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Americans Don't Care About Domestic Spying ?

Posted by Zonk on from the you're-blocking-the-view-of-the-big-game dept.

S1mmo+61 writes "Salon is analyzing a Time Magazine article today, a piece that essentially claims Americans do not care about the domestic spying. The analysis of the Time magazine piece (which is longer than the article itself) is interesting, if only as a quick history of domestic spying in the last eight years. 'Time claims that "nobody cares" about the Government's increased spying powers and that "polling consistently supports that conclusion." They don't cite a single poll because that assertion is blatantly false. Just this weekend, a new poll released by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University proves that exactly the opposite is true. That poll shows that the percentage of Americans who believe the Federal Government is "very secretive" has doubled in the last two years alone (to 44%)'"

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  1. Retort by GWLlosa · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd write an insightful and scathing retort, in which the abundance of witticisms and the razor-sharp logic would decisively destroy the opposing position... but I don't know who might be reading this.

    1. Re:Retort by Thanshin · · Score: 4, Funny

      We don't need to read your retort citizen. Knowing your recently confessed ability of writing one made us extract it from your brain.

      Please wait patiently for our transport services to go pick you up.

      Err, where did you live exactly?

    2. Re:Retort by Beefaroni · · Score: 5, Funny

      i thought our calls were being monitored or recorded for quality purposes.

    3. Re:Retort by tgd · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not much chance they'll find anything to extract from a brain there...

  2. Re:Statistics by qoncept · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought the summary did a pretty good job of trying not to sway anyone. You know -- when summary said the article didn't cite a relevent poll, and then the summary itself didn't cite a relevent poll.

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  3. Re:some people don't by Comboman · · Score: 4, Funny
    Huh, what do you know. I didn't Godwin the conversation.

    We need a new law that replaces Nazi analogies with Soviet analogies. "Godwin's Law 2: This time it's Commies"

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  4. Re:Statistics by barocco · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Citizen,

    You have recently misspelt a common word in your exchange with other citizens. Please note that the adjective meaning "having a bearing on or connection with the matter at hand" is spelt as "relevant", not "relevent".

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