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Re:Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of N... by swombat on Sunday June 09, 2013 @04:07PM (#5850340)
The last paragraph of your comment expresses a fear that is rational, but one that we need to abandon as a community. If we are afraid to even post support for a controversial cause on the internet, then we are already lost.

My father (who grew up in Communist Romania) has been warning me about all the stuff I post online for over a decade now... and the reason I keep doing it is precisely that.

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Re:Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of N... by einhverfr on Sunday June 09, 2013 @11:49PM (#5852247)
My Chinese-Indonesian wife says the same thing. There is a point where loyalty to one's country however and to the ideals we share must trump the risk of action by one's government.
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