"59.6% of New Yorkers interviewed supported
armed conflict to resolve (street interviews from a 1997 CBC documentary
about the effect of polls and
surveys on our lives) |
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I
watched that 1997 documentary myself, and I was blown away with how effortlessly
the
person-in-the-street interviewer could whip those folks into a frenzy about those
dangerous Canadian silverfish.
Since then, I've seen Rick Mercer's Talking
to Americans.
And who can forget the same Rick Mercer inspiring over a million
Canadians
to sign a petition to force Stockwell Day to change his name to
Doris?
My Point?
Referenda, polls and surveys are useful, but only
when used judiciously.
(and that's true 19 times out of 20.)