Hi Mags - I was tired last night and should have articulated better. I have added below an article from the Globe and Mail which ran the poll. It was actually 84% who thought the US was at least partly responsible for the attacks. Part of my point was that the poll was so broad as to be deceptive. If you look at that broad question you could conceivably have 100% agreeing with it. But it doesn't provide the detailis as to specifically "what" or "how" one felt the US was responsible. I could answer it and say because of our lax intelligence and immigration policies and not necessarily because the US is so evil in the world, as some would like to promote, I believe. But the effect of those numbers hitting you cold can easily make an American think all kinds of things. There were some heated news shows the past few days here about it. There were a few Canadian journalists who were interviewed and they said not to take it as negatively as it looked. The link is too long to post but if you want to read the article at the Globe and Mail you can bring it up on a search. Here it is:
Ipsos-Reid takes issue with Harper criticism By SHAWN MCCARTHY Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - Print Edition, Page A5 Ottawa -- Polling firm Ipsos-Reid is threatening to sue Canadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper over criticisms made on U.S. television of one of its polls. In an appearance on Fox News last week, Mr. Harper dismissed an Ipsos-Reid poll -- carried in The Globe and Mail and on CTV -- in which 84 per cent of respondents said that the U.S. was at least partly responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Mr. Harper responded by saying Liberal pollsters get Liberal results. Ipsos-Reid vice-president John Wright said the firm is demanding a full retraction from Mr. Harper, saying it has absolutely no ties with any political party. Mags wrote: > A poll was taken in Canada. By whom? who was polled? How many? How is > one poll representative of "all Canadians" or all blue, purple, or > green people for that matter. > > just because a poll says something doesnt make it so.
