Louis:
In general, I stay out of any threads mentioning politics or religion (they
only get messy), but I must admit some degree of surprise, Louis. Your
assertion of people taking responsibility for their actions and the need
for the individuals in West Palm to be responsible enough to ASK for help
when confused (a point I agree with, incidentally), seems a bit more
stringent than your comments concerning students (since this IS a teaching
list, I thought I'd try to get the thread toward teaching). That is, you
generally emphasize the need for professors/instructors/teachers to reach
out to students, to make sure our measurement instruments (akin to ballots)
are clear and do not promote confusion. I also believe (and I may be wrong)
that you've suggested that certain exam performances might require
discounting if it appears the instrument (i.e., exam) may contain undue
measurement error.
This isn't meant to cast aspersions by any means. I just find your comments
a bit... surprising.
(But I wholeheartedly concur with your comments regarding the remarkable
avoidance of military intervention and anarchy; democracy seems to be
validated here despite the odd process it's taking).
David
At 10:01 AM 11/10/00 -0500, Louis_Schmier wrote:
>Well, Paul statistics never say anything, only people do. There are white
>lies, lies, biggies, whoopers, and then statistics.
>
>Personally, I think people have to take responsibility for their actions.
>If they voted quickly rather than deliberately, they're paying the
>consequences; if they were confused and didn't ask, they're paying the
>consequences. If the ballot layout in infamous West Palm Beach was
>illegal, as a lawyer friend of mine in Tallahassee tells me, that is
>another thing.
>
>In any event, from where I am sitting both nominees are not rising to the
>occasion as leaders. Then, again, no one said politics was a nursery
>game.
>
>In any event, despite the messiness that comes with democracy, we don't
>hear gunfire, rattling of tanks, and thud of marching boots. God bless
>America.
>
>
>Make it a good day.
>
> --Louis--
>
>
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Can't you find something better to do
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