Something that annoys me about how the NSA scandal is treated even here on HN is the extreme self-centric approach. Not all 300 million US-citizens are identifi

Something that annoys me about how the NSA scandal is treated even here on HN is the extreme self-centric approach. Not all 300 million US-citizens are identifiable by looking at word choice, since not all of them are native speakers. The 6.7 billion other people on the planet aren't native speakers either, and probably can't be traced as easily or even be located in the wrong place (my non-native English was located in New Jersey according to the test page they mentioned). Now that the EFF, Doctorw etc. have started their thedaywefightback.org, where they recommend putting up quotes from Benjamin Franklin and call spying "unamerican". When Obama told us that the US "are only spying on foreigners" there was almost no reaction to be found in the US media (while the rest of the world was rightfully pissed). Yes, it's about an American agency is spying, but it's spying on everybody and not only US citizens want to do something against that. It's sad, that the people raving about how great the internet is are missing this chance to use _global_ outrage to keep it what it is supposed to be: A free communication channel for people all over the world. Not just Americans. </rant>