Re: Heartbreaking Interview on ABC

["Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>]

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From: "Larry Weil" <kc1ih@mediaone.net>
To: "Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>; "Mark Watson" <markwats@mediaone.net>;
"Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Heartbreaking Interview on ABC


> I guess we do need a poll, because nearly everyone I've spoken to is
> opposed to a military response.
>
> Is the impression the media is giving you, that nearly everyone
> favors a military response?  If so, I feel they are slanting the
> news, neither they nor I have sampled enough people to get the feel
> of nearly everyone.

LET'S NOT GET INTO A DEBATE ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF A MILITARY
RESPONSE, but I find your impression interesting.  I saw a poll last night
that said that about 66% of the people polled favored a military response
even if it meant a large number of American casualties.  Only about 25% were
opposed.

As I said before, I don't think polls are appropriate at this time, but I
thought the poll was about right.   I go to a pretty liberal law school in a
pretty liberal city and nearly everyone that I have heard talk about the
issue has expressed support for a military response against the people
responsible for the attack and any country that harbors them.  Again, I
don't want to debate this issue, but I find your sample amazing.  You must
know a lot of pacifists!

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine