Wow, how hateful of you. Do you not see the obviously glaring difference between the two? I don't believe that Dr. King had the likelihood of being tortured an

Wow, how hateful of you. Do you not see the obviously glaring difference between the two? I don't believe that Dr. King had the likelihood of being tortured and executed by his own government for pointing out the mistreatment, illegal or otherwise, of his people by that very government. I do believe that Snowden is under a direct threat of possible execution and potentially being tortured, depending on the current definition of torture I suppose, by his own government for pointing out the illegal activities of said government aimed at its citizens. You complain the post is hot to compare the two, maybe you should refrain from doing the same. Snowden has shown the government to be corrupt in his eyes and now you expect him to directly face that very government on their grounds and on their terms? That seems to be a foolish thing to do. You may label the man however you like, I'll wait to see how history plays out a bit and see more of the evidence before making a judgement.