NationStates Jolt Archive

In an effort to find some good topics for discussion, I am turning to the Political Compass quiz. The majority of us have taken this quiz and put thought into each of these questions, so hopefully they can provide some useful debate. Maybe we will see some radical shifts in political compass scores.

At the end all votes will be tallied and the predominant votes will be entered into the political compass to find an consensus political compass score for all of General.
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For each question post how you answered (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree) and give your reasoning for your answer.

Statement 4:
"Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races."

For each question post how you answered (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree) and give your reasoning for your answer.

Statement 4:
"Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races."

this is an odd question, cause i think there is some very well adapted races out there, but i'm not of them

Agree.. Though it's a grey agree.

I believe in each races having in general specific abilities better than others. Then again every race in general have their weaknesses.

There are no races so it is not possible for one race to be superior to another. We are human. We have distinct cultures and it can be argued that one culture is superior to another, but race just ain't real.

I think that the only differences between the races would be due to geographical separation, and that those difference are very insignificant. So I "strongly disagree".

To me that is a repulsive statement... Strongly Disagree.

Obviously every race is "designed" for something. Africans really can jump higher and run faster than europeans/americans or asians. I'm sure Native Americans can as well, simply because of their long history or being nomads when most other cultures had long settled down. Scandinavians are more resistant to cold than an african, however, once again due to their geographical location.

How would one define "better"? We've all got positive aspects. That's like saying we're more evolved than a chimp. Nonsense. Or can you climb around in trees like a chimp? I know I can't :-p

I put "Disagree"because i can't think of anything that's REAL superior about my race.

their is no race worse than yours, nor is there any better. pure equality.

No race is better or worse than mine. (White European)

For each question post how you answered (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree) and give your reasoning for your answer.

Statement 4:
"Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races."


Every one of these that I recall you've posted I've had problems with the wording.

This one I disagree with the intened wording strongly enough to voice my discontent.

I am assuming (as I always have) the question referes to the debunked biological race theories. Race doesn't exist, with the *possible* exception of H. sapiens neandethal.

There are no races so it is not possible for one race to be superior to another. We are human. We have distinct cultures and it can be argued that one culture is superior to another, but race just ain't real.


I'm not racist, but aren't there some phisical differences between different races? If so, wouldn't that disprove your agument?

I'm not racist, but aren't there some phisical differences between different races? If so, wouldn't that disprove your agument?

Well there is some debate, but generally speaking biologists and physical anthropologists say no, there are no races. There are some superficial differences in apperance, but these are clines. In simple terms, the differences are not starkly different, but they fade into each other. In otherwords, to take the most common factor that's usually considered a "racial marker", skin coloration shades from pale through dark without clear distinguishable differentriation. Yes, the far ends may be distinguishable, but there is no clear dividing line of X amount of melanin makes you black and Y makes you white, for the simple reason that it's impossible to find a distingushing break in the spectrum.

I don't think there are any races in the first place. If you insist that races exist, I can't say which race I'm supposed to be.

Notice you all teenage Finnish skinhead monsters: Finns are NOT Aryans. Actually Finns have been the lowest scum in Europe for centuries. The other Europeans (which we cared about) started to think we were worth living only after we proved that they didn't actually mean US when they were talking about Finns but those "dirty little" Sami people. We saved our skin by making others look even worse. Damn I'm proud to be a Finn. :rolleyes:

Every one of these that I recall you've posted I've had problems with the wording.

This one I disagree with the intened wording strongly enough to voice my discontent.

I am assuming (as I always have) the question referes to the debunked biological race theories. Race doesn't exist, with the *possible* exception of H. sapiens neandethal.

I would like to point out that I am neither choosing nor wording the questions, they come directly from the political compass quiz, which I think we have all taken.

As for the wording of this one, it seems pretty direct.

And I thought that neaderthalis was a seperate species, but I am not a anthropologist.