Friday, February 01, 2013

Good News Friday


It's this little piece of news I spotted on Twitter:
 Marine Corps survey shows 17 percent of male Marine respondents say they would likely leave the Corps if women move into combat positions.
The survey says that number jumps to 22 percent if women are assigned involuntarily to those jobs.
Results of the survey of 53,000 Marines were released to The Associated Press on Friday.

Why good news?  Because the following version says exactly the same thing, except for the tone (that can be picked to influence shit):

Marine Corps survey shows 83 percent of male Marine respondents say they would not leave the Corps if women move into combat positions.
The survey says that number drops to 78 percent if women are assigned involuntarily to those jobs.
Results of the survey of 53,000 Marines were released to The Associated Press on Friday.
Isn't it wonderful what a very simple change does?  The tone I pick here is that the vast majority of male Marine respondents (or of female Marine respondents, check the linked item) are not dreadfully upset with the proposed change.