Second Class
Describe a situation where you had to make a decision that went against popular opinion useful content. Explain your rationale for doing so?
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What is popular is not always right and what is right is not always popular. All my decisions are based on what I feel is right no matter what the situation is.
I am against mandatory auto insurance laws, in most legislatures, the votes are around 100 to zero in favor of these laws. I do note that much of the insurance industry is opposed http://www.centspermilenow.org/715oppos.htm
These laws force low income people on food stamps http://www.foodstampstudy.com
also see http://www.autoreform.org/090998mar.pdf (44% said they could not buy food due to mandatotory auto insurance
People do not need to drive 25,000$ cars, they can get along fine with a 1500$ vehicle. If everyone drove a 1500$ vehicle, no one would suffer 20,000$ to an uninsured driver. When one chooses to drive a 25,000$ car instead of a 1500$ vehicle, that is what drives up the cost of insurance.
I went against popular opinion when I first came to dogs in yahoo answers. While others were telling people that an 8, 10, 12-week-old puppy should be potty trained, I was saying just the opposite. I kept saying it was too soon for puppies to be potty trained, the bladder wasn't even grown until 6-months-old, and puppies are not fully potty trained until around 1-year-old. It is possible that a 12-week-old puppy will stop having accidents at that age, but that doesn't mean that potty training is over. So while my answers went against the norm, I kept saying puppies bladders are not grown until 6-months-old, and I kept sticking to my story that it is impossible for an 8, 10, 12-week -old puppy to be potty trained. My rationale was that I feel we have a responsibility to tell the truth and be honest and to give up our tips and tricks. We don't have the right to make people feel bad, or misinform them. What if someone has never had a puppy before and we gave them a silly answer, and then they thought something was wrong with their puppy and took it to the pound, when all they had to do was hang in there two more months. It just isn't right not to be honest with the people asking the questions. They may be a child, or someone who hasn't owned a puppy before, so we should give them good tips. It isn't like they couldn't ask their vet if I was right or not, so I didn't understand why the others were making them feel bad.