Remove The Poll Out Of Respect?

[Marshwarble]

Thank you.

[Peter Pedant]

OG ya nardy bye !

umm - OG was making a pun ( naughty boy ! slap legs ! ) on delphic meaning obscure and Delft pottery ( heavy and earthenware )

and yes OG was being delphic ( obscure ) but not THAT delphic ( not that obscure)

[Marshwarble]

Providing its near the event, of course.

[Cloverjo]

Would Jo Cox herself have wanted the poll cancelled? I really don't think so. What has happened is terribly sad, but life and politics go on.

[Prudie]

Hi Baths! Nothing technical, I write the word in an e-mail (or Word doc) because that has the spellchecker option to use the accent (which AB doesn't) and copy and paste.

[Peter Pedant]

// Out of respect should be a good enough reason for anything?//

what actually to cancel an event and not delay it ?

so... you would agree that a funeral should be cancelled out of respect to the dead person ?

so we are agreed that there are some things that are not cancelled out of respect to a dead person and we are saying that holding a referendum is one of them.

[Old_Geezer]

Not so MW. As an extreme example I'm not jumping off a cliff out of respect . I'm sure some appreciate your suggestion and that it is important to you, but I don't feel that anything goes. Just my view that it's not really appropriate.

[Bathsheba]

Oh ta Prudie. Don't think I've got Word on here, but if I did I know how to use it, (or do I? Tis a long time since I did my CLAIT test) :p x x

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[Marshwarble]

I am talking about the poll on this page by the way, not the UK poll. I don't believe that one should be removed.

[AB Editor]

Hi Marshwarble,

It seems to be the considered opinion of the community that removing it would not particularly convey respect, nor would leaving it suggest disrespect.

I understand where your feeling comes from. But no, we're not going to remove the poll.