Re: John R. Lott A PHOTO-FIX FOR VOTING


"Matt" <matttelles@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> SaPeIsMa wrote:
>> "Matt" <matttelles@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > Cole Firearms Inc. wrote:
>> >> http://johnrlott.tripod.com/op-eds/NYPPhotoVotingID.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Published Friday, September 23, 2005, in New York Post
>> >>
>> >> A PHOTO-FIX FOR VOTING
>> >>
>> >> By John R. Lott, Jr. and Mario Villarreal
>> >
>> > Not that I particularly disagree with him about photo-id's being a more
>> > useful solution (although they are just as easy to counterfeit as
>> > anything else), but WHY would I care what John Lott, an economist who
>> > knows nothing about voting, says on the matter?
>> >
>> > This is really no better than listening to Snoop Dogg hold forth on how
>> > to win in Iraq.
>> >
>> > Matt
>> >
>>
>> How much more than him do YOU know about voting ?
>
> Probably nothing. I didn't say I did. I asked why I should listen to
> HIM, not why he should listen to me.
>

You don't have to listen to ANYONE, Lott included
If you don't want to listen to him, don't !
If you want to listen to him, do !
He wrote an opinion article.
If you're curious about his O-P-I-N-I-O-N, then read the article.
If not read something or nothing else.




>> And what exactly is the standard you espouse to judge "kowledge about
>> voting" ?
>
> I don't recall espousing. I said I didn't disagree with him, as a
> personal opinion, but that he was in no position technically to make
> such judgements. I'm only published in areas I have expertise in. If I
> wrote a book about, say, economics, people would fry me justifiably. So
> why are you listening to Lott about voting?
>
..
He is in EXACTLY the same position to express HIS opinion as you are to
express YOUR opinion
No more, no less.
The difference is that he's got enough people interested in reading his
opinion that he gets paid to express it.


Bottom line is that you're bitching for the sake of bitching.


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