EPTDoes Snowden deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? - Page 2
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AnachronisticAnarchy
United States2957 Posts
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Vanimar
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On July 15 2013 23:45 DannyJ wrote: He should win MTV Best Kiss award. Seems to hold as much value lately... You, sir, just won the thread. | ||
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JustPassingBy
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
Ok he revealed bad things about the us (but.. maybe i don't know all he revealed) but every country is spying on everyone (or i really would hope so. Because you never know what/who can hit you). So i don't see all the fuss. Maybe because i'm not american or maybe i didn't get all of what he did... But really... for me he genereted tensions between countries. And that is no peace for me. | ||
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Big-t
Austria1351 Posts
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dr.fahrenheit
Austria101 Posts
On July 15 2013 23:39 Vivax wrote: I don't even understand how the disclosed information surprised so many people, it was pretty obvious already that secret services collected information without consent, you just had to look at Echelon, and media wrote of a NSA supercomputer being activated a few years ago, what were they supposed to do with such capacities if they only could handpick a few suspects with a legal permission? (the NSA lol) The difference now is that you are able to write or say something like that and people wont tell you to take your tinfoil hat and to seek help in the mental institution near you. | ||
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aka_star
United Kingdom1546 Posts
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Diavlo
Belgium2915 Posts
On July 15 2013 23:54 FFW_Rude wrote: I don't see it either... he revealed things that generated a shit storm, tensions across the world between a LOT of countries. How is this peace ? Ok he revealed bad things about the us (but.. maybe i don't know all he revealed) but every country is spying on everyone (or i really would hope so. Because you never know what/who can hit you). So i don't see all the fuss. Maybe because i'm not american or maybe i didn't get all of what he did... But really... for me he genereted tensions between countries. And that is no peace for me. In the american eye, his contribution is much more about the fact he uncovered a network spying on Americans, not so much about the foreign implications. I don't really see how he would really deserve a "peace Nobel prize" but the again I don't really see how he can be treated as a traitor either. On July 15 2013 23:58 dr.fahrenheit wrote: The difference now is that you are able to write or say something like that and people wont tell you to take your tinfoil hat and to seek help in the mental institution near you. Exactly, there was a very funny Jon Stewart (actually John Oliver) bit called "good news! you're not paranoid" after this scandal was unraveled | ||
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Uracil
Germany422 Posts
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Big-t
Austria1351 Posts
On July 15 2013 23:58 dr.fahrenheit wrote: The difference now is that you are able to write or say something like that and people wont tell you to take your tinfoil hat and to seek help in the mental institution near you. IMO one of the main reasons why he should get it. | ||
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On July 16 2013 00:00 Diavlo wrote: In the american eye, his contribution is much more about the fact he uncovered a network spying on Americans, not so much about the foreign implications. Oh ok  I did not know that. Thanks for the clarification. | ||
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TheRealArtemis
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stormssc
Poland125 Posts
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Cereb
Denmark3388 Posts
On July 15 2013 23:58 dr.fahrenheit wrote: The difference now is that you are able to write or say something like that and people wont tell you to take your tinfoil hat and to seek help in the mental institution near you. Haha, spot on! I'm totally stealing this comment for all the future discussion where people bring this up I would say he should get it. His insane level of sacrifice in the name of others' rights is an incredibly rare thing. I also like the political statement of this. | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
The Latin American nations that offer asylum do so as a "screw you" to the US rather than because they support transparency in government. What really happened was a guy stole and revealed important details of a government program. PRISM isn't bad, but if he has the "insurance" files he claims he has, then revealing those is straight up treason. So no, he doesn't deserve any awards. Not that the Peace Prize is anything but a farce anymore. | ||
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
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TriO
United States421 Posts
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DarkInfinity
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