Political questionairre

Inspired by 'the Political Compass', I wanted to know how you would all
answer:

write 'SD' for 'Strongly Disagree'
write 'D' for 'Disagree'
write 'A' for 'Agree'
write 'SA' for 'Strongly Agree'

1. The government should not put a cap or any 'welfare-to-work accountability'
on welfare.

2. The government should not put a cap on the amount of children that should
be born and covered in a single welfare-recipient household.

3. The left-wing doesn't have an 'agenda', and is always honest; only the
right-wing have an agenda.

4. Corporations by definition are corrupt.

5. If I come across something on the internet or on TV about a government
conspiricy, it can be assumed true.

6. The U.S. mainstream media reports more lies than it does factual truths. I
completely distrust all U.S. media.

6a. Some U.S. media companies are less than honest, but in general I trust
what I see and hear in the U.S. media.

6b. European media companies work under different business premises than U.S.
media companies, therefore they are more trustworthy.

7. Anything written in an underground media paper or weblog critical of a
Republican is to be taken as probably true precisely because the mainstream
media is avoiding the story.

8. European nations do not have secret agendas of their own. Only the U.S. is
corrupt.

9. Terrorism is sometimes justified.

9a. The 3000 deaths on 9/11 were a fair price.

10. Any and/or all art or artists should be funded by taxpayers.

11. Some cultures are inherently more violent or savage than others.

11a. All of humanity is basically savage on some level.

12. It was wrong for the U.S. to invade Afghanistan post-9/11 to oust the
Taliban.

13. The French govt. was right to criticize the U.S. for invading Afghanistan
without U.N. approval.

14. The French govt. was right to invade the Ivory Coast several days later
without U.N. approval.

15. The French govt. is hypocritical. (notice your answers to 13 and 14--this
will help)

16. Globalization is a force for peace.

17. The U.N. is a trustworthy, uncorrupt body.

18. The U.N. was acting responsibly when it made Libya's Khadafi chair of the
human rights committee.

19. The world would be much better off without religion of any sort.

Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.dividebypi.com

> Inspired by 'the Political Compass', I wanted to know how
> you would all answer:
>
> write 'SD' for 'Strongly Disagree'
> write 'D' for 'Disagree'
> write 'A' for 'Agree'
> write 'SA' for 'Strongly Agree'
>
> 1. The government should not put a cap or any 'welfare-to-work
> accountability' on welfare.

D

I would tend to disagree, but "work" can mean many things.
Such caps only benefits society if the "work" benefits
society. I'd like to see alternatives to normal "work" be
developed, rather than forcing everyone to take some
random shit job.

> 2. The government should not put a cap on the amount of
> children that should be born and covered in a single welfare-
> recipient household.

SD

All children should be guaranteed an excellent education.
Beyond that, welfare credits might be capped at 1 child per
household. This would encourage the population of welfare-
takers to decrease, while still supporting the normal
human activity of procreation.

> 3. The left-wing doesn't have an 'agenda', and is always
> honest; only the right-wing have an agenda.

SD

Nobody should be assumed honest.

> 4. Corporations by definition are corrupt.

SD

Nobody should be assumed by-definition corrupt.

> 5. If I come across something on the internet or on TV about
> a government conspiricy, it can be assumed true.

SD

Nothing should be assumed true.

> 6. The U.S. mainstream media reports more lies than it does
> factual truths. I completely distrust all U.S. media.

SD

I would SA here, except the question is apparently comparing
US media to something else. I distrust the news process more
or less equally in all locales.

> 6a. Some U.S. media companies are less than honest, but in
> general I trust what I see and hear in the U.S. media.

See above.

> 6b. European media companies work under different business
> premises than U.S. media companies, therefore they are more
> trustworthy.

SD

The news-spreading process is more or less a basic part of
human nature. Its amazing unreliability can scarcely be
worsened by 'business premises'.

> 7. Anything written in an underground media paper or weblog
> critical of a Republican is to be taken as probably true
> precisely because the mainstream media is avoiding the story.

SD

See above. Though note that blogging probably does slightly
improve, for the first time ever, the reliability of the news.

> 8. European nations do not have secret agendas of their own.
> Only the U.S. is corrupt.

SD

> 9. Terrorism is sometimes justified.

A

> 9a. The 3000 deaths on 9/11 were a fair price.

For what?

> 10. Any and/or all art or artists should be funded by taxpayers.

SD

> 11. Some cultures are inherently more violent or savage than
> others.

A

> 11a. All of humanity is basically savage on some level.

I don't know.

> 12. It was wrong for the U.S. to invade Afghanistan post-9/11
> to oust the Taliban.

D

> 13. The French govt. was right to criticize the U.S. for
> invading Afghanistan without U.N. approval.

I don't know.

> 14. The French govt. was right to invade the Ivory Coast
> several days later without U.N. approval.

I don't know.

