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I did, when talking with my american friends. Most of them are saying that Snowden is not a "whistleblower" because he fled the country to Russia. And after all

I did, when talking with my american friends. Most of them are saying that Snowden is not a "whistleblower" because he fled the country to Russia. And after all, government spying has always been there, and everybody does it, and it serves the US best interest and so on... And this comes from people that are educated and usually critical on governments. I find it worrying. I don't follow closely what happens in the US, but my overall feeling is that on many important issues, there is very little opposition or at least questioning to what the US government is doing. People seem more concerned with taxes and immigration reform. It also struck me during the presidential debates. Both candidates pretty much agreed that the "bad guys" should be caught, but it didn't really go much deeper than that! It seems voters have basically not the slightest control on what their leaders are doing. Depressing...

lawnchair_larry 13y ago
"I did, when talking with my american friends. Most of them are saying that Snowden is not a "whistleblower" because he fled the country to Russia." Anecdotally, that view does seem to be the minority in the US. Increasingly so as time goes on and more is understood. That was a gut reaction by many conservatives initially, but I think most understand by now that him going to Russia is irrelevant, even if they do disagree with the act of disclosing. Polls seem to back this up: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/uk-usa-security-poll-idUKBRE95B15H20130612 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/uk-usa-security-pol...
film42 13y ago
I feel the whole thing is extremely paradoxical that as the government is making examples out of hackers, they're rewarding their own. I'm not trying to raise the conspiracy flag or show off my tin foil hat, I just hope to see a resolution despite it all.

lawnchair_larry 13y ago

"I did, when talking with my american friends. Most of them are saying that Snowden is not a "whistleblower" because he fled the country to Russia." Anecdotally, that view does seem to be the minority in the US. Increasingly so as time goes on and more is understood. That was a gut reaction by many conservatives initially, but I think most understand by now that him going to Russia is irrelevant, even if they do disagree with the act of disclosing. Polls seem to back this up: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/uk-usa-security-poll-idUKBRE95B15H20130612 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/uk-usa-security-pol...

film42 13y ago

I feel the whole thing is extremely paradoxical that as the government is making examples out of hackers, they're rewarding their own. I'm not trying to raise the conspiracy flag or show off my tin foil hat, I just hope to see a resolution despite it all.