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Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary.

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Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> Wrote in message:
> On 28/08/2014 8:10 AM, Shadow wrote:
> 
> The words "home" and "homes" do not appear in the article.
>  From the article:
> "Fully 86% of Americans reported in the Pew Research survey they were 
> “very” or “somewhat” willing to have a conversation about the 
> government’s surveillance program in at least one of the physical 
> settings we queried —at a public meeting, at a family dinner, at a 
> restaurant with friends, or at work."
> 
> That seems to directly contradict your claim.
> 
> Sylvia.
> 

That poll could have been worded more precisly, I think.  I am
 unwilling to discuss Snowden at the dinner table too.  But mostly
 because my family uses the dinner table to talk about other
 things, not politics.  I might try it some day, but I might get
 stabbed with a fork :)

That said, the overarching point is: are Americans feeling more
 scared or more anxious?  And do they self-censor because of fear
 their words will have consequences and/or recrimination?  You
 betcha.  You don't find people talking freely on Facebook anymore
 now that the cops are all searching it as part of their
 background checks, for example: that much at least is
 true.

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In the land of free speech, this is scary. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-08-27 19:10 -0300
  Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-08-27 19:24 -0400
    Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-08-27 20:59 -0300
      Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-08-27 22:57 -0400
      Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. "D.D." <xyzzy@inbox.com> - 2014-08-27 21:51 -0700
  Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-08-28 13:02 +1000
    Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-28 20:59 +0000
      Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-08-29 15:24 +0100
        Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-08-29 18:07 -0300
          Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-30 17:09 +0000
            Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-08-30 13:08 -0600
              Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-31 01:23 +0300
                Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-31 17:04 +0000
                Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-31 22:06 +0300
                Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-08-31 13:57 -0600
                Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-31 23:26 +0300
            Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-08-31 00:31 +0100
              Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-08-30 23:42 +0000
                Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-08-31 08:11 +0100
                Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-08-31 08:29 +0000
                Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2014-09-01 20:22 +0100
      Re: In the land of free speech, this is scary. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-08-29 18:04 -0300

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