Re: Disturbing reality buried (must read re CBC poll)
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Posted by Norm on 15:00:59 2008/09/05
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Disturbing reality buried (must read re CBC poll) posted by Licia Corbella, Calgary Sun
I think you're being a little bit alarmist in your response to the survey. Firstly, the sample of 500 people is far too small to represent a population of 700,000. We're talking about 0.07% of the population speaking for the entire group (i.e. 60 people speaking for 84,000). The sample size of this entire survey is suspect.
Secondly, to ask people what is or is not justifiable is a meaningless question in a survey that is attempting to determine what the views of a certain group are concerning the plot itself. This is because the question is unclear on determining who is doing the justification. The 60 people could have thought that the plot was justifiable in the minds of the plotters but not in their own minds. Therfore on one level it is justified. Before you claim that 49,000-84,000 Muslims want to see the prime minister beheaded and Parliament blown up, perhaps you should wait for a survey to come back that has asked that specific question.
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