Kat and others: Loaded questions etc. are a prime example of the misuse of statistics . . This was part of my point. People misuse language to their own ends - isn't that just what this Senator is doing in trying to whip up a storm about "cultural decline" or whatever (I'm sure he's a highly cultured man and so well qualified to judge that decline). We don't blame "English" for people's ability to misuse it to misrepresent; why is "Statistics" any different?

G.