition and the war on drugs. Now I think the W.O.D. does more harm than good and that it's immoral to punish someone for owning certain plants or their extracts.

I used to be against physician assisted suicide, and I still am, but I am now pro-euthanasia. I am unable to comprehend how it can be administered coherently however.