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Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise

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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    LuFins Dad
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    I had a lot of problems with the questions...

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    “ If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.” Trans-National Corporations are part of humanity...

    “I’d always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.” What’s that supposed to mean? As an example: I love my countryside I don’t want to hurt it so I won’t speak against slavery or I love my country and support it, which is why I must speak up against Slavery?

    “ The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Sometimes....

    The Brad

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    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

      I had a lot of problems with the questions...

      9DDDC924-1F46-472C-B323-CB726F73B5AB.png

      “ If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.” Trans-National Corporations are part of humanity...

      “I’d always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.” What’s that supposed to mean? As an example: I love my countryside I don’t want to hurt it so I won’t speak against slavery or I love my country and support it, which is why I must speak up against Slavery?

      “ The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Sometimes....

      KlausK Offline
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      Klaus
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      #85

      @LuFins-Dad I agree, some of the questions were a little silly or nonsensical. I think the questions have to be read as your guess of "What is the most likely intention of the question authors on what the answer to the question implies?".

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      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

        It’s an interesting exercise, and I have to assume your point of reference is TNCR itself. Surely in Canada Renauda is center right if not just plain old right.

        George is more conservative than Horace in most respects. He’s just not Trumpist.

        But Horace makes sympathetic noises about single payer healthcare, for example, that you’d never hear George make.

        Anyway, besides quibbles like that it seems pretty good.

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        @jon-nyc said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

        It’s an interesting exercise, and I have to assume your point of reference is TNCR itself. Surely in Canada Renauda is center right if not just plain old right.

        Actually I am quite a bit to the left. Somewhere between the late Chistopher Hitchens and Vladimir Lenin. In loathe the new left and the useful liberal idiots that are littering the streets of late.

        Elbows up!

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          • RenaudaR Renauda

            @jon-nyc said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

            It’s an interesting exercise, and I have to assume your point of reference is TNCR itself. Surely in Canada Renauda is center right if not just plain old right.

            Actually I am quite a bit to the left. Somewhere between the late Chistopher Hitchens and Vladimir Lenin. In loathe the new left and the useful liberal idiots that are littering the streets of late.

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            @Renauda said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

            Actually I am quite a bit to the left. Somewhere between the late Chistopher Hitchens and Vladimir Lenin.

            Care to elaborate on that?

            In loathe the new left and the useful liberal idiots that are littering the streets of late.

            Well, who doesn't? I know, that's a rhetorical question, at least as far as (ahem) right-thinking people go.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • George KG George K

                @Renauda said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                Actually I am quite a bit to the left. Somewhere between the late Chistopher Hitchens and Vladimir Lenin.

                Care to elaborate on that?

                In loathe the new left and the useful liberal idiots that are littering the streets of late.

                Well, who doesn't? I know, that's a rhetorical question, at least as far as (ahem) right-thinking people go.

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                @George-K said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                Care to elaborate on that?

                Not really, other than both Hitchens and Lenin had nothing but disdain for liberals and socialists. As do I

                As a footnote I also wholly support universal health care as constitutional right; the prohibition of all semi automatic and automatic firearms for private citizens and; heavy regulation for environmental compliance and foreign ownership restrictions of private industry in the resource sector.

                So maybe I'm like Castro

                Elbows up!

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                • MikM Mik

                  Yep. I'm pretty close to Brenda. (Midwesterners are sensible folk)

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                  @Mik said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                  Yep. I'm pretty close to Brenda. (Midwesterners are sensible folk)

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                  Ayup, I am not surprised at all. This is what I posted earlier today.

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                    #92

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                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                      #93

                      LOL!

                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                        Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right eh jon? EH???

                        I once met up with the next most liberal person relative to me and the next most conservative. True story. We had beers.

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                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                        I once met up with the next most liberal person relative to me and the next most conservative. True story. We had beers.

                        That's the way things should be.

                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                          Your Political Compass
                          Economic Left/Right: -2.38
                          Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

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                          • Catseye3C Catseye3

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                            I once met up with the next most liberal person relative to me and the next most conservative. True story. We had beers.

                            That's the way things should be.

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                            @Catseye3 said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                            I once met up with the next most liberal person relative to me and the next most conservative. True story. We had beers.

                            That's the way things should be.

                            Agreed. Personally, I would draw the line at ever enabling a Trump supporter by participating with them in any social activity, but other than that I believe reasonable political disagreements are foundational to a functioning society.

                            Education is extremely important.

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