Reply #44: So we're just supposed to accept your studies on faith?

[MadHound]

Sorry, but I can't do that, I won't do that, not only with your studies, but with any so-called factual evidence that is presented to me. Too many people took the word of Bushco on WMDs and other such nonsensical studies, and look where we are.

One must question any study, poll, or statistic out there, it is part of being a critical thinker. Sadly though, that seems to be a lost art amongst the US population.

And I should think that if you are going to cite a study of any sort, you should be familiar enough with it to at least somewhat defend the methodology and statistics involved in the study. Sorry, but one simply can't take things as a matter of faith.

Simply throwing a premise and a study out there and calling that POV valid is not good form. That is the tactic of demagogues and devious salesmen. If your study is skewed, then your whole case is badly effected.

Sorry I seem like such a nitpick on this, but I grew up with debate and arguing law, and found out early and often that indeed these things matter.