Unconventional opinions

[Ben Davis]

- Marriage is wrong
I think that depends on the marriage. But I agree to the extent that marriage isn't for everyone.

Not just 'not for everyone' but fundamentally wrong as a concept: everyone should be free to express their commitment to their partner in whatever fashion they so choose without a legal requirement for permission or ratification from a public body (be that governmental or religious). Personally, I take it as a direct insult that my commitment to my partner is not considered sufficient, appropriate or trust-worthy unless ratified by the government or the state religion.

- Domestic government should be about administration and implementation: the decisions should be made by panels of the experts
I'm pretty sure the first clause is generally the case. As to the second, who chooses the experts?

In the UK, the government comes up with the ideas and makes the decisions with no requirement of regard for facts: our politicians can do what they like for whatever reasons they can sell to their fellow politicians. I would stop that and put the idea-generation and decision-making power in the hands of bodies of experts. Those experts would be chosen by the public from lists of qualified candidates: qualifications would be education and experience.

- Raves should be legal
Didn't know they weren't.

See my response to sejanus

- All wages should be equal
Really? Which would you rather have: A tumor removed by a surgeon doing it for janitor's wages, or your garbage picked up by someone making surgeon's wages?

The latter. All work of value is of equal value therefore should be equally & equitably remunerated.

- There should be a cap on profit
Disagree. I think profit would look better in a bowler hat than a cap.

It would go better with the pin-stripes

- All essential services (e.g. food, water, housing, health, education, fuel and more...) should be publically owned and free to the user
And who pays for these things? If you fund them via taxes or service fees, they aren't 'free'.

That's why I said 'free to the user'. Think of the model of the UK National Health Service: it's paid for by taxes but when you use the service, you pay nothing.