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[email protected] writes:
> Reminds me of the hilarious "How to lie with statistics". What 1000 Americans?
> The sort who read Time magazine? These are probably much more likely to be
> against Clipper anyway. Any Joe 6-packs? Probably not.
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> It's not a good idea to take this debate to the ordinary public. The Congress,
> yes, Time readers, yes, but not Joe 6-pack, who quite happily gave up his gun is
> not likely to be concerned about principles of privacy. Particularly as an open
_Time_ readers *are* Joe 6-pack. Or close enough as makes no
difference. Maybe _People_ or _USA Today_ readers are a better
approximation, but the circulation of _Time_ is so large that 80% of
it is enough to derail any political campaign.
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