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Socialist

16 (32%)

Green

8 (16%)

Peace and Freedom

2 (4%)

Democratic

1 (2%)

Transhumanist

11 (22%)

Libertarian

8 (16%)

Republican

2 (4%)

Constitution

2 (4%)

Total Members Voted: 49

[Wimopy]

Eh, who knows. Maybe they have that in their political programme just to get the elven treehuggers environmental activists to vote for them, at least. Not working in the right way, as the quote by surqimus shows.
Pretty sure if they'd change a few of their standpoints they'd become a viable political party.

So, we infiltrate them? They have a name and a president candidate, we have good ideas. Sounds like a good deal.

[scrdest]

I ended up 80% Green, but I'm ever so slightly pissed off at that classification, as the answer similarity criteria in several cases were... flawed.

As in it counting the answer as similar if, with the hypothetical question 'Should small cute puppies be stomped brutally?' my answer was 'No, what the hell is wrong with you?!' whereas Greens' was 'No, gas them instead.' - the only convergence was the 'No', the rest couldn't differ more.

Plus, not being a citizen or otherwise a dweller of 'MURRICA! a couple questions were 'eh, whatever' for me.

[Powder Miner]

83% Libertarian (Basically how I classify myself, no surprise there).
82% Constitution (They're similar to the libertarians but define the nation on religious terms-- I do not.)
75% Green Party (except when you count the major issues of the green party :p)
70% Democrats (Not a fan, for mainly govt-power and economic reasons)
67% Republicans (Not a fan either, because of disagreeing with nearly every social policy they have. Support them economically, though.)
67% Conservative Party (There's not that big a difference between these and the Republicans)
37% Socialist Party (I am just... super not socialist.)

[ECrownofFire]

I forget the percentages and don't want to bother taking it again, but I got Libertarian then Green, and all the rest were pretty low.

Somewhere in the upper left in their chart thingy.

[Ghills]

The Green Party also advocates for alternative medicine. They're a bunch of moderately wealthy hacks whom fill up their relative position entirely thanks to it not having high numbers of supporters.

To be fair, a lot of alternative medicine is moderately helpful - think of all those medicines we have that came from examining traditional medicines and identifying the relevant chemical.  Acupuncture is effective at treating some conditions, etc.  Sorting out the decent ideas from the horrible ones takes work but can be worth it.

If you mean magnets, crystals, animal bones and horrifying herbal teas, then mock on.

[Vector]

-snip-

[Tiruin]

To be fair, a lot of alternative medicine is moderately helpful - think of all those medicines we have that came from examining traditional medicines and identifying the relevant chemical.  Acupuncture is effective at treating some conditions, etc.  Sorting out the decent ideas from the horrible ones takes work but can be worth it.

If you mean magnets, crystals, animal bones and horrifying herbal teas, then mock on.

I like you.

* Tiruin cheers Ghills.

Just like my medicine professor related stories about alternative medicine.
...Then punched the whole 'ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE EES BAAHD' stereotype, by giving the contexts to...literally all {as far as my memory goes -.-} discussed alternative medicine practices, and then noting the idea and mechanism behind the work.
Then related that last sentence in your quote and then recategorized the general label of alternative medicine.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

If it can be quantified and studied, it hardly continues to be "alternative" medicine. Traditional medicines can be filtered through to see if anything was actually discovered (the recent revelation that an old Anglo-Saxon poultice for ingrown hair infections just so happens to kill the fuck out of MRSA comes to mind), but the support of alternative medicine isn't a good thing. It kills.

[Putnam]

If it works, it's called "medicine". Alternative medicine is anything that isn't actually known to work.

Obviously you can look at alternative medicine for new efficient treatments, but at that point they patent it, give it a new name and call it medicine.

[redwallzyl]

about what i expected.

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[Tiruin]

If it can be quantified and studied, it hardly continues to be "alternative" medicine. Traditional medicines can be filtered through to see if anything was actually discovered (the recent revelation that an old Anglo-Saxon poultice for ingrown hair infections just so happens to kill the fuck out of MRSA comes to mind), but the support of alternative medicine isn't a good thing. It kills.

Now I remember the first part of what my professor mentioned. I wondered why there was something nudging me that 'edit yer post in that thread :I '.

...Anyone got a test for memory? >.>

[Wimopy]

Maybe I once tried one, but I forgot about it. 

Jokes aside, I'm not totally against 'alternative medicine' either, just like I'm not totally against regulating GMOs either.
I guess the medicine one depends on what you view as alternative and what not. I'm generally against modern homeotherapy (sugar-tablet with traces of a plant in it which sound good when written in Latin, but has no real medical value), but if a traditional method has worked for centuries, then I'm okay with it. Also, if a placebo can help someone, it's also worth a shot, just not as a first choice. Or maybe it IS a good first choice, but it shouldn't be the only choice? Not sure.

As for GMOs, it's enough to have some strict testing procedures, just in case that gene was misunderstood and causes the plant to contain trace amounts of poison that could build up or something. But enforced labeling of food as "Genetically Modified" would probably ruin their sales. That's definitely not acceptable in a capitalist state.

[Orange Wizard]

But enforced labeling of food as "Genetically Modified" would probably ruin their sales. That's definitely not acceptable in a capitalist state.

Bloody commies and their consumer protection acts.

[birdy51]

THE GREEN PARTY IS ONE... ALL ARE THE GREEN PARTY...

(except birdy51 and his strange conservatism )

I shall hold my ground against the tides of green!

[Tiruin]

Found some nice links. (Not tests!)
Must drop this link.
Also another one.
Both purely for educational purposes ._.