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Posted by Josephus, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 4:22:56 PM
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Foxy,
You have seen this before, "What the numbers can’t tell us The number one point to understand about these results is not what they are telling us, but what they are not telling us. It is tempting to believe that the survey outcome means that 61.6% of Australians are in favour of same-sex marriage, and 38.4% against. This is not true. While the response rate was high [as is usual for Australian elections], we know that 20.5% of eligible voters didn’t take part. .. But all we are really able to say is that these figures (61.6% Yes and 38.4% No) are representative of those eligible voters who chose to vote, rather than being representative of all eligible Australians. These two populations may be very different." by, Scott Sisson, Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW Peter Baker, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland http://theconversation.com/what-the-numbers-say-and-dont-say-in-the-same-sex-marriage-survey-87096 [given at page 9 of this thread, leoj, Monday, 11 December 2017 2:31:19 PM] Posted by leoj, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 4:32:37 PM
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and from the same article,
"The ABS reports that more than 79.5% of voters enrolled with the Australian Electoral Commission submitted their form with a clear vote cast for either side of the debate. Simply put, this means that slightly fewer than half of all eligible voters (49.0%) voted Yes and a little less than a third (30.5%) voted No. The rest did not vote or their preference was unclear." Posted by leoj, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 4:34:20 PM
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Dear Josephus,
The Marxists will never take over this country you need not worry about that. That is nonsense. There are enough people that make up the population of this country who have fled from dictatorships and totalitarian regimes. There is now way that they would ever allow this country to become what you are describing. No way! Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 4:45:54 PM
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Cannot trust you Foxy.
It only took 5% communists to overtake the USSR; volume of people mean nothing. Activists change the mind of people by their slogans with a promise for a better life for some minority. In the next 20 years Christianity will become an underground faith in Australia, as Islam becomes dominant as in Sweden, then followed by activists Marxist atheists. Posted by Josephus, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 4:59:52 PM
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Dear Josephus,
You can trust the history of this country. Which political party has had the most support throughout the years? And do you know why? Thanks to the very people who fled those dictatorships and totalitarian regimes. They and their children and their families would never support Marxism, communism, or any form of dictatorship. And now with the growing numbers in our population that have managed to escape these type of regimes - you can add these people to the mix of standing against what you fear. And the stoic Australian "True Blue" spirit will always survive. Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 5:46:39 PM
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Australia day will change and the Christian calendar including holidays such as Christmas nativity and Passover etc. will go because it is not equality to Ramadan and is offensive to a minority. Any symbols that represent Christianity will be removed such as the crosses including the Southern Cross from our flag. Anything that is considered an opposing view will be called "HATE" speech and bigotry and silenced.
The Marxists have not finished yet!