rebelagenda:
I'm unclear on the Y-axis. Is it percent of college students admiting to use of? Or is it number of pots smokened? I didn't know Crystal Meth was still recording... or am I thinking of Crystal Gayle?
(about 1 year ago)
Natalie:
Now that I am rereading your first comment, I can see how the posted description may have been misleading and I apologize for that. Habeas corpus has only been suspended for detained prisoners, not for the larger American population.
(about 1 year ago)
rebelagenda:
There are people being held in Guantanamo Bay as "prisoners of war." They are prisoners in the "war" on terror. They may or may not be American citizens. They are being denied Habeus Corpus. They have been held for more than 5 years each. This is a travesty. How can anyone think this is acceptable?
That being said, this graphic is neither informative nor clear. The source data was regarding a vote on cloture. A less intentionally inflammatory graphic would have shown all votes by party affiliation: yea's by democrats, yea's by republicans, etc.
(about 1 year ago)
Spreadneck:
@ rebelagenda
I agree that the graphic is not clear, and I also think your suggestion on how to improve the graphic is right on. However, your points about the people being held at Guantanamo are clearly based on a misunderstanding of the actual situation. The people held there were mostly captured in the mountains of Afghanistan where the Marines are currently fighting the Taliban. Some have been captured in places other than Afghanistan, but the overwhelming majority of all detainees have been released without charges after being interrogated. Very few (I will check what percentage) have been held there for 5 years, and many have been recaptured fighting our Marines after being released once already. I assume you agree that the people we are fighting in Afghanistan are unquestionably the enemies of America, and though they may be stateless, they are certainly capable of inflicting immeasurable harm to America and its citizens.
Not to mention the fact that Guantanamo is like a resort compared to the places we imprison actual American citizens. See this article: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/06/halliburton-awarded-guantanamo.php.
I suggest we throw the people we capture in the general population at Rikers Island. I bet we get all the information we need out of them real fast under those conditions.
(about 1 year ago)
rebelagenda:
I do like this version better (and appreciate both your response and an earlier response to my comment--I will try to make sure my background info is accurate when including it).
I'm generally averse to pie charts, although this is a situation where I might have created a pie out of this more complete set.
Also as a relative newbie here, I'm not sure the title as it stands now reflects the graphic. Isn't it currently "Type of vote regarding cloture broken out by party" or something similar?
(about 1 year ago)
Marijuana vs. Heroin
vs. Cocaine vs. MD..