| 1. Today there
are several non-military civil wars being fought in the United States and other
industrialized nations. |
Agree
Disagree |
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2.
Groups and issues are listed to the right.
Select the
'civil wars' that you observe first-hand. |
Race: Black
vs. White
Language rights
Gender: Women vs. Men
Gay rights
Individualism
vs. Paternalism
Abortion rights
Environmental
issues
Rich vs. Poor
Animal rights
Class envy
None
of these |
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| 3. List any
other factions or groups you believe are aggressively fighting to change society. |
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4. Does
in-fighting between angry individuals and groups diminish your nation's ability to make
progress?
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Yes
No |
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| 5. Does
in-fighting between angry individuals and groups diminish your company's ability to
be competitive and productive? |
Yes
No |
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6. Does in-fighting between angry individuals and groups diminish your potential
enjoyment of everyday life?
|
Yes
No |
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| 7. Does
in-fighting between angry individuals and groups diminish your freedoms? |
Yes
No |
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| 8. Would we
all benefit if people realized teamwork is more constructive than in-fighting? |
Yes
No |
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| 9. The result
of social, cultural and gender civil wars is the breaking apart, shift into chaos
mode, and eventual self-destruction of civilized societies. |
Agree
Disagree |
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10. The election in 2000 for president of the United States has demonstrated that the
nation is fairly evenly divided into two groups. (Approximately 50 million people
voted both for the Democrat and Republican candidates.)
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Agree
Disagree |
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11. The election in 2000 for president of the United States has highlighted
several political and cultural factions.
Select the
opposing factions that you are aware of. |
Tax cuts vs. Entitlements
Individual vs. group rights
Size of the government
Class
warfare
None |
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12. What do you think about this?
The U. S. Civil War officially
started with the canon fired upon Fort Sumter in April of 1861. Fighting over the
issues of slavery, self-governance, economic self-determination and states' rights had
been ongoing for over 20 years.
Some people believe that the election
of 2000 marks the official beginning of Civil War II in the United States. The
explanation is that fighting over civil and individual rights, race relations, taxation
and the caliber of our culture has been ongoing for 30 years, but people felt guarded by
and trusted the justice system for its competence, fairness and high wisdom.
However, people lost confidence in the justice system after observing Gore push election
results into the courts and seeing the justice system flounder and stutter. Over 30
years people were becoming less respectful of the law in general, but Gore's use of the
upper echelon of the court system exposed the justice system's frailty and inability to
handle the contest with coherence and consistency.
Gore's assault using the justice
system is analogous to the canon fired upon Fort Sumter. The result, as in 1861, is
to have all factions emerge to defend their own beliefs openly with malice --- overt
anger, bickering and hostility between colleagues, coworkers, strangers and employers --
but not military in nature. |
I don't understand this at all
I agree with the premise
I disagree with the premise
I think: |
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| 13. I am: |
Female
Male |
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| 14. My age group
is: |
Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 & older |