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Re:Spy or whistleblower? Should Obama settle with Snowden? by morganvachon on Saturday July 16, 2016 @09:49PM (#12108681)
Are you seriously comparing his actions to first degree murder? I think you're a bit biased here.
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Re:Spy or whistleblower? Should Obama settle with Snowden? by umanwizard on Saturday July 16, 2016 @11:17PM (#12108884)
It's an analogy, not a comparison. Do you seriously not understand the difference?
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Re:Spy or whistleblower? Should Obama settle with Snowden? by morganvachon on Saturday July 16, 2016 @11:39PM (#12108919)
I understand the difference, just as I understand that it's a sneaky way to perform an ad hominem attack. You could have chosen any two contrasting actions, but you specifically chose violent murder as an analogy to what he did. Perhaps you did it subconsciously, but, well...there it is.
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