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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (17088)	6/18/2001 11:17:04 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

May I respectfully suggest that you read a little book, truly a fun read, titled "How to Lie with Statistics" by Darrell Huff? In fact, it is really about how hard it is not to mislead with statistics even when your intention is honorable. For example, look at your chart. All the countries you list in the "abortion is legal" list are first world countries. All the countries you list in the "abortion is illegal" list are second or third world countries. I would suggest that that has more to do with the abortion rate than whether abortions are legal or illegal. I don't know whether you picked them for this, or whether the people you got the list from picked them for this, but it seems more than coincidental. Whether intentional or inadvertent, the statistics you cite seem not to prove what you suggest they prove.