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Re:U.S. eavesdropping agency chief, top deputy expected to d... by bhickey on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @10:53PM (#6563427)
While he did a laudable thing, Snowden ain't Nelson Mandela.
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Re:U.S. eavesdropping agency chief, top deputy expected to d... by Amadou on Friday October 18, 2013 @06:12PM (#6574338)
While he did a laudable thing, Snowden ain't Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela wasn't 'Nelson Mandela' when he was sentenced to life in prison either.

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Re:U.S. eavesdropping agency chief, top deputy expected to d... by icecreampain on Thursday October 17, 2013 @01:58AM (#6563880)
Nelson Mandela was the head of a terrorist organisation that targeted civilians in its efforts to gain power by violent revolution.

See Nkonto N Sizwe, the Church Street bombing, Winnie Mandela's spree of "necklacing" (burning people alive with tires around their necks), etc. Mandela is not a saint nor a great leader.

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Re:U.S. eavesdropping agency chief, top deputy expected to d... by diminoten on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @11:12PM (#6563479)
He didn't do a laudable thing, two wrongs don't make a right.
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Re:U.S. eavesdropping agency chief, top deputy expected to d... by nitrogen on Thursday October 17, 2013 @12:42PM (#6566487)
Welcome, deontologist, to the world of consequentialism.
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