Re:Americans .... (Score 1)

I believe we have the same sort of situation going on here in Canada as well. No one around here really cares what's happening. I myself am a university student, and I love reading about how students in other countries (often very repressed ones, such as in South America, China, Burma, etc.) organize to fight any laws that restrict freedom. Their effects range from minimal to great, but at least they try. Here, most people look at me strangely when I mention that we should be more aware of what the government (our government!) is doing. I believe "why bother? It's boring" or a paraphrase of that is one of the most common answers I get.

And I agree--I don't believe that "will the government use the information about what cereal I ate?" is the proper question. It should be, "why does the government need to know?"