Paul the main difference is you live in a civilized nation where hopefully the majority of people would see the absurdity of the situation. Obviously you do.
Unfortunately I dont have the same faith in my countrymen and certainly not in our politicians.
While some of it is their own damned fault for being apathetic and satisified with whatever the government spoon feeds them without even bothering to think things through or do even a tiny bit of research. The remainder is a result of our system of things whereby, for the average american, there is simply NO TIME to read or research anything. Most are consumed with merely keeping their heads above water financially and the media here is tightly controlled by far right wing special interests so they don’t see or hear anything resembling the truth from the traditional news outlets.
It’s hard to imagine when you are in a more enlightened society, but those are the cards being dealt to the American public. And I can promise you the Rush Limbaughs and Michael Savages of our airwaves would eat up this type of story and use it as an example of why the internet SHOULD be strictly regulated for ALL content.