Re: Churchill -- Man or Myth?

Don K (dk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> "Scour Old Cereal Bowls" <scouroldcerealbowls@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Supposedly, 23 percent of (take your pick) all British people or
>> British people under 20 believe that Winston Churchill was just a
>> myth. 
> ...
> 
>> Doesn't that number suggest it's not a scientific survey?  The
>> survey goes on to say that 58% believe Sherlock Holmes was real
>> -- this is getting even more bogus sounding.  It goes on to list
>> "Top ten fictional characters that the British public thinks are
>> real" with #5 being Mona Lisa -- except she wasn't fictional....
>>
>> I couldn't find any debunking of this survey, but has anyone else
>> found something?
> 
> I don't know about you, but if I were asked stupid questions like
> that, I would be giving stupid answers just for the fun of
> screwing up the validity of the survey.
> 
> Pollsters take themselves too seriously, IMO.
> 

Actually, in a recent survey, only 12% of pollsters were found to 
take themselves too seriously. 23% took themselves "not seriously 
enough". That left 65% who took themselves "no more seriously than 
was reasonable".

I eagerly await your retraction.

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