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Re:G8 agenda calls for "civilized Internet": monitored, gove... by jellicle on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @09:28AM (#2579693)
Not at all. If the question is "Should the government be able to access email to track down pornographers and terrorists?", the answer is that 99% of the population is in favor of it.
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Re:G8 agenda calls for "civilized Internet": monitored, gove... by dantheman on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @09:36AM (#2579717)
That's quite the claim and I don't believe it for a second.
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Re:G8 agenda calls for "civilized Internet": monitored, gove... by jm4 on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @09:56AM (#2579786)
The greater point is getting lost in the BS statistic. Make no mistake; the debate could be skewed any which way if you start with the right question. There was an episode of "Penn and Teller: Bullshit!"[1] where they talk to a pollster who does this for a living. He does a few demo polls where he basically starts by saying what result he wants and then asks the question that will produce exactly that.

1. Season 4, episode 9 "Numbers"

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Re:G8 agenda calls for "civilized Internet": monitored, gove... by d0ne on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @03:38PM (#2581278)
I'm with ^
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Re:G8 agenda calls for "civilized Internet": monitored, gove... by RyanMcGreal on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @10:24AM (#2579905)
"Not without a warrant."
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