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Assange isn't American, isn't on American soil, and people in his position have been fair game for surveillance for approximately the entire existence of Americ
by roywiggins 7y ago
Assange isn't American, isn't on American soil, and people in his position have been fair game for surveillance for approximately the entire existence of America.
George Washington personally ran a spy ring: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/spying-and-espionage/george-washington-spymaster/ https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolution...
- kick 7y agoIt says that all men are endowed these rights by a creator, which doesn't imply that nationality has anything to do with those rights. George Washington was the worst of the Founding Fathers, and didn't write the Declaration of Independence.
- 77pt77 7y agoWhich one was the best in your opinion?
- cma 7y agoJefferson refused to recognize Haiti as an independent republic.
- roywiggins 7y agoThe declaration says there's a right to "Life" and every one of the founders fought a bloody revolutionary war. I don't think it makes any sense to read the Declaration as a pacifist document.
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