tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post7713692773338939298..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: When Gerrymandering Broke the ComputerJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-69209206606979395732011-11-04T01:06:18.187-05:002011-11-04T01:06:18.187-05:00It's part and parcel to being a partisan. If ...It's part and parcel to being a partisan. If they do it, it's terrible. If we do it, it's fine because hey, look, they do it too! Worst... logic... ever!<br /><br />But the real issue is that the crux of J.W.'s story is a non-issue, probably a glitch with some mapping software, akin to you cropping an image of your best friend and accidentally cropping off a tiny piece of his arm with the select tool. It is probably very easily fixed, and it's unlikely that it's anywhere as sinister as J.W. makes it sound.<br /><br />That's like claiming a major attack has occurred on the state Constitution because someone's WinWord auto-correct feature inadvertantly changed "marsh" to "march". Imagine the confusion that could create! It's probably easily rectified.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to seeing the new map! I'm really curious to see if they fixed the 12th, so it doesn't look like Ralph Steadman's (Hunter S. Thompson's illustrator's) rendering of the Loch Ness Monster in flight and on acid!<br /><br />Hopefully they will fix the 12th District, and it will no longer be <a href="http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2010/11/11/the-top-ten-most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts-in-the-united-states/?singlepage=true" rel="nofollow">lampooned</a> as one of the stupidest, most extreme cases of gerrymandering in the country.Mike D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-65702582939646510972011-11-02T12:43:33.195-05:002011-11-02T12:43:33.195-05:00Oh come on, JW, aren't you being hypocritical,...Oh come on, JW, aren't you being hypocritical, considering the history of the NC legislature on the subject of redistricting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com