Who Are We? A Quasi-Meme for Irish Bloggers
I’ll answer myself and then tag four and so on and so on until we’ve tried to cover most Irish bloggers, then perhaps Richard will have a better idea of what we look like as a group. I have no sociological training so I’m sure there’ll be plenty of things wrong with this from a polling perspective but nevertheless. You can, of course, choose not to answer any question you wish.
Gender:
Age: (1-18; 19-30; 31-45; 46-60; 60+)
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Sexual Orientation:
Do you have a disability?
How would you describe your political philosophy?
Level of education (primary; post-primary; third-level; graduate; professional)
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (Ireland)?
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (UK)?
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (USA)?
Where do you stand on the EU?
Did you support the invasion of Afghanistan?
Did you support the invasion of Iraq?
Do you continue to support either or both of those conflicts?
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing Irish politics?
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing European politics?
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing international politics?
Are you, have you ever been, and do you ever wish to be involved in politics in a party political manner?
Who would you have voted for in the past US Presidential Election?
Gender: Female
Age: (1-18; 19-30; 31-45; 46-60; 60+) 19-30
Nationality: Irish
Country of residence: Ireland
Sexual Orientation: Gay
Do you have a disability? No
How would you describe your political philosophy? Liberal and feminist
Level of education (primary; post-primary; third-level; graduate; professional) Graduate
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (Ireland)? Labour
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (UK)? Liberal Democrats
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (USA)? Democrats
Where do you stand on the EU? I support it and its vision although I believe that it overestimates the potential for trade to bring people together as opposed to bringing countries together. I believe its machinations are unable to adjust to (a) greater numbers of states and people (b) cultural differences and (c) the challenges of the contemporary world. Therefore I believe that to survive the EU must become more efficient and more effective at building a sense of European identity that lives alongside national identity.
Did you support the invasion of Afghanistan? I supported the ideal of removing the Taliban from power but not for the same reasons as America did.
Did you support the invasion of Iraq? I originally supported the notion of removing Saddam from power although I felt that a greater attempt at growing organic movements and smartening sanctions would be a better way of doing so. However I was originally in support of the movement. While the ideal of removing Saddam is still something I support I no longer support the invasion as a result of the illegality of many tactics involved, the lack of respect for civilian life, the lack of proper planning and resourcing, the lack of peace making and peace keeping capacities and forward planning and the lack of an exit strategy that would leave the country ready and capable to move forward on an equal basis with all other nations.
Do you continue to support either or both of those conflicts? I continue to support the ideal of both but the process of neither.
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing Irish politics? Racism and xenophobia
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing European politics? Islamophobia
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing international politics? The rise in the security paradigm and the false dichotomy between rights and security
Are you, have you ever been, and do you ever wish to be involved in politics in a party political manner? I have been, I am not currently, and I don't know about the future.
Who would you have voted for in the past US Presidential Election? John Kerry, just because he was the least bad option
This is cool, although it might take the guts of a midterm break to summarise. ;-)
Posted by
Kevin Breathnach |
12:12 PM
i think this is bad. I don't want the eire-blogosphere to splinter like the america-blogosphere. I want people to read someone for the content . not because they adhere to their philsophy . people who don't read the opposite side of the arguement never learn and it polarises the debate. Labeling everyone will just make the task of avoiding questions eassier.
Thats just my opinion anyway. And no one evere agrees with me :( ;)
Kevin why does it take so long. If i was taking the meme test. my answers would be like.
darn tuten. hell no. that would be an equimenical matter
Posted by
Simon |
2:26 PM
Fiona - duly answered.
I think it's a good idea and I don't it will have a splinter effect. I read all shades of blogs and there are plenty I visit regularly whose views I don't share, but I respect their right to hold those views.
Posted by
Sinéad |
2:53 PM
ya i have answered some of the questions
Posted by
Simon |
3:11 PM
My quick answers are up. Interesting questions.
Posted by
Fence |
3:39 PM
Are you going to make a big massive spreadsheet with all the answers and have little colouredy pie charts???
Posted by
Auds |
7:45 PM
Are you going to make a big massive spreadsheet with all the answers and have little colouredy pie charts???
Why not? At the very least, it's a more credible basis than "suspect, without knowing".
Posted by
EWI |
7:47 PM
i think this is bad. I don't want the eire-blogosphere to splinter like the america-blogosphere. I want people to read someone for the content . not because they adhere to their philsophy .
It splintered from the beginning, whether we like it or not. You may have gotten the memo from Sjostrom, Waghorne et al.
people who don't read the opposite side of the arguement never learn and it polarises the debate. Labeling everyone will just make the task of avoiding questions eassier
Tell that to the 'Freedom Institute'.
Posted by
EWI |
8:46 PM
By the way, there's a whole bit (lopped off the end of that tete-a-tete between myself and Dickie I linked to last) missing due to the Haloscan 'problems' which perpetually beset the FI.
Posted by
EWI |
8:48 PM
Glad to see everyone's getting into the swing of it!!
Posted by
F |
8:13 AM