The test Trag suggested surprised the hell out of me and had me down as a -4.50 on the economic scale giving me leftist leanings. The government scale of -0.56 (slight Libertarian leanings) which doesn't surprise me. If I had been born in the mid 1700s I would have been one of the participants in the Boston Tea Party, of that I'm sure.

The test that Abigail-II suggested came out more like I would have expected and plotted me as a Centrist. I'd love to think that I am a very balanced and fair person that oscillates around the center point of the chart depending on the individual situation and issue.

Some examples: I on one hand feel the USA (or any other country for that matter) has a right to defend itself militarily even to the point of "projecting" power to defend itself or help its friends defend themselves. On the other hand I am sick of seeing my country run around playing policeman around the globe sticking their nose in where we aren't invited/wanted. Too many good boys/girls have lost their lives that way for no good reason IMHO.

On one hand I believe that there are tooo many rules tying policeman's hands in terms of enforcing laws. On the other hand the trend towards making the act of invading privacy in the name of national security disturbs me greatly.

People in dire financial straits should be given a "hand up" not a "hand out". Meaning if someone is down and out they should be given enough help to stand on their own but not so much help that several generations are being raised under one roof on the public dole.

I know some of my views are not going to be popular with some folks here but they are after all my views and I will defend to the death anyone's right to disagree with me.

In reply to Re: Political alignment of the Perl community [OT] by blue_cowdawg
in thread Political alignment of the Perl community [OT] by Trag

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