Kam wrote:We need to make sure that our judges all descend from disparate political affiliations.
A sound idea.
Kam wrote:What political group are you affiliated or most closely associated with, Vivisekt? We need to keep track of our judges' politics in order for the debate to be more fair.
Mmm... I have found that my 'political affiliation' can be a confusing subject for some.
I usually feel that I am forced by the relativity of information (and humility, resultant from that relativity) to commit to nothing specific on the sociopolitical level. I can't claim to tow any established party line - as Demo said earlier - and this leaves me fairly apolitical and nihilist in practice. For the sake of argument, I always try to be as pragmatistic and objective as possible, issue by issue, adhering only to that logic.
That being said, on PoFo I tend to sympathise with/argue in favor of several ideological catagories, on a philosophical level. Please note that several of these ideological catagories are diametrically opposed to one another:
Libertarianism
Totalitarian Socialism
Internationalist Fascism
Progressive Totalitarianism (example: Civitas)
Technocracy
Generally speaking, if a point holds any logic as applied to the modern plight of man, I can readily argue in favor of it. Regardless of from whence it came, or what it is traditionally associated with.
Jesse wrote:I'd like to ask Sapper and Starman to participate on the Platonist team, as well as Vivisekt, as while it may not reflect his ideology exactly, his knowledge of it is precise, superior and knowledgeable and he is able to explain and defend it with eloquence. Failing that, I'll have to look to another. Unless I only need myself and two others... in which case, I'll PM those two gents and hope to get their cooperation.
Thanks for the kind words, Jesse. If I am indeed not needed to act as a judge/mod, I will be available to argue for any team that requests my participation with the exception of Marxists and Anarchists (due to lack of comprehensive information on Marxism, and the illogical subject matter of Anarchism).