What's the difference between "right" and "left"?

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Mar 24, 2003 | 08:28 PM

#31

CBeyond

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Originally posted by mingster

Hmm...
Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.56

Guess I'm not too far from neutral

Ha hah hah... You are significantly far from neutral.

When I took the survey, I turned out more Ghandi than Ghandi

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.72

Mar 24, 2003 | 10:54 PM

#32

monkeymaker

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From: East Bay

Left = right
Right = wrong

Right?

BTW~ I scored a -6.00 economic and -7.49 social. Guess I'm just a regular ol' granola-munchin' tree-hugger huh?

PS~ Feed your S2000 with only 91 octane granola.

Mar 25, 2003 | 03:30 AM

#33

JonBoy

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Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -0.21

Interesting results, as the last poll I did (above) showed me to be definitely authoritarian and slightly to the left while this one shows me to be practically neutral between authoritarianism and libertarianism and in the middle left. I think this one is more accurate, as the questions were more focused (though they didn't have a "neutral" option, which I would have liked on a few of them).

Mar 25, 2003 | 10:33 AM

#34

AquilaEagle

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Originally posted by tokyo_james
Bill,

Labour sit on the Left hand side of the House of Commons as the Speaker looks at them, and the Conservatives on the Right hand side ..... and yes, I am pretty sure this is where the terms left wing and right wing originated ......

Wrong. Labour currently sit on the right as the speaker faces them and the opposition (conservative, Lib Dem, et al) on the left.

The party in power on the left as the Speaker faces them and opposition on the right. Positioning left and right physically in the House has nothing to do with political persuasion.