Polls and predictions
All the pollsters who predicted that Kerry would win based on exit polls are eating humble pie. The exit polls done in India during the last general elections were also totally inaccurate. Makes me feel that exit polling should be scrapped totally, so that we can be misled by our own imaginations until the actual results are declared :)
On a more serious note, the polls said that most of the people who voted for W, did so based on "moral values" like abortion, stem cell research and gay marriage. Webster's dictionary defines moral values as "accepted notions of what is right and wrong (in a community)." That gives the term a very broad meaning. So its important today to ask oneself what is considered moral in our community - Is it moral to start a war, based on fabricated evidence, that has led to the deaths of more than 100,000 innocent Iraqis and 1,100 American military personnel? Is it moral to permit prisoner abuse by snubbing the Geneva convention? Is it moral make the junior officers scapegoats and not penalise the higher ups? Is it moral to ignore civil liberties and suspect people of being terrorists because of their faith? Is it moral to cripple scientific research and take no measures to prevent environmental pollution? Is it moral to pass fiscally irresponsible tax cuts which are pro-rich and create a huge deficit? Is it moral to take no action about the rising healthcare costs, which affect the poor who cannot afford insurance?
Lastly, is it moral to divide a country based on fear and intolerance?
posted by mightypen @ 5:03 PM
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