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Old 09-01-2008, 02:58 PM  
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Originally Posted by Mike33 View Post
There you have it. It's not even 50/50. The majority is still in favor of these views.

If those figures are accurate, they confirm that the views on GFY aren't at all representative. I've seen polls like this before and was surprised, too. Sad really. But no amount of wishing it away changes it.
Huh? You quoted stats that show the majority is not in favour of these views... Can someone give a non-American a rundown on what's going on here?

Ideas floating around:
US populace is better than general GFY lowlife
US populace is as stupid as GFY
Pornographers would sell their mother for a [unique] hit
Pornographers are intelligent as the rest of the 'mainstream' people

I'm confused....

In any case - here's some clarification on those stats that were pimped....


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Originally Posted by tony404 View Post
Ill help you
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...-warpoll_N.htm 60 percent are against iraq
Of those 60% "...include those who want U.S. troops out immediately and others, like Tease, who argue America has an obligation to improve Iraq's stability before going."
That is not the same as 60% are against Iraq....

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71 are anti abortion
the # of real anti-abortion people == # of pro-life people. The uncertainty rests in those that can't make up there minds (54%) saying no abortion is wrong, but ok in certain circustances (add me to that 54% miscreants) ... And these stats are unchanged since 3 years (from that article).

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in657083.shtml more lean to creationism I find this one very upsetting.
you got 2 out of three.
I'm sorry but I do not at all find this disturbing - I find it shows that 87% of Americans either
1) don't know what creationism means
2) are actually allowed to think for themselves and not be spoon fed.


Of course, these kinds of polls rarely show their poll #s nor their funding source, so take statistical data with a pinch of salt....
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