--- In [email protected], Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Roger Millin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >Steve addded: > >> No, not only his. Mine too. > >In my post the word 'only' referred to 'opinion', Steve, it was not > >meant to imply that Adrian was the only person to hold such views. > >Although it is true to say that, as of a few minutes ago, you and > >Adrian were in a minority of 2 to 1,004,171. ;-) > > Compare to "informed consent", a concept common in medicine. The > patient is first educated about the operation the physician is > proposing, and only then is asked to decide whether he wants it. > > There has been no such process wrt this petition. > > Supposing I said loudly and publicly "eating broccoli will kill you" > (it won't, for those who may wonder), and then asked people to sign a > petition banning broccoli, I bet many many people would sign it. And > they would be in a majority, of course, because there would be no- one > saying "eating broccoli is actually good for you" to these people > before they voted, and encouraging them to vote the other way. In > fact, most petitions (including this one) do not even have a mechanism > that lets you vote the other way. > > The petition is a farce. > >> Adrian > > Adrian Stott > 07956-299966 >
Sounds like a recent nabo agm! :-))) Sue from the wwb
