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| Authored by: Giant Space Hamster on Monday, December 06 2004 @ 09:44 AM CST |
Read the WPIRG response again. They aren't claiming that the question isn't confusing. It's just that they would prefer to run a campaign where they could use the slogan 'Say YES to WPIRG'. For example:
WPIRG does x good things each year
WPIRG is a vital part of the UW Community
Say YES to WPIRG
Now they're in the position where they have to say 'Vote NO for WPIRG' which is an awkward slogan. It's just a trick of playing with language, much the same as the petitioners who decided to emphasize '$9.50 per academic year' instead of the perhaps more honest, but less incendiary, '$4.25 per term'.
If the petition was named (Proposition 24, for example) they could attack the petition itself, without naming themselves and distorting the issue even slightly (ie 'Vote NO on the Anti-WPIRG Petition' still names WPIRG, 'Vote NO on Proposition 24' is a better slogan).
For the record, I support the petition and its aims. But the language of the petition does grant a slight disadvantage to WPIRG. Of course, if it was reversed, WPIRG would have a slight advantage over the petitioners. So either way, the language hurts somebody, so we might as well leave it as is.[ Parent ]
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