Snowden: From Hero to Nero
Tues 9Jul2013 Well, it didn't take long for Edward Snowden to go from 'Hero to Nero'. In case you can't remember the salient points of the history of the Roman Empire, Emperor Nero was adopted by his great uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death....
Instead of staying on the high ground (supported by majority free thinkers like me below) and fighting on the simple principle that the wholesale clandestine gathering of aggregated personal information on citizens without cause by Governments is, and should be illegal, in any 'liberal democracy', Snowden has been dragged into the power politics of the economic (China, EU, US) and military (Russia, US) superpowers....
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Instead of staying on the high ground (supported by majority free thinkers like me below) and fighting on the simple principle that the wholesale clandestine gathering of aggregated personal information on citizens without cause by Governments is, and should be illegal, in any 'liberal democracy', Snowden has been dragged into the power politics of the economic (China, EU, US) and military (Russia, US) superpowers....
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Snowden is a Hero
Mon 10Jun2013 From what we know today about the leaking activities of the WikiLeaks protagonist, Bradley Manning, currently being Court Marshaled at Fort Meade, and Edward Snowden currently in self imposed imprisonment in a Hong Kong luxury hotel, the respective merits of their individual actions are quite clear.
The cases may have some similarities but are in fact are quite different. Bradley Manning is a traitorous criminal and Edward Snowden is a brave whistle blower who has risked his livelihood and possibly his life.
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The cases may have some similarities but are in fact are quite different. Bradley Manning is a traitorous criminal and Edward Snowden is a brave whistle blower who has risked his livelihood and possibly his life.
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