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KernelPanic

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« Reply #15 on: 20 March 2004, 00:53 »
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Originally posted by jimmyjames.sytes.net:
Interesting. The Political Compass had me right down the political middle, leaning socioeconomically left.
 http://jimmyjames.sytes.net/media/polcompass.jpg

Then, the other one puts me firmly as a fascist.
 http://jimmyjames.sytes.net/media/selfgov.jpg

Edit: Ooh, I see now... no, they're not that far off from each other. I'm only one square into Authoritarian, and still leaning toward the left. It  just seems that the second test goes harder on fascists :-D

[ March 19, 2004: Message edited by: jimmyjames.sytes.net ]


OMG, jimmy scored like me.
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« Reply #16 on: 20 March 2004, 00:54 »
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I think that's too general. (Definately not the 'net, so I said no, but I wonder about the others, and about what they mean by "control.")


What's the difference between them controlling the internet and the others?
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« Reply #17 on: 20 March 2004, 00:59 »
Economic Left/Right: 2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.26
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« Reply #18 on: 20 March 2004, 01:19 »
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Laukev7, are you a communist?


It seems that I do have strong leftist tendencies, upon analysis, some of which may come from social democratic values of the Parti Quebecois, but I do not endorse communism or suscribe to any particular political doctrine. I encourage progress and welcome social programmes, but I do not feel that communism is necessary or even worthwhile.

I must say that I find that test slightly biased, though. I mean, social security is a given in Quebec, and questions like 'Porn should be legal for adults' really disturbed me, as if there were actually people out there who would be against that. Maybe it's because so many questions were obvious to me that I often chose the option 'strongly agree'.

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« Reply #19 on: 20 March 2004, 01:42 »
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Originally posted by flap:


What's the difference between them controlling the internet and the others?


Well on the internet, the "questionable content" is placed so that you're a dumbass if you see something bad "accidently."  With the others, you're not always so lucky.  

Also...what do they mean by "control" them?  Just have regulations/censoring, or running the systems themselves?  :confused:
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« Reply #20 on: 20 March 2004, 01:52 »
So are you saying the government should be able to censor "questionable content" in the media, or just that the media should be forced to warn people about anything questionable they might include in their content?
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« Reply #21 on: 20 March 2004, 02:03 »
Well, at least be forced to warn, I think that's fair.  Then, of course, there's the stuff that plain isn't allowed on TV (off-air networks)- I'm not sure if everything should be allowed or not.
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« Reply #22 on: 20 March 2004, 02:48 »
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.82
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« Reply #23 on: 20 March 2004, 03:48 »
Oh yeah I forgot:

Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.82
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« Reply #24 on: 20 March 2004, 05:27 »
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Originally posted by WMD:
Oh yeah I forgot:

Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.82


I am a little suprised.  I always thouht that WMD was conservative but he is close to where I am.
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