Re: the youth thing

["Elisha Stephens" <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Derek S. wrote:

> Before the war started, MTV reported that 81% of the
> youth it polled were against the war (without the UN).
> I personally haven't met one young person who supports
> the war

Well, online results are notoriously unscientific, and totally anonymous
(i.e., the following could represent adults, not youth as their claimed ages
would suggest), and of course there is a selection process involved in what
gets posted, yada yada, but if you go to the MTV discussion boards on Iraq:

http://www.mtv.com/news/youtellus/topics/non_artist_topics/iraq/index.jhtml/

you will find a shockingly high (to me) pro-war sentiment. This was true
before the war started and is true now, although the opinions there are
undated so you can't tell when they first appeared. Still the first time I
saw this I was definitely taken aback. It definitely was not what I expected
to see.

Feel free to add your own $0.02 there, but don't forget to select an
appropriate birthdate when you fill out their submission form. :-)


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