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To: Joe NYC who wrote (221404)	3/9/2005 11:39:26 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 1575747

It is a place to start a discussion. I too doubt it has much validity. most people who put anything on the internet have an agenda. Those people are no different. Yes some of the questions are bizarre. It is interesting to note that different people think different questions are odd.

To: Joe NYC who wrote (221404)	3/11/2005 5:15:09 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1575747

Also the questions themselves aren't very good. Just on the 1st page you have "If economic globalization is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations." Well people who think globalization is a good thing probably think that many of the interests of trans-national corporations benefit from the same changes that also benefit humanity in general. "I'd always support my country, whether it was right or wrong." 1 - It ignores the difference between supporting the government and supporting the country. 2 - A more relevant question might be how much the country is right or wrong. "Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified." A lot of people might take this question to be a referendum on Iraq, but then a lot of Iraq supporters don't think it does violate international law, and a lot of people who didn't support Iraq might think there are some instances where violating "international law" is justified. Then, forcing you to choose between four idiotic answers, without "none of the above" or "don't care" or "don't have strong feelings one way or another" just magnifies the error greatly. I certainly agree with that. There should be a "none of the above", "I don't know", and/or a "this question doesn't make any sense" option. Tim