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[SPman]

Quite an interesting site.

Shit - I was just inboard of Ghandi ..um...almost as left as the greens and slightly more anarchistic than the Lib - Democrats

Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64

[Wolf]

Shit - I was just inboard of Ghandi ..um...almost as left as the greens and slightly more anarchistic than the Lib - Democrats

I'm not quite as left as Gandhi but about as Libertarian -

Economic Left/Right: -2.63 (Leftish)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.90 (Libertarianish)

LiasTZ was about that far left and as far into the Authoritarian realm as I was into Libertarian so sorry to say, Jim2, but LiasTZ is politically closer to Stalin than he is to Hitler (however, Economic differences aside, Hitler and Stalin had a lot in common.)

The whole "test your political leaning" thing came about from me chiding LiasTZ for calling me a "Commie" - I said it was nothing but a knee-jerk reaction to my disagreeing with his beliefs and that I expected better of him.

What sucks is I now have to stop calling him a "bloody Nazi" every time he disagrees with me...

[Wolf]

Mrs wolf's (strayjuliet) score was:
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.26 - bloody near dead in the middle of the Social spectrum and "slightly leftish" - she'd be an ideal moderator in arguments between me and LiasTZ if it weren't for her overly right-wing tendencies

[marty]

Mrs wolf's (strayjuliet) score was:
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.26 - bloody near dead in the middle of the Social spectrum and "slightly leftish" - she'd be an ideal moderator in arguments between me and LiasTZ if it weren't for her overly right-wing tendencies

i thought that said 'slightly fetish' when i first read it

[RDJ]

By this definition every crime becomes a crime against the person!

In some respects almost* every crime is - IMO - against the person. If a person litters someone has to pay (with his time - turned into money, by tax on his pay) to clean it up. If a person burgles, someone has to pay with his time to replace the stolen goods, fit 'better' protection against burglars, and so forth.

I emphatically would not propose some extra special punishment, but it would be good if occasionally those who decide what crimes will be punished could remember this e.g. that a burglar steals time and that burglary is not a victimless crime to be filed and forgotten.

*but definitely not every crime.

[Clockwork]

As are a large pecentage of the most recent posts to this thread.

Do I detect a hint of anti-semanticism?

[Clockwork]

*but definitely not every crime.

Examples please?

[spudchucka]

Economic Left/Right: -1.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.69

That surprised me somewhat.

[MSTRS:Me]

Interesting.
Econ L/R -1.75
Soc/Lib 0.05

[Wolf]

i thought that said 'slightly fetish' when i first read it

What do you mean slightly fetish?

[RDJ]

Examples please?

Blasphemy

Obscenity

Name-calling whether sexist or racist

Not keeping your yard tidy enough for neighbours' or council's tastes

Failure to carry your driver's licence and produce it on demand

etc.

[drummer]

Actually, LiasTZ and I are about equally "left wing" but we're both equally removed from "Centrist" - in opposite directions (me toward Libertarian/Anarchist, LiasTZ toward Authoritarian/Facist) so with LiasTZ being a strongly Authoritarian Left Winger, that would make him a "Communist"...

I am a mere "Libertarian Socialist".

Say what? Liaz doesn't sound left wing to me... but there again maybe you know him better... for the record I am far right.

[drummer]

Economic Left/Right: -1.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.69

That surprised me somewhat.

Why? I would have agreed with that from your posts.

I was Economic Left/Right: 5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.33

About where I thought

[spudchucka]

Why? I would have agreed with that from your posts.

I was Economic Left/Right: 5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.33

About where I thought

So you're a political scientist who can sum up a persons political leaning from reading a few posts on an internet forum as well as an expert in police procedure and judicial matters????

[inlinefour]

So you're a political scientist who can sum up a persons political leaning from reading a few posts on an internet forum as well as an expert in police procedure and judicial matters????

Well done! I think you've pretty much summed up a few people here "who think they can", which at the end of the day is far worse than those who can...