>You seem to value having your name remembered; i.e., you value fame, and you're projecting that onto Snowden. Total bullshit. Nothing I said implies any of th

>You seem to value having your name remembered; i.e., you value fame, and you're projecting that onto Snowden. Total bullshit. Nothing I said implies any of this. What I value is that we can have a discussion premised on facts. Snowden is a real person who exists, and we can discuss what he did and what the consequences are. The alternative is that we discuss a hypothetical whistleblower and have all our reasoning dismissed as fear-mongering or paranoia. That is what I value. >Whether it's "worth it" is completely subjective, and differs from person to person based on their values. To be clear, it is worth it to me to have Snowden be a whistleblower because I had to pay nothing for the privilege. There are not many people who would say it is not worth it for someone else to be a whistleblower unless they think whistleblowing is inherently objectionable.