> 15. The French govt. is hypocritical. (notice your answers
> to 13 and 14--this will help)

"Join us while we mock the country that twice saved us from
the Germans..."

> 16. Globalization is a force for peace.

A

> 17. The U.N. is a trustworthy, uncorrupt body.

I don't know.

> 18. The U.N. was acting responsibly when it made Libya's
> Khadafi chair of the human rights committee.

I don't know.

> 19. The world would be much better off without religion of
> any sort.

D

The world is probably better off with something else in place
of what the God of Abraham religions. Removing them might
leave a nasty vacuum somewhere. I'm sure religious practice
holds lots of folks together...

-Carl

Carl,

We have very similar political leanings. Our answers are the same except I
have answers for the 'I don't knows'....more later... gotta go now

-Aaron.

On Tuesday 04 January 2005 12:40 am, Carl Lumma wrote:
> > Inspired by 'the Political Compass', I wanted to know how
> > you would all answer:
> >
> > write 'SD' for 'Strongly Disagree'
> > write 'D' for 'Disagree'
> > write 'A' for 'Agree'
> > write 'SA' for 'Strongly Agree'
> >
> > 1. The government should not put a cap or any 'welfare-to-work
> > accountability' on welfare.
>
> D
>
> I would tend to disagree, but "work" can mean many things.
> Such caps only benefits society if the "work" benefits
> society. I'd like to see alternatives to normal "work" be
> developed, rather than forcing everyone to take some
> random shit job.
>
> > 2. The government should not put a cap on the amount of
> > children that should be born and covered in a single welfare-
> > recipient household.
>
> SD
>
> All children should be guaranteed an excellent education.
> Beyond that, welfare credits might be capped at 1 child per
> household. This would encourage the population of welfare-
> takers to decrease, while still supporting the normal
> human activity of procreation.
>
> > 3. The left-wing doesn't have an 'agenda', and is always
> > honest; only the right-wing have an agenda.
>
> SD
>
> Nobody should be assumed honest.
>
> > 4. Corporations by definition are corrupt.
>
> SD
>
> Nobody should be assumed by-definition corrupt.
>
> > 5. If I come across something on the internet or on TV about
> > a government conspiricy, it can be assumed true.
>
> SD
>
> Nothing should be assumed true.
>
> > 6. The U.S. mainstream media reports more lies than it does
> > factual truths. I completely distrust all U.S. media.
>
> SD
>
> I would SA here, except the question is apparently comparing
> US media to something else. I distrust the news process more
> or less equally in all locales.
>
> > 6a. Some U.S. media companies are less than honest, but in
> > general I trust what I see and hear in the U.S. media.
>
> See above.
>
> > 6b. European media companies work under different business
> > premises than U.S. media companies, therefore they are more
> > trustworthy.
>
> SD
>
> The news-spreading process is more or less a basic part of
> human nature. Its amazing unreliability can scarcely be
> worsened by 'business premises'.
>
> > 7. Anything written in an underground media paper or weblog
> > critical of a Republican is to be taken as probably true
> > precisely because the mainstream media is avoiding the story.
>
> SD
>
> See above. Though note that blogging probably does slightly
> improve, for the first time ever, the reliability of the news.
>
> > 8. European nations do not have secret agendas of their own.
> > Only the U.S. is corrupt.
>
> SD
>
> > 9. Terrorism is sometimes justified.
>
> A
>
> > 9a. The 3000 deaths on 9/11 were a fair price.
>
> For what?
>
> > 10. Any and/or all art or artists should be funded by taxpayers.
>
> SD
>
> > 11. Some cultures are inherently more violent or savage than
> > others.
>
> A
>
> > 11a. All of humanity is basically savage on some level.
>
> I don't know.
>
> > 12. It was wrong for the U.S. to invade Afghanistan post-9/11
> > to oust the Taliban.
>
> D
>
> > 13. The French govt. was right to criticize the U.S. for
> > invading Afghanistan without U.N. approval.
>
> I don't know.
>
> > 14. The French govt. was right to invade the Ivory Coast
> > several days later without U.N. approval.
>
> I don't know.
>
> > 15. The French govt. is hypocritical. (notice your answers
> > to 13 and 14--this will help)
>
> "Join us while we mock the country that twice saved us from
> the Germans..."
>
> > 16. Globalization is a force for peace.
>
> A
>
> > 17. The U.N. is a trustworthy, uncorrupt body.
>
> I don't know.
>
> > 18. The U.N. was acting responsibly when it made Libya's
> > Khadafi chair of the human rights committee.
>
> I don't know.
>
> > 19. The world would be much better off without religion of
> > any sort.
>
> D
>
> The world is probably better off with something else in place
> of what the God of Abraham religions. Removing them might
> leave a nasty vacuum somewhere. I'm sure religious practice
> holds lots of folks together...
>
> -Carl
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Aaron Krister Johnson
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http://www.dividebypi.com