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odd to add Snowden to that Assange was in a building, Snowden is in the largest country on the planet
by caprese 7y ago
odd to add Snowden to that
Assange was in a building, Snowden is in the largest country on the planet
- Waterluvian 7y agoI get a sense that some think Snowden is hiding somewhere in Russia, under some form of house arrest. My understanding is that he's pretty much free to move about the country.
- ShorsHammer 7y agoHe's tweeted as much. People do ask him about it and the response has always been he basically has no contact with the government anymore and lives a boring mundane life in a city somewhere. Make of that what you will. As long as he doesn't speak ill of his hosts he'll probably be fairly safe for a while.
- narag 7y agoI mentioned two causes why Assange should be excused and should not be trusted: physical isolation and being supported only by people of a mind. Snowden is... where is he located exactly? Being hidden is a kind of isolation too. And he is totally dependent on Russia. That makes all he says suspicious, at least to me. That's sad. I think he made something good and I feel sympathy for him. But again... Edit: if isolated people end up approaching the ones hurting them (Stockholm syndrome), imagine what happens with people that are supposedly helping them.