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we must resort to pumping up the numbers on an online poll for some Tampa Bay television station

Actually choose to pumping numbers. I happen to like freeping, and so do lots of freepers...

This poll means nothing and has no real value

We don't know that yet. You never know when you do a small thing....sometimes it may make a difference down the road. Have you never had that experience?

MarMema-

I like Freeping as well, though I just signed on recently to the Free Republic website as a member. Granted, what you are advocating with regard to this insignificant poll sponsored by some Tampa Bay area television station's website is childish. It is akin to "seeding" a ballot box with votes just because they are votes (I thought that they only did that in Third World countries as well as dictatorships). What this reminds me of is some banana republic printing up more of its own currency to offset its debts ... sure, it looks like the banks are now stuffed with money and the debt problem of the country is solved, but you know what ... the currency isn't valid enough to wipe you rear end with. With regard to your comment "You never know when you do a small thing .... sometimes it may make a difference down the road. Have you never had that experience?" ... Yes, as a human being, I have indeed had many of those experiences. But, as I said before, this poll has no real meaning whatsoever. It is just a public poll put on by a television station to take the "pulse" of a current issue (and for that matter, the television station is not "very sick" as you state at the beginning of this post for doing so). You call it "very sick" because it does not fit into your realm of thinking. The station is not advocating removing Terri's feeding tubes or leaving them in ... it is just offering a teeny tiny forum in which to allow members of the public to put their two cents in on the subject. Simple as that. Now pat yourself on the back and know that you were a good little trooper and got the "NO" votes higher than the "YES" votes and you can sleep well tonight knowing that you fought the good fight for Terri.

Take care,

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