The 8th amendment(Mod warning in op)

pilly · 08-02-2018 03:48PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Its an unreasonable and inaccurate assumption to present a % figure as fact in a national newspaper, when the reality is not the case.

You should sue. :rolleyes:

keano_afc · 08-02-2018 03:49PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

unreasonable in your opinion. You dont know that the reality is not the case.

So you think when printing the results of a survey newspapers should pluck figures from their ar$e and cite "reasonable assumption"?

ohnonotgmail · 08-02-2018 03:51PM

keano_afc wrote: »

So you think when printing the results of a survey newspapers should pluck figures from their ar$e and cite "reasonable assumption"?

The figure wasnt plucked from their arse. It was plucked from the people who responded. The IMT know which of the respondents are doctors because they would be on their free list. So it is a reasonable assumption.

keano_afc · 08-02-2018 03:52PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

The figure wasnt plucked from their arse. It was plucked from the people who responded. The IMT know which of the respondents are doctors because they would be on their free list. So it is a reasonable assumption.

I respectfully disagree

NuMarvel · 08-02-2018 03:54PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Its an unreasonable and inaccurate assumption to present a % figure as fact in a national newspaper, when the reality is not the case.

Oh, the irony of an anti-repealer complaining about inaccurate percentages being cited as fact on a public platform...

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keano_afc · 08-02-2018 04:00PM

NuMarvel wrote: »

Oh, the irony of an anti-repealer complaining about inaccurate percentages being cited as fact on a public platform...

Its got to be up there with pro-Repealers who dispute these percentages when presented by certain groups, being perfectly happy to accept the same thing in a national newspaper.

NuMarvel · 08-02-2018 04:05PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Its got to be up there with pro-Repealers who dispute these percentages when presented by certain groups, being perfectly happy to accept the same thing in a national newspaper.

There's evidence to back up the problems with the statistics being cited by anti-repealers.

On the other hand, I'm still waiting for you, or anyone else, to cite evidence of the problems with this survey.

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keano_afc · 08-02-2018 04:54PM

NuMarvel wrote: »

There's evidence to back up the problems with the statistics being cited by anti-repealers.

On the other hand, I'm still waiting for you, or anyone else, to cite evidence of the problems with this survey.

The survey says 75% of doctors say X.

This is a lie. Thats the problem.

NuMarvel · 08-02-2018 05:00PM

keano_afc wrote: »

The survey says 75% of doctors say X.

This is a lie. Thats the problem.

I'm aware of what your problem with it is. I'm asking you to provide evidence that it's wrong.

seamus · 08-02-2018 05:13PM

keano_afc wrote: »

The survey says 75% of doctors say X.

This is a lie. Thats the problem.

Considering the survey won't even be published until tomorrow, you're making a lot of declarations about what it does and doesn't say.

Where's your evidence that it's a lie?

Candamir · 08-02-2018 05:21PM

keano_afc wrote: »

The survey says 75% of doctors say X.

This is a lie. Thats the problem.

FFS

The survey asks medical doctors what their opinion is on a subject.
‘Are you a medical doctor’ - yes/no
‘Do you Support 12 week access.....’ - yes/no/don’t know

At some point you have to either believe (a) that people who answer surveys are generally honest, and the survey is therefore an accurate representation of their feelings, or (b)that they’re telling lies and therefore surveys are useless.

If you believe (b) then disregard all survey/poll/non concrete evidence from here on out. Including pretty much everything you see on the various prolife posters.

You can also include everything that comes out of the CSO, as that’s also only a survey. If you keep going down this path, you’ll soon find you can’t really believe anything much at all!

Loafing Oaf · 08-02-2018 05:27PM

keano_afc wrote: »

The survey says 75% of doctors say X.

This is a lie. Thats the problem.

Because it can only say this definitively if they polled every single doctor in the country? By this standard, pretty much every headline on an opinion poll news story is a lie...

keano_afc · 08-02-2018 05:30PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Because it can only say this definitively if they polled every single doctor in the country? By this standard, pretty much every headline on an opinion poll news story is a lie...

Well no, because opinion polls generally say who they are polling.

Saying 75% of doctors say X is a lie because they have no evidence that only doctors were polled.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 08-02-2018 05:33PM

Welp, successfully scuppered any discussion of yet more evidence showing that medical professionals consistently support repeal, so job done. If it wasn't that it would have been something else. Phrasing of the question, who asked it, whether it was in fact 61.3% and not 62%, what day of the week it was, if the respondents had been personally victimised by Una Mulally.

It happens every survey.

NuMarvel · 08-02-2018 05:46PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Well no, because opinion polls generally say who they are polling.

Saying 75% of doctors say X is a lie because they have no evidence that only doctors were polled.

Considering you don't have a clue how the poll was conducted, or what was asked, you are making a massive jump to a conclusion there.

One would also point out the irony of someone using lack of evidence as justification for saying something is a lie when they can't present any evidence to back up their own statements.

Captain Obvious · 08-02-2018 05:52PM

Howard Tasteless Bank wrote: »

Welp, successfully scuppered any discussion of yet more evidence showing that medical professionals consistently support repeal, so job done. If it wasn't that it would have been something else. Phrasing of the question, who asked it, whether it was in fact 61.3% and not 62%, what day of the week it was, if the respondents had been personally victimised by Una Mulally.

