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- Support for First Amendment Down. Support for the First Amendment has eroded significantly since Sept. 11 and nearly half of Americans now think the constitutional amendment on free speech goes too far in the rights it guarantees, says a poll released Thursday. [From Privacy Digest] This relates well to the piece I cited the other day, from Slate, about the dangers of having the Supreme Court go with the way the winds of popular opinion are blowing. |
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- Not caring. Showing that you care is something you're not supposed to do. The penalty is death, in a symbolic sense. Better to stay aloof, uninvolved, like a TV character. "I don't really care," I say, when nothing could be further from the truth. |
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