RE: Snowden Leaks - Scumbag Government
Well a superhero is mostly invincible ( at least comic book ones ), real heroes can try to avoid the consequences, and that doesn't make them any less heroic. He is avoiding the literally worst-case scenario he could face. He revealed how the government is spying on citizens / other countries, and then avoided being captured. Do I think that was cowardly to reveal information then try to completely avoid the consequences? Under the circumstances, no. He may have committed treason, but treason is not always a bad thing. Betraying the government and revealing how they are spying on citizens is something that may have alarmed those who were unaware of the very high possibility they are already doing it, I already knew, but without solid proof it could not have been confirmed. Back as far as 2008 has he stated he was going to disclose secrets about NSA surveillance.
Selfish? Hardly. In his case he had no family, no wife, no kids as far as I could find. I believe he might have a girlfriend, but that's about as far as it goes. Also, that in a way is selfish. Knowing what the government is doing and not alerting the entirety of the public about it. Millions are more important than a few. Of course your arguments are ripped straight off of Fox news, he is not a coward by any means. The other NSA operatives are more cowardly for not standing up against what they know is illegal and wrong. What kind of coward would risk everything to tell the public what the United States is doing? Why not just keep the salary of 200k a year and live comfortably knowing what is going on? Call him a traitor and fugitive to the states, but he is not a traitor the the public or the world. What coward for stand up against something that is greatly more powerful than he is? What coward would stand up and reveal what is really going on in the secrets of the United States and other nations governments?
