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richard
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Five Freedoms vs. Five Simpsons
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Mar 1 21:21 UTC 2006 |
A pollster conducted a survey this month where they asked people to name
the five freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights,
and to name the five members of the Simpsons tv family.
Many more people could name all five members of the Simpsons.
If that isn't an indictment of our society I don't know what is.
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nharmon
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response 1 of 26:
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Mar 1 21:30 UTC 2006 |
It might not be an indictment of our society. This is information that
people learn, and soon forget because they do not have to apply it very
often. One might suggest this is a good reflection of our
society...freedoms are violated so seldomly that their memorization has
become unnecessary.
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richard
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response 2 of 26:
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Mar 1 21:39 UTC 2006 |
nharmon if people don't know the five freedoms, how are they supposed to know
when those freedoms have been violated?
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tod
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response 3 of 26:
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Mar 1 21:43 UTC 2006 |
Silly richard. The USA has freedom of speech..just not freedom of thought.
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nharmon
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response 4 of 26:
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Mar 1 21:50 UTC 2006 |
Richard, there is a difference between knowing your freedoms, and
memorizing which amendment those freedoms are listed under.
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edina
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response 5 of 26:
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Mar 1 21:53 UTC 2006 |
Re 2 so what are you doing to fix it?
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johnnie
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response 6 of 26:
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Mar 1 21:53 UTC 2006 |
The poll says a lot more about memory function than priorities. Forty
years ago you coulda done a poll showing that more people knew the names
of "My Three Sons" than the freedom guaranteed by the the Third
Amendment. If the constitution was made into a funny cartoon that was
on TV every night, people would know it backwards and forwards. They
could have catch phrases and t-shirts and everything.
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edina
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response 7 of 26:
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Mar 1 21:54 UTC 2006 |
You mean like:
I'm just a bill
Yes I'm only a bill
and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill....
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tod
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response 8 of 26:
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Mar 1 21:56 UTC 2006 |
re #2
No means No
:)
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marcvh
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response 9 of 26:
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Mar 1 22:10 UTC 2006 |
I suppose we need to do an updated version of "Three Ring Circus" where
they take out the part about checks and balances.
Still, the survey has some humor value.
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rcurl
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response 10 of 26:
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Mar 2 00:36 UTC 2006 |
Most people can't recite in detail any law that protects them from anything.
They rely upon courts, lawyers, and NGO to help them. If they feel that their
rights have been violated almost anyone will go to a lawyer to get an opinion
and assistance.
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cyklone
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response 11 of 26:
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Mar 2 01:20 UTC 2006 |
Freedom of the press, speech, religion, assembly and petition are not
"details." If you don't know them ahead of time, you might not "feel" they've
been violated.
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scholar
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response 12 of 26:
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Mar 2 02:32 UTC 2006 |
Whoa!
Those are all five rights granted in the First Amendment!
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rcurl
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response 13 of 26:
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Mar 2 03:56 UTC 2006 |
Re #11: everyone has at least a vague idea of their rights, but it has been
shown that Americans do have a very poor idea about the specifics - and if
asked in certain ways will even object to some of their rights.
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scholar
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response 14 of 26:
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Mar 2 04:34 UTC 2006 |
OH< AHAHAH>
YOU GUYS WIKLL NEVER REALIZE JUST HOW FUJNNY
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gull
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response 15 of 26:
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Mar 4 00:43 UTC 2006 |
Peace, order, and good government.
No, wait.
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granger
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response 16 of 26:
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Mar 4 01:21 UTC 2006 |
I'm one of the one percent of Americans that can name all 9 supreme court
justices
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naftee
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response 17 of 26:
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Mar 4 04:56 UTC 2006 |
can you name the canadian ones ?
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tod
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response 18 of 26:
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Mar 4 17:16 UTC 2006 |
Can you rub your belly and teabag scholar at the same time?
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naftee
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response 19 of 26:
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Mar 4 19:27 UTC 2006 |
nope.
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richard
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response 20 of 26:
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Mar 10 22:47 UTC 2006 |
there is actually a certain percentage of americans who can't name all fifty
states.
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scholar
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response 21 of 26:
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Mar 10 23:15 UTC 2006 |
i didn't know about west virginia until recently. :(
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tod
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response 22 of 26:
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Mar 10 23:39 UTC 2006 |
Some american's Don't even Know when to capitalize.
(nor how to use apostrophes)
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klg
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response 23 of 26:
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Mar 11 02:29 UTC 2006 |
Trouble is, liberals keep putting in France and Germany.
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nharmon
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response 24 of 26:
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Mar 11 04:35 UTC 2006 |
> there is actually a certain percentage of americans who can't name all
> fifty states.
Woah there Mr. Obvious. The same thing can be said about ANYTHING.
"There is actually a certain percentage of americans who know their own
name"
"There is actually a certain percentage of americans who know how to
generate electricity from cold fusion"
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