A few weeks ago, perhaps as much as 100,000 people marched in Washington to protest the war in Iraq, the existence of the state of Israel, global warming, etc. I noted then that it was statistically insignificant, since the marchers represented at best 3.3% of the population - a fringe movement by any definition. Today, about 9,000 students cut classes nationwide to protest the war in Iraq.
That's .003 percent - 1 in 33,333. If the population were the bloodstream, and the protestors were alcohol, the nation would not only be legal to drive, a blood test wouldn't even pick it up.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
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Thanks. I was generously granting that each protestor represented 100 folks who agreed with their strong oppposition to the war bu who didn't make the trip to DC.
Still and all, fringe is fringe is fringe.
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