Banned because the ACT is really a very poorly-designed test.

Banned because I took the GRE while I was finishing my bachelor's at a school that doesn't give grades at all, just narrative evaluations. The irony was striking.

My guess is that both you & Scoutdog simply suffer from both strong test-taking skills and a decent insight into your own limitations. I very much doubt that any test based on multiple-choice answers can be a truly strong assessment of student skills and knowledge. The problem you're complaining about actually makes me drive down my 'hourly rate' because I make my students and myself deal with far more writing than the college bureaucracy requires. I'm never really confident that I've helped someone learn until I can see it in writing.

Banned because it's been 10 years. That's not healthy, and it's doing the political environment no favors.

And ever since they ganked off Bin Laden, Qaeda's been on the move. I know these sorts of things usually have a kind of lag, but the cause and effect is almost too obvious.

Banned for having a hard on for Osama bin Laden's mom

Sareth: Banned for I'm married, you sonoma beach! *Slap*

Swicord: Banned for a joke about brandishing your 9 Mil attached to your crotch to the cops.

banned for talk to the hand.

As for testing, that might be a good summation of it. As an English major with a history minor, I feel I got plenty of writing in. Had maybe one multiple choice final in my whole major. So it's not always lacking. I think the problem with SATs, GREs, et al is that they need to be both objective and strive for accessibility to all post-graduate programs. It inherently doesn't balance out any way you cut it.

As for commemorating 9/11, I don't know if I would say it's unhealthy, but most countries or cultures celebrate major events. Independence Day, Easter, Guy Fawkes Day, etc. It's common and any sociological health associated with it is probably as up for debate as anything else.

banned for I love the Jewish 9/11 theory. It means I both knew about it AND I have Jew gold hidden somewhere.

Where's my Jew gold?!?

Banned for having a heart. Send our thanks for the participation.

Banned because in Britain there is increasingly a drive for terrorism to be viewed as a crime, not an act of war. Anti-terrorism is becoming more associated with the police rather than the military, which is quite right IMO, as they're the ones fighting any acts of terrorism should they potentially occur.

BTW did you know that Britain will be treating the terrorist threat level as "severe" for the 2012 Olympic games?

Banned because we don't get a colour bar, it just gets announced when it changes.

Banned because that's a terribly good point. The Olympics have been politicized since the 30s, if not earlier, and probalby always will be. And where there is politics, there will be political extremists.

Banned for pointing towards zero.