What are you?

[Bronx33]

Well take the test and find out.......

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.php

[Spider]

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[Spider]

Damn that didnt work either ....... Ok 4 boxes to the left 2 boxes down from the line .....

[Crushaholic]

I scored 2 boxes right of center in the authoritarian category, but I didn't like the quiz. They were looking for absolutes in the answers and I believe there are shades of gray in just about everything. I wished they would have had a "neutral" option for questions that I don't necessarily agree with at ALL times...like multinational corporations. There are unethical corporations, but there are some that get a bad rap from the left. I can't say that all corporations are evil and I can't say all corporations are good. I guess I should have just abstained from questions like that... hmmm...

[Spider]

I scored 2 boxes right of center in the authoritarian category, but I didn't like the quiz. They were looking for absolutes in the answers and I believe there are shades of gray in just about everything. I wished they would have had a "neutral" option for questions that I don't necessarily agree with at ALL times...like multinational corporations. There are unethical corporations, but there are some that get a bad rap from the left. I can't say that all corporations are evil and I can't say all corporations are good. I guess I should have just abstained from questions like that... hmmm...
I agree there were alot of Issues I was on the fense on , but since the poll didnt allow a middle ground , I went agree or disagree on 90% of the quiz ....

[TheDave]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -1.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.31

What ever the hell that means... 1 box to the left, 2 boxes down...

[elsid13]

A box under center. I guess I really should be voting for Linde Le Rushc (or however you spell that wack jobs name.)

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

There are unethical corporations, but there are some that get a bad rap from the left. I can't say that all corporations are evil and I can't say all corporations are good.

No one on the left says that all corporations are bad.

When someone on the left points out specific abuses or crimes committed by the Enrons and the Halliburtons of the world, the Rush Limbaughs and the Sean Hannitys (who are covering these corporations' flank) scream "you're anti-business!"

[clarker]

Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.0

What the does that mean.

Plus what is the first box with each section colored and the arrows that go up and down.

Does anyone know how to read this damn thing?

[Spider]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.95

[clarker]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.95This is mine, Spider. Do you know how to read this thing. I get the box, but what do the numbers mean.

It says I'm Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.0


http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/printablegraph.php?ec=3.75&soc=-2.00

[Rascal]

Means you two agree on liberatarian/authoritarian issues but differ big time on economics...LOL!!

[Spider]

This is mine, Spider. Do you know how to read this thing. I get the box, but what do the numbers mean.

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/printablegraph.php?ec=3.75&soc=-2.00
this is my interpitation


The futher right you go, of the economic line , the more you lean to Trickle down economics , or the right ...... basicaly you are +3.75 of the center , while I am -4.78 .... all this means is you will look after business more , and I will tend to look out for citizens more ......
Social means we are close on social issues .... the one were we probably saw different was the Pot question ....... ....

[Bronx33]

I knew you guys would love this! lol

[clarker]

this is my interpitation


The futher right you go, of the economic line , the more you lean to Trickle down economics , or the right ...... basicaly you are +3.75 of the center , while I am -4.78 .... all this means is you will look after business more , and I will tend to look out for citizens more ......
Social means we are close on social issues .... the one were we probably saw different was the Pot question ....... ....If it should be leagal? I said strongly agree. I think it should be leagal. The war on drugs is one of the biggest wastes of tax money I can think of. That money could go to a number of other things, including drug rehabilition.

[Spider]

If it should be leagal? I said strongly agree. I think it should be leagal. The war on drugs is one of the biggest wastes of tax money I can think of. That money could go to a number of other things, including drug rehabilition.
See I just put agree .......

[clarker]

See I just put agree .......I had to put strongly agree with that. We have went after the supply side in the "war on drugs" for a long time and it doesn't work. We have to go after the demand and throwing them in jail, isn't going to help their addiction.

However if they commit a crime like robbery or murder while high on drugs, I don't buy that as an excuse.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

We have to go after the demand and throwing them in jail, isn't going to help their addiction.


I agree with this all the way.

However, does it really follow that legalizing drugs is a good thing?

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

A lot of people who argue in favor of drug legalization are really arguing in support of privatizing the drug trade, i.e., taking regulation out of the government's hands and putting it in the hands of (you guessed it) business, the free market, etc.

[clarker]

I agree with this all the way.

