Welcome Trojan

GuanYin

Just a quick note to say welcome to Trojan as a our new US Elections 2008 forum mod (and hopefully future US Politics forum mod ).

Be nice and give him at least a week before the first feedback thread

BlitzKrieg

I can't trust Trojan as US Election 2008 mod. I have read about him and he's not, he's not uh — he's a Democrat.

eVeNtInE

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CtrlSource

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

I have read about him and he's not, he's not uh — he's a Democrat.

Which is precisely what the world needs right now!

Black Swan

Anyone with the name Trojan has to be grand indeed, given that I am a USC Trojan coed.:cool:

Nevyn

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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Lollers

GL Trojan.

Trojan

Thaedydal wrote: »

Lollers

GL Trojan.

Banned.

Inquitus

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

I can't trust Trojan as US Election 2008 mod. I have read about him and he's not, he's not uh — he's a Democrat.

There's worse.......he's a Leinsterfan!

Trojan

Thanks GY. For the record, here's my approximate economic/social position courtesy of PoliticalCompass:



Compare to the Primaries candidates:

brianthebard

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Anyone with the name Trojan has to be grand indeed, given that I am a USC Trojan coed.:cool:

I heard he was named after a condom company?

Nevyn

Trojan wrote: »

Banned.

Love you too, sweetie.

Dave!

Hey, can I call you Alastair?

Thank you.

Welcomen!

brianthebard

You didn't include Stephen Colbert in that graph Trojan! Outrageous!

Overheal

Passed over for mod so many times I have

edit: that compass has always been a hoot over the years

Manic Moran

Don't worry, they asked me once, I declined.

I recall doing that test once before, but I could have sworn I came out a little bit to the left of this. Still, compared to the politicians on the chart a few posts earlier, it confirms my view that I'm pretty middle-of-the-road.


Some of those questions I didn't really want to answer. More of a 'none-of-the-above' or 'just what context do you mean?' deal.

NTM

Overheal

you gotta think about them. I apply each to a random scenario. for example I strongly disagree that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Just because Country B hates country C doesnt mean countries B and C wouldn't love to nuke A.

GuanYin

Well according to that site I'm here:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-5.75&soc=-4.41

Which really, really doesn't represent how I vote.

Manic Moran

Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.

Umm...
Are we comparing ourselves with Martians or Chimpanzees?

The rich are too highly taxed.

What if you think that everyone is too highly taxed?

It is a waste of time to try to rehabilitate some criminals

Are they talking about the Death Penalty, or non-confinement rehabilitation programs?

NTM

GuanYin

Manic Moran wrote: »

Are they talking about the Death Penalty, or non-confinement rehabilitation programs?

I took it as referring to social rehabilitation programs.

Pocono Joe

Oh great... now in addition to Trojan being "disappointed" in me, he can also ban me as well. I’m sure I’ll be giving you some headaches in your new role as a member of the Liberal Mod Squad!

Hey, any chance of you moving higher up the evolutionary scale into the upper right hand section of the political blue square?

Seriously though… Congratulations!

So when this election is over, will the new US Politics sub forum be "Four More Years Of Dubya" if McCain wins, and "OMG, What Have We Done" if Obama wins?

brianthebard

Probably entitled "well it couldn't be any worse than the last guy" if Obama wins and if McCain gets in "Well it couldn't be any worse...oh **** they just bombed Iran".

Overheal

Manic Moran wrote: »

Umm...
Are we comparing ourselves with Martians or Chimpanzees?

What if you think that everyone is too highly taxed?

Are they talking about the Death Penalty, or non-confinement rehabilitation programs?

NTM

1. Blacks, Caucasians, Hispanics?

2. Rephrase: "Are the rich too highly taxed in proportion to the poor"

3. Some people just dont want to, or cant be helped within reasonable means. I think they're referring to in-house rehabilitation, like prison schools and libraries, as well. Either way do you agree or disagree that some people just cant be helped besides rotting away in a cell or being executed.

Trojan

Pocono Joe wrote: »

Oh great... now in addition to Trojan being "disappointed" in me, he can also ban me as well.

Well actually I could already ban you, this just legitimises it. Kinda like the PATRIOT Act[1]

Pocono Joe

Trojan wrote: »

Well actually I could already ban you, this just legitimises it. Kinda like the PATRIOT Act[1]

Hmmmm, so you're comparing youself a bit to George W Bush... see, there is hope for you after all.

GuanYin

I'm sure that despite Trojan's leanings that there won't be any liberal bias in the forum.

You don't get to be an smod without having great judg....... actually, I can't finish that with a straight face

Trojan

Pocono Joe wrote: »

Hmmmm, so you're comparing youself a bit to George W Bush... see there hope for you afterall.

Definitely. Good ol' George and I, we're real similar. Two arms, two legs, and each have a head. Not so sure about the grey matter actually, but that's close enough.

Pocono Joe wrote:

Hey, any chance of you moving higher up the evolutionary scale into the upper right hand section of the political blue square?

Evolution?! What's this blasphemy? They can take that hippy elite liberal science and mumbo-jumbo and... doggonit.

GuanYin wrote:

Well according to that site I'm here:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/prin...5.75&soc=-4.41

Which really, really doesn't represent how I vote.

There's no party to represent that perspective, you'll have to pick the closest actual party

Interestingly, I used to be closer to that about 4 years ago (at least, according to their questionnaire): http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showpost.php?p=2148727&postcount=73

GuanYin wrote:

I'm sure that despite Trojan's leanings that there won't be any liberal bias in the forum.

Hmmm. Well, to answer in seriousness, I try to remain as unbiased as possible. However, as fair warning, I have a real problem with stupidity:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=770751&postcount=1
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2437513&postcount=3
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2148346&postcount=8
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=54084038&postcount=1
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2918282&postcount=17

Overheal

Monkeyfudge wrote:

Overheal can mod the AMERICA FORUM.

F*ck yeah!

He said it not me http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=56801230&postcount=11

No offence Trojan I welcome you

Trojan

Overheal wrote: »

He said it not me http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=56801230&postcount=11

No offence Trojan I welcome you

Sorry dude, I couldn't possibly support someone who so blatently misuses their mana.

L60FDr 14/32/5

Overheal

wow that took me a minute to understand havent played in months

Trojan

Time for this thread to close in any case