[Buddha-l] Political views of Buddhists

[Christopher Shaw]

Economic 7.25
Libertarian 6.10 

Chris Shaw
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: paul bennett 
  To: Buddhist discussion forum 
  Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Political views of Buddhists


  Economic Left/Right: -6.63
  Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59 
  (right smack on top of gandhi)
  And I thought I was a hardass

  Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
    Dear comrades, er um, LURKERS:

    LURKERS of buddha-l, your assignment if you should choose to accept it, is to 
    take the short political quiz at http://www.politicalcompass.org/ and to 
    report your score back to the rest of us. (This will help Benito do his 
    research into the political orientation of Western Buddhists.)

    My score: -8.63, -7.13 (This means I'm about 87% communist and 71% libertarian 
    and therefor in the same sector as Gandhi, HHDL and Mandela, although 
    consideraby more to the left than any of them. This would put me pretty 
    solidly in the sector of folks that Benito sees as Buddhists in dire need of 
    reform and cure, perhaps even of inquisition. My company in this sector, in 
    addition o HHDL, would probably be Thich Nhat Hanh and Bhikkhu Buddhadasa. 

    I'm eager as hell to hear reports of where my beloved fellow denizens reside 
    on the Political Compass graph. So drop what you're doing and take the test!

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire



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  Paul Bennett
  net3431 at yahoo.com


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