[governance] Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds

Chaitanya Dhareshwar chaitanyabd at gmail.com
Tue Jun 11 11:24:00 EDT 2013 

It's a percentage Simon :)


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Simon Ontoyin <exigencygh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you Kidding or what? 100 people?
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <
> chaitanyabd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> While there are discrete "yes", "no" and "dont know" options, we're
>> likely to see a lot more support for a "don't care" option. Fair few people
>> don't honestly care what goes on in the government. Also in the
>> "Acceptable" and "Unacceptable", the choice of "Irrelevant" would garner a
>> lot of attention. IMHO a lot of people just want to stay out of
>> politics/government/conspiracy/etc - they just want to "not care" and treat
>> it as "irrelevant".
>>
>> Given this choice, fair few people (at least 10-20% of those who voted
>> under other categories, and maybe a 100% of those who abstained) would
>> choose "don't care" or "irrelevant".
>>
>> Just my 2c.
>>
>> -C
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds
>>> [image: Tyler Durden's picture]<http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden>
>>> Submitted by Tyler Durden <http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden>on 06/10/2013 17:48 -0400
>>>
>>>
>>>  In what is likely the most disappointing, if not unexpected, news of
>>> the day, we find that according to a just released Pew Research study<http://www.people-press.org/2013/06/10/majority-views-nsa-phone-tracking-as-acceptable-anti-terror-tactic/>,
>>> a *substantial majority, or 56% of Americans*, "*say the National
>>> Security Agency’s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions
>>> of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate
>>> terrorism*." *Only 41% object to having every phone conversation
>>> intercepted, investigated, analyzed, and recorded for posterity*. Sorry
>>> Edward Snowden*: you just threw your life away for nothing**. *The
>>> sheep have been properly and thoroughly conditioned and brainwashed, which
>>> is why they continue to get precisely the government they so rightfully
>>> deserve.
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/06/6-10-13-1.png>
>>>
>>> More from Pew:
>>>
>>>   The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center and The
>>> Washington Post, conducted June 6-9 among 1,004 adults,* finds no
>>> indications that last week’s revelations of the government’s collection of
>>> phone records and internet data have altered fundamental public views about
>>> the tradeoff between investigating possible terrorism and protecting
>>> personal privacy.*
>>>
>>> It just gets better:
>>>
>>>   <http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/06/6-10-13-3.png>
>>> *Currently 62% say it is more important for the federal government to
>>> investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that intrudes on personal
>>> privacy. Just 34% say it is more important for the government not to
>>> intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate
>>> possible terrorist threats.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> These opinions have changed little since an ABC News/Washington Post
>>> survey in January
>>> <http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/06/6-10-13-2.png>2006.
>>> Currently, there are only modest partisan differences in these opinions:
>>> 69% of Democrats say it is more important for the government to investigate
>>> terrorist threats, even at the expense of personal privacy, as do 62% of
>>> Republicans and 59% of independents.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> However, while six-in-ten or more in older age groups say it is more
>>> important to investigate terrorism even if it intrudes on privacy, young
>>> people are divided: 51% say investigating terrorism is more important while
>>> 45% say it is more important for the government not to intrude on personal
>>> privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible threats.
>>>
>>> The survey finds that while there are apparent differences between the
>>> NSA surveillance programs under the Bush and Obama administrations, overall
>>> public reactions to both incidents are similar. *Currently, 56% say it
>>> is acceptable that the NSA “has been getting secret court orders to track
>>> telephone calls of millions of Americans in an effort to investigate
>>> terrorism.”*
>>>
>>> In January 2006, a few weeks after initial new reports of the Bush
>>> administration’s surveillance program, 51% said it was acceptable for the
>>> NSA to investigate “people suspected of involvement with terrorism by
>>> secretly listening in on telephone calls and reading e-mails between some
>>> people in the United States and other countries, without first getting
>>> court approval to do so.”
>>>
>>> Perhaps least surprising is that once the most vocal objector to "Dubya"
>>> pervasive surveillance, the Democrats, are now its most ardent defenders.
>>> And so once again, political party line stupidity trumps common sense.
>>>
>>>   Republicans and Democrats have had very different views of the two
>>> operations. Today, only about half of Republicans (52%) say it is
>>> acceptable for the NSA to obtain court orders to track phone call records
>>> of millions of Americans to investigate terrorism. In January 2006, fully
>>> 75% of Republicans said it was acceptable for the NSA to investigate
>>> suspected terrorists by listing in on phone calls and reading emails
>>> without court approval.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/06/6-10-13-4.png>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Democrats now view the NSA’s phone surveillance as acceptable by 64%
>>> to 34%. In January 2006, by a similar margin (61% to 36%), Democrats said
>>> it was unacceptable for the NSA to scrutinize phone calls and emails of
>>> suspected terrorists.*
>>>
>>> Of course, if the president was Romney, his head would already be on a
>>> stick. Metaphorically speaking of course.
>>>
>>> Finally, the biggest danger to America it appears is not a *turnkey
>>> totalitarian tyrant*, but broad apathy as it turns out only one in four
>>> follow NSA News "very closely." The other 3 in 4 are far more concerned
>>> with who gets to fake-wed the fake-bachelorette this season, or who is the
>>> victor of Dancing with the Stars.
>>>
>>>   *Roughly a quarter (27%) of Americans say they are following news
>>> about the government collecting Verizon phone records very closely. This is
>>> a relatively modest level of public interest.  Only another 21% say they
>>> are following this fairly closely, while about half say they are following
>>> not too (17%) or not at all (35%) closely.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Interest in reports about the government tracking of e-mail and online
>>> activities is almost identical: 26% say they are following this story very
>>> closely, 33% not closely at all.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Attention to these stories is higher among Republicans and
>>> Republican-leaning independents: 32% are following reports about the
>>> government tracking phone records very closely, compared with 24% of
>>> Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. The partisan gap in interest
>>> is almost identical when it comes to reports about government collecting
>>> email and other online information: 30% of Republicans and
>>> Republican-leaners are following very closely compared with 20% of
>>> Democrats and Democratic-leaners.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Overall, those who disagree with the government’s data monitoring are
>>> following the reports somewhat more closely than those who support them.
>>> Among those who find the government’s tracking of phone records to be
>>> unacceptable, 31% are following the story very closely, compared with 21%
>>> among those who say it is acceptable. Similarly with respect to reports
>>> about government monitoring of email and online activities, 28% of those
>>> who say this should not be done are following the news very closely,
>>> compared with 23% of those who approve of the practice.
>>>
>>> Those who wish to be even more depressed can read on here<http://www.people-press.org/2013/06/10/majority-views-nsa-phone-tracking-as-acceptable-anti-terror-tactic/>.
>>>
>>>
>>> As for Edward Snowden, hopefully this will teach you to throw away your
>>> life to liberate a bloated and apathetic society that couldn't care less if
>>> the slaughter-gate was slammed shut behind it, and just wants to have its
>>> rose-colored blinders on in perpetuity.
>>>  Average:
>>> 4.52
>>>    Your rating: None Average: 4.5 (25 votes)
>>>
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