I don't read The Guardian. More of an Economist person myself. But in this particular case, I think revealing the scope of the surveillance state created by two authoritarian (with Obama being far more authoritarian than Bush) presidents has been good for both the country and the world.
Guardian person of the year
- 09/12/2013 02:52:49 PM
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Good choice. Snowden is a true patriot.
- 09/12/2013 03:13:15 PM
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You know....
- 09/12/2013 04:11:09 PM
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Agreed
- 09/12/2013 05:38:36 PM
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Why go to prison when you know you've done the right thing?
- 09/12/2013 06:25:46 PM
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To prove it was the right thing?
- 09/12/2013 07:12:34 PM
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Better to be free in Russia than rot in some American prison
- 09/12/2013 09:10:20 PM
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Better for who?
- 09/12/2013 09:51:09 PM
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Perhaps more in the eyes of the Americans?
- 09/12/2013 11:10:10 PM
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In this context American opinion is the important one, since it is US policy under discussion
- 09/12/2013 11:41:07 PM
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It would have been the right thing, and best for the anti-NSA movement
- 10/12/2013 02:07:49 AM
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He did kind of lose his credibility by running to Moscow.
- 09/12/2013 06:58:48 PM
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Running off to a police state to complain about a growing police state does harm credibility
- 09/12/2013 07:30:59 PM
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Screw that. He's not obligated to martyr himself.
- 11/12/2013 06:23:43 PM
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Of course he isn't. It's his own credibility and he can do what he likes with it. *NM*
- 11/12/2013 10:00:59 PM
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Snowden deserves a bullet in the head for his betrayal of the US.
- 10/12/2013 03:42:37 PM
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In another news: Is Edward Snowden The Hottest Whistleblower?
- 09/12/2013 09:15:34 PM
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But if he was sincerely hot, he would have come back to be on America's Next Top Model. *NM*
- 10/12/2013 02:33:02 AM
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It's the Guardian, so this isn't very surprising or conclusive
- 10/12/2013 02:15:56 AM
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