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What Snowden did was herioc and needed to happen. The fact that he had to break awful oppressive laws to do it is an indictment of the laws, not Snowden.
by billytetrud 5y ago
What Snowden did was herioc and needed to happen. The fact that he had to break awful oppressive laws to do it is an indictment of the laws, not Snowden.
- tablespoon 5y ago> What Snowden did was herioc and needed to happen. The fact that he had to break awful oppressive laws to do it is an indictment of the laws, not Snowden. The laws he broke weren't awful and oppressive, it's just that "legal" and "moral" are categories that will never completely align.
- andrewaylett 5y agoIn a democracy, any laws preventing release of government secrets really should come with a public interest defence.
- billytetrud 5y agoYes they should. Most government secrets aren't in the people's best interest.