RE: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-19 Thread Kevin Tarr 
At 05:02 PM 3/18/2004, you wrote:

 John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Horn, John wrote:
  From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi

 11.
 Kinda reassuring, actually.
 What is reassuring is that *someone* finally had a
 lower score than I did.

 18
 JDG - Resident crazy conservative, right?
As a 16, can I claim to be one of the list's most
bizarrely unpredictable WRT political issues?   ;)
(Actually, I agree with whoever said that the wording
was far too strong to answer a flat 'yes' to many
questions, but a graded response would have placed me
on a somewhat more libertarian side.  But only
somewhat!)
Debbi
Every question seemed easy to me; they were straight forward.
Paraphrasing:
Do you think medical marijuana should be legal Y/N?
Do you think carrying less than 5 grams of marijuana should be legal?
Do you think any amount of M should be legal?
Do you think all drugs should be decriminalised?
Isn't that how a person forms their thoughts? No qualifications, no if/but; 
just this is the issue in black and white, this is a dividing line, which 
side do you choose?

Even though I had a high score (compared to others on the list) some of the 
final questions were turning my stomach.

The libertarian party is having a convention in Harrisburg this weekend. 
Don't know if it's statewide or national. I was thinking of going, but not now.

Kevin T. - VRWC
Going to play cards at camp instead. If we can get to it, another couple 
inches of snow last night. 
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Re: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-19 Thread David Hobby 
Kevin Tarr wrote:
...
 (Actually, I agree with whoever said that the wording
 was far too strong to answer a flat 'yes' to many
 questions, but a graded response would have placed me
 on a somewhat more libertarian side.  But only
 somewhat!)
 
 Debbi
 
 Every question seemed easy to me; they were straight forward.
 Paraphrasing:
 Do you think medical marijuana should be legal Y/N?
 Do you think carrying less than 5 grams of marijuana should be legal?
 Do you think any amount of M should be legal?
 Do you think all drugs should be decriminalised?
 
 Isn't that how a person forms their thoughts? No qualifications, no if/but;
 just this is the issue in black and white, this is a dividing line, which
 side do you choose?

I took it, and got a 10 or something.  I don't think it 
was well-designed, because it insisted on viewing complex issues
in terms that were too simple.  For instance, I'm usually for 
market-based solutions to problems.  But a completely free 
market is seldom best, government regulation is needed to 
frame the market so it operates well.  How should I answer?
Sometimes is not an option.
Kevin, your drug example is a special case.  Most
issues are not so straight forward.

---David
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RE: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-19 Thread Horn, John 
 From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
  http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi
  
 
 11.
 
 Kinda reassuring, actually.
 
 What is reassuring is that *someone* finally had a lower 
 score than I did.
 
 18
 
 JDG - Resident crazy conservative, right?

Hmmm... I might have to take another look at some of those
questions...  Perhaps I was reading them wrong.  grin

Though Libertarianism doesn't seem to be on the same x-y spectrum as
liberal vs. conservative.  The Libertarians seem to be... out there
... somewhere...

 - jmh

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Re: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-19 Thread Deborah Harrell 
 David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Kevin Tarr wrote:
   [I wrote]

  (Actually, I agree with whoever said that the
 wording
  was far too strong to answer a flat 'yes' to many
  questions, but a graded response would have
placed
  me on a somewhat more libertarian side.  But only
  somewhat!)

  Every question seemed easy to me; they were
 straight forward.  Paraphrasing:
  Do you think medical marijuana should be legal
Y/N?
sniplet 
  Isn't that how a person forms their thoughts? No
 qualifications, no if/but;
  just this is the issue in black and white, this is
 a dividing line, which side do you choose?
 
 I took it, and got a 10 or something.  I don't think

 it was well-designed, because it insisted on viewing
 complex issues in terms that were too simple.

Ditto that last phrase.

 sniplet  How should
 I answer? Sometimes is not an option.
 Kevin, your drug example is a special case.  Most
 issues are not so straight forward.

grin The drug questions were the only reason I
scored as 'high' as I did!  If an adult wants to kill
off their own brain cells, reduce their fertility (and
sometimes libido) or turn their liver into dogmeat,
why should I care -- as long as it doesn't affect
anybody else? [Of course, there's the rub... :/ ]

Debbi
who voted for medical marijuana usage when the
referendum was on the ballot [there is legit need, IMO]

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Re: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-18 Thread G. D. Akin 
27.

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RE: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-18 Thread Deborah Harrell 
 John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Horn, John wrote:
  From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

  http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi

 11.
 Kinda reassuring, actually.
 
 What is reassuring is that *someone* finally had a
 lower score than I did.
 
 18
 JDG - Resident crazy conservative, right?

As a 16, can I claim to be one of the list's most
bizarrely unpredictable WRT political issues?   ;)
(Actually, I agree with whoever said that the wording
was far too strong to answer a flat 'yes' to many
questions, but a graded response would have placed me
on a somewhat more libertarian side.  But only
somewhat!)

Debbi

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RE: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-17 Thread John D. Giorgis 
At 08:32 AM 3/16/2004 -0600 Horn, John wrote:
 From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi
 

11.

Kinda reassuring, actually.

What is reassuring is that *someone* finally had a lower score than I did.

18

JDG - Resident crazy conservative, right?
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Re: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-17 Thread Steve Sloan II 
Kevin Tarr wrote:

 http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi

 I had 40.

 Kevin T. - VRWC
 Failed again
41, even though a lot of the questions were pretty crappy.
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Re: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-16 Thread Matt Grimaldi 
Kevin Tarr wrote:
 
 http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi
 
 I had 40.
 
 Kevin T. - VRWC
 Failed again
 


14.  Many of the questions were just a bit too
strongly worded to get a 'yes' vote.


-- Matt
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Re: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-16 Thread Jan Coffey 
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
  http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi
  

46.
But if asked why, I doubt I would have so high.

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Re: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-13 Thread William T Goodall 
On 13 Mar 2004, at 3:17 am, Robert Seeberger wrote:

- Original Message -
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: Libertarian Purity Test

http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi

I had 40.

32

55

But the questions read differently if you are not in the USA...

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Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-12 Thread Kevin Tarr 
http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi

I had 40.

Kevin T. - VRWC
Failed again
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Re: Libertarian Purity Test

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Seeberger 

- Original Message - 
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: Libertarian Purity Test


 http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi

 I had 40.


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