Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now

Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by ihsw on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @09:00AM (#6095894)

Exactly, imagine how the situation would've played out if Snowden were gay (or a woman).

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by kostyakow on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @12:09PM (#6096989)

I don't think anything would be different if he was a woman.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by SimHacker on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:44PM (#6098968)

How deftly you dodged half of the question. What if he were a gay woman?

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by kostyakow on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:13PM (#6100527)

I didn't dodge the question, because I agree with the first part -- Russia is a horrible country with a corrupt government that imprisons/kills activists and journalists.

I only disagree with a minor detail you mentioned -- there would be no difference if he was female, because in Russia there is no discrimination against women (at least not more then in any Western country).

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by rfctr on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @09:59AM (#6096184)

Let me think... it would be... the same?

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by steveklabnik on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:07AM (#6096237)

I think they're referring to this: http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/latest/17811861/russias-p...

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