hackey lad   3,991 #2197 Posted September 17, 2018 Ok well what about the post above - more were for felling than against. But the massive majority didn’t bother to respond.  I’ve never argued more are for - ive only argues the majority weren’t really bothered - so it is probably wrong to say that the “silent majority” is against tree felling.  I’m not twisting anything - im not “for” felling myself. I’m posting statistics and you can form your own view.  I replied to that post . I have formed my own view from statistics provided by you . Then you argue the majority weren't bothered , how do you come to that view . Lets just go with the statistics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest makapaka   #2198 Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) I replied to that post . I have formed my own view from statistics provided by you . Then you argue the majority weren't bothered , how do you come to that view . Lets just go with the statistics  Because don't you think they would have voted for or against if they were bothered?  Cyclone earlier said the silent majority was against tree removal - there's no evidence to suggest that - nor is there that the silent majority were for.  There's no point having a dig at me - why do you think 83% of people on Sheldon Road didn't bother to respond? Or the 91% at Walkley Bank who didn't bother to respond either?  Saying not bothered doesn't mean for - I'm just saying in my view the majority of people were indifferent / apathetic / disinterested in the issue.  As I said earlier - if you only had a 10% turnout for something like a local election - you would definitely say there was voter apathy - and most people wouldn't disagree. Edited September 18, 2018 by makapaka Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #2199 Posted September 18, 2018 I actually said that in direct response to someone claiming the opposite and I noted at the time that it was anecdotal. I didn't see you arguing against the poster claiming that the silent majority were actually in favour of trees being removed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mr Bloke   1,445 #2200 Posted September 18, 2018 Because don't you think they would have voted for or against if they were bothered? Cyclone earlier said the silent majority was against tree removal - there's no evidence to suggest that - nor is there that the silent majority were for.  There's no point having a dig at me - why do you think 83% of people on Sheldon Road didn't bother to respond? Or the 91% at Walkley Bank who didn't bother to respond either?  Saying not bothered doesn't mean for - I'm just saying in my view the majority of people were indifferent / apathetic / disinterested in the issue.  As I said earlier - if you only had a 10% turnout for something like a local election - you would definitely say there was voter apathy - and most people wouldn't disagree. Hmmm...  ... maybe the people who were 'not bothered' foolishly trusted the council to do the 'right thing' and only remove those trees that really needed to be removed on safety grounds, and never considered the fact that they might lose their healthy trees purely for financial reasons?  Maybe there should be a second vote now that all the implications are known... it seems to be the thing to do these days if you don't get the result you want first time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #2201 Posted September 18, 2018 A point he failed to make despite a number of posts on the subject. First time I've heard that there was no address - a number of posts on the STAG website stated they were addressed to "The Occupier".  The point was made about 100 pages ago, I didn't realise I needed to rehash the entire thing because you're not bothering to keep up.  ---------- Post added 18-09-2018 at 10:30 ----------  And presumably the council had to use "The Occupier" due to the constraints of the Data Protection Act.  Don't be ridiculous.  Sending addressed letters to people is clearly not a breach of the DPA or the now GDPR.  ---------- Post added 18-09-2018 at 10:32 ----------  I’ve never said it was support - I said it was apathy. They’re not bothered. You equally can’t have it both ways - you can’t raise the issue that the envelope was not clear as to what it contained as a factor and then back track as to what extent it impacted the vote.  I didn't state a specific level of impact, you argued against a point I hadn't made.  Given the unaddressed brown envelope delivered without postage mark or stamp, do you now believe that it's likely that quite a few people just binned it without looking? You won't of course believe that the council did it like that deliberately to minimise the number of responses...  ---------- Post added 18-09-2018 at 10:33 ----------  Hmmm...  ... maybe the people who were 'not bothered' foolishly trusted the council to do the 'right thing' and only remove those trees that really needed to be removed on safety grounds, and never considered the fact that they might lose their healthy trees purely for financial reasons?  Maybe there should be a second vote now that all the implications are known... it seems to be the thing to do these days if you don't get the result you want first time.  Quite likely that a lot of people believed the council would do as they'd publicly said, which like most of what they publicly say, turned out to be a lie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest makapaka   #2202 Posted September 18, 2018 You can interpret it as you wish.  But in the walkley bank example 6% were in favour of the tree felling 3% were against the tree felling 91% didn’t bother to reply  If you believe that suggests the majority of people were against the felling that’s up to you.  