FREEP NEEDED - Should Terri Schindler Schiavos feeding tube be removed? FREEPERS, Let's go!!

Tampa Bay Online ^ | 9-15-03 | some very sick florida news station

[MarMema]

Please freep the poll as a show of force against the sickos at the station who are asking people if Terri's feeding tube should be removed.

Thanks for your help. It is at the bottom right.

[Deo volente]

THIS IS A FRAUDULENT POLL.
The question is totally misleading, and tends toward getting a "Yes" answer. It's a loaded poll, and they have no excuse if they happen to receive loaded votes. And not the kind of 'loaded' votes they expected!!

I learned how to "load" a poll back in my undergraduate days at UCLA. My senior Psychology project involved creating multiple telephone, and WRITTEN polls, some biased, some as neutral as I could be.
And then studying the results in depth.

I received quite an education in how easy it is to get the results you want. It's eerie how simple it is. I also received an 'A' in my Senior Project.

Enough said.

[MarMema]

Not only that but it is a sick, sick poll and deserves to be freeped.

[Robert Drobot]

You might want to consult with John Robinson about the definition of 'FReeping'. I am certain it will not include 'vote often'.

[Deo volente]

Again, IT'S A FRAUDULENT POLL.

The makers of the Poll have NO RIGHT to expect compliance with their biased, rigged poll.

If it were an honest poll, different story perhaps.

[Ohioan from Florida]

I think some of us are forgetting that this is just an internet poll. How accurate can a poll be when it can be manipulated so easily? Somebody in the media is using it as a tool for progressing their interests. I'd like to believe that the court would never use a poll as to whether Terri should have her tube in or out in order to render a decision. We are just trying to help balance out "public" opinion. You know, let other people out there know that someone who does have a voice (and a computer) still cares about Terri's well-being. This is nothing more than that. The important thing is that we bring attention to Terri's situation. Let's not forget that.

[bmwcyle]

Yes 794 50%
No 766 48%

[Robert Drobot]

"The poll *tells* you to come back in one hour if you want to vote again."

On its face any poll that urges a participant to return and vote again is a joke, and should be held up as such by any reasonable man.

A poll that urges one to return again, is seeking to establish itself for commercial or personal pruposed by pointing to the number of hits it has received.

It a con game of the lowest order.

[Robert Drobot]

.......undeserving of FreeRepublic attention.

[Deo volente]

"I'd like to believe that the court would never use a poll as to whether Terri should have her tube in or out in order to render a decision"



IF the court is willing to use this poll, then ALL THE MORE REASON to vote "NO" often.

I wouldn't put anything past Greer and co. at this point, not after all I've learned in the past month about this awful case.

There's so much evil here, it's staggering.

[firewalk]

voted & bttt

[Deo volente]

With all due respect, Robert, I disagree.

[Deo volente]

"Hi! I'm on dial up and all I have to do is disconnect, then log back onto my ISP and vote again. Granted, it takes a few minutes every time, but it's worth it. "



Marie Antoinette, you're beautiful!

[MarMema]

Yes 807 50%
No 779 48%

I voted once more and am off to see my spiritual father for a longish talk about all of this.
Back later.

[Ohioan from Florida]

IF the court is willing to use this poll, then ALL THE MORE REASON to vote "NO" often.

I wouldn't put anything past Greer and co. at this point, not after all I've learned in the past month about this awful case.

There's so much evil here, it's staggering.

You have said this so well, and I completely agree.

[MarMema]

Not only that but I have been in on some CNN freeps and I really think the vote was fixed on those.

[MarMema]

Yes 824 50%
No 783 48%

[Deo volente]

"Internet polls are completely unscientific - as evidenced by the following:
Your IP Address has voted within the past hour. Please return later."



ABSOLUTELY!

IT's NOT EVEN A POLL.

It's a public relations gimmick, totally loaded by its misleading question to garner in as many PRO-DEATH votes as possible!

Let's see it for what it REALLY IS.

IT's NOT A POLL. IT'S PROPAGANDA, and needs to be REFUTED.

[MarMema]

The idea of people freeping this the other way is pretty sad, and the idea that so many people would think to vote in this is sad, and the idea that so many people would vote yes to see someone die a horrible death is sad.

I feel like I am voting against all of these sad things.

[stanz]

Haven't read about the case. What are the basic details? Is the woman comatose? If so, what is the prognosis?