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"an unworkable, unjustifiable violation of rights" in Russia? Shocking. But seriously, will anyone relevant hear him? This type of thing is common in Russia
by capote 10y ago
"an unworkable, unjustifiable violation of rights" in Russia? Shocking.
But seriously, will anyone relevant hear him? This type of thing is common in Russia and has been for a while. Snowden ran to hide in the mother of all government surveillance after blowing the whistle on government surveillance.
I'm not belittling Snowden; I'm belittling the amount of attention and respect he gets relative to the action and help he provides. He just sort of says things… that are unimpressive… from hiding… in Russia.
- bbcbasic 10y agoHe was bound for Cuba via a safe route. What would you have done in his situation in Hong Kong, if preventing irony is your number 1 priority.
- capote 10y agoI wouldn't have been in his situation in Hong Kong because, while I see his actions as positive overall, I do not think they're worth having to run off to a place like Russia (which does what I'm trying to fix on a much larger scale) to escape jail. Preventing irony in this situation is important, because all the good he is doing is sending a message. If that message is ironic, it's not a very productive message—in comparison to the surveillance activity of Russia, the NSA surveillance looks like less of a big deal (and, in my opinion, is less of a big deal).
- sawthat 10y agoCuba is also not very free in this regard.
- dalke 10y agobbcbasic was incomplete. He was bound for Ecuador, which had offered asylum. His planned to go through Moscow then Havana, but Cuba was not his final destination. He was unable to carry out his plan because the US canceled his passport when he was in Moscow.
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