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Ok, this is the last of the online quizzes I swear. This one is actually very interesting and more relevant than any of the previous such links. Check it out, really: www.politicalcompass.org

My political compass:
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56
(Scores range from -10 to +10)
… making me leftist libertarian, aka communist anarchist, somewhere near the Dalai Llama:

… and giving all the more reason to vote green:?

Which animal totem suits you?

I can’t be arsed to put the full animal list but I scored as a Fox (83%).

“You are the Fox. You are quite intelligent and use it to your advantage. You are a diplomatic person and use that to help your friends in times of crisis, not choosing sides. You are also very patient, waiting for what you want.”

Everyone’s doing this test: What kind of atheist are you?
My score:
Agnostic 75%
Scientific Atheist 75%
Apathetic Atheist 67%
Spiritual Atheist 50%
Angry Atheist 25%
Theist 17%
Militant Atheist 8%

Percentage of what, I don’t know. Perhaps it should add up to 100. Whatever.

An interesting question in the agree/disagree test was Even if I found out for sure that God was real, I wouldn’t worship him. I had to think about that one for a second.

Gingerism. I’m sorry, is that a word?

Is gingerism as bad as racism? is currently top of the BBC News most read list.

This is the second article about red-heads in the space of two days. Yesterday’s Gruaniad had a spread picturing famous gingers. I didn’t read it, but I got the impression it was a celebration of gingers, and was in a much more positive tone than the BBC’s gingerism article.

It’s not the vivid ginger it was when a was young, but I like my hair colour. My brother, all in good humour, calls me the ginger ninja from time to time, and this doesn’t bother me though I think there is a twist of an intended mickey-take in there.

Are people really “gingerist”? Bullying aside, I think not. And I don’t think gingerism is in the same league as racism. Where do you draw the line between bullying/banter and gingerism? Most people making gingerist comments are going to be at the banter end of the scale, and red-heads who can’t take that need to get a backbone.

I don’t think the “drunken yob” in the article was gingerist. He was talking like any man in his situation, drunk and thinking with his nob. If the woman wasn’t ginger, he would still have spoken to her, made a comment about her tits, and she would have felt exactly the same way. A-holes like this exist. Get over it.

Last night was the 11th annual Webby Awards ceremony, held in New Yoik. A glance down the winners list pointed me to these lovely sites:

Moto colors
Awesomely tasty Flash application - get in touch with your creative side.

ZWOK!
It’s a Flash multi-player game, basically the same as Worms. I’m not any good but it’s simple procrastinator’s fun.