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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Carter issues statement on Snowden. "America no longer has a functioning democracy" [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)to use my own interpretation, as you did, since his words were right there in writing. He did not say, as you clearly stated, that Snowden belongs in jail. He stated the same fact that Snowden himself has stated. MLK broke the law. Salman Rushdie broke the law. Mandela broke the law. Our Founding Fathers broke every law in the book. Carter would agree that all those people, including our Founding Fathers, broke the law and yes, the King had the right to apprehend all of them and under the law execute them. But they did not turn themselves over after signing the Declaration of Independence. I guess they were cowards. They hid from the King's law enforcers.
However, all of those people broke laws KNOWINGLY and like Snowden, KNEW the consequences. But they broke those laws because of WRONG DOING on the part of their governments, like Snowden.
And once again you are wrong here:
It appears you did not read Carter's statement at all.
He most certainly did make a statement about Snowden's actions.
After stating the fact that Snowden had broken the law, as everyone knows, and everyone also knows that it takes courageous people to break laws, like our Founding Fathers, when they know that there are egregious acts taking place that the people have a right to know about, Carter continued and said this:
He agrees with Snowden. This is exactly why Snowden did what he did.