However, does it really follow that legalizing drugs is a good thing?Drug use is a very bad thing, spending the billions that we do on the War on Drugs is getting us no where in solving the problem. It is not helping get people off that crap.

[clarker]

A lot of people who argue in favor of drug legalization are really arguing in support of privatizing the drug trade, i.e., taking regulation out of the government's hands and putting it in the hands of (you guessed it) business, the free market, etc.No, not me. If it they were made legal this would be one thing that I would for sure want heavy regulation.

At the very least if they are legal, they should tax the sh*t of it.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Drug use is a very bad thing, spending the billions that we do on the War on Drugs is getting us no where in solving the problem. It is not helping get people off that crap.

I agree.

My question is this:

When you weight the pros and cons of legalization, is it a better alternative?

[clarker]

I agree.

My question is this:

When you weight the pros and cons of legalization, is it a better alternative?I don't know? Do you have any ideas?

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

No, not me. If it they were made legal this would be one thing that I would for sure want heavy regulation.

At the very least if they are legal, they should tax the sh*t of it.

Regulation by whom?

Who would take over the drug trade?

Do you advocate the legalization of all drugs of abuse, e.g., heroin, meth, coke, crack, etc?

I'm opposed to legalization, but I think changes need to be made in our methods of enforcement.

[clarker]

Regulation by whom?

Who would take over the drug trade?

Do you advocate the legalization of all drugs of abuse, e.g., heroin, meth, coke, crack, etc?

I'm opposed to legalization, but I think changes need to be made in our methods of enforcement.By FDA.

I think they should legalize it all. For one thing I don't see why the government has the right to tell people what they can put in their bodies.

Other addictive things like booze and gambling are legal and can destroy people's lives just as easily.

More money has to go into rehabilitation.

Plus I can't believe there is something your to the right of me on. :laugh: ;D

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

I don't know? Do you have any ideas?

Well, one of my fears about legalization is that it would lead to the rise of new entities like Big Tobacco who market even more brain-polluting crap to our children and young people. (To say nothing of the idea of all those people out there on the roads and on the streets jacked to the t!ts on legal heroin or crack.)

I don't profess to have all the answers, but I definitely support revamping the present system so as to shift money away from enforcement and into education, prevention, and treatment.

[clarker]

Well, one of my fears about legalization is that it would lead to the rise of new entities like Big Tobacco who market even more brain-polluting crap to our children and young people. (To say nothing of the idea of all those people out there on the roads and on the streets jacked to the t!ts on legal heroin or crack.)

I don't profess to have all the answers, but I definitely support revamping the present system so as to shift money away from enforcement and into education, prevention, and treatment.If they won't legalize it and it seems were are far from that, then I agree with you at the least money should be redirected to treatment and eductation.

BTW, I dont' claim to have all the answers either, but I believe we need to try different things, because what we are doing now isn't working that well.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

For one thing I don't see why the government has the right to tell people what they can put in their bodies.

The problem with this idea is that it doesn't take the millions of people out there who cannot control their intake of drugs or alcohol into account - people whose inability to moderate their own intake/behavior negatively impacts society as a whole.

These people are loose cannons - they are like overgrown kids who will always need some kind of public intervention in order to protect society as a whole.

Other addictive things like booze and gambling are legal and can destroy people's lives just as easily.

Yep.


Plus I can't believe there is something your to the right of me on. :laugh: ;D

So much for my status as a member of the far left-wing fringe, eh? :D

[clarker]

The problem with this idea is that it doesn't take the millions of people out there who cannot control their intake of drugs or alcohol into account - people whose inability to moderate their own intake/behavior negatively impacts society as a whole.

These people are loose cannons - they are like overgrown kids who will always need some kind of public intervention in order to protect society as a whole.



Yep.



So much for my status as a member of the far left-wing fringe, eh? :DI agree with you that people on drugs can be loose cannons and hurt other people, but so do drunks and people who gamble to much, but there both legal. I don't get that.

But no your still a shill for the Dems. ;D But your my favorite shill for the Dems. :D

[Crushaholic]

So much for my status as a member of the far left-wing fringe, eh? :D

You never did tell us your score, or where you fell on the grid... :poke:

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

You never did tell us your score, or where you fell on the grid... :poke:

I haven't taken the test yet.

I agree with you that people on drugs can be loose cannons and hurt other people, but so do drunks and people who gamble to much, but there both legal. I don't get that.

