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Originally posted by Kontiki
Why can't you just answer the question? What was your response to "Marijuana should be legalized"?
Why can't you just answer the question? What was your response to "Marijuana should be legalized"?
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I don't think I answered it. Left it blank.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence) -
I think you have missed the point. Political beliefs tend not to occur in a vacuum. People's opinions on these questions will tend to cohere with certain political tendencies.
I'll expand on what Spiff said, although this is not to diss his comments.
Originally posted by Kuciwalker
OK, OK, I'll take it.
Wow, there are a lot of stupid questions on it. Let's just list 'em as I go...
If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.
This presumes that they are necessarily opposed, and that you care which interests it serves. What if you support it out of principle?
The point is that most people, if asked, would say they were opposed. This is not a test of one's knowledge, or of the truth, but of one's political tendencies.
For example, people who believe in God tend to be more conservative, but it's no objection to that fact to claim that God doesn't exist.
There is now a worrying fusion of information and entertainment.
What's this have to do with politics? Sure it's worrying, no the government shouldn't do anything about it. I'll put disagree.
You obviously don't think that it is worrying enough to warrant government intervention in the form of regulation or public broadcasting. You have answered your own question, since if you thought it was worrying enough to warrant action, you would betray your proclivity for government intervention, since there is no other realistic solution.
But other people will see it differently. Some will think that it is worrying because people are not being informed properly and hence their interests are being neglected, others will see it as the hand of the market, therefore it is what people actually want.
The result is the same: it measures your opinion on whether state intervention in the press is justified.
It's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product.
Again, yes this is rather pathetic, but what's it have to do with politics? Disagree.
It is supposed to measure your attitude towards commodification. If our society is dumb enough to prefer branded water to plain old tap water when there is really not much difference, this speaks to capitalist brainwashing. If you are a lefty, you will think that this is a problem caused by capitalism and consumer brainwashing.
Good parents sometimes have to spank their children.
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH POLITICS?! It's not like anyone advocates government-applied spankings. Agree.
Authoritarian people are more likely to countenance force and violence as solutions. I thought this was obvious.
It's natural for children to keep some secrets from their parents.
More than stupid, it's an easily answered empirical question, not one of ideology.
It's not a question of truth, but of what you believe. Authoritarian persons are likely to view their children keeping secrets from them as an affront to family order.
When you are troubled, it's better not to think about it, but to keep busy with more cheerful things.
WTF?
At a guess I'd say that this correlates with authoritarianism as well. People who believe in authority are less likely to reflect critically on their own problems, but try to suppress them.
Abstract art that doesn't represent anything shouldn't be considered art at all.
WTF?
Again, one would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to remember that the Nazis, Stalin and the fascists raved against "decadent" art that didn't "mean anything".
If you think that art must be utilitarian and portray happy workers or Aryan supermen, or have some "moral" content, you are more likely to tend towards authoritarianism.
I know this is true. Almost all the people I know who rail against modern art are conservative.
Astrology accurately explains many things.
WTF?
Your tendency to believe in authorities which cannot be questioned.
You cannot be moral without being religious.
I can see how this MIGHT be an OK question, but it's still way too apolitical.
Again, this is authoritarian. Most religious codes of ethics stipulate rules for personal conduct that if applied in the law would involve massively authoritarian structures and policies.
Some people are naturally unlucky.
WTF? How does not comprehending statistics determine someone's political ideology?
Again. Conservative people tend to think that a justification for inequality is that it is part of the natural or divine order.
[q]I would not wish to send my child to a school that did not instill religious values.
Again. this speaks to authoritarianism. I can't see why you would miss that.Only feebs vote.Comment
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You can't leave blanks.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Well then I object to the question being asked because I could care less. It doesn't mean I agree or disagree. I don't quite remember what I answered it as, and will state that my answer is: indifference. I could care less.Originally posted by Dauphin
You can't leave blanks.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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But you can't answer that way in the test, and you also can't be indifferent if you really want to maximize personal freedoms."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
"I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - DissidentComment
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I think economic freedoms are more important. So I might of just put something random to the question. I'm indifferent. And maximizing personal freedoms is more important when it comes to the economy. Economic freedom is essential.Originally posted by Kontiki
But you can't answer that way in the test, and you also can't be indifferent if you really want to maximize personal freedoms.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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I care about legalization of Marijuana. I strongly agreed with it (hence raising my liberal score)
I couldn't care less if people want or don't want to get high. The thing I'm caring about, is that people should have the freedom to get high if they so wish.
That you don't care about the legalization of Marijuana (i.e increasing freedom) shows that you are less interested in freedom than me. You're more authoritarian than me."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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I may have clicked "agree" because of Jake (the guy I've been seeing for a bit now but I never discuss that.. first time I brought it up, because it is relevant since he was the one who convinced me to moderate my views).
Spiffor, you are less interested in economic freedom, making you more stalinist.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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But you said, and I quote, "I want more personal freedoms than anyone else".Originally posted by Giancarlo
I think economic freedoms are more important. So I might of just put something random to the question. I'm indifferent. And maximizing personal freedoms is more important when it comes to the economy. Economic freedom is essential.
So you were just lying, right?"The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
"I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - DissidentComment
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No. I think economic freedoms are interlaced with personal freedoms, thus adding to my score of personal freedoms. Since you guys want less economic freedom, it cancels out your personal freedom score.Originally posted by Kontiki
But you said, and I quote, "I want more personal freedoms than anyone else".
So you were just lying, right?For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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No. I think economic freedoms are interlaced with personal freedoms, thus adding to my score of personal freedoms. Since you guys want less economic freedom, it cancels out your personal freedom score.
Dude.. the quiz does not measure what is true, only what people believe to be true compared to others.
I'm still the king of commies. heheheOnly feebs vote.Comment
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So if I thought that all guns should be banned, abortion should be illegal and homosexuals locked away in "rehab" and there should be mandatory Bible study in schol, but thought that all industries should be privatized and unregulated and taxes should be as low as possible, I'd be for greater personal freedoms?"The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
"I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - DissidentComment
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Will you answer the damn question rather than giving me the abridged history of the Warsaw pact?....Originally posted by Giancarlo
Economic freedom runs central to democracy, and personal freedom. You are representing a bloc that died in 1991. Good luck to you. I only care about one axis at this point and it is economic left/right. If you are on the economic left, it counters your social views.
I'm not authoritarian anything. Name it. I'm pro-right to bear arms
, neutral on abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-evolution, pro-secular...
My sexuality had nothing to do with it.Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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So if I thought that all guns should be banned, abortion should be illegal and homosexuals locked away in "rehab" and there should be mandatory Bible study in schol, but thought that all industries should be privatized and unregulated and taxes should be as low as possible, I'd be for greater personal freedoms?
That's what the Republicans say. Who are you to doubt them?Only feebs vote.Comment
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I don't think the Republican's are for banning all guns."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
"I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - DissidentComment
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