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Re:Pardon Snowden by whamlastxmas on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:36AM (#12497248)
Looking forward to donating when they accept bitcoin. I have no expectation he'll be pardoned, but the other important thing here is that there's a documented movement for it. History will show that people wanted this and Obama and Hillary/Trump refused it. It will be more difficult for blind patriotic bias to weasel its way into the history books.
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Re:Pardon Snowden by icecold12741 on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @12:38PM (#12498736)
History is written by the victor. There was a large number of people who did not want the US to secede from Britain (including John Adams) but the history books (as given to the normal population) show us a proud group of united patriots who struck out against their oppressors...

More recently, the "greatest generation" signed up for WWII in droves, right? Actually over 50% were drafted with another estimated 100,000 Americans injuring themselves or fleeing the country to avoid the draft...

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Re:Pardon Snowden by whamlastxmas on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @02:48PM (#12500071)
To be fair, anything near a 50% volunteer rate for a real war is pretty fucking impressive. I'd definitely be a draft dodger.
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Re:Pardon Snowden by threeseed on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @07:00PM (#12501943)
This is based on the assumption that people support Snowden.

No evidence one way or another that this is true.

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