Re: Legalize-pot rally held here

On 8 May 2008 18:21:58 -0800, pxhxz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Pete nospam Zakel)
wrote:
>In article <3ee624t1m5766rmd062sv2e8d0ea9tcdp4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Patriot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes:
>>On Thu, 8 May 2008 09:32:18 -0700 (PDT), M_P <m_p@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>wrote:
>>>On May 8, 9:20 am, Patriot Games <Patr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> Personally, I think we could make a ton of money taxing pot if we
>>>> legalized it.  Even if we decriminalized it we could make a ton of
>>>> money fining potheads once a month.  And either way we get thousands
>>>> and thousands of potheads out of prison which would save a ton of
>>>> money.
>>>> Its a win-win as far as I can tell.
>>>Now yer talkin'.
>>>> But there's NO traction on this issue.
>>>I disagree; the polling numbers for legalization have been steadily
>>>rising over the years, and pot has been decriminalized in several
>>>states.
>>Not really.
>>For Legalization:
>>3/83: 24%
>>4/86: 18%
>>4/96: 24%
>>3/99: 29%
>>10/02: 34%
>>Against Legalization:
>>3/83: 73%
>>4/86: 78%
>>4/96: 72%
>>3/99: 69%
>>10/02: 59%
>>http://www.pollingre****t.com/drugs.htm
>>Overall, sup****t increased 42% but opposition only decreased by 19%
>>which clearly shows an increase in pot smokers but NOT a significant
>>decrease in opposition.
>Bad use of percentages.  Those for legalization increased by 10
percentage
>points.  Those against legalization decreased by 14 percentage points.

A percent-increase of two percentage values is perfectly valid math.
Its not my fault if you don't know that.

>So presumably the 4 percentage point difference became "not sure".

I gave you the URL, go find out.

>Using a percentage of a percentage will give you a skewed result every
time.

I didn't use a percentage of a percentage.  Try to pay attention.