tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post3043451009176939206..comments2024-03-24T23:22:43.753+00:00Comments on Tony's Musings: Language and LogicTonyTheProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-82703840993429416952013-04-16T22:17:28.113+00:002013-04-16T22:17:28.113+00:00Huge manipulation of statistics, Nick. You should ...Huge manipulation of statistics, Nick. You should do headlines for the JEP.<br /><br />The result of tonight's St Helier vote on referendum was: A 13, B 4,C 2.<br /><br />Which comes to around 70%, but with such small numbers, this can hardly be taken as a representative sample.<br /><br />Indeed, if it is an indicator of anything, it indicates extreme voter apathy, and maybe a turnout of 15%.<br /><br />Augers very badly for Referendum day if St Helier produces that kind of result!<br /><br />TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-31179001705751090672013-04-16T21:44:24.843+00:002013-04-16T21:44:24.843+00:0070% of tonights St Helier Parish Assembly have vot...70% of tonights St Helier Parish Assembly have voted for OPTION A. Augers well for Referendum Day when St Helier comes in for A.<br /><br />Low turnout for the meeting, but those there were genuine residents unaligned to one option or the other.<br /><br />Time for the Constables to bow out gracefull and do what they do best in their Parish?Nick Le Cornuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983215673635966459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-19770473917721869592013-04-16T18:22:46.579+00:002013-04-16T18:22:46.579+00:00I don't mind anyone saying "I understand ...I don't mind anyone saying "I understand democracy to mean voter equity" as long as they don't believe that exhausts the meanings of the word; if they do that, I'd suggest a course in comparative linguistics.TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-66118584132108088022013-04-16T18:21:40.454+00:002013-04-16T18:21:40.454+00:00That's an assumption, and it doesn't apply...That's an assumption, and it doesn't apply in the USA, for example.<br /><br />You are perfectly at liberty to make that assumption in terms of ranking, but that's your assumption, it is not universal.<br /><br />The USA ranks two different considerations as important.TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-30380544417334562652013-04-16T17:33:24.406+00:002013-04-16T17:33:24.406+00:00Tony. Voter equity outranks by a long way all othe...Tony. Voter equity outranks by a long way all other "considerations".<br /><br />To rank other considerations as equally important democratically, as Bailhache was doing, is indeed the "Jersey Way" crystallised. Nick Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360924308743466075noreply@blogger.com