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Originally Posted by JoshGirls Josh
sorry. i did not make it clear enough.
snowden is considered a hero for breaking laws he considers illegal. AKA breaking his oath to expose a surveillence program he considers illegal.
if one thinks his actions were the right thing, for exposing abuse of power, he is a hero. if you think his oath is protecting legitimate conduct, you think he is a traitor.
the american colonists were british citizens before 1776, & broke british laws they deemed to be illegal. The boston tea party was a rejection of the stamp act. this is a well known example of this revolt against a british law.
you are saying snowden broke the law. but you say nothing as to whether he was doing the right thing. By analogy, this suggests you find the propriety of a law irrelevant, & by that logic, our founding fathers are criminals for breaking british law.
basically what im saying is you are benedict arnold & you dont even know it.
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I am not saying that Snowden and Manning simply broke the law...they broke a "sworn oath" which is more than breaking a mere law.
BTW...your Benedict Arnold analogy does not apply to me at all but does apply to Snowden and Manning.