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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: Grappling with Edward Snowden, Part 1: Thoreau Would Be Proud [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)60. No, they proved actual persecution to get that
Eddie stole documents illegally - as to our country's law.
Calling this country Orwellian is ridiculous. There are laws prohibiting "insulting the head of state" in other countries - people breaking that law are fleeing persecution. But we'd have no such law here. It's against the First Amendment. So calling us an Orwellian state is ridiculous on the face of it.
You can bet in those countries the consequences for leaking any government secrets would be harsher than any of the penalties here.
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The Rude Pundit: Grappling with Edward Snowden, Part 1: Thoreau Would Be Proud [View all]
meegbear
May 2014
OP
political parties lose elections, but the Military Industrial Complex never does
carolinayellowdog
May 2014
#20
Well back then they would not have tortured Thoreau and tossed him in jail for life
zeemike
May 2014
#33
The big difference is that when Thoreau committed his acts of civil disobedience...
George II
May 2014
#32
Then why would he be compared to Thoreau? One doesn't pick and choose what one likes...
George II
May 2014
#41
Not necessarily a marty, but willing to accept the consequences of his actions....
George II
May 2014
#42
what the Rude Pundit fails to recognize is that if you criticize the government the terrorist have
Douglas Carpenter
May 2014
#50
All the political asylum seekers in America should be told to "man up" and sent home.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2014
#51