DU this poll: Should the United States pursue a space weapons program?

[Kazak]

http://www.cnn.com (Poll is down on the lower right hand side.)

Currently "YES" is far too high with 45%...smack 'em down, DU!!!

:thumbsup:

[tk2kewl]

1. done

[IChing]

2. This is the poll I see

Should caffeine be placed on the list of banned drugs in sport?
Yes
No

[Kazak]

6. Weird...

I still see the space weapons poll... :shrug:

[IChing]

10. It was the browser, what the hell is that about?

firefox allowed the poll

safari the caffeine poll showed

[IChing]

13. apple users are more liberal than pc ... why is the poll different?

In general studies apple user are more liberal

why would the poll change with the browser?


No conspiracy here

[IChing]

17. Can anyone answer this question?

about the browser?

[lady lib]

3. Done.

[cdb]

4. done

[Vincardog]

5. Done Yes 45% 7586 votes still too high

Should the United States pursue a space weapons program?

Yes 45% 7586 votes

No 55% 9435 votes

[slor]

7. Done n/t

[Pockets]

8. Done

But I'm conflicted about it. On one hand I believe that space weapons would help protect Americans from having to go be shipped away to wars like the one in Iraq. On the other hand, placing such devastating power into anyone's hands is dangerous to the rest of the world, which would inevitably lead to social unrest. I'll stick to the latter line of reasoning.

[Turbineguy]

9. Yes, because

Osama bin Laden is really a space alien.

[SmokingJacket]

11. Ugh -- can you imagine?

"A metorite has hit the supervaporizing laser off target -- it's now aiming straight for Evanston, Illinois! Oh -- no, no! It's totally vaporized an Arthur Treachers and a Wendy's!"

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. done

:kick:

[ArkDem]

14. We need to beat all of our spears into plowshares.

[Imagine My Surprise]

15. The absurdity to this is...

even generals are saying that the US couldn't fend off an attack by Cuba at this point, and we think we are able to "conquor" space? I think not.

[ArkDem]

21. What is a conquor?

[carnie_sf]

16. I can't believe

45% of any group would think space weapons are a good idea.

[Kazak]

18. The vote count has gone WAY up, but the percentages haven't budged...

:shrug:

[TheMightyFavog]

19. done

:kick:

[kansasblue]

20. 52012 vote 55% NO

done

[Gothmog]

22. done

55% no

[Squeech]

23. Kick

Still 45% yes, 55% no.

Of course it's on a page with a puff piece about Revenge of the Sith. The whole premise of the movie is that space will be militarized, and it's only a question of whether the good guys will be more attuned to the Force than the bad guys.

And most of America still thinks we're the good guys.

[Imalittleteapot]

24. kick