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To: Alighieri who wrote (213524)	12/18/2004 3:02:27 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575939

Al, another example of "inbred truth" between academia and the press. The headline reads, "Nearly half of all Americans believe the U.S. government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans, according to a nationwide poll." But that all depends on what your definition of "restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans" is. Here is what the Cornell study defined as "restrictions" (along w/ a percentage of those who agree with the statement): a) All Muslim Americans should be required to register their whereabouts with the federal government. (27%) b) Mosques should be closely monitored and surveilled by U.S. law enforcement agencies. (26%) c) U.S government agencies should profile citizens as potential threats based on being Muslim or having Middle Eastern heritage. (22%) d) Muslim civic and volunteer organizations should be infiltrated by undercover law enforcement agents to keep watch on their activities and fundraising. (29%) So close monitoring and surveillance are "restrictions" on civil liberties? So are undercover agents? And profiling? Good grief, we might as well consider every law enforcement agency in America to be "violating" the civil liberties of some racial group, whether it be blacks, Hispanics, Vietnamese, or even Italians. It's no wonder liberals love "nuance," because truth is twisted at this level. Tenchusatsu P.S. - I will say one thing, though. Registration of one's whereabouts is flat out dumb unless one has been tried and convicted of a crime.