Hi there, my name is Bethany, and I am currently writing a college research paper on The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and its affect on freedom of speech. I am hoping you will take a minute and help me out by answering a few questions and maybe providing a little personal insight to your answers. Time is of the essence! PLEASE post within the next 48 hours. Thank you in advance for
your participation.


1.Have you ever visited a sexually oriented website?

a)yes
b)no

2.If your answer to question #1 was yes, was that before the Patriot Act was enacted, or after, or both?

a)before
b)after
c)both

3.Since the creation of the Patriot Act in 2001, do you feel hesitant to express of your views online?

a)yes
b)no
c)no difference

4.Are you more concerned about which sites you frequent?

a)yes
b)no
c)no difference


5.Are you concerned that the government may be monitoring your internet usage?

a)yes
b)no

Please post your answers to these questions in this thread. Also please number your replies to match the question number. If you want to tell me about why you gave me these answers or share any experiences or concerns, please include them in the post. Thank you, your help is really appreciated. I will post a summary of the results in about two weeks

1. A. Yes
2. C. Both
3. A. Yes (I watch what I say now on my phone calls and on AIM)
4. A. Yes
5. A. YES

1. no
3. no difference
4. no difference
5. no



I am not concerned about what I say online because I have nothing to hide.
I guess if you were doing something wrong then maybe you could be worried.

BV, stop being so rude. “I guess if you are doing something bad you could be worried” what the fuck is that?

In my Social Studies class we researched and found a few cases of people who were being arrested for no reason, given no lawyer, and thrown in jail. The reason for some of these accusations were because they were checking out history books of Saddam Hussein in the library, and then searching about him online. Another was because of what some guy said on a phone call. So I suggest you do some research.

They are hard to find, because most of them are stories and information we are not supposed to see.

Originally posted by Overdose
BV, stop being so rude. “I guess if you are doing something bad you could be worried” what the fuck is that?

In my Social Studies class we researched and found a few cases of people who were being arrested for no reason, given no lawyer, and thrown in jail. The reason for some of these accusations were because they were checking out history books of Saddam Hussein in the library, and then searching about him online. Another was because of what some guy said on a phone call. So I suggest you do some research.

They are hard to find, because most of them are stories and information we are not supposed to see.
Dude was I talking to you? are you feeling guilty? I dont know what your problem is but do me a favor stop trying to pick a fight ok? this person is asking for help with a paper not reading this BS. I was expressing my opinion not being rude.

Oh by the way, I have searched Hussein on the web about a million times since the Patriot Act was passed and I am still a free man. Maybe you are only hearing part of the story.

Yes, it’s not probable but it’s possible they could take you searching him online, and think you are a terrorist. Then put you in jail, not tell you why, give you no lawyer, no phone call and just call it a day.

Originally posted by Overdose
Yes, it’s not probable but it’s possible they could take you searching him online, and think you are a terrorist. Then put you in jail, not tell you why, give you no lawyer, no phone call and just call it a day.
Or maybe they searched him online and then tried to contact Al Qaeda and join? Hmmm could that be it? Because I dont think we have enough jails to hold everyone who searched Hussein on google. That is just ridiculous.

Again, it is not just that, it is a lot of things. I’m not saying everyone who searches him on Goggle will get arrested and thrown in Jail. But the Government under this act, COULD potentially use that as a sign of him or anyone of supporting terrorism, and throw anyone in jail for no reason but that.

ya, people get thrown in jail without lawyers for reading boks in this country all the time :rolleyes: man your gullible

1. a
2. c
3. c
4. c
5. b

One criticism I have about this survey is that I don't see a difference between answering "no" and "nodifference" to some of the questions.

Originally posted by PrincessBethany
1.Have you ever visited a sexually oriented website?

a)yes
b)no

Yes. And I'm not ashamed. I'm a woman. :D

Originally posted by PrincessBethany
2.If your answer to question #1 was yes, was that before the Patriot Act was enacted, or after, or both?

a)before
b)after
c)both

Both.

Originally posted by PrincessBethany
3.Since the creation of the Patriot Act in 2001, do you feel hesitant to express of your views online?

a)yes
b)no
c)no difference

Nope.

Originally posted by PrincessBethany
4.Are you more concerned about which sites you frequent?

a)yes
b)no
c)no difference

No. I suppose I'm not worried because sites I visit won't get me in trouble with the government (such as looking up things related to terrorism or staging public protests).

Originally posted by PrincessBethany
5.Are you concerned that the government may be monitoring your internet usage?

a)yes
b)no

Yep.

im not exactly old but o well


1.Have you ever visited a sexually oriented website?

a)yes


2.If your answer to question #1 was yes, was that before the Patriot Act was enacted, or after, or both?


c)both

3.Since the creation of the Patriot Act in 2001, do you feel hesitant to express of your views online?

b)no

4.Are you more concerned about which sites you frequent?


b)no



5.Are you concerned that the government may be monitoring your internet usage?

a)yes




p.s. isnt this a little late for reserching your paper?

If people are going to be put in jail for there comments online just check out Yahoo-chat one night ,This country won't have enough jail cells to hold all the weird and bizarr stuff thats said on there.

#1 YES
#2 YES both
#3 NO
#4 NO
#5 Hell NO