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I can't prove the rain affected the "No" vote just as much as you can't prove it didn't. Therefore, your inference is WRONG.
So, your post saying your are just stating the facts, was not a fact?
Surprising.
EDIT: This post.
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Originally Posted by Fanofavatar1
I'm simply stating facts. You are the one thumping on your chest like a baboon stating that the budget passing indicates LIers are fine with teacher compensation and the taxes that go to schools. I'm saying you cannot infer that conclusion based on this one vote.
As for the weather, I will disagree with the poster who said those voting "No" would more likely come out in bad weather. It's in fact the opposite. The PTA has a much stronger base and parents will vote "Yes" to ensure the programs from which they benefit will remain. They have a vested interest in the budget passing and will go the extra mile to make it happen. Those who intend to vote "No" have an uphill battle against those tied to the "school's hip", and those who are ignorant with regards to the costs of the education system.
So, your post saying your are just stating the facts, was not a fact?
Surprising.
Go back and re-read. I never said people who would have voted "No" but didn't because of the rain was a fact. The post to which you are referring I stated an inference cannot be made that LIers are OK with the spending on the school due to this years vote because of the weather. The fact is the weather could have discouraged "No" voters or it could not have. You can't (or haven't) proven it and neither can I.
This was the post you were referring to which started this back and forth:
I'm not making an assertion that the rain affected the vote (my opinion in another post was that it is, but not in this post to which you are referring).
I can't prove the rain affected the "No" vote just as much as you can't prove it didn't. Therefore, your inference is WRONG.
HUH?
In this post you are NOT asserting the rain caused a NO vote, but in another post you ARE?
Did it or Didn't It?
I don't think the "fact" being questioned was whether it was raining.
It was the statement that the rain kept the NO voters away in greater numbers than the YES voters. Where is the basis for that FACT?
And as you expressed it in a subsequent post, you are saying the YES votes were cast by people who CARED about the system, while the people who didn't care about the educational system just stayed home because it was raining. That is certainly the conclusion of your analysis of voting patterns. A little rain shouldn't keep people who really cared home. Obviously, based on your analysis, the majority really didn't care about the budgets or they would have come out & voted. They like it the way it is. Majority Rules - it's called Democracy. Like you said, the Parents in the district, who have a personal stake in the educational system, were more likely to vote yes. Of course they were!
I never said it was fact. Where I wrote I am only stating facts, the context of the post was how the other poster cannot infer that the vote being positive for the majority of districts means the majority of LIers are OK with the money being spent on education.
I never said it was fact. Where I wrote I am only stating facts, the context of the post was how the other poster cannot infer that the vote being positive for the majority of districts means the majority of LIers are OK with the money being spent on education.
When you say you are stating the facts, generally people will think you are stating facts, not your opinion.
HUH?
In this post you are NOT asserting the rain caused a NO vote, but in another post you ARE?
Did it or Didn't It?
In my opinion, yes but that's not what I'm asserting as fact. Read my last 3 posts, I'm trying to explain it to the other poster. It's quite a simple concept, yet the brilliant products of LI public schools cannot seem to grasp it.
When you say you are stating the facts, generally people will think you are stating facts, not your opinion.
I seriously hope you are not a lawyer.
If you saw the post where I stated that I was stating facts, and the post to which I was referring, it's obvious to what I was speaking about. It's not my fault you aren't well versed on the order of events and reading comprehension.
I never said people who would have voted "No" but didn't because of the rain was a fact. The post to which you are referring I stated an inference cannot be made that LIers are OK with the spending on the school due to this years vote because of the weather.
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Originally Posted by Fanofavatar1
I can't prove the rain affected the "No" vote just as much as you can't prove it didn't. Therefore, your inference is WRONG.
WHAAAAT? Make up your mind! How is my inference WRONG but your inference isn't?
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