Americans Not Bothered by NSA Spying

Snap E Tom writes "According to a Washington Post poll, a majority (63%) of Americans 'said they found the NSA program to be an acceptable way to investigate terrorism.' A slightly higher majority would not be bothered if the NSA collected personal calls that they made. Even though the program has received bi-partisan criticism from Congress, it appears that the public values security over privacy."

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Re:Yay! For the USA!

[minus_273]

"His quote has to be seen in that context. These days nobody seems to want to die for freedom anymore and hence the freedom is taken away piecemeal...

Look, I'm not even American, but I do think I understand the historical context. I think that Benjamin Franklin was indeed a wise man and I am only a pinko-commie-euro-bastard.
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Considering the US military is a all volunteer service and every single american soldier in Iraq and Afgnaistan as well as all over the world volunteered to join the military knowing the risks, i think you don't understand the US at all. The US is not europe, people here actually are willing to fight and die.

And grew pot.

[falconwolf]

Thomas Jefferson believed it was a farmer's responsibility to grow hemp, aka "pot" or marijuana. Hemp is one of the most industrially significant plants there are. When he bailed out of his plane over the Pacific, former president George Bush's life may very well have been saved because of hemp. Many parachute cords were made from hemp. It was only in 1937 with the Marijuana Tax Act that hemp was made illegal, and that because it threatened many wealthy people. But during the Second World War, the federal government pushed to have farmers grow hemp, making and releasing the movie Hemp For Victory. Oil from hemp could be used for fuel and to make plastic. When he designed his diesel engine Diesel designed it to run on most any vegetable oil, of which hemp is a good source. Henry Ford, on his Iron Mountain estate designed and built a car with and powered by hemp. This threatened Rochefeller's and Rothschild's oil wealth and DuPont's plastics manufacturing. Because an efficient method of processing hemp fibers into paper, more paper could be made from an acre of hemp than from an acre of forest, this threatened William Randolf Hearst's business of cutting down forests to make paper.

Falcon

Re:Yay! For the USA!

[bennomatic]

Trust me; I was tempted to spin it :-)