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12/18/2004: "Ugh"
How about a crackdown on the civil liberties of Moron-Americans? Apparently, a good deal of people in this fair nation believe that the Constitution shouldn't apply to everyone. That's funny, because I distinctly remember that episode of "School House Rock" that said "the Constitution is for everyone!"
And who knew that TV news watchers would be more fearful? Really? TV news makes people afraid? So they'll stay inside and watch more TV news? "Coming up... a report on remote controls... do they cause cancer? You won't want to touch that clicker -- we'll be right back!"
I'm disgusted. Again.
Replies: 4 Comments
on Saturday, December 18th @ 4:07 PM EST, Sherwin said
Hey Spector, enjoying the site. The AP story is actually a little misleading, though. The poll takers didn't ask the respondents directly whether Muslims' civil liberties should be curtailed. Instead, they asked four vaguely worded questions about different government actions (like sending agents into mosques) that the report authors then said were civil liberties violations. Twenty-nine percent of respondents agreed with two or more of the four tactics, and 15 percent agreed with only one of the four. So, nothing like 44 percent of the respondents actually said they agreed that civil liberties should be curtailed. Better analysis is at http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2004_12_14.shtml#1103389852.
on Saturday, December 18th @ 6:28 PM EST, Jesse Spector said
Thanks for the info... very interesting. Still, the fact that it's in double figures is more than a little troubling.
on Sunday, December 19th @ 2:18 AM EST, Haggs said
Sherwin is the man.
on Sunday, December 19th @ 11:49 AM EST, Sherwin said
Thanks, Haggs. You da man, too.
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