Bollocks.

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.

I agree - according to that test i'm a "right libertarian". I believe in strong economic freedom AND strong personal freedom.

Nice work there

note how it gets more spaced out towards the end?

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

...i think i should plot some of those famous people onto that....

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?

i added everyone up to the point that i posted.

will go back and add those afterwards, but not right now

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printabl...&soc=-3.18

Here's mine:
The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -8.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44
In the green area, close to Ghandi and communism.

I finally admitted to myself, and to my husband, that I am a communist.  I'm not a fanatic, but I'm a die-hard Quaker, and much of what I believe socially seems in line with communism.  I'm in the U.S., though, so my true political nature hardly matters.

I use the term "limited" in a relative sense - of course libertarians of any kind are going to agree with stronger personal and economic freedom than other political worldviews. Compared to other libertarians, however, right-libertarians are generally more socially conservative than left- or centrist-libertarians (i.e., they may want to limit/prohibit things like drug use and abortion, or want to permit religion in public schools). On the other hand, left-libertarians are more likely to agree with some socialist ideals, like welfare, restricted capitalism, limited private ownership of land/natural resources, etc.

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.