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By the way, I don't know about anybody else, but for the first time I can think of, I'm seriously concerned about the consequences of posting support for somebo
by riggins 13y ago
By the way, I don't know about anybody else, but for the first time I can think of, I'm seriously concerned about the consequences of posting support for somebody like this online. I don't know how things will play out years down the road and who will do what with this information
this is exactly what's so scary. people have to think about posting on Hacker News.
- rooshdi 13y agoWe all have to die someday. Might as well die for something.
- ctvo 13y agoThis gentleman is willing to risk his life to comment on HN! Very brave, our very own Snowden.
- wavefunction 13y agoWe all do what we can. I for example would never qualify for a position like the one Snowden found himself in because of my big mouth. But I can talk to my friends and family, to strangers on sites like this. We can see the solidarity forming right here. We can organize. That is why the internet is the greatest opportunity to free ourselves finally from oppression, and also an opportunity if we let them for authoritarians to clamp down on us if we ignore them. Some people are born fearful and they cower their whole lives. Others of these fearful seek to control, by any means necessary. It is up to those of us that can stand up, even in small ways, and provide an example to all. So yeah, it's just some internet posts right now. But it's also much more than that in the aggregate.
- einhverfr 13y agoI know you have been ridiculed for saying this by someone who was fortunately downvoted, but I want to point out that even saying the words in a post may have an impact. In context, who knows who it will inspire?
- dnautics 13y agothere is also a network effect. The more people post support, the less likely that anyone posting support will get in trouble, AND the less likely it is that Snowden will wind up in trouble.
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