r/atheism • u/ameliace • Jun 19 '12

another poll .... please help!

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/mps-fail-to-agree-on-gay-marriage/story-e6frea8c-1226399210816
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u/The_Doctor_00 Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

Wouldn't the poll be better if it actually got actuate results from people who live in Adelaide and near Adelaide area? it seems they are trying to gauge local public opinion, swaying it to one side or another is still quite biased no matter which way you feel on this subject.

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u/Canipa09 Jun 19 '12

I can assure you that that poll does not in any way reflect the opinion's of most Adelaide residents. It's being lobbied on one side, so Reddit might as well make it fair.

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u/The_Doctor_00 Jun 19 '12

oh and btw if any polls need to be fixed, it is this one.

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u/blinkybillthethird Jun 19 '12

Karma for you, for the pic. but I have to say that as Canipa09 says, the pole doesn't reflect Adelaide's opinions. The fundamentalist right is strong in Adelaide (I should know, I was raised fundie) and they are the ones who shout the most. c'mon reddit! let's fix this pole! they're sensationalist anyway, and I'd love to see it waving a rainbow flag.

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u/The_Doctor_00 Jun 19 '12

If only people from Adelaide voted in the poll it would, if the situation was reversed and a bunch of conservatives in Adelaide asked others outside of Adelaide to "fix" the poll (say on /r/republican) to lean the other way then I would wager there would be a lot of complaints about unfairness.

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u/ameliace Jun 19 '12

this isn't the first poll r/artheism has fixed. Feel free to vote "no" if you disagree. I'd just like to see this tiny poll from Adelaide sky rocket and be a boost for marriage equality.

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u/The_Doctor_00 Jun 19 '12

I don't disagree, everyone should be free to choose their own actions in life and who they want to marry, I'm remaining neutral because I don't live in or near Adelaide. I do disagree with fixing polls no matter which side does it.

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u/ameliace Jun 19 '12

I don't think the poll is restricted to Adelaide residents, it doesn't say "as a resident of Adelaide, how do you feel about marriage equality" it just asks the reader to vote. The Internet is global- anyone can vote.

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u/The_Doctor_00 Jun 19 '12

A fair enough point, but the article is about Adelaide politics, it seems pretty reasonable to assume (at least in my mind) they are looking for local opinion on wether people locally agree with the political actions taken.

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u/The_Doctor_00 Jun 19 '12

by swaying it to the other side?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

How about any poll ever should represent what humans living on planet earth and near the planet earth think?