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Getting Involved: Civil Liberties
 
 
Participation Activity 1 :: Participation Activity 2
 
 
Participation Activity 2


Usenet contains several newsgroups of interest to students of American government and civil liberties. Head to alt.society.civil-liberties. Most likely your ISP provides access. If not, go to http://www.google.com.

1. What are some of the current discussions taking place at this newsgroup?




2. Pick one discussion that interests you and read all the relevant posts. What are the main differing views in the posts?




3. Now compose a message of your own. Be sure you have good reasoning (and facts, where applicable) to back up your position. Research the subject on the Internet and library if necessary. Proofread it carefully before you send it.




4. What response, if any, did your post generate? What did you think of the response?




5. What do you think of the overall level of discourse at this newsgroup? How can you explain it?