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I'm not ready to thank Edward Snowden for anything yet. While I agree with almost all of your points, my reasons for advocating domestic surveillance have more

I'm not ready to thank Edward Snowden for anything yet. While I agree with almost all of your points, my reasons for advocating domestic surveillance have more to do with expediency than morality. I agree that surveillance of any kind is wrong, but I can't see a world without foreign surveillance of some kind. That's not to say that one can't exist, but I don't see how it would come to fruition. Therefore, I agree with the spirit of your argument but disagree with its practicality.

grey-area 13y ago
Fair enough and thanks for outlining your views in this and your other post - it's very interesting to hear them, and I'm sure many Americans will be feeling ambivalent about Snowden and what he has done. I accept it might sound idealistic but it seems impossible to me to draw distinctions (particularly of rights) with borders any more, given that data flows so extensively across them, and the American distinction between citizens and others with no rights starts to sound particularly callous if the country's institutions arrogate the right to decide on global issues.