What I'm saying is that simply turning regulation over to the FDA won't solve the law enforcement problems we face now. It doesn't matter if a substance is legal or illegal - we will still need a system in place to respond to the crazy sh!t some people do while under the influence.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

But no your still a shill for the Dems. ;D But your my favorite shill for the Dems. :D

Thanks, I think. :D

Hey, if I were really a shill for the Dems, wouldn't I have put that link in my sig (when we had sigs) or my avatar tagline or somewhere visible? ;)

[clarker]

I haven't taken the test yet.



What I'm saying is that simply turning regulation over to the FDA won't solve the law enforcement problems we face now. It doesn't matter if a substance is legal or illegal - we will still need a system in place to respond to the crazy sh!t some people do while under the influence.Is that not what police are for? Not being a smart a**, just saying I don't understand why we need a different system to handle crime of people on drugs than we do for people who commit crimes stone sober.

[clarker]

Thanks, I think. :D

Hey, if I were really a shill for the Dems, wouldn't I have put that link in my sig (when we had sigs) or my avatar tagline or somewhere visible? ;)
It would make it easier for me to rib you about it. :~ohyah!: ;D

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Is that not what police are for? Not being a smart a**, just saying I don't understand why we need a different system to handle crime of people on drugs than we do for people who commit crimes stone sober.

I thought you were suggesting that legalization would entail getting rid of the current legal system and putting all regulation in the hands of the FDA.

[clarker]

I thought you were suggesting that legalization would entail getting rid of the current legal system and putting all regulation in the hands of the FDA.I didn't mean to give that impression, sorry about that. I don't if the FDA is the answer either, but they regulate the drugs that are legal now, so if they were made legal, I thought FDA would do the same thing with they are doing with illegal drugs.

[W*GS]

Economic Left/Right: 5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

[W*GS]

The problem with this idea is that it doesn't take the millions of people out there who cannot control their intake of drugs or alcohol into account - people whose inability to moderate their own intake/behavior negatively impacts society as a whole.

These people are loose cannons - they are like overgrown kids who will always need some kind of public intervention in order to protect society as a whole.

Society should therefore save these people from themselves.

How?

[W*GS]

A lot of people who argue in favor of drug legalization are really arguing in support of privatizing the drug trade, i.e., taking regulation out of the government's hands and putting it in the hands of (you guessed it) business, the free market, etc.

Just how well has the "regulation" of (some) drugs by the government worked? Have these "regulations" had any unpleasant side-effects?

The illegal status of (some) drugs is precisely the source of the problem.

[W*GS]

You never did tell us your score, or where you fell on the grid...

He's too chicken to take the (silly) test - and even if he did, he'd lie about his score.

[W*GS]

I took the liberty of taking the test for LABF:

Economic Left/Right: -9.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31

[ClevelandBronco2]

0.667 of 1 box up toward authoritarian (rather than down toward libertarian), 6.25 boxes toward the economic right (rather than toward the economic left).

Sounds about right to me.

I suppose that my strong opposition to abortion, my lukewarm opposition to government acceptance of homosexuality, lukewarm support of pornography and my strong opposition to the death penalty had something to do with keeping me toward the middle on the authoritarian/libertarian scale.

I'm a corporatist, but not a protectionist. I scored pretty far to the right economically. Probably had to do with my lack of sympathy for the (so-called) "victims" of capitalism. On a scale as narrow as this quiz gives, my answers can offer little sympathy from a philosophical perspective.

[ClevelandBronco2]

I strongly supported the legalization of marijuana as well. Ask me, I'd legalize the whole assortment of drugs that drain so much out of our people without contributing anything to our advancement.

There are huge tax dollars to be made and a great many people to be helped if we can just get past the demonization of the substances.

The market is real and the market is a hurting population. Legalize it all and force the emergent industry to treat its customers.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.87

Looks like I'm slightly off center according to their little test.

[Mile High Shack]

lol, I was a little to the left

LOL

funny

[Rascal]

I took it but I didn't like the questions. They are way to generalized and didn't offer a middle road.

Anyway my results:

Economic left/right -1.55
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian 2.55

Which goes in line with what I've said before. Typically agree with the democrats about economics, but disagree more strongly with social issues.

[Tom H.]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -1.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.95

[Falconer]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.69

I didn't really care for the test, but there is not really a good test anyhow. Hopefully all of us are more complex in our thinking than any testing device could accurately measure.