Re[2]: Poll for you to vote to save Brookhaven Lab -Reply

[Vincent.King@DOEGJPO.COM (Vincent King)]

     I think most Radsafe users are aware that there is no validity to such 
     a poll.  You never know how many "mobilized" organizations have 
     stuffed the ballot box.
     
     But it is refreshing (amusing, actually) to see that even a poll 
     sponsored by an anti-nuclear web site is NOT able to demonstrate that 
     their views are as widely held as they had probably expected.
     
     Gee, what if it turns out that such polls would consistently show more 
support than opposition for nuclear technology?  


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Subject: Re: Poll for you to vote to save Brookhaven Lab -Reply
Author:  "CLAUDE A. FLORY" <FLORYCA@GWSMTP.NU.COM> at Internet
Date:    9/10/98 10:21


That's fine, as long as the members of the press also recognize the 
utterly unscientific surveys used by the "anti-nukes" to support their 
positions.

Claude Flory
Northeast Utilities
floryca@gwsmtp.nu.com

>>> Michael Mokrzycki <Michael_Mokrzycki@ap.org> 09/10/98 10:40am >>> One 
of my responsibilities at AP involves supervising our coverage of polls, 
and I feel compelled to point out the obvious: In no way can the results 
of this utterly unscientific survey be construed as representing the views 
of the general public or of any group other than those who know about this 
Web site, go to it and choose to vote.
     
However, the current results might say something about the ability of 
"pro-nukes" to mobilize online ...
     
My opinion only.
     
Mike Mokrzycki
Associated Press
New York
     
     
     
     
     
Kevin Donohoe <kjd@nucmed.bidmc.harvard.edu> on 09/10/98 10:23:01 AM
     
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I just voted at this site.  Despite it being an anti-nukes site, the 
vote is (so far) 68% against closing the high flux beam reactor, 31% in 
favor.
     
It seems our votes are having an impact.
     
Kevin Donohoe, M.D.
kjd@nucmed.bidmc.harvard.edu
     
     
     
     
     
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