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| # | Comment | Survey |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Although I checked every one (tumeric might stump me), I would be impressed with someone who could identify a particular spice as marjoram or oregano without tasting the other. They are, after all, the same species - just different cultivars. (marjoram is, in general, sweeter and milder, but the conditions of cultivation can make a huge difference). | Which of these herbs and spice could you identify by taste and smell only? |
| 52 | That's a great description, bill - consise and precise! I consider myself officially pathetic because I could only do 25 just now before I decided I didn't want to strain anything. When I was 18 (many centuries ago, when terrible lizards roamed the earth) I set a personal record of 300. But that wasn't as many as several of my team mates were able to do. I hated them! (whoops wait - that's a different survey...) | How many push ups can you do at one time, with no breaks? |
| 53 | How about a "My birthdays vary considerably (both good and bad)." | Do you enjoy your birthday? |
| 54 | As much disruption in this country as a bad drought year. Most folks will notice little or no effect, some folks will be temporarily inconvenienced, and some folks lives will be turned upside down, though probably no one will die as a direct consequence. Lots of money will change hands because of it. | Rate the effect you think Y2K will have on society. |
| 55 | Mars. Yes, I'm serious. | Other than your current country of residence, where do you think you'd most like to live? |
| 56 | When we say "love-love" to one another, does it count as twice? | How often do you tell your significant other that you love them? |
| 57 | I will probably be the fiftieth person to say it but... "You should always be able to hit what you're aiming at." | What are your thoughts on gun control? |
| 58 | sethg, the concept of equal rights for women and minorities based on an inclusive principle is fairly modern as well. Is it any less valid for that? **** grmbrand, a one-year-old, left to fend for hirself, would also perish. Does this justify infanticide? Does a coma victim live only at the behest of hir primary guardian, or is third party euthanasia legitimate? Does the lack of consciousness invalidate an entity from personhood? Granting human rights to entities based on arguments of viability seems tricky. In addition, if viability is the to be a breakpoint for abortion rights, what will happen when we invent (as we inevitably will) the artificial womb? We don't let mothers forceably C-section their babies out at 30 weeks, just because premmies *can* live at that age - we expect a healthy guardian to do her best to bring the fetus to term (and do everything within reason to save the lives of those babies prematurely expelled from the womb). Will abortion rights predicated on viability recede before technology? A significant case can be made that the invention of the cotton engine spelled the end of Southern slavery in the US. Perhaps technology, having thrown the question of reproductive rights into sharp relief in our culture (via the pill, iud, etc), will now catalyze a similar change wrt 'prenatal' rights. **** Interestingly, it would appear, jjg, at this *very* early moment in the survey that your supposition is unsupported by the poll data. The split is 7-5-0-2, indicating that those opposed to abortion hold a more consistent pov wrt "rights-to-life" than those who believe in abortion rights (it also shows that the survey central population deviates significantly from "typical euro-american" opinion, in terms of the relative sizes of 'pro-abortion-rights' and 'pro-natal-rights' groups). Although I'll look forward to observing the results and reading (some!) of the surely voluminous response, I have to question whether this makes either group's perspective on the matter any more or less valid. If that's what you were trying to determine it really doesn't seem informed by anything in this survey. But I enjoyed the question, regardless of your intent as to its purpose, so selecting "bad" doesn't seem right. In the end, I left the survey rating as *No Opinion*, although obviously *that* isn't right either. Perhaps the selector might be changed to *Neutral/Mixed* | Please choose the following option that best fits your view on abortion and the death penalty. |
| 59 | I found it interesting that you touched only indirectly on the vast number of people who *write* much of their digital text input now. You made brief mention of some keyboard "alternatives" (glass cone?!) but "handwriting" was not one of them. One may assume that the vast majority of the several million PDA users would pick that option. | How do you type? |
| 60 | I've been attacked by (male) frogs in the spring, during their "keep away, we're busy securing our spawning ground" phase. I wasn't *afraid* of them, mind you - my brother and I actually laughed at the goofy little green bundles of testosterone - but the cows never got used to them behaving so freaky. It would be rude of me not to recognize their undoubtable sincerity of purpose. | Have you ever been attacked by any of the following ? |
