15-05-2015, 04:48 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:If Snowden had the courage of his convictions, and stayed home to face the music, like Drake and many other whistleblowers...yes, he'd be a hero. As it is, he's shown his true colors, and they're not heroic.
They pick an' choose, Lady Law's not blindfolded; Petreus got a mild rebuke, the fella who revealed waterboarding did gaoltime. Snowden's not 'covered'/protected, he dosn't wine & dine with the bigshots, like me.
Martin Luther King - "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Albert Camus - "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion".
Douglas MacArthur — "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
Albert Camus - "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."
Albert Camus - "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion".
Douglas MacArthur — "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
Albert Camus - "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."