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Title: libertarian purity test
Post by: Friday on June 19, 2008, 08:37 PM NHFT
Someone posted this on the other forum: http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi-bin/purity.cgi (http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi-bin/purity.cgi)  I got a perfect anarchocapitalist 160.  :angel1:

Flashbacks to college, with a bunch of stoned teenagers crowded into a dorm room taking the real Purity Test (http://www.puritytest.net/). Good times, good times.   >:D
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Caleb on June 19, 2008, 10:06 PM NHFT
My score went down since I last took the test.

A lot of the questions aren't fair to pacifists.  "Is vigilante justice morally permissible, even against government employees?"  Stuff like that.
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Lloyd Danforth on June 19, 2008, 11:10 PM NHFT
I assume you aced it
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: KBCraig on June 19, 2008, 11:50 PM NHFT
Quote from: Caleb on June 19, 2008, 10:06 PM NHFT
My score went down since I last took the test.

A lot of the questions aren't fair to pacifists.  "Is vigilante justice morally permissible, even against government employees?"  Stuff like that.

I don't see that as incompatible with pacifism. Maybe you're equating "vigilante" with "violent", when it really just means a volunteer justice system. Like the Tuath, or mediation/arbitration.

I scored 155, because I disagreed that all government is inherently evil. I agree that all known governments are evil, but I suppose it's possible to have one that's not. It just wouldn't do much "governing".  ;)
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: dalebert on June 20, 2008, 09:11 AM NHFT
I sort of assumed it meant authoritarian monopoly-style governments and not voluntary governments, so I got a perfect 160. Otherwise, you're right. That question is a bit ambiguous. I felt silly taking the test because I knew I would get a 160 before I started.
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Lloyd Danforth on June 20, 2008, 09:54 AM NHFT
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on June 19, 2008, 11:10 PM NHFT
I assume you aced it

Friday deleted her post about acing a SEX test!
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: JJ on June 20, 2008, 09:55 AM NHFT
160
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Friday on June 20, 2008, 09:16 PM NHFT
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on June 20, 2008, 09:54 AM NHFT
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on June 19, 2008, 11:10 PM NHFT
I assume you aced it

Friday deleted her post about acing a SEX test!
You, sir, are incorrigible.  I did delete a post, but it said nothing about acing a sex test.
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: KBCraig on June 20, 2008, 10:55 PM NHFT
Quote from: Friday on June 20, 2008, 09:16 PM NHFT
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on June 20, 2008, 09:54 AM NHFT
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on June 19, 2008, 11:10 PM NHFT
I assume you aced it
Friday deleted her post about acing a SEX test!
You, sir, are incorrigible.  I did delete a post, but it said nothing about acing a sex test.

You mean you FLUNKED it?  :o :o :o
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: K. Darien Freeheart on June 20, 2008, 11:21 PM NHFT
160, but there were actually some I disagreed with but clicked "Yes" because I knew it was the "right" answer. :P

"Should all of the Federal Reserve's discretionary powers be eliminated and the monetary base frozen?"

This is the only one that actually made me pause, and my first click was actually "No". "Freezing the monetary base" isn't a preferable thing IMO - ALL medling in the economic base is wrong. If meddling is going to happen, I don't see why the Fed should be overthrown. Best not to pay burecrats to do busy work and trick the populace into thinking the gvoernment actually has a legitimate purpose or is doing something beneficial.
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: David on June 21, 2008, 08:46 PM NHFT
158
I prolly lost points in the beginning when it asked about the vouchers for school and housing.  I opose them because he who pays the bills calls the shots, in other words, the gov't would essentually nationalize by de fault the existing private schools and housing. 
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Brandon on June 22, 2008, 11:03 PM NHFT
With a 129, I surely scored the lowest here. And yes, I am ashamed.   :-[
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Lloyd Danforth on June 23, 2008, 07:27 AM NHFT
It's a start
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Russell Kanning on June 23, 2008, 07:48 PM NHFT
I looked at the questions and gave up.
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Brandon on June 23, 2008, 11:38 PM NHFT
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on June 23, 2008, 07:27 AM NHFT
It's a start


Sometimes it's hard to shake my socialist upbringing.
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: J’raxis 270145 on July 02, 2008, 07:33 AM NHFT
160.

FSP thread (http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=15410.0) about this quiz.
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Brandon on July 02, 2008, 05:10 PM NHFT
Quote from: J'raxis 270145 on July 02, 2008, 07:33 AM NHFT
160.

FSP thread (http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=15410.0) about this quiz.


The scores there seem to be a bit lower than here.
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: MaineShark on July 02, 2008, 06:00 PM NHFT
170 :)
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Brandon on July 02, 2008, 06:37 PM NHFT
Quote from: MaineShark on July 02, 2008, 06:00 PM NHFT
170 :)


Wow, that is mighty impressive.  ;)
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Russell Kanning on July 02, 2008, 07:02 PM NHFT
I must not be a libertarian ... I never got all the way to a score. ;)
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: memenode on July 06, 2008, 03:30 PM NHFT
I got 155, only because I answered "no" to 61, the "vigilante justice question, thinking it might mean violence. But now I realized it may not necessarily mean that in this context so I'd probably be 160.

Anyway, all tests are kinda skewed. At the beginning my recurring thought was "yes yes, I don't want *any* government or *any* regulation, not just that". :P

So part 3 was where I felt more at home. ;)

Cheers
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: Jennifer on July 06, 2008, 04:35 PM NHFT
160

Quote from: Brandon on June 22, 2008, 11:03 PM NHFT
With a 129, I surely scored the lowest here. And yes, I am ashamed.   :-[
I would've scored somewhere around there a couple of years ago - probably even lower than that.
You'll come around. ;)
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: lildog on July 17, 2008, 04:07 PM NHFT
Quote from: Brandon on June 22, 2008, 11:03 PM NHFT
With a 129, I surely scored the lowest here. And yes, I am ashamed.   :-[

76 "You are a medium-core libertarian, probably self-consciously so. Your friends probably encourage you to quit talking about your views so much."

;D

I guess this is why I don't consider myself a libertarian and instead consider myself a Constitutionalist.

Couple questions I was on the fence about so I could have answered either way though and most I choose the side that I'm sure ranked out as "pro government".
Title: Re: libertarian purity test
Post by: MaineShark on July 17, 2008, 04:17 PM NHFT
Quote from: lildog on July 17, 2008, 04:07 PM NHFT76 "You are a medium-core libertarian, probably self-consciously so. Your friends probably encourage you to quit talking about your views so much."

;D

I guess this is why I don't consider myself a libertarian and instead consider myself a Constitutionalist.

Damn Federalists... :o ;D

Joe