Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport
by xentronium on Thursday August 01, 2013 @09:41AM
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Lesser evil principle.
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Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport
by snitko on Thursday August 01, 2013 @11:52AM
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So if someone demonstrated to you that any government is actually a bigger evil, would you consider changing your mind?
Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport
by xentronium on Thursday August 01, 2013 @01:03PM
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Yes. I don't know (and frankly, hardly imagine) of any societies without any hierarchies though. I could imagine communities with democratic collegial decision-making, but it still implies there is a way to enforce decisions, which means armed men.