Us country folk don't mind the redneck title. just don't be talking 'bout our wives, I mean sisters ....
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDANT REPORTERS IN IRAQ-innocent lives will be lost! > Hello Andrew > > >On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:55:10 -0500, "John Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >said: > > > > > > > > > > > Such a poll would be useless given selection bias issues inherent to > > > nonrandom sampling.... > > > >Would you expand on this a little? > > > > > Besides, do you really need a straw poll to conclude > > > that the majority of list readers are against this war? > > > > > > >Given that the most active posters appear to be, excuse ommissions, Keith > >Addison, > >Motie D, Hakan, Steve Spence, Murdoch, csakima, girl mark... that leaves > >I guess > >rather a lot of people who aren't saying much. > > There are a LOT more posters than that, probably about 200-250 fairly > regular contributers, many more if you extend it to occasional. It > shifts, people leave, they're replaced by newcomers. but it's usually > well above 10% of membership, which I think is about the average for > mailing lists. A lot of the lurkers are less silent than they seem - > many of them communicate with me and with other people off-list. > > >In addition there is an > >amount > >from time to time redneck opinions. So, well, no it isn't so obvious > >to me who is or isnt the majority. Not too bothered either. I'm very much > >against > >the war; stinks of hypocrisy. > > A couple of pro-war Brits maybe, though they seem to be a rare breed, > perhaps an Australian or two, perhaps not. I think virtually everyone > else would be against the war except Americans, who're not a majority > of the list membership, and most of them are anti-war anyway. I'd say > John's almost certainly right. > > "Rednecks" (is that an abusive term or not? - I dunno) seem to be > generally intolerant of other views than their own and inclined to be > noisy and chauvinistic about it. A bit like this: > > Which Side Of The Media Is Inclusive? - Conservative Media Don't Want > To Hear From The 'Other Guy' > http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7355 > > So their opinions here might be disproportionate to their numbers. > > Best > > Keith > > > >-- > >Andrew Preston > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Your own Online Store Selling our Overstock. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rZll0B/4ftFAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
