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Politics : The Castle
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To: Lane3 who wrote (4883)5/12/2005 9:41:49 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 7936
 
OK I'll take it too.

On a number of the questions connected to religion I pick the less religious option, but the preference is so week and uncertain on some of them. I think the test might show me as more secular than I really am.

I definitely agree with the comment at
unabrewer.com

about the difference between "“how I feel about X” and “what the government should do about X”"

He meant it from a libertarian perspective where someone doesn't like something but would not want it banned but it also applies in a slightly different way for example the question where you have to pick

"Books that contain dangerous ideas should be banned from public school libraries"

or

"Public school libraries should be allowed to carry any books they want"

I can't really agree with either. Public school libraries are paid for by the government and should be subject to government oversight but that doesn't mean that "dangerous ideas" should generally be banned. Looking at it in abstract I'm inclined to agree with the first idea over the second because there are some things I think shouldn't be public school (esp. elementary school) libraries, but looking at many of the historical controversies over banned books I think I'm always or almost always against the banning.

I also noticed I had very few strong agrees.

I wound up with "Enterpriser"
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