I would say most people were indifferent to the issue on that basis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #2203 Posted September 18, 2018 And you're going to ignore unaddressed, brown envelope delivered without stamp or postmark, because to consider it would result in criticising the council for a deliberate, cynical attempt to have the survey ignored by as many residents as possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Flexo   10 #2204 Posted September 18, 2018 The letter which accompanied the survey in the plain brown envelope said that trees would only be felled "as a last resort". That sounds fine so there's no need to return the survey.  This turned out not to be true. Some 80% of trees listed for felling do not need felling, and felling these is not a "last resort" - it's the first. The contract has a target to fell 17,500 street trees and penalties if the contractor does not meet their targets, so it incentivises the contractor (Amey) to drum up spurious reasons to fell trees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest makapaka   #2205 Posted September 18, 2018 And you're going to ignore unaddressed, brown envelope delivered without stamp or postmark, because to consider it would result in criticising the council for a deliberate, cynical attempt to have the survey ignored by as many residents as possible.  I’m not ignoring it - I’m saying that citing that’s as an example for 91% of people not responding doesn’t stack up for me.  That’s 91% of people in walkley bank that didn’t open a letter delivered to their house?  You can speculate on that as you wish.  As I’ve said before I’m not suggesting the information demonstrates people are for or against - I’m just citing it as something that might go against your argument that the silent majority is against felling - which you have based on chats with your friends and I have based on the response to the survey.  Like in in the two examples above which both have between 10-20% response rate and marginal for and against votes.  Now - as it doesn’t reinforce your own view - you are suggesting this survey was flawed because you believe people didn’t open the envelope and have then again just resorted to having a dig at me.  The information is there for you and others to form their own view on. It’s up to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #2206 Posted September 18, 2018 So you are ignoring it, you can't bring yourself to criticise the council for deliberately manipulating the survey to minimise responses.  You're also ignoring the lies in the survey which may well have lead people to not respond...  I'm "suggesting" that the survey was flawed. Are you "denying" it? (Oh, and for what it's worth, the survey responses where they were made were overwhelmingly against, that means that the survey does actually support my point of view). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest makapaka   #2207 Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) So you are ignoring it, you can't bring yourself to criticise the council for deliberately manipulating the survey to minimise responses. You're also ignoring the lies in the survey which may well have lead people to not respond...  I'm "suggesting" that the survey was flawed. Are you "denying" it? (Oh, and for what it's worth, the survey responses where they were made were overwhelmingly against, that means that the survey does actually support my point of view).  Well not on Walkley Bank they weren't. More people approved than disapproved.  Why do I have to disprove or deny an unproven accusation to not be accused of bias?  However - to go with your theory that the silent majority opposes the felling in say Walkley Bank - we have to believe 91% of 986 households surveyed in Walkley Bank were tricked into not responding - either by lies contained within a survey or because they didn't bother to open the envelope - and that they would have been against had they not been tricked.  We then have to discount the fact that of those people that weren't tricked - more voted to approve the felling than disapprove.  You might then say that the people that approved the felling were tricked, but then we also have to question why only 3% disapproved.  You said that having spoken to your friends / colleagues this proved the silent majority were against the felling which you seem to think people should just accept as fact.  I'm not saying the survey proves anything undoubtedly - it certainly doesn't support a for or against view - it does seem to indicate indifference. Edited September 18, 2018 by makapaka Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #2208 Posted September 19, 2018 There are sections of the pavement around some of the trees where the root growth is so pronounced that it has buckled the pavement. I walk down there most days, and I dont rely on Cyclone's silly Google Map images to see what I see. But, hey, he or she has decided it's not an issue so I shall tell them not to worry.  Hey I missed this one.  Silly images of the street. That's weak isn't it. I put up some evidence and the best you can do is call actual photos of the street in question 'silly'. I guess we've proven that you were exaggerating weren't you. Which explains why you went quiet and only makapaka is left arguing about a point (having carefully forgotten the context of it of course).  ---------- Post added 19-09-2018 at 11:13 ----------  That context being (to remind you makapaka) that bendix was claiming the opposite. The silent majority he claimed were in favour of tree removal. I only claimed the opposite to make it clear how silly the claim is. And I acknowledged that it was anecdotal at the time. See posts 2147 and thereabouts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...