but there were a couple of questions that i could have given drastically different answers to based on how they are worded.
for example, the government subsidies question. i'm all for subsidizing farmers and other areas where it's hard for people to make a living doing it, but society would be in deep shit if everyone suddenly pulled out of the industry. however, many government "subsidies" ammount to corporate wellfare, which is one of the biggest evils facing modern man.
of course, for any map to be completely accurate, it must be in a 1:1 scale, becoming as large as the terrain to be represented and loosing all value as a map.
yeah, multiple choice like that doesn't leave much room for subtleties.
but hell, neither do american politics, unfortunately.
(having done even student government for a year, i can't believe how bush is trying to construe kerry's "record" of votes as anything meaningful. it's so easy to have a basic bill that is something else entirely by the time all the amendments pass or fail to pass.)
i ended up going with first instinct on the questions... which, in a lot of cases, is pretty wildly different from what i'd say if i sat and considered the implications.
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i'm one square down and to the left from you
Date: 2004-10-23 10:38 am (UTC)for example, the government subsidies question. i'm all for subsidizing farmers and other areas where it's hard for people to make a living doing it, but society would be in deep shit if everyone suddenly pulled out of the industry. however, many government "subsidies" ammount to corporate wellfare, which is one of the biggest evils facing modern man.
of course, for any map to be completely accurate, it must be in a 1:1 scale, becoming as large as the terrain to be represented and loosing all value as a map.
Re: i'm one square down and to the left from you
Date: 2004-10-23 08:30 pm (UTC)but hell, neither do american politics, unfortunately.
(having done even student government for a year, i can't believe how bush is trying to construe kerry's "record" of votes as anything meaningful. it's so easy to have a basic bill that is something else entirely by the time all the amendments pass or fail to pass.)
i ended up going with first instinct on the questions... which, in a lot of cases, is pretty wildly different from what i'd say if i sat and considered the implications.