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FreeBC

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1. It's an insult to compare Manning to this guy.

Reply to Why Syzygy (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 04:46 AM

Aug 2013

He was a hero who risked his life to stop a war crime and blew the whistle on a specific event.

Manning was a guy who dumped a bunch of classified documents without knowing their contents. That's not heroism, it's treason.

You can't claim to be a whistle blower when someone else is blowing the whistle. Manning dumped documents. Someone else found the illegal behavior and blew the whistle.

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It's an insult to compare Manning to this guy. FreeBC Aug 2013 #1

I guess you didn't read the wiki... Why Syzygy Aug 2013 #2

LOL, another one. You got no attention on the other thread so you started this one. 4bucksagallon Aug 2013 #3

Link? Why Syzygy Aug 2013 #4

Obviously Why Syzygy Aug 2013 #5