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‘KILKENNY PEOPLE Hunting Poll pointless’- It's rigged for sure.
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Friday November 28, 2008 11:28 by Bernie Wright - Association of Hunt Saboteurs PO Box 4734. Dublin.1 087 2651720
Polls irrelevant, Yes or no -hunting is animal abuse. The AOHS have contacted (Laura Keys) at the Kilkenny People newspaper who have confirmed that online opinion polls are open to mass voting by lobby groups. The votes in favour of ‘foxhunting being discontinued’ have fluctuated from over 80% in favour to just below 50% at other times. Its like a game show, excuse the pun, and the site itself easily allows repeat voting, it is readily open to abuse which makes it all irrelevant. The newspaper have now confirmed they are well aware of the mass-voting aspect. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7No question, foxes are a pest, you'd need a hen-house like Fort Knox to save your hens, but it's abhorrent to have a gang of cavaliers riding promiscuously round the countryside with their pack of unleashed dogs, which could be a danger to any small living creature.
Well, thats nothing new coming from both sides of the debate.But glad to hear the ARTs getting peed off with polls.Sheesh one little poll doesnt go in their favour and the whole thing is rigged against them.Considering that they have had virtually more air time coloum space andsympathetic press people than the fox hunters over the years that is abit rich of Bernie .Sounds more like a spoilt child arguement than a grown womans arguement to me.
Although I applaud the work of Hunt Sab Ireland, I think I'm in agreement with SABWATCH above, especially after reading on your site about the Irish Times Poll:
"After a slow start the Irish Times poll to ban fox hunting is now 54% in favour of a ban. Nice one!!"
Why is this a "nice one" and the Kilkenny People one not?
Mark.
Perhaps because the Irish Times poll didn't allow for the same person to vote over and over again??? Just a thought.....
Nice to have you back sabwatch. May you pass endless more pointless hours trolling your life away.
Hasnt been renewed in months! And that IT poll was last year,two enteries in the blog as well.
Oh well ,guess that shows how much activity there is in hunt sabbing here.A bunch of letters and a protest once a year in Waterford.With that sort of support and activity I guess that says more than any poll on how effective or pouplar this is in Ireland.
I think the shoe lace collectors society have bigger membership and following than the ARTs in this country.
Hunting is pointless because your killing living creatures for your entertainment. It absoloutly disgraceful!
"Hunting is pointless because your killing living creatures for your entertainment."
Ummmmmmm.... I think the point is the entertainment no?