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I'm shutting people out of discussing with me like all the time. And if you're down-voting comments on Hacker News you're also shutting them out for me as well

by marrs 11y ago

I'm shutting people out of discussing with me like all the time. And if you're down-voting comments on Hacker News you're also shutting them out for me as well as everyone else on this site. Also, the comment being down-voted above is really noise. No it's not. It's not going to win "insight of the month" but it's not a bait-and-switch, or a spambot, or a troll. It's a reply to a question. Do we all need to start practicing our poetry writing skills or something? The downvoted comment was this: I can't say I see him as a villain, but definitely not a hero. I hold back my judgement, because we are just too far away to know what's going on. He did expose some pretty bad practices to the general public, but asylum in Russia afterwards? Are you kidding me? That just looks super fishy to anyone with at least an ounce of critical thought in his brain. Especially in the context of the Crimea debacle.

bad_user 11y ago
I happen to believe that Snowden's asylum to Russia makes sense given the circumstances, I would have preferred Europe to give him asylum but unfortunately we are bending over whenever the US wants us too. Plus I don't see any connection with Crimea. Now back to the point, the opinion that Snowmen is guilty of treason is held by a majority. And to me that doesn't make sense, because I personally want to live under the rule of law and in such a nation nobody should be above that law, not a secret service, not the president, nobody. That the US government is capable of illegally spying on their own citizens, using the taxes of those citizens to do it, well I want to know about it. That Germany is spying on their own citizens in cooperation with the US, I want to know that as well. I also happen to believe that my right to privacy should be above your right for security and if that ain't gonna happen, then at the very least I want to know where my taxes are going. And last but not least, we happen to live in a society in which the mass-media is constantly failing us and our rights are being constantly eroded. Therefore I consider Snowden to be a hero, because regardless of his motivations, his actions were the right thing to do. And I could go on with lots of reasons for why I believe the above, but I'm tired of doing that for everybody that regurgitates a mainstream opinion without at least making an effort to explain why. Hence I believe that the comment in question is noise.

by marrs 11y ago

bad_user 11y ago

I happen to believe that Snowden's asylum to Russia makes sense given the circumstances, I would have preferred Europe to give him asylum but unfortunately we are bending over whenever the US wants us too. Plus I don't see any connection with Crimea. Now back to the point, the opinion that Snowmen is guilty of treason is held by a majority. And to me that doesn't make sense, because I personally want to live under the rule of law and in such a nation nobody should be above that law, not a secret service, not the president, nobody. That the US government is capable of illegally spying on their own citizens, using the taxes of those citizens to do it, well I want to know about it. That Germany is spying on their own citizens in cooperation with the US, I want to know that as well. I also happen to believe that my right to privacy should be above your right for security and if that ain't gonna happen, then at the very least I want to know where my taxes are going. And last but not least, we happen to live in a society in which the mass-media is constantly failing us and our rights are being constantly eroded. Therefore I consider Snowden to be a hero, because regardless of his motivations, his actions were the right thing to do. And I could go on with lots of reasons for why I believe the above, but I'm tired of doing that for everybody that regurgitates a mainstream opinion without at least making an effort to explain why. Hence I believe that the comment in question is noise.