[at-l] OT Non-partisan politcal link

[sblovedoves at bellsouth.net (SBLoveDoves)]

Hey Dawg! :-) 

You know, your results are truly interesting.  Hmmm, maybe it's accurate and it really means that you are politically between Communism and Authoritarian, and between Gandhi and Stalin.  

And, maybe you're *really* a Gator too!!!  Sorry, I couldn't resist that last one.........Tee Hee Hee :-)

CherylGoGatorDawgs
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gadog430 
  To: SBLoveDoves ; pmags@yahoo.com 
  Cc: at-l@backcountry.net 
  Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] OT Non-partisan politcal link


  This is hilarious. I was between Communism and Authoritarian. 
  Between Gandhi and Stalin. heheh

  The Dawg

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: SBLoveDoves 
    To: pmags@yahoo.com 
    Cc: at-l@backcountry.net 
    Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 2:35 PM
    Subject: Re: [at-l] OT Non-partisan politcal link


    Thanks Mags!!!

    That really was an interesting questionnaire!  But according to the
    analysis, I'm sitting right next to Gandhi on the graph -- just a tiny bit
    more libertarian.  That surprises me somewhat...

    Cheryl / Swamp Blar

    p.s.  I can't wait to read about your weekend backpacking trip and see the
    pictures.  I'm especially interested in the igloo. :-)

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Paul Magnanti" <pmags@yahoo.com>
    To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
    Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:49 PM
    Subject: [at-l] OT Non-partisan politcal link


    > So who went hiking this weekend? :-) Seems like too
    > many of you watched political shows...
    >
    > I made an igloo myself for a winter backpacking trip.
    > Pictures and trip report to follow tomorrow.
    >
    > But, in any case, here is a really interesting
    > political link. I think it is safe to say that many of
    > us can agree that the Left and Right designations for
    > political thought are inadequate.
    >
    > To quote from the website whose link I am about to
    > post:
    >
    > Welcome to The Political Compass.
    > There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old
    > one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left' ,
    > established for the seating arrangement of the French
    > National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for
    > today's complex political landscape. For example, who
    > are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they
    > the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who
    > have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives
    > like Margaret Thatcher ?
    > On the standard left-right scale, how do you
    > distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It's not
    > sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left
    > than Gandhi. There are fundamental political
    > differences between them that the old categories on
    > their own can't explain. Similarly, we generally
    > describe social reactionaries as 'right-wingers', yet
    > that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe
    > and Pol Pot off the hook.
    >
    > **********
    >
    > To sum this up, it rates people not only as
    > CONSERVATIVE and LIBERAL, but also as AUTHORITARIAN
    > and LIBERTARIAN.  Much more accurate guage of the
    > political spectrum than saying Democrat or Republican.
    >
    > Anyway, a very interesting site:
    > http://www.politicalcompass.org/
    >
    > Mags
    > (moderatley liberal..strongly libertarian)

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