Big ups for the Adams quote. Because, 42.
I do not however, trust surveys. Not any of them, not ever. Spent too much of my time working survey data. At their best? Wonky.
And few are at their best. It’s much, much too easy to skew the sample selection, and/or the questions, and/or the results, and/or the reporting of those results.
It’s statistics. And the only thing that generates more lies than statistics is survey statistics. No exceptions.
Now, a vote on allowing the TSA to exist? That would be excellent! People could still jump up and down about how important it was to vote or not, and why (or not) . They could still buy ad time, march n the streets, raise money - whatever they liked. Because, free speech & free assembly. But in the end, we’d have a decision that, even if it didn’t make any sense to some of us, would be a legitimately-decided decision.
One issue, up or down - not one-issue-as-propagandized-by-some-guy-wanting-the-gig-and-those-financing-him.
Soooo much cleaner. Obviously, nothing is ever foolproof, because fools get to vote. And run. But consensus is gained, and gigs vs. issues neatly partitioned.
