Slog - Comments on Al Jazeera Poll on Muhammad Cartoon http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll This latest poll from Al Jazeera doesn't really seem to be asking the right question. Shouldn't they be asking if violence and death threats are an appropriate response to a cartoon?... Copyright 2007 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:05:28 -0800 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:41:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Stefan Sharkansky Check out the poll on the Arabic Al-Jazeera website
Bottom of page http://aljazeera.net/ with the results here:
http://www.aljazeera.net/Portal/KServices/supportPages/vote/vote.aspx?voteID=1296&yourAnswer=0&actionType=0&dispType=1
Any native Arabic speakers should feel welcome to correct my own limited Arabic, but I believe the question asks:


"Is the position of the Islamic governments toward the cartoons that defame Islam -- strong, appropriate, or weak?"
Strong has 5%, Appropriate 10%, Weak 85%

]]> Stefan Sharkansky http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll#c014493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll#c014493 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:16:38 -0800 Comment by ballardite Dude, that CANNOT be right. Really? The other polls seem to indicate that at least about half of al-jazeera readers are not batshit crazy.

]]> ballardite http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll#c014574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll#c014574 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:13:12 -0800 Comment by Stefan Sharkansky Ballardite -- the poll I cited is from the Arabic version, the poll Josh cited is from the English version. I would imagine that the Arabic version reflects mostly the views of people from the region while the English version would reflect the views of an international audience.

]]> Stefan Sharkansky http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll#c014591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll#c014591 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:10:28 -0800 Comment by hma of course stefan sharkansky is batshit crazy, so how can you trust him.

]]> hma http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll#c014659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/al_jazeera_poll#c014659 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:41:33 -0800