The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #38561   Message #556845
Posted By: John Hardly
23-Sep-01 - 01:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Political Compass
Subject: RE: BS: Political Compass
Jim Dixon,
I got an idea. Let's start over.

This "Why? Just because it didn't give you a chance to express all the nuances of your true thoughts? Well, it didn't give ME a chance to express all the nuances of MY (liberal) thoughts, either. Multiple-choice questionnaires never do." is what I thought bordered on rude. I fell into the old internet thingy of thinking that all caps=shouting. When you have to type all kinds of <<'s and B's and I's for nuance, capital letters are a much more accessible means of expressing emphasis.

Upon re-read I also realize that I am all wet. Because I knew what I meant I failed to realize that when I posted "Basically, I can tell you from a conservative to libertarian's point of view, the thing was unanswerable (I suppose you all saw it that way a bit too)" when taken grammatically, "I suppose you all saw it that way too", that would grammatically apply to my stated assertion, that being "from a conservative's point of view...thing was unanswerable". If I had wanted it to say what I I should have said, "I suppose you liberals saw it as impossible to answer from a liberal's point of view too."

In short, I was wrong. I apologize.

JH