<< Should groups opposed to the war be allowed to demonstrate and protest against the war?
84% YES
>>
Don't have the data (if they exist), but I'll bet this stacks up pretty well against 1967, 1952, or 1899 (never mind 1942 or 1917...)
In fact, take away "indecency" (which most Americans seem to equate with "sex") and I don't see evidence here that one would get a majority for any government restrictions on speech.
The data seem merely to be used as a peg for an anti-Stern blast.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:15:59 -0400
>Chicago Tribune - July 4, 2004
>
>Free speech: Do Americans really believe in it?
>
>By Charles M. Madigan
>Perspective editor
>
>Undoubtedly, the Founding Fathers had no idea that a Howard Stern
>would come along, making his fortune in a strange, electrically
>powered world that, of all things, sends ideas through the air via
>invisible waves to entertain and inform "listeners" wherever they may
>go.
>
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