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Originally Posted by Jel
I can't blame snowden for 'running and hiding' etc, and certainly don't think he is less of a man for not wanting to face the ton of shit certain paople would dearly love to, and give, him. I can't see the logical reasoning of criticising him for not 'being a man about it' and doing some cell-time etc. Like 'well done on opening the public's eyes to the depth of this (and let's remember 90% of the people on earth have NO idea as to the extent of what govt's are capable of - just because here on a board where almost everyone is self employed, driven, and fairly intelligent it's not exactly a surprise, there are hundreds of millions of people who it IS a surprise to, and being uneducated on any issue isn't 'wrong' in any way, it's exactly what is is - uneducated) - but, while we're all sitting here in a comfy house/office, what would impress us is for you to do some jail time, and leave yourself open to some kind of 'accident'.
I just don't get it - what am I missing? Should ordinary people not know what the people they put in office, and whom are paid by them, are doing? I can't agree with that train of thought  |
he's not in the military, he's not charged with anything similar to the heinous military crimes manning was charged with, he isn't required to follow any military protocols like manning and could have easily made presenting himself here just as dramatic as his authoritarian nation travels thereby keeping the focus on the revealed info and not on where's waldo/asylum drama/etc. that is doing 2 things:
1. focusing the media on snowden.
2. defocusing the media from the data he revealed.
it's not about whether or not i'm impressed with him or not, he's a jackass just like the rest of us, if others can be impressed by his simply revealing the data and running for cover, i don't think there should be a problem with other people saying they would be impressed if he handled it different and based on the historical data of whistleblowers and leakers in the usa.
more importantly, snowden's own words are even more telling, didn't do it for the 90% of the world's population, he says he did it for americans. his words, not mine.