Sure, and if I was not clear in my post allow me to try again. I was in no way attempting to imply that you were trying to pull something, or cloud the facts. I am also not trying to imply that the survey that you cited is not valid (I am not sure that we know enough to make that call). Rather, my post was simply a generalized criticism of these types of polls, as they seem to me to be rather sloppy and my fear is that a lot of people are basing their take of how the world works and how others are feeling on sloppy methodology.
** negative geez,** the website you listed as your homepage is inappropriate. I have removed it from your profile. Don’t post a link to it on the Straight Dope Message Board.
Lynn
For the Straight Dope
Binarydrone, all true. Sad, isn’t it?
This is a joke, right? 94% of Turks, 90% of Spaniards, and 73% of Italians are against the war. I must admit I don’t have polling figures for Micronesia and Guinea, but at least in regards to these members of the “coalition of the willing,” your simple summation of those populations based on the political position of their leaders leaves something to be desired.
Four countries doing the fightin’ while the other 46 sit on the sidelines (and await handouts from Uncle Sam) doesn’t fit my definition of “support”.
For me it’s the snappy wardrobe and witty patter.
He’ll bring us all together*.
*in the search for overripe vegetables and brickbats.
SHHhhhhhh!!! I don’t want to know about their love life.
FB
And not only the top fifty nations, but both* human and cetacean species!
I can just see the Fox News talking head say, "An opinion poll surveyed 1,100 dolphins, whales, and porpoises, with a standard deviation of +/- 2 percent.
When asked if Turkey’s incursion into Northern Iraq threatens to expand the war into a regional conflict,
70 percent answered, “Fish give Baaaa!”
25 percent answered, “Click, whistle, click, click, rasp”
10 percent merely blew water out their blowholes
and 5 percent answered, “So long and thanks for the fish. Watch out with the Vogons.”
That’s funny!
But were you making a meta-statement on the survey issue by having your percentages add up to 110%, or did your humor temporarily preclude your mathematics?
Yeah, what a moron! Any normal person would have been able to divide the country into at least three groups: pro-war, anti-war, and pro-anti-war.
But seriously, you can’t blame Bush for the collapse of the “America, the Beautiful” effect that arose from the 9/11 attacks. We can’t even agree on whether Coke-a-Cola is “soda” or “pop”, and you expect everyone to get along over something as serious as a war, especially as many people believe the basis of the war is questionable?
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But were you making a meta-statement on the survey issue by having your percentages add up to 110%, or did your humor temporarily preclude your mathematics?
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Uh, yeah, meta-statement, that’s the ticket. Hey, a UFO! <runs away>
But we CAN agree that it’s spelled “Coca-Cola.”
It’s spelled “Pepsi”!!!
I could have sworn I spelled it right. I blame Bush!
Geez, Sharpton for President?!
Methinks their plan is to get their vote in while all the Republicans are still laughing
Just please, anyone but Bush. Next election: Anyone but bush.
If it’s a choice between Bush and Sharpton, I’ll take Bush.
EVEN JEFF GORDON?