Author: KarinsDad
Date: 16:09:41 09/28/99
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On September 28, 1999 at 18:26:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: [snip] That made no sense to me. What is a more interesting >>>question is: Why were there not more people abstaining since that seemed to be >>>the only reasonable answer? >>> >>>KarinsDad :) >> >>We are entitled to an educated guess. Yes, you are. Sorry Will, I did not mean to imply that voting yes was stupid or something. I meant to imply that without data, most people who voted yes were voting an opinion as opposed to voting "Yes, this is true fact". I am sure that some of the people voting yes have more information and hence, could in actuality vote yes based on fact. I do not think that is the case for the majority of voters. We don't live in a vacuum, and opinions >>can be formed without proof, assuming familiarity with the subject. Since I >>have no evidence to doubt their practices and good faith, and do not generally >>subscribe to "conspiracy theories," a vote of confidence is preferable to a vote >>of uncertainty. >> >>Will > > >I didn't view it as a vote for uncertainty. I viewed it as a vote for >"I have absolutely no idea whether this is true or false." A vote for >"true" or a vote for "false" would be just as bad IMHO, in the absence >of anything concrete to base this on. IE I didn't view this as a "maybe" >vote at all... it was a "who the hell knows?" vote... Ditto. KarinsDad :)
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