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post #51 of 65
2/24/08 at 10:09pm
Surprise ... and the new president of Cuba is ... Raul Castro.

Morons.
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post #52 of 65
2/24/08 at 11:54pm
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Originally Posted by Cylon Baby View Post
What?
http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Also in Castro's defense: at least the guy had the decency to just fuck up his own country.
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post #53 of 65
2/25/08 at 12:31am
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Originally Posted by Isildur's Bangs View Post
http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Also in Castro's defense: at least the guy had the decency to just fuck up his own country.
What crap

EG of crap

people with serious inheritable disabilities should not be allowed to reproduce. Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree

Yeah that's a great test and indicator of one's politcal beliefs

Apparantly I'm Left/Libratarian

Now on the more important things...I've just learned that Johnny Socko and his Flying Robot are available on Netlix!
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post #54 of 65
2/25/08 at 12:36am
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Originally Posted by Cylon Baby View Post
Yeah that's a great test and indicator of one's politcal beliefs
Yes, actually alot of people really agree that it is. At the very least, compared to the majority of tests created to do the same thing, it's pretty hard to disagree.

The point is that Nazis and Neo Conservatives are very very similar in their economic and social beliefs. And that's not just cause the political compass says so.
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post #55 of 65
2/25/08 at 12:41am
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Originally Posted by Isildur's Bangs View Post
Yes, actually alot of people really agree that it is. At the very least, compared to the majority of tests created to do the same thing, it's pretty hard to disagree.
Yes I can disagree. I think many standardized tests are crap and tend to reflect the biases of their creators.

Here's a question they left out:

If I had control of a giant robot I'd use it to defend the Earth from giant gay monsters

Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree

Go Johnny Socko!
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post #56 of 65
2/25/08 at 12:42am
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Originally Posted by Cylon Baby View Post
Yes I can disagree. I think many standardized tests are crap and tend to reflect the biases of their creators.
Yes, but most of them are worse than that particular one.

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Here's a question they left out:

If I had control of a giant robot I'd use it to defend the Earth from giant gay monsters
Now this is just stupid, the questions they ask are all legitimate questions pertaining to ones political leaning, gauged through the spectrum of your social and economic views.
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post #57 of 65
2/25/08 at 4:52pm
well here is my test score.

Economic Left/Right: -0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46

so I am a moderate leftest libertarian, or so that test say.
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post #58 of 65
2/25/08 at 5:06pm
I hope you guys understand that Libertarian in this case does not refer to the American Libertarian Party.
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post #59 of 65
2/25/08 at 5:08pm
Basically the Cuban people are still screwed for the next couple of years.
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post #60 of 65
2/25/08 at 8:05pm
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Originally Posted by Isildur's Bangs View Post
I hope you guys understand that Libertarian in this case does not refer to the American Libertarian Party.
shake the dust off my anarchist cook book. you don't say?
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post #61 of 65
2/26/08 at 12:20am
Sorry, alot of people I've encountered have made that mistake.
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post #62 of 65
2/26/08 at 1:19am
All the questions on that test are extreme. A legtimate questionaire would use a few questions of that nature, but also include more sublte questions to determine one' preferences.

I have the feeling most people who take that test end up being Left/Libratarian.

Back on topics, Cuba is still fucked. We should still lift the embarco, since I think we're the only country on the planet that is still actually enforcing it, and it gives the Castros a straw man to shake their fist at.
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post #63 of 65
2/27/08 at 9:30am
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Originally Posted by Cylon Baby View Post
We should still lift the embarco, since I think we're the only country on the planet that is still actually enforcing it, and it gives the Castros a straw man to shake their fist at.
You're right. Unless things have changed, however, making such a proposal is political suicide in Florida. That Cuban community is organized, and they're not particularly big fans of anyone named Castro.
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post #64 of 65
2/27/08 at 10:29am
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Originally Posted by Bancroft Agee View Post
The Cold War was secondary to keeping American economic interests happy...
Umm, promoting American economic interests has always -always been a centerpiece of not just this nation's, but every nation's agenda. That's one of the things countries are for.
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post #65 of 65
3/2/08 at 4:14pm
Dosen't Isreal also have an embargo on Cuba?
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