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Political Compass Test

by Spartacus in

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this is a neat little test, there aren't any wrong answers, only what you think, after answering the questionaire it tells you approximately where you stand on political and economic policy.

(numbers below 0 are to the left, numbers above 0 are to the right).

http://www.politicalcompass.org/.

Spartacus

Wow to Canadians, Sargon and expatbrit with opposing compass scores, on the social side, cool.

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Political Compass Test

by Spartacus in

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friends

this is a neat little test, there aren't any wrong answers, only what you think, after answering the questionaire it tells you approximately where you stand on political and economic policy.

(numbers below 0 are to the left, numbers above 0 are to the right).

http://www.politicalcompass.org/.

Spartacus

expatbrit, that's saying something assuming that you are Canadian. Canada is more on the Socialism side with it's health care plan and higher taxes.

What are your views on those 2 points? What changes would you consider improvements in those 2 areas?

Thanks for taking the test and reporting the results.

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Political Compass Test

by Spartacus in

jw
friends

this is a neat little test, there aren't any wrong answers, only what you think, after answering the questionaire it tells you approximately where you stand on political and economic policy.

(numbers below 0 are to the left, numbers above 0 are to the right).

http://www.politicalcompass.org/.

Spartacus

This is a neat little test, there aren't any wrong answers, only what you think, after answering the questionaire it tells you approximately where you stand on political and economic policy.

(numbers below 0 are to the left, numbers above 0 are to the right)

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

My score, I'm a Libertarian\Right, who woulda guessed? I say it's about right in my case.

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 1.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.54

Enjoy, Sparky

Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intention

by Spartacus in

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http://fic.ic.org/cmag/90/4490.html .

please check this out, i found it to be very interesing though i do disagree with the "person of colour" designation.

this has become a left wing term to divide.

Please check this out, I found it to be very interesing though I do disagree with the "person of colour" designation. This has become a left wing term to divide. Overall she makes a lot of good points!

Enjoy, Sparky

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Whats your opinion on the best way to step down??

by Leander in

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i know a lot of you here were former pioneers, servants and elders.

how did you go about stepping down?

did you just not say anything, did you write a letter or call one of the elders?.

Spartacus

Ditto patio34

Metatron said

quote:
Simply say you are depressed and put it in writing.
If questioned, just repeat that you are depressed and refuse
to go into it any further. If they call and try to arrange a
meeting, just say no thank you.

Keep it simple - and don't offer any other details

Yeah, this is a good one, I like it.

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Whats your opinion on the best way to step down??

by Leander in

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friends

i know a lot of you here were former pioneers, servants and elders.

how did you go about stepping down?

did you just not say anything, did you write a letter or call one of the elders?.

Spartacus

Leander, I changed congo's and faded away, I attended one meeting and never returned. YAAAHOOOO!!!! I was an X-Elder!!! ....shake shake shake da da da da da daaa shake shake shake da da da da da daaa shake yo bootay shake yo boootay shake shake shake da da da da da daaa shake shake shake da da da da da daaa shake yo bootay shake yo boootay.

I know a brother who stepped down as an elder about a year ago and he just stopped going to the meetings. He told the brothers at the last meeting he attended that he was not coming back and it was nothing personal and nothing to do with the WTS (a lie) and it was a personal matter and to not try to contact him. When they called on him he told them not to call back everytime, he gave absolutely no details.

They tried and tried and then finally they got the message. I'm not sure what the state of affairs are at this point. But the last time I saw him he was happy with the sitaution.

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X-JW's what are ur views in politics & civi...

by Spartacus in

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i'm really into politics and current events.

i'm more of the libertarian type.

i voted bush the last election, clinton before.

Spartacus

Aye Seeker, we go way back, nice to see you, heck I did not know you were a journalist, that's cool beans man.

Yeah, after leaving I was always pissed at myself about being duped and serving the Borg for 18 years. I was tired of the stuck in the xJW self-pity mud. I had to find something to change my attitude so I found helping people and civic actions and awareness was the thing for me.

Well if you like Libertarian views check this web site...
http://www.lp.org/

and http://nextright.blogspot.com/

NextRight is a friend of mines, his web site have googles of Libertarain links, it's a huge Libertarian cyber world out there, enjoy!!!

Being a journalist you'll find all kinds of cool and FRESH opinions and current news stories. Lots and lots of news. Have fun on the Blog!!

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We would OTHERWISE sound like ex-cins

by revdrjohnson in

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iwas the executive director of a mission/shelter for just over four years; then lived in one for a couple of months.. during that time i met many ex-cons, who would congregate and share "war stories" about when they were in the joint[b], the way we exes do about when we were [b]in the b'org.. the only real difference, as i see it, is that the prisons (at least here in michigan) assign you an inmate number which is yours for life.

if there are subsequent incarcerations, the system changes the number by affixing an alphabetical character to the original number -- so that prisoner #1234567, becomes prisoner #a1234567 the second time he is incarcerated, #b1234567 the second ... and so on.. it occured to me, a minute ago, that if the b'org had given us publisher id #s we might actually have a whole lot in common with those who have been incarcerated.. keep the faith.

ray.

Spartacus

revdrjohnson, did you know more than 240,000 prisoners will be released during 2002 and 2003. This will be a record number. I also expect the crime rate to go up.

Have you considered running a halfway house? I here it's profitable and it does not really take a lot of overhead to run. You get paid by the number of beds you have and you are paid enough hire employee's and still make decent money.

Also, you'll have population to share the Gospel with. I'm not sure of all the details but I do know a brah who is doing very well in the business here in Houston.

With 240K of prisoners being released these 2 years, there is a big need for halfway houses.

Peace, Sparky

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X-JW's what are ur views in politics & civi...

by Spartacus in

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i'm really into politics and current events.

i'm more of the libertarian type.

i voted bush the last election, clinton before.

Spartacus

Carmel, good for you, it's great that you found civics interesting and you are active in the community.

I agree with you on your points about making adjustments in our political system. But it take people like you and I to make some noise about things that needs changing. But also as you have done, educate ourselves on how the political system works. Props to you carmel!

Please look into the private prison business and tell me you don't smell something rotten. If you have thoughts on that, anyone, please comment on it.

I really like this carmel, you said......carmel thinking globally, acting locally

We need each other, we need to get over all the sorry hang-ups heaped on us by past generations. Acting locally is where many of us can be very useful indeed.

Peace, Sparky

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X-JW's what are ur views in politics & civi...

by Spartacus in

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i'm really into politics and current events.

i'm more of the libertarian type.

i voted bush the last election, clinton before.

Spartacus

revdrjohnson, on Alan Keys, when his show first started I found him "somewhat overly-argumentative" too but as the weeks past by he found a balance. I love the guy, he stands up for right and will not back down from radicals and leftist liberals.

But some things I don't agree with him on such as the "drug war".

I found a new issue to be concerned about and that is privatizing prisons. Some companies who are in the prison business are now on the New York stock exchange. I find this alarming because these people lobby in support of the drug war and lobby for more punitive jail sentences and more laws that land people in prison. The long prison terms do not fit the non-violent crimes. It’s a business that are making us victims of its’ profit machine.

This is appalling, I have more thoughts on this issue and save them for later but I think everyone should be concerned about this issue.

borgfree, you, I and the rev are similar in our views. I tell you though my experience is many XJW's are still stuck in the mud and I hope they will replace their past JW life with something that actually help people in the community. I'm certainly encouraging it because there is a lot of great talent among us XJW's, the world needs us.

Peace, Sparky