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Perhaps replace them with Snowden and let him deal with them?
by infocollector 13y ago
Perhaps replace them with Snowden and let him deal with them?
- Amadou 13y agoPerhaps replace them with Snowden and let him deal with them? That's almost as crazy as putting a man in jail for terrorism and then later electing him to be president - without an armed revolution in the interim.
- wellboy 13y agoHoly f^^k, imagine Snowden running for president, I think he would win. The people love him, he is not corruptable and he could make a terrific president.
- krapp 13y ago>he is not corruptable He's a human being, not a paragon of virtue. He has his price just like anyone else. Cult of personality can be a dangerous thing when electing a leader.
- rayiner 13y agoWhat a testimonial to how out of touch people on HN are. "The people love him." Really? Depending on what poll you look at, some large percentage of the public (30-40%) considers him a traitor. Even the people who agree with what he did wouldn't ever vote for him (they care more about issues like abortion, social security, etc).
- bhickey 13y agoWhile he did a laudable thing, Snowden ain't Nelson Mandela.
- diminoten 13y agoHe didn't do a laudable thing, two wrongs don't make a right.
- icecreampain 13y agoNelson Mandela was the head of a terrorist organisation that targeted civilians in its efforts to gain power by violent revolution. See Nkonto N Sizwe, the Church Street bombing, Winnie Mandela's spree of "necklacing" (burning people alive with tires around their necks), etc. Mandela is not a saint nor a great leader.
- Amadou 13y agoWhile he did a laudable thing, Snowden ain't Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela wasn't 'Nelson Mandela' when he was sentenced to life in prison either.