Ethics

Rorschach Questions

By Ed Brayton

I've always loved the idea of Rorschach questions. These are seemingly innocuous questions about things that inadvertently reveal a great deal about someone. They usually involve a choice between two things. One of my favorites is: Which do you prefer, Tonya Harding or Nancy Kerrigan? The answer that you give reveals a great about you, I think (and the only correct answer, in my view, is "neither").

Balko was asked one of the classic Rorshach questions: Who is your favorite Beatle? He says the correct answer is George:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 22, 2009 (boomark / email).