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Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.95



Fairly accurate, but political alignments truly require a three axes graph with the axes being economic, social, and governmental powers. I myself lean towards a towards an extremely strong Federal government, but this test cannot really represent that.
I am almost in the same spot as Gandhi, between the dalai lama % nelson mandela - so why am I not a better person than I am??  Maybe I need to be more of an activist?

How does one act when she is earning a living and running a home??

I just try to keep as small a foot print as I can manage and try not to do harm to other sentient being.  Maybe I'll do more when my 14 year olds ate 18 year olds...

Chimera Wrote:
I am almost in the same spot as Gandhi, between the dalai lama % nelson mandela - so why am I not a better person than I am??  Maybe I need to be more of an activist?

How does one act when she is earning a living and running a home??

I just try to keep as small a foot print as I can manage and try not to do harm to other sentient being.  Maybe I'll do more when my 14 year olds ate 18 year olds...


All one has to do to be a good person is have empathy for other individuals, have a thirst for knowledge, and have the courage to attack bigotry and hatred wherever they are found.

A person does not have to do much to be involved in politics either. All they have to do is stay informed and vote. People should also get involved with causes that interest them. Make a donation, sign a petition, send a letter to your representative, go to a rally, etc.

Thats cool, thanks for graphing it. I got in the exact spot as mahatma ghandi.

pikajedi4 Wrote:
note how it gets more spaced out towards the end?


I didn't make it on your graph - how many others are not represented?  Would adding the others on this forum who participated, but were not represented make a difference?

Minnesota Iceman Wrote:
What's wrong with permitting religion in public schools? If students want to voluntarily pray, or read a Bible, Torah, Koran, or whatever, where's the harm in that?


Students are already allowed to voluntarily pray and read whatever book they may wish to. Schools, however, are not allowed to endorse any religion.

Minnesota Iceman Wrote:

Gareth Wrote:
Any government service should respect the division of church and state. That is why a public school should not endorse (or prohibit) any religious practice by students.


Exactly.

Although, I'd prefer if we did away with public "education" altogether.


Why are you against public education? It is public education that creates a suitable workforce for this technological age. If we were to remove it, there would certainly be problems with technological advancement.

On a more serious note, Murray Rothbard wrote a short book detailing the history behind public "education."

Gareth Wrote:
Public education (as in state-owned) is "adequate". For many who have great talent in a particular area (hmm, I wonder who could have an obsessive interest in something.......) it is often severely lacking.


It's still infinitely better than the days when most people went without an education at all.

There are other ways to be educated other than public schools.
I was talking to Arctoris.

Gareth Wrote:
So was I Smile


Oh, okay

Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

pikajedi4 Wrote:

Gareth Wrote:

pikajedi4 Wrote:

Minnesota Iceman Wrote:
There are other ways to be educated other than public schools.


do you mean public as in....state..or as in....you pay a fee to attend?


Surely ones that you pay to attend are private, not public. A government-funded school is funded with public funds - i.e taxpayer money from the general public.


you would think so, logically, but private schools are actually called public schools, as they are run by the public sector.
this has lead to great confusion, with a distinct lack of hilarity.


Let me confuse it even further.  In Scotland, schools you pay for are called private schools, and we refer to publicly funded schools as state schools to distinguish them from the English public schools which are the ones you have to pay for! Rolleyes

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