[cle]

I wonder...how many people are not apathetic but scared to sign a petition like that?

Also I think many people aren't apathetic about the issue, they're apathetic about the White House's laughable petitioning system.

[kimlelly]

"people are not apathetic but scared to sign"

That's exactly what this surveillance is doing: killing free speech by intimidation is killing democracy.

[devillain]

Or maybe not everyone agrees with you. There's been a lot of discussion about the 'means', but not much about the 'ends'. The 'ends' is the same as giving nuclear secrets to Iran or North Korea.

[cinquemb]

So are you saying the public is now equated to being the enemy of the state?