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cthulu2016

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13. "cowardly" is now a term of art. It means disagreeably brave.

Reply to jpgray (Original post)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 12:28 AM

Jun 2013

flying airplanes into buildings is evil, but obviously not cowardly.

putting ones self in the cross-hairs of the USA by publishing secrets using your freaking name and face (!) is whatever it is, but obviously not cowardly.

In general, people who go out of their way to place themselves in extreme danger are not being cowardly. They may, however, be extremely evil.

It's just some pathetic shit people say because it implies that they (the speakers) are courageous for running their fat mouths.

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So to understand the argument... [View all] jpgray Jun 2013 OP

he could have stopped working there and got another job JI7 Jun 2013 #1

Ellsberg shoulda gone into plastics. jpgray Jun 2013 #4

Silence is complicity. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #5

lalalalalalalalalalala frylock Jun 2013 #18

He took the job specifically to steal documents and distribute them to other countries. KittyWampus Jun 2013 #20

Or just spilling the beans on our Narkos Jun 2013 #2

My God, you think data mining hundreds of millions of phone calls is "perfectly legitimate." Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #6

Arguing w someone like you Narkos Jun 2013 #10

you're the one in denial in this scenario frylock Jun 2013 #19

All the canniest spies do tedious interviews with Glenn Greenwald, I'm sure jpgray Jun 2013 #8

if he has a problem with those govt practices why did he go to a place like hong kong JI7 Jun 2013 #3

Sex tourism? jpgray Jun 2013 #7

then it's not bringing attention to the issue whatever that is supposed to be JI7 Jun 2013 #9

you mean the issue that EVERYONE is talking about? frylock Jun 2013 #21

Candidate Obama said he'd strengthen whistleblower laws leftstreet Jun 2013 #11

I don't think you've been paying attention to all the good that has been done. That or okaawhatever Jun 2013 #16

what does that have to do with the whistleblower laws? frylock Jun 2013 #22

didn't he complain about not making more money JI7 Jun 2013 #12

$3,000 more a week and he would have been an honorable true-blooded American jpgray Jun 2013 #14

"cowardly" is now a term of art. It means disagreeably brave. cthulu2016 Jun 2013 #13

Why don't people understand you can be brave and an obnoxious asshole at once? jpgray Jun 2013 #15

in this case i just don't think he is brave JI7 Jun 2013 #17

but he would be brave if he were rotting in gitmo.. frylock Jun 2013 #23

was just thinking about this a little while ago-- marions ghost Jun 2013 #24