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Hi Sptix, I agree here. If Snowden had a) stayed in the US and or b) stayed on message ("The US govt. should not spy on US citizens") he would have been credib
by kghose 13y ago
Hi Sptix,
I agree here. If Snowden had a) stayed in the US and or b) stayed on message ("The US govt. should not spy on US citizens") he would have been credible to me.
I lost respect when he started to make statements re: the NSA's activities counter China, especially when he was hiding in China at a time when China/US talks re: espionage were taking place.
That's when I began to think, this guy is a pawn.
- tome 13y agoI agree with you, and I'm surprised more commenters on Hacker News can't distinguish between the two activities of helping US citizens and harming the US government.
- wavefunction 13y agoHe's helping the American people, even if that "hurts" the government. The US government can take a flying leap until they return to assisting all of us instead of their friends and cronies.
- corford 13y agoAs far as staying in the US goes, rather than rehash grey-area's superb take down of this argument, I'll just point you straight to the source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5928295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5928295