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From: ipser@vaxa.isi.edu (Ed Ipser)
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Subject: Re: The Bill of Rights: A luxury of simpler times?
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Date: 19 Jan 90 23:01:45 GMT
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In article <1990Jan19.124619.1104@xanadu.com> michael@xanadu.UUCP (Michael McClary) writes:
>In article <11450@venera.isi.edu>, ipser@vaxa.isi.edu (Ed Ipser) writes:
>> Last September, a Washington Post-ABC News Poll discovered:
>> 
>>    62 percent of those questioned said they would be willing to give up
>>    "a few of the freedoms we have in this country" to significantly
>>    reduce illegal drug use.  [etc]
>
>I'd like to see the questions they actually asked, and how they chose their
>sample.  (Bet it was done in as biased a manner as the Parade poll...)

   "Would you be willing to give up a few of the freedoms we have
   in this country if it meant we could greatly reduce the amount
   of illegal drug use?"
      Yes          62%
      No           31
      Don't Know    7

   "Now I'd like to talk to you about some measures
   that are being discussed to reduce the drug problem.
   For each, i want you to tell me whether you woud agree
   or disagree with each proposal.  Here is the first:

   Allow police to stop cars at random to search for drugs,
   even if it means that the cars of people like you
   are sometimes stopped and searched."
      Agree        67%
      Disagree     28
      Don't Know    1

   etc.