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Emptied of expectation. Relax. ([personal profile] tinyjo) wrote2002-02-06 11:52 am
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1801000/1801773.stm

They're insane. If they win, I resign my citizenship of the world!

[identity profile] smithi1.livejournal.com 2002-02-06 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Much though I hate long URLs causing a horizontal scrollbar on this crappy PC screen, I have to thank you for letting me know about that so I could vote no.

Unfortunately there wasn't a "No, no a thousand times no!!!" option.

[identity profile] tinyjo.livejournal.com 2002-02-06 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed. I was amazed to see that about 25% of people had voted yes! They're insane!

[identity profile] oxfordslacker.livejournal.com 2002-02-06 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
I was also impressed by the disclaimer under the poll results:
'Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion.'
What does that mean? No-one, surely, is going to think that an opinion poll on the net can be safely taken as a reflection of public opinion. But more puzzling: 'indicative'? What are they claiming it's indicative of, if not public opinion? I suppose it's literally indicative of the opinions of poeple who've read the story and bothered to vote, but...
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[personal profile] jinty 2002-02-06 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
indicative as in 'purely indicative'?

Anyway, thanks for the link and thanks, [livejournal.com profile] smithi1 for letting me know I could vote against -- hadn't spotted that first time around!