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wayne stephen

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I am posting this because I think this quiz is fun and thought provoking . Here is the link :

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz/quiz.php

I am positioned at about 11:35 if it were a clock . My sincere estimate is that most folks on permies would score on the left side of the dial between 8:00 and 12:00 . The minority would place themselves at 3:00 . I hope I am not pidgeon holing anyone . Do you have the time ?

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My 'red dot' is at 10, if this was a clock both scores would read 10:20 and my label is 'left (liberal).
...I'm happy with that

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John Elliott

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The length of the quiz correlates well with the amount of thought put into it.

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My red dot was at the eye of the pyramid hovering just north of centrist, just right of left in the bottom left most portion of the libertarian almost square. I wonder how my strong disagreement with an all volunteer army played into this decision.

Edit: I'm always shocked how close I come to center in many of these polls as generally most people think of me as a stark raving mad radical. I keep telling them I'm not.

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Jennifer Wadsworth

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I'm at nine o'clock, baby. My red dot pretty much obliterates the "T" in LEFT making me a Liberal (sneaking up on 'Centrist Liberal'). Nothing new there.

I found the description of "Left (liberal)" on the site more flattering than most libertarian views of us lefties - kudos on that.

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Robert Ray

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I came in dead center Libertarian, if that means anything.

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Leila Rich

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John Elliott wrote:The length of the quiz correlates well with the amount of thought put into it.

It was pretty fast for me, as I've done the thinking on this stuff before:
I just hit the "I'm a liberal' buttons

Big generalisation, but I think if a NZer 'scored' as a Libertarian in the quiz,
they would be extremely unlikely to be on permies...

R Scott

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12:02.

I think most here are between 9 and noon, with a few outliers on both sides (like myself). The important part is I think everyone is on the top half of the chart--the DO SOMETHING about it side.

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Jennifer Wadsworth

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Leila Rich wrote:Big generalisation, but I think if a NZer 'scored' as a Libertarian in the quiz, they would be extremely unlikely to be on permies...

After having visited NZ in 2011 - I'd have to agree with you.

And no, I did not eat any wetas whilst there!

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Jennifer Wadsworth

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R Scott wrote:12:02.

I think most here are between 9 and noon, with a few outliers on both sides (like myself). The important part is I think everyone is on the top half of the chart--the DO SOMETHING about it side.

I enjoy being an outlier myself (although I probably am not an outlier for this quiz). For Arizona, I'm most definitely an outlier! Which is tricky because you risk getting shot at.

And I'm definitely a "do something about it" type.

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I scored at the very top of the pyramid as a Libertarian kinda saw that coming though!

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I got 100% personal libertarian and 40% economic.

I am all about personal freedom but not so much for corporate "freedom"

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Miles Flansburg

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100 % libertarian here !

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John Polk

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R Scott wrote:12:02.

Hmm. We must think alike. That's about where I scored.

I'm certainly not a young man, but through the years, I have worked with many 'older' (than me) folks who all had the attitude of "I don't need no gubernunt telling me what to do".

(I am an ex sailor, who has served under several Captains who have left their home country on square-riggers. Have captained one myself. Just sayin'.)

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I got 100% personal libertarian and 60% economic. Pretty close to Matu.

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