Americans Don't Care About Domestic Spying ? 485
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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heh. (Score:3, Funny)
thanks heavens I live in the UK where government spying on the populace is strictly for... oh wait.
Re:Retort (Score:5, Funny)
Please wait patiently for our transport services to go pick you up.
Err, where did you live exactly?
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Re:Is it just me... (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, which is why I enjoy pollsters calling me so much. Assuming my four kids aren't screaming in the background (which makes life miserable for the pollster anyway) I like to break down the question and make sure I get exactly what they are getting at before answering. It drives most of them nuts. =)
Re:I actually agree with the article. (Score:1, Funny)
Guy Fawkes masks (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Statistics (Score:5, Funny)
Re:some people don't (Score:5, Funny)
We need a new law that replaces Nazi analogies with Soviet analogies. "Godwin's Law 2: This time it's Commies"
Re:some people don't (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Statistics (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:I actually agree with the article. (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Those who fail to learn the lessons of history. (Score:3, Funny)
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We Millenials (along with the boomers) are much more comfortable with and trusting of the 'Good Government'
Your view is probably the better one to have, but the attitudes of Gen-X are mostly limited to them.
The real reason anyone cares... (Score:-1, Funny)