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Re:Snowden's Asylum: 'It's the law, stupid' by veidr on Thursday August 08, 2013 @07:39AM (#6178276)
Those are some pretty solid achievements, so uh, USA! USA! I guess.

But, I think that historical lens you are looking back through time to the War of Independence with might have a little smudge on it obscuring that whole deal with the negroes and the injuns...

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Re:Snowden's Asylum: 'It's the law, stupid' by tome on Thursday August 08, 2013 @07:42AM (#6178285)
I'm well aware of that whole deal. I don't believe the USA is a beneficient entity in any absolute sense. I was making a comparison to Russia.
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