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In reply to the discussion: Who is a bigger hero? Wendy Davis or Edward Snowden [View all]mike_c
(36,282 posts)Go up to the OP and click on Show Names. I voted for none of the above. I have said-- in other threads-- that I consider Snowden heroic, but that was early on, after the initial documents were released. And note that someone can be both heroic and a criminal simultaneously-- I've provided some examples. More recently I've written that I am reserving judgement until we see all the information that he releases. But I've also made no secret that I fully accept Brandeis' homily that "sunlight is the best disinfectant" so yeah, at the end of the day I approve of what Snowden has done-- but I'll reserve my thoughts on his motives and personality until I learn more about it, preferably from more reliable sources than the popular media. I'm much less concerned about Snowden than I am about indiscriminate electronic surveillance without probable cause.