Monday, September 24, 2007

Opinion poll

I was watching preview of Ind-Pak title clash on Headlines Today this morning. Like most news channels, HT too had a gawky interface with stock prices and headlines scrolling across the screen. I was attracted by a rectangular box on the left of the screen that carried results of an opinion poll.

The question was: "Who will win today?"; Options: A) India and B) Pakistan. The results till then was 87%-13%, that would delight any Indian. Even then, the 13% of votes did surprise me. Who would have voted for Pak? Whoever it may be, I promise there would be no cricketing reasons.

But the question is still open. I put the question to myself. "Why would you vote for Pak in this poll?". I'd say, "I am better of being in the group of lesser strength, if randomly picked one from one of the groups will win a gift." :-)

As I brainstormed, I found other things that made some real sense to me: There are lot of people around who believe "if they vote for India, then we will lose". Hmmmm, true!! And, What if the channel forges the results to attract more SMS votes from the viewers? You never know. :P

9 comments:

தேன்மொழி said...

nee enna vena sollu .. yen full support india ku than :-)

Girl of Destiny said...

Out of the box thinking working overtime huh??
There may also be people
a)genuinely supporting pakis
b)who go against the flow just for the heck of it
c)who pressed the wrong key on their mobiles
etc etc
Like you said, You never know!
;-)

Girl of Destiny said...

password nyabagam vandhurchuna ipdiya over a blog panradhu??
anyway...i'm not complaining! keep up the good work ;-)

Thiru said...

ppl genuinely supporting pakis?? sounds really odd.. ;)

10q!!

Bala said...

for once u thought straight..
I appreciate :-)

Thiru said...

hmmm..
for once??
thought straight????

thanks anyways!!

Nivi said...

hmmmm... yes... I go by Girl of Destiny's option b...Just for the heck of it, I would have voted for Pak... (cos I dont have much opinion on this game)

Senthil said...

daie Naatula yosika evlavo irukkum boathu, ithu romba mukkiyama?

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