Ye gods! Some people have no shame...

So, Lj sets up a facility so you can, if you chose, list what school or university you went to. Not a bad plan, I like it. So do lots of other people.

Some people though, don't get the point. Did any of these people really study at Hogwarts? And I really doubt this lot are from the Unseen University.

I despair at times. Thanks to theweaselking for the links...

Online tests and economic pigeonholing

Well, I remembered why I switched from Mozilla to Firefox, and went and did an OK Cupid! test. The browse didn't crash. Shame I can't say the same about Thunderbird; I've found all the mail, and been told how to reboot it so it loads it back up, but it won't give me a profile with access to it. Gah!

Anyway, to topic. I took the ( OK Cupid politics test )

and found the results to be a little weird to say the least, although they didn't surprise me. Essentially, I'mstrong on social freedoms, but strong on social protection. The problem with these things is it judges a desire to give a safety net and an equal start to everyone as being economically controlling, and makes me non economically permissive.

Wrong! I'm a strong believer in the principles of a market economy, the Market is undoubtedly the most efficient means of distribution and exchange yet discovered, and it's pretty good with assessing the value of an individual product, as long as it is a functioning market.

The thing is, I don't believe in corporate ownership, and would rather shop in small, local businesses than chain stores whenver possible. But every tick in favour of controls on corporations makes me "less" in favour of economic freedoms. This isn't tied to online tests, it's endemic within commentary on economics. It's assumed you're either 'Left' or 'Right' economically, there doesn't seem to be any understanding of the difference between social justice, fair trade and a functioning market analysis.

Sorry, rant over, I return you to your regularly schedule of me bouncing all over the room and worrying about the phone bill.

Bus!

Bus, you say? Bus!

http://www.roberts-mapp.com for the benefit of the new readers not understanding the bus obsession. The Icons site looks quite cool though.