It happens every survey.

That's why they shouldn't really be accepted as evidence of anything, merely an indicator. The unfortunate fact is that it is pretty easy to get any answer you want depending on what question you ask and who you ask. I doubt there is any doubt a majority of doctors would support it though, if even just for the additional medical options it would give people.

Delirium · 08-02-2018 05:55PM

keano_afc wrote: »

That we're led to believe it was a poll of doctors. It was a poll of people who read a magazine, which could be anybody.

you know many plumbers that subscribe to the Irish Medical Times?

frag420 · 08-02-2018 06:06PM

Delirium wrote: »

you know many plumbers that subscribe to the Irish Medical Times?

Are you referring to pipe surgeons?

erica74 · 08-02-2018 06:15PM

I can't remember if I've contributed to this thread already, I think I may have at different stages.
The conversation about the 8th is everywhere, it's hard to escape it, whether you want to or not.

Throughout my life, I have often thought of how the 8th could have impacted me. My brother sexually abused me for years when I was a child. I often think about if I had ended up pregnant as a result of the abuse. The resulting baby would have been a baby born from incest with who knows what sort of severe health problems and I would have been a seriously damaged person as a result, I am damaged enough as is.

When I think of the 8th, I think of other young girls, young women and women in general who are being abused, by a partner or a family member and the impact the 8th (as it is) may have on them.

I fully support abortion, abortions for every woman who wants one, no matter what the reason. My experience is just one of a thousand reasons why a woman might seek an abortion.
I think back to being 10 years old and not understanding a fucking thing about my life and I am scared for myself. It's a terrifying thought. What if.

Loafing Oaf · 08-02-2018 06:20PM

Howard Tasteless Bank wrote: »

Welp, successfully scuppered any discussion of yet more evidence showing that medical professionals consistently support repeal, so job done. If it wasn't that it would have been something else. Phrasing of the question, who asked it, whether it was in fact 61.3% and not 62%, what day of the week it was, if the respondents had been personally victimised by Una Mulally.

It happens every survey.

The thing is, it's their own cause their hurting in the long run by deluding themselves about the strength of their position. There seems to be a narrative emerging among the pro-lifers that even if the referendum and the 12-week legislation pass, the proposed abortion regime will never come into effect because there won't be enough GPs to make it work. Nitpicking about the details of this survey's methodology will help to sustain that narrative, but if it turns out to be a false hope...

ohnonotgmail · 08-02-2018 06:21PM

Delirium wrote: »

you know many plumbers that subscribe to the Irish Medical Times?

Those that want to be able to fit a bathroom while looking through the letterbox?

Water John · 08-02-2018 06:47PM

Maybe saw doctors (a real term), did the survey too.
My sympathies with you experiences, Erica.

Ash.J.Williams · 08-02-2018 09:59PM

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Sorry, there is no argument here, at all. If the mother's life is at risk due to her pregnancy an abortion should be performed immediately. There is no debate here. Risking her life for the sake of a fetus is not acceptable, especially when the trauma the woman is going through could kill the fetus anyway.

I'm not talking about a foetus I'm sayin if the birth will kill the mother and the baby can live, then it's not a definite decision

keano_afc · 08-02-2018 10:50PM

The IMT have deleted the poll. They won't even stand over it themselves. It seems it's only accepted by the good people on boards.ie. Thank goodness for anonymous internet chat forums.

captbarnacles · 09-02-2018 12:09AM

Do Iona oppose the right to travel?

expectationlost · 09-02-2018 12:10AM

seamus wrote: »

Considering the survey won't even be published until tomorrow, you're making a lot of declarations about what it does and doesn't say.

Where's your evidence that it's a lie?

theres a cache of the description of the poll here

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:04CNC6vUzr8J:https://www.imt.ie/news/majority-medics-back-abortion-12-weeks-imt-poll-reveals-07-02-2018/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie

its their website (reg needed) poll, a facebook poll and a twitter poll all added together obviously not stringent enough to report on by anyone else, no matter what you view theres no justifying putting this poll on the front page of a newspaper at all

expectationlost · 09-02-2018 12:11AM

Candamir wrote: »

FFS

The survey asks medical doctors what their opinion is on a subject.
‘Are you a medical doctor’ - yes/no
‘Do you Support 12 week access.....’ - yes/no/don’t know

At some point you have to either believe (a) that people who answer surveys are generally honest, and the survey is therefore an accurate representation of their feelings, or (b)that they’re telling lies and therefore surveys are useless.

If you believe (b) then disregard all survey/poll/non concrete evidence from here on out. Including pretty much everything you see on the various prolife posters.

You can also include everything that comes out of the CSO, as that’s also only a survey. If you keep going down this path, you’ll soon find you can’t really believe anything much at all!

the cso double check a sample of their data

Candamir · 09-02-2018 12:30AM

expectationlost wrote: »

the cso double check a sample of their data

What? You mean they call around and ask complicated questions on catechism to see if you answered the religion question right? Such as ‘do you believe in god?’ (As according to some on here, ‘yes’ is not a requirement to mark yourself down as Catholic!)

Or is in fact they just check that you answered the questions and take your word for it that you were truthful?

The 8th amendment(Mod warning in op)

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