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2007-10-22 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Wouldn't NESFA's game of sf convention bidding, If I Ran the ~~Zoo~~ Con be more fun?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-10-22 00:38|| 2007-10-22 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 8%.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-22 00:57|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-22 00:57|| Front Page Top

#3 25%. Not bad for a newby! ;-)

Posted by gorb 2007-10-22 03:04|| 2007-10-22 03:04|| Front Page Top

#4 27%. I feel so...so evil...so racked with guilt over my white-skin privilege...so unprogressive!

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2007-10-22 03:29|| 2007-10-22 03:29|| Front Page Top

#5 BTW, I think the game should have offered bonus points for writing posts on media-industry blogs about how much the truly enlightened journalist despises KKKonservatives.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2007-10-22 03:31|| 2007-10-22 03:31|| Front Page Top

#6 You guys ae sooooo... manipulatable!

I guess that living for 30 years under commieism made my skin thicker. Let alone that the only determination criterium I would be aplying is a merit. If I were a HR officer an ended up with 99% Amerindians in my workforce, I would care not a iota as long as I get the best people for the job(s).

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-22 03:47|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-22 03:47|| Front Page Top

#7 14%, level 2, but I was not really trying.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-22 03:55|| 2007-10-22 03:55|| Front Page Top

#8 any survey that uses wild cards to alter your score is not serious.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-10-22 04:23|| 2007-10-22 04:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Agreed, I got three +1, so my actual result would be even lower; anyway, it's not a survey, it's a "game" meant to "educate" the people playing it by making them choose the "good" responses.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-22 04:57|| 2007-10-22 04:57|| Front Page Top

#10 29 percent... Level Three

Posted by badanov 2007-10-22 05:12|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2007-10-22 05:12|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd rather beat myself with a chain than pretend I'm struggling to hire minorities.
It's a newspaper, for Pete's sake, you're not gonna see who wrote what. And, if and when you write only the truth, it would be considered ultra-conservative.

Posted by wxjames 2007-10-22 07:30|| 2007-10-22 07:30|| Front Page Top

#12 I feel so unmulticultural, undiverse, guilty, white, politically incorrect, and...Nah! I'm not responsible for all that crap. Time for another cup of coffee and time to move on.

Build the damn fence faster.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-22 07:45|| 2007-10-22 07:45|| Front Page Top

#13 25% and I got to sexually harrass two interns, woo hoo!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-10-22 07:48|| 2007-10-22 07:48|| Front Page Top

#14 24.5% on Level 3. I think it was my refusal to apologize for the illegal immigrant story that "kept me from bringing my newsroom into parity with my community".

If this is how real newsrooms operate, no wonder most local papers suck.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2007-10-22 09:34|| 2007-10-22 09:34|| Front Page Top

#15 19%
Boy, I'm a fascist.

If this is how real newsrooms operate, no wonder most local papers suck.

On. The. Nose.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-10-22 09:38|| 2007-10-22 09:38|| Front Page Top

#16 it's a "game" meant to "educate" the people playing it by making them choose the "good" responses.

You are right. It would be more fun if they re-titled it the newsroom divestiture game :-)

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-10-22 10:41|| 2007-10-22 10:41|| Front Page Top

#17 18% at level one. But I skewed the results by choosing what I thought a real newspaper would likely do. I guess a real newspaper wouldn't find me a good fit.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-22 11:35|| 2007-10-22 11:35|| Front Page Top

#18 I went level 3 and just now bought out Murdoch. I now own Fox, the New York Post and the WSJ. I am looking for serveral white, anglo-saxon, christian, ex-military reporters and editors. No females, hispanics, African-Americans or gays need apply. Salary is top-notch and you get 3 weeks paid vacation in the Idaho panhandle.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-10-22 12:09|| 2007-10-22 12:09|| Front Page Top

#19 You have to realize for them the ethnicity is all that matters. Not talent, not honesty, not ethics. If your skin color is wrong then you cannot report on a given ethnic group.

Its racism over merit. Liberals have become racists, judging peopel by the color of their skin, not the content of their character.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-22 12:20|| 2007-10-22 12:20|| Front Page Top

#20 That do you mean "become", OS?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-10-22 12:37|| 2007-10-22 12:37|| Front Page Top

#21 They are racists because they still want a pool of serfs, slaves and dependents.

Someone needs to mow their lawn and clean their house.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-10-22 18:51|| 2007-10-22 18:51|| Front Page Top

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