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Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
57. Let's see... doing the right thing and spending the rest of my life in prison..
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:46 PM
Oct 2013

or doing the right thing and NOT spending the rest of my life in prison.

I choose door #2.

Getting a little tired of this guy brush Oct 2013 #1
Defected? MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #2
Check and see which country the majority of Russians see as their enemy melody Oct 2013 #4
So what. Most Russians are probably even more ignorant than the kinds of Americans who don't JDPriestly Oct 2013 #9
Just bringing up a point of reference, that's all n/t melody Oct 2013 #45
Ok MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #37
That's willful blindness melody Oct 2013 #47
Yes the teaparty is HERE MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #49
This is a childish discussion. I won't participate in it. eom melody Oct 2013 #52
Agreed MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #58
Russia sees pretty much everyone as their enemy. (no text) Quantess Oct 2013 #106
Okay then, fled to two foreign countries then. brush Oct 2013 #62
There's another scenario to consider. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #64
Maybe brush Oct 2013 #67
If Max Felt/Deep Throat were to out the NSA today... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #72
What about Anonymous? brush Oct 2013 #73
Things always "seem" easy form the outside looking in. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #74
I don't see it as that difficult brush Oct 2013 #75
I'm not buying it. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #81
A throw-away cell phone . . . brush Oct 2013 #83
I personally would not have taken that route. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #98
Those phones can't be traced . . . brush Oct 2013 #99
How would you turnover the documents to the press... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #102
He/She didn't say "enemies", but "rivals"..... George II Oct 2013 #71
Oh ok MyNameGoesHere Oct 2013 #78
I understand the 'getting a little tired' part. QuestForSense Oct 2013 #3
People who are tired of the story shouldn't be the first to post on threads about it. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #10
I should have been clearer. QuestForSense Oct 2013 #19
Glad for the disclosure . . . brush Oct 2013 #68
Yeah it's all about his fragile ego. wtmusic Oct 2013 #5
Again, why respond to a thread about someone you don't like? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #12
I think WTMusic was being sarcastic. deurbano Oct 2013 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Indi Guy Oct 2013 #14
"Getting a little tired of this guy" SoapBox Oct 2013 #6
Why are you getting tired of him? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #13
and it's amazing that the people who bemoan the fact that people are talking about him.. frylock Oct 2013 #26
Really. How many interviews has he given in the past 4 months? Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #34
probably a bunch to the kgb stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #65
xe·no·pho·bia : fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners idwiyo Oct 2013 #85
If you are tired of him, why be the first to respond on a thread about him? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #8
At least in Russia or China, OnyxCollie Oct 2013 #16
We know that! nt. stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #66
You want something even worse? Fantastic Anarchist Oct 2013 #101
tired kardonb Oct 2013 #25
talk about saying something stupid, check this post.. frylock Oct 2013 #27
hahahahahaha! grasswire Oct 2013 #35
Then go back to sleep fascisthunter Oct 2013 #39
I'm getting tired of the 75 guys the administration has on rotation 24/7 GliderGuider Oct 2013 #46
He did a good thing with his . . . brush Oct 2013 #69
Too bad you can't put him on IGNORE. n/t DeSwiss Oct 2013 #53
I'd go farther than that: I don't think Snowden did any good at all, from where the evidence points. AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #91
K&R. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #7
yes, just another "attention whore" reddread Oct 2013 #11
Thank you for kicking this thread up a notch. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #15
hoped my sarcasm was obvious reddread Oct 2013 #23
Thanks for your in depth work on this issue. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #30
I wish for once he'd actually name some of these clowns he worked under Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #18
k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #20
k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Oct 2013 #21
Kicked and recommended, liking or not liking Snowden is irrelevant, he did the nation a service. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #22
Sure he did do the nation a service . . . brush Oct 2013 #42
Kick And Recommend - Agree Completely cantbeserious Oct 2013 #24
K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2013 #28
argle bargle attention whore!!12 frylock Oct 2013 #29
Kreepy tech support guy says something. onehandle Oct 2013 #31
Thank you Snowden! Even with the authoritarians and reactionaries fighting to keep the heat off 20score Oct 2013 #32
The fleeing part doesn't bother you? brush Oct 2013 #44
Fuck no it doesn't bother me. It bothers me when people pretend he hasn't given up enough already. 20score Oct 2013 #48
There's no doubt in your mind about this guy fleeing? brush Oct 2013 #50
Let's see... doing the right thing and spending the rest of my life in prison.. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #57
+1 All these people advocating that he spend the rest of his life in prison... Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #56
This guy is supposed to be such a genius . . . brush Oct 2013 #61
Your comparing exposing Marysville rape culture to Snowdens revelations riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #76
Snowden could have revealed . . . brush Oct 2013 #79
Snowdens explained why he chose the journos that he did riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #80
HE DID AN HONORABLE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. brush Oct 2013 #82
Oh ffs. riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #87
Greenwald's a bit of an idiot, but I don't think he was using Snowden. AverageJoe90 Oct 2013 #92
Quite a different take on this brush Oct 2013 #93
Agreed. But, be prepared for the pro-fascist posts that are guaranteed to follow. n/t NoodleyAppendage Oct 2013 #89
I don't need Glenn are comrad eddie to tell me anything. stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #33
Another typical response #13 Indi Guy Oct 2013 #84
It's the haters w ho have elevated this OP! grasswire Oct 2013 #36
Since none of the BS that the people who hate him makes sense, what are there real punkin87 Oct 2013 #38
''The fish stinks from the head.'' ~Unknown DeSwiss Oct 2013 #55
“The system does not work,” except when it does. ucrdem Oct 2013 #40
Wow! 20score Oct 2013 #41
Then you're not trying very hard. ucrdem Oct 2013 #43
Thanks for this thread!! haikugal Oct 2013 #51
K&R DeSwiss Oct 2013 #54
+1000 Indi Guy Oct 2013 #59
Brilliant! 20score Oct 2013 #77
Yep, that's what happens when the system is rotten. Ash_F Oct 2013 #60
HERO. Period. NoodleyAppendage Oct 2013 #63
He gonna take it to a private eye polynomial Oct 2013 #70
k&r idwiyo Oct 2013 #86
Recommend. jsr Oct 2013 #88
Corrupt Conservatives hate whistleblowers. nt bananas Oct 2013 #90
Maybe so . . . brush Oct 2013 #94
why? garbage is garbage reddread Oct 2013 #95
You don't have any doubt . . . brush Oct 2013 #96
No doubts at all reddread Oct 2013 #97
Germany and France don't like their phones tapped lovuian Oct 2013 #100
Gigagate: Watergate×10^9 MisterP Oct 2013 #103
Take it one step further & Watergate×10^10 would be perpetrated by 'Tera'ists Indi Guy Oct 2013 #104
K&R woo me with science Oct 2013 #105
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