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Re:Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Mo... by Semiapies on Monday April 06, 2015 @06:29PM (#9331078)
An interesting detail is that while I was complaining about a non-argument, he at least advanced an actual argument while trying to parody it.

And you know what? Where "my morality" is our Constitution and the principles of a constrained government that serves (and is accountable to) the people, then yes, that trumps the Hell out of laws designed to allow what's going on and keep it secret from us.

Given the context of the original memorial that the bust was added to, I wish I could say I was still surprised at people like cdbajorin.

Re:Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Mo... by cdbajorin on Monday April 06, 2015 @10:15PM (#9331669)
Out of curiosity, what actual(valid?) argument did I actually produce?

The fact that you are somehow extracting an opinion from my statement is fascinating. No where have I stated my beliefs, no where have I implied my beliefs. Your statement is a simple display of black and white thinking: "If you criticize my comment, you disagree with everything I believe". The fact that "people like me" exist in the context of this commentary is probably a good thing.

Let me reiterate: My opinions were never stated anywhere in this entire thread. I criticized your train of thought and your straw man argument. Nothing more.

Re:Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Mo... by Semiapies on Monday April 06, 2015 @10:40PM (#9331734)
Seriously?

When you responded with "I've never seen a plausible argument supporting what Snowden did that boiled down to more than [my morality is more important than your laws]", you were trying to mock my complaint. However, while I was complaining about a lack of argument, you were complaining about an actual, very valid argument that I endorsed.

Or to put it another way, snarking about people who think morality is more important than law is kinda hilarious when we're talking about a monument to the Revolutionary War. Or much of American history, for that matter.

Re:Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Mo... by cdbajorin on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @02:25PM (#9335998)
> you were complaining about an actual, very valid argument that I endorsed

Here's a list of people that were morally justified in breaking the law:

Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Eric Rudolph, Mohamed Atta

Some you may agree with, hopefully some you don't. But it's YOUR morality, so I'm sure it's OK.

Re:Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Mo... by Semiapies on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @11:24AM (#9341336)
Not just my morality, as stated above. But you're clearly not following the discussion, so I'll leave you be.