On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:21:29 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Peter Charles wrote:
"riverman" wrote:
That's what I find interesting. That in 10 quick questions, we can
assess someones entire complex political leaning fairly accurately.
Somehow I suspect that we are not that complex or unique as we like to
think. Either that, or we accept labels rather easily.

Their definitions are **** -- Liberal as in classic Liberal,
neo-Liberal, UK LIberal, Canadian Liberal or what? Conservative or
neo-conservative (neo-liberal anywhere else)? What happened to
Socialist, Communist, Marxist,. Marxist-Leninist, Trotskist? How
about Facist or Nazi? Plain old Authoritarian or Totalitarian?

Methinks the designers of this little quiz needs to broaden their
horizons.

The "quiz" was designed by Libertarians and its purpose
was/is to convince people that really, deep down we're
all Libertarians. It's a crock of ****, always has been.


That's pretty much what I figured when I noticed that the page is a
Libertarian web page. I think any way most people take it, they're
going to have Libertarian somewhere near their final score. I haven't
bothered to retake it enough to see the biases, but it's a fair bet
they're there. Mostly in the careful choosing of the questions.

However, I like their policies on personal liberties, so when I can't
find a candidate I like for any position, I ink their party nominee
in. I also do that to indicate my feelings about the major parties
not having acceptable candidates.



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