RE: topic straw poll results!

[Matt Stannard <mstannard@AC.CEU.EDU>]

There is no reason to throw your skepticism at me considering
the caveats I was careful to make.  I used the word "seem(s)"
three times.  I put "accepted" in quotes.  I never meant to represent
this as anything other than what it was.  So now I'm taking my
ball and going home.  So there.  

matt

> ----------
> From: 	Alan Dove[SMTP:ad52@columbia.edu]
> Sent: 	01 May 1997 09:47
> To: 	Matt Stannard
> Cc: 	Issues concerning CEDA Debate
> Subject: 	Re: topic straw poll results!
> 
> On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Matt Stannard wrote:
> 
> > Based on this, the most "accepted" topic (ratio of best to worst)
> seems
> > to be Southeast Asia, followed by treaties, then civil rights.
> Campaign
> > finance reform seems to have some interest and some hostility.  The
> rest
> > seem uninteresting to the CEDA-L community. 
> 
> Given the statement you made at the top that the survey is
> "unscientific"
> and makes no claims to "authority or objectivity" (which scientific
> results would never claim, either, but that's a different discussion),
> this conclusion seems unwarranted.  Considering the extremely small
> number
> of votes, it seems odd to say that this means something about
> preferences
> in "the CEDA-L community."
> 
>           --Alan
> 
> P.S. Kudos to Tuna for posting his preferences.
> 
> __________________
> Alan Dove
> N3IMU
> ad52@columbia.edu
> http://128.59.173.136/Poliolab/Alan/Dove.html
>

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