Re: Truths (Re: [ga] Lies, damned lies, and votes.)

[t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>]

ploki_xyz@hotmail.com (Tue 05/28/02 at 06:03 AM +0000):

> >welllllll facts are facts...but given the numbers...I would not hold my
> >breath and jump up and down claiming any difference there is
> >statistically significant.
> 
> That was not my intention.
> If you followed the thread, my comment was in reply to a series of comments 
> that claimed that only Motion #1 was important.

if you look back, i don't think you'll find a single person who 
claimed this. what you *will* find is a lot of opinions, as in,
'i THINK motion #1 is MORE important.'

the origin of this debate, afaict, is the tantrum thomas threw 
over my article on ICANN watch and, more important, his obstin-
ate refusal to accept the fact that people are free to say they
think motion #1 is MORE important. his outbursts in *at least*
three forums set the tone for the subsequent 'debate,' which, as
i said, consists of (literally) a handful of people repeating 
themselves ad nauseam.

the one exception, i think, is ross; but i find his arguments to
be completely disingenuous, and i suspect he does too. YMMV, and
i attach no procedural significance to that claim, other than the
one i initially made.

cheers,
t
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