tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148260.post112623817443928113..comments2023-09-06T08:56:14.610-04:00Comments on Eidelblog: Cheap opinionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148260.post-1126499688632252712005-09-12T00:34:00.000-04:002005-09-12T00:34:00.000-04:00CF's point, though, is that we haven't enough info...CF's point, though, is that we haven't enough information to judge what the answers really mean. Is New Orleans "beyond repair" in that nothing can be done, or that it can be rebuilt? When the questions themselves are almost open-ended, so the answers will be too.Perry Eidelbushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707615907666584863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148260.post-1126445113991120502005-09-11T09:25:00.000-04:002005-09-11T09:25:00.000-04:00Perry says: "I question how these "609 adults" are...Perry says: "I question how these "609 adults" are so qualified that their opinions are important enough to be recognized in a poll. That's not a personal insult, merely an objective observation that these people may not know much at all about the issue." <BR/><BR/>This points to the fact that the collective can never speak for the individual. If it turns out that they agree then it is mere coincidence. With a group the size of 609 people you are almost certainly going to get some disagreement on all manner of topics. Does this make the majority of these people correct? No. What applies for one person may not apply for another. It would be insulting to think it would work this way but that is one of the cornerstones of socialism. That the collective knows better what your individual needs are.<BR/><BR/>Also, leveling something that is damaged beyond repair and building something new in its place is not all that contradictory. The WTCs were damaged beyond repair yet we're determined to rebuild them, or at least something, in their place.<BR/><BR/>Suffice it to say, IMHO, polls are almost always worthless. I had this to say about an LGF poll: "LGF comes up with its own meaningless poll in response to a Daily Kos meaningless poll. How should one vote in the LGF poll? I think head moonbat Markos is doing a great job... of making the reactionary left look childish, angry, and stupid, which I think is a good thing. Is it good for the Democrats? Obviously not, which should garner an negative vote. But then again, I encouraged the Dems to select Dean for president and then again for chairman because I thought he would screw things up. I'm just a dirty rotten scoundrel that way."TKChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034651417671564654noreply@blogger.com