Mike Jacoubowsky said:Quoted message said:We need to be saved from the people who are saving us.
Bill CI agree. And I agree with just about everything else you brought up. I just
don't think *any* survey or scientific study should be taken seriously
without looking at who's behind it. And invariably you will find opposing
views looking to design a survey that supports their views. But not in ALL
cases. That's not what I meant. Just that it shouldn't be in the least bit
surprising to find biased methodologies coming from both sides of an issue,
not just liberal, not just conservative. And that somehow the rest of us
need to look at the surveys & studies to try and figure out what's behind
them.--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com
Exactly. There isn't a damned thing I'm told by a politician, read in
a study, or read as the "latest advance" in medeicine and other things
I don't either take with a grain of sand, or seriously question, even
if it sounds good.
Proove it, peer review it, duplicate it accurately, document all
that, and THEN I'll think about taking it as solid, and we all know
that even then we're wrong sometimes.
I've pretty much always figured ANYTHING coming out of the Pentagon
was either an outright lie, or suspect at best, this administration,
and the anti-war/MoveOn folks are in the same boat too.
They'll all happily lie their asses off, cook whatever they need to,
commission whatever fictional documentation they want to support their
positions.
As sort of an aside, but I think it's relevant, I was reading an
article about Facebook in Canada and how people use it to live a much
larger, embellished life than they actually have. The statements
weren't documented but match my experiences going back to the
beginning of Q-Link where I was pretty invovled as a host type way
back when.
I Guess, for me, it comes down to people doing whatever they have to
to get what they want, gratification, and recognition and being
willing to do a lot of questionable things to get there.
Bill C