Johannesburg Summit 2002 "Help the Environment! Take this Poll!" Official UN Poll

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[Mark Felton]

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Welcome to this first ever Online Global Poll on the issues of the environment and sustainable development.	Create history. Voice your opinion.
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We all share the same earth and the same environment. We believe that everyone's voice should be heard in debating the policies and making the decisions that affect us all. The earth belongs to all of us.
This first in the world, Online Global Poll is being conducted in conjunction with the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development being held in Johannesburg South Africa from August 25 to September 4, 2002.
Your participation in this global poll adds voice to the many thousands worldwide expressing how they feel about the environment, and what they feel their leaders should do to protect their environment. The results of this poll will be shared with worldwide leaders, political and corporate leaders who are gathering in Johannesburg with the intent of developing global programs to improve the environment.
Your opinion is important so please take 5 to 7 minutes to answer the following questions.	Help the environment. Take this poll.

[Mark Felton]

Can Freepers please help the environment? Freep Away!

[Jason Kauppinen]

Freeped

[July 4th]

Oh no way! This is too much fun...

[SunStar]

Interesting... Under the question "What is your religion?", Muslim is listed first, then Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, and Other. No mention of Jewish.

[You Gotta Be Kidding Me]

Good point!! It's not what they say, but what they don't say that is so important.

Not to worry. In their poll, I was a Buddist, female, manual laborer. When I do the poll again, I'll be a lesbian African male trapped in a man's body who works for the government of Zimbabwe. Either way, my answers will be very conservative. Hee, hee, hee..........

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Korean environmental artist Choi Byung-Soo carves ice penguins in a protest against global warming, outside the Global Peoples Forum gathering at Nasrec in Johannesburg, August 26, 2002. The forum forms part of the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development being held in the city. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Korean environmental artist Choi Byung-Soo carves ice penguins in a protest against global warming

If global warming was as bad as he thinks, wouldn't these ice penguins quickly become puddles?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I guess if the heat doesn't get them, the huge, black, circling, evil, toxic cloud behind him will.

[Caipirabob]

You sometimes think the freaks who come up with these policies are so far out that they're make believe, but every so often you come across something like this which makes it clear that they're really out there. Kind of like realizing all those stories about the boogie-man were based on fact.

[Ben Ficklin]

An article at TCS about the poll

[Brytani]

I see this and went to the UN feedback and gave them a piece of my mind over that obvious slap. Anyone else who wants to make their opinion known the addy is (btwm they limit your response to 30 words, nice eh?)http://www.un.org/forms/feedback/english.asp

My comments to them:

"I just looked at the current UN poll on the environment and was struck by the exclusion of Jewish under the religion question. Thanks for proving what I've known for years, the UN does NOT and has never represented Jews around the world. How disgusting the UN really is."

[Bahbah]

Can't wait to get the results.

[omni-scientist]

Right away I see something I don't like - it looks like most of my state, Florida, is considered part of the Caribbean region rather than North America.

[ovrtaxt]

Im in FL too. If we seceded and created a tax structure like the Bahamas, that would be fine with me. Jeb for President!!

[ovrtaxt]

Just took the poll. What a study in semantic twisting! On some of those questions, no matter how you answer, the results can be 'reported' as favorable to the whackos. Frustrating.

[Jack of all Trades]

In question 16, there was no option to to say that environmental laws are too strict. Answer "C" looked good at first glance, but there was an extra "not" tacked in there.

[Mark Felton]

bttt

[Dave S]

Interesting... Under the question "What is your religion?", Muslim is listed first, then Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, and Other. No mention of Jewish.

I wouldnt assume some bigotry here. There are tons more people who are Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist than there are Jewish in the world. I wouldnt be surprised if the order reflects the total number of adherents to each faith throughout the world.

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

BUMP!!!