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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-22-11 05:07 PM
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10. A one sided poll is going to get skewed results.
As a simple example ...

Cheney helped leak confidential info and outed Valerie Plame in the process. That's BAD.

Manning leaked confidential info, which "outs" or "implicates" many. And that's GREAT.

Or ... maybe ... such leaks are BAD.

Manning is in the military. The rules are clear. He is charged with breaking those rules. Do we just dismiss that because we like his reason more than that of Cheney and the others?

The poll options have no way to engage this.

Asking if he is being treated fairly is different than asking if he should be incarcerated at all.
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