Pointless polls conducted regards opening borders!

[Scouse123]

I don't know why the media continues to report polls among the Thai public in print and online media with regards to the re-opening of borders. These polls are a waste of time, both by the pollsters and for the readers.

 

If they trusted the Thai public to get anything right, they would allow the results of free and fair elections to choose governments, and also appoint juries for trials to decide on the innocence or guilt of a defendant. They don't do these things because they don't trust the intellect of the general public or more to the point, don't like the answers they will receive.

 

With regards to opening borders, this should be done and based on scientific facts, economists, country comparisons, and health professional, not through ' loaded ' and ' questionable polls ' primarily in Bangkok. You are bound to get a different result entirely by speaking to a well heeled student at some prestige university in the city than a male or female that have lost their jobs working on the islands in a hotel.

[DrJack54]

Entrainment and why bother reading them if they upset you. 

[bkk6060]

They are basically a distraction and disussion topic.

Any of these polls will have nothing to do with the final decisions that are made.

[RubbaJohnny]

Worldwide newspapers need fillers.An unverified uncheckable survey is great clickbait and a few figures can fill a whole page with graphs and interpretations and comments.

 

I recall as a cub doing birth deaths and marriages as these promoted paper sales pre internet.

Was also asked to do the horoscope if colleague sick.

I explained I neither knew nor belived in astrology and was told , 

 

"Use last years " "Or make it up"

 

Old saying only belive 3 things in print, price , date and yesterday's weather , and not even that in some places.

 

In China where furnace workers allowed a day off if 43 degree sthe max in Beijing Media always 42.9

[ChouDoufu]

have you considered starting a poll to see what other forum members think about this?

[Dumbastheycome]

12 minutes ago, ChouDoufu said:

have you considered starting a poll to see what other forum members think about this?

Please!  Nooooooooooo!

Ok.  Need  a  filler .

[metisdead]

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