Controversial?

[StormAngel]

Gah, I don't believe this. It is a relatively fine day, and I am relatively happy, when I reached home and switched on the computer and began browsing through my forums. To my disgust and horror, I stumbled across a thread about David Duchovny going into rehab for his sex addiction. The following comments disgusted me greatly, especially the bits about how the other commenters should not have said that it was good that he was coming out with this.

Personally, I feel that if you have a problem, it is better to come out with it and admit that you have it, rather than hide it and pretend that everything is fine and dandy. Even if you have hidden it in the past, isn't it an encouraging thing that you are finally admitting that you have a problem and find solutions to fix it?

Sometimes I don't get the world. What's wrong with admitting that you have a sex addiction and you want help? Is it a cause for disgust that you have an addiction and you are checking yourself into rehab? I don't know, but I feel that it is better that you are the one checking yourself into rehab rather than getting into trouble AND then being forced into rehab.

I've been accused of being controversial many times, simply because I have different views from the rest of the people. If I mention that I dislike a certain government's policy, I get accused of being a traitor. If I mention that I don't support my country's team, choosing to support someone else, I get labled as a traitor.

Argh. What's wrong with the world? I may not agree with most things, but that doesn't mean that I have controversial views.

argh`

[Pingpongfreak]

Your opinion is your opinion, and those who can't handle it aren't open-minded. Don't worry about others.

Personally, though, I am glad David decided to check himself in. I don't think there is ever anything wrong with wanting to get help, no matter how ridiculous the matter may be.

But sex addicition is actually a quite serious illness, as silly as it may sound. Many people suffer. It's just as serious as alcoholism, but in my opinion quite more harmful to those around.

[StormAngel]

EloquentPhoenix : David Duchovny is a celeb, but I don't think that it is a publicity stunt this time. *shrugs* Reuters reported it too, but I don't know. And I honestly don't think that I want to know.

Pingpongfreak: I agree with you! I mentioned on that particular thread that it is better that he admits that he is checking himself in for that than hiding it and waiting for the paparazzi to stalk him and publish a two page spread on his illness. In my opinion, I thought that it is better for him to admit himself into rehab. And besides, to me, it causes a lot more problems to the society and to his family.

[tazzie21]

I think having a controversial opinion is a great value. It shows that a person (probably) can think for his- or herself.

Without controversial opinions the world would probably be so different. Think about it!
-If there hadn't been a human who thought "I want to move this without having to carry it" the wheel might have never been invented. I
-If every one had simply agreed on discrimination... dude, that's such a scary thought!
-If Columbus hadn't taken another route to India, he would never have gotten in America. You can go one like this for ages!!

After a while most controversial opinions aren't even controversial anymore. For example: The Netherlands (where I live) was the first country that made same-sex marriage legal. At that moment I was eight years old and totally did not realise that something important had happened. That was a pretty controversial thing to do as we were the first country, but now almost 8 years later it's so normal I have the feeling it has always been legal.

So not to worry, controversial opinions will rule the world one day