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There is a man, standing for his ideals, even if it would cost him the last save harbor he had. Now lets belittle that, so we can stop feeling small. And maybe
by Pica_soO 10y ago
There is a man, standing for his ideals, even if it would cost him the last save harbor he had.
Now lets belittle that, so we can stop feeling small.
And maybe, if all sides, put equally amounts of scrap on the scale, so it evens out, we might be able to lean back- and call the equilibrium "good".
- BWStearns 10y agoNo one is belittling his advocacy for his ideals even in Russia. I explicitly said the opposite. Him standing for his ideals, even and especially towards his hosts, does not however mean that we have to pretend that his host government shares those ideals.
- icebraining 10y agoWho is asking you to pretend? Clearly not Snowden - he's the one pointing out they don't!
- golergka 10y agoIt won't cost him anything because nobody in Russia will care much about it: those few who will hear about already made their mind about it, one way or another.
- tptacek 10y agoThere's no good-faith HN comment that closes by asserting that anyone who disagrees with it must be doing so "to stop feeling small". If you believe strongly that Snowden's actions are heroic, you could do a better job of making the case, or, if they're self-evidently heroic, you needn't comment at all.
- Pica_soO 10y agoIts rather obvious that criticizing the government in a more archaic society, will be viewed as "biting the hand that fed" and he will get a hard time for this. Despots remember well, too well.