Jairus ([info]twiin) wrote,
@ 2008-10-14 11:10:00
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To my undecided friends
...might I recommend the political compass test to help show you which party's platform is closest to your own views?



...and just for kicks, here's my result:



If I'm reading that chart right, I think it means I should set my ballot on fire.

Where are you, Canadian Pirate Party?

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[info]squid_pants
2008-10-14 03:34 pm UTC (link)
You're reading it wrong, it means you should sharpen the edge of your ballot and make some politicians more "open minded".
Wink wink.
Trepanning is the witty direction I went there that you may not have caught because I'm made of awesome wittiness!

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[info]sqwd
2008-10-14 04:30 pm UTC (link)
A few times I wrote in really large letters across my ballot "Ballot counters suck cock!" Figuring if you're going to insult someone, insult the only person legally allowed to look at it. Another year, I tried to tape a picture of a woman's bumhole onto the ballot and was going to write "this is the only asshole I would vote for" on it... but I have problems with the tape while I was at the voting booth.

My general problem with these elections is that no one really votes for who they want, they vote against who they don't want.

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[info]twiin
2008-10-14 05:38 pm UTC (link)
My general problem with these elections is that no one really votes for who they want, they vote against who they don't want.

Yeah, this is the problem with first-past-the-post systems like what we have here. We need to move to something new.

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[info]sqwd
2008-10-14 06:01 pm UTC (link)
I think we should design robots that will become our politicians. These robots would say things that meant something to the people in the riding they represent and say it at volume levels depending on how many people in their riding feel that way. If six people cared about something then it would say it very very softy, and if 25 000 people thought something, it would say it really really loud.
We'd stick all these robots into a room together and let them run 24 hours a day. Oh sure, nothing would get done, they would just be shouting almost meaningless things at each other "I want lower taxes!", "There are too many immigrants stealing my women!", "let's save the environment!", "more jobs!", "legalize pot!" etc. BUT at least you would feel that you have some sort of voice in government.

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[info]roughestgunark
2008-10-14 05:56 pm UTC (link)
You and I are in the same quadrant, though I am closer to Gandhi than you are.

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a haiku
[info]twiin
2008-10-14 05:58 pm UTC (link)
you and i are in
the same quadrant though i am
closer to gandhi

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Re: a haiku
[info]roughestgunark
2008-10-14 06:25 pm UTC (link)
you try to endear
with vocabular antics
to share my good drugs

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Re: a haiku
[info]sloot
2008-10-14 08:12 pm UTC (link)
blah blah blah
haikus are weird poetry
refrigerator

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[info]prox2
2008-10-14 08:55 pm UTC (link)
I did one



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[info]muffin_von_chub
2008-10-14 11:02 pm UTC (link)

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[info]muffin_von_chub
2008-10-14 11:03 pm UTC (link)
durrrrrrrrrrr...

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-5.62&soc=-7.54

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[info]dirtybunny
2008-10-20 02:47 pm UTC (link)
i almost fell off the edge of the graph!

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-9.00&soc=-8.72

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