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To: Alighieri who wrote (213641)	12/20/2004 8:17:47 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577188

Al, Where do you see the inbreeding between press and academia? 1) Academia makes the assumption that anyone who agrees with one out of those four statements must be for curbing the civil liberties of citizens based on their Muslim identity alone. 2) The press runs away with the story and makes it look like half of this nation is for violating people's civil rights based on their religion or ethnicity. 3) Muslim Americans start mistrusting their fellow citizens even more ... as if they don't run into enough distrustful stares already. 4) Lip service is given toward increased dialogue, but the damage is done. People in their busy lives just see a headline, read the article, but don't read the study for themselves and come up with their own conclusions about its validity. (How do I know? Right after my first reply to you, my wife came by and told me about the study, which she heard about over Korean radio. I told her about the flaw in that study, and she agreed with me. She would have never known the truth had I not pointed it out to her.) The result? Resentment among "red" voters grows, while "blue" voters get confirmation that half of the country (certainly not THEIR half) is for curtailed civil liberties based on religion and ethnicity. Is it possible that you are being a bit defensive? Why? I don't like being accused of supporting restricted civil liberties based on Muslim heritage alone. I have a clear boundary between what constitutes law enforcement and what constitutes Big Brother, and it all has to do with specific probable cause. As for the Patriot Act, I haven't come to any conclusion over whether that goes too far. It might in certain areas, but more often than not, I see a lot of sensationalism in the media, so it's hard to separate fact from fiction. Tenchusatsu