Café de Nuit

Llana wrote:

Nathan of the FoS wrote:I am, as of yet, the ONLY PERSON to have a positive number on the economic left/right front. (!) Surely there must be another capitalist among our number?...

They're too afraid to admit it.

Given the other scores I'm seeing, that may be wise...how long can it be before I'm labeled an "enemy of the people"?...

-6.13/-4.46

Frankly, I think the quiz would've been more accurate with a "neutral" option, as I could both agree and disagree with some statements, depending on context.

Llana wrote:

Nathan of the FoS wrote:I am, as of yet, the ONLY PERSON to have a positive number on the economic left/right front. (!) Surely there must be another capitalist among our number?...

They're too afraid to admit it.

Nope, just took longer to get around to taking the test

Economic Left/Right: 2.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.31

Somewhere in the neighborhood of Gerhard Schroeder apparently.

I agree, it's a somewhat flawed test. So many questions begged for a "don't care" or an "agree, BUT..."

Indeed, they were mostly loaded questions.
Such as "Do you believe the rich should be taxed".
Who would say no to this? Very few people, even amongst the "classical liberals" would openly suggest that the rich should not pay tax - in fact, I doubt many would suggest that the rich should not pay more tax than others (even though this is exactly what occurs).

I just tried the test in the persona of Azalin, as I imagine it, and got -0.1/4.69, which seems reasonable--highly authoritarian, protectionist capitalism.

Some of the questions--especially on child-rearing and the integration of immigrants--are highly amusing from this viewpoint.

Economic -5.63
Sociol Libertarian/Authoritarian -5.23

It is a good thing for anyone on the plus side that we are amongst the likes of the Dalai Lama and Ghandi.

Nathan of the FoS wrote:

alhoon wrote: Nathan: You know, the quote of "Fear Justice" doesn't hint to a fanatic libertarian either...

Well, it's IC as the Fiendish Enforcer, see. But there's nothing particularly anti-libertarian about "a few simple laws strictly enforced," which is the bare bones of my position on law enforcement.

I wasn't criticizing your opinions

Reginald de Curry wrote:-6.13/-4.46

Frankly, I think the quiz would've been more accurate with a "neutral" option, as I could both agree and disagree with some statements, depending on context.

Brandi wrote:I think there should have been a "Neither agree nor disagree" choice. Several assertions fell into that category for me.

Read the FAQ as of why they didn't use that.

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69

Oh, I'm like Gandhi, sorta...

As I picture Gandhi with a bucket on his head and a purple towel around his shoulders.

Economic Left/Right: 3.13

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

doesnt surprise me at all

Econonic Left/Right: -3
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian:-o.62

I'm near J. Paul II, I should expect it since I study in Italy!

Economic left/right -5.25
Social libertarian/authoritarian -1.74

Why do I always come out as a Democrat on these things? Am I just that much in denial?

ScS of the Fraternity wrote:Indeed, they were mostly loaded questions.
Such as "Do you believe the rich should be taxed".
Who would say no to this? Very few people, even amongst the "classical liberals" would openly suggest that the rich should not pay tax - in fact, I doubt many would suggest that the rich should not pay more tax than others (even though this is exactly what occurs).

Yeah, my personal favorite was "In a civilised society, one must always have people above to be obeyed and people below to be commanded." I think that any society bigger than about a hundred people needs to have some kind of hierarchy or it'll fall apart, but man, that's an Azalin-tastic way or phrasing it!

I believe that I answered "I agree" on that. "Strongly agree" seems a bit too harsh.

VAN: You realize that both of us are more right wings and more authoritarians than our father?

economic left/right : -1.00

Authoriarian/liberatarian: -2.00

This is humorous, because I am a staunch Republian, and two time Bush voter. Yet, I feel it was fairly accurate. I am very conerned about many of the same issues as many liberals I know-only my proposed solutions are often very different.

Back home in Portland, I am considered Right wing-in the Army, people call me a hippie. So I must just be normal!

Your scores show that you are centro-libertarian. Not dead center, but still center.