The debate was, as the kids say, “epic”. What continues to surprise me is that, when a couple of dozen useful idiots outside such an event make a lot of noise chanting “Free, free…”, the more numerous Jewish and pro-Israel attendees don’t spontaneously burst into a chorus of “Am Yisrael Chai”. I guess we’re supposed to ignore them but I’m tempted to match their tempo with “Kiss my Jewish Ass” 🎶 It fits perfectly.
Having been at the debate, I must point out a most unfortunate confounding factor in the poll results. Many audience members were unaware in the first two polls what buttons to press to indicate Yes or No. I discussed this with others who were unsure, and we settled on 1 (Yes) and 2 (No), but that was only half right. The no button was 3, not 2. At the last vote, the buttons were clearly identified. Thus, many people who may have intended to say No initially and blew it, now got their chance. They looked like they had changed their minds, but they hadn't. More uncertain, however, is whether the net change was in favour of No or Yes. It appeared that it was toward No, but that entirely depends on how many initial No voters were denied their first vote. If that was something like 20%, then there may in fact have been a 7% shift towards Yes. Unfortunately, we'll never know. But what we do know is that it was a great debate.
The debate was, as the kids say, “epic”. What continues to surprise me is that, when a couple of dozen useful idiots outside such an event make a lot of noise chanting “Free, free…”, the more numerous Jewish and pro-Israel attendees don’t spontaneously burst into a chorus of “Am Yisrael Chai”. I guess we’re supposed to ignore them but I’m tempted to match their tempo with “Kiss my Jewish Ass” 🎶 It fits perfectly.
Really excellent. Thanks you two.
Having been at the debate, I must point out a most unfortunate confounding factor in the poll results. Many audience members were unaware in the first two polls what buttons to press to indicate Yes or No. I discussed this with others who were unsure, and we settled on 1 (Yes) and 2 (No), but that was only half right. The no button was 3, not 2. At the last vote, the buttons were clearly identified. Thus, many people who may have intended to say No initially and blew it, now got their chance. They looked like they had changed their minds, but they hadn't. More uncertain, however, is whether the net change was in favour of No or Yes. It appeared that it was toward No, but that entirely depends on how many initial No voters were denied their first vote. If that was something like 20%, then there may in fact have been a 7% shift towards Yes. Unfortunately, we'll never know. But what we do know is that it was a great debate.