Users Online Now:
2,154
(
Who's On?
)
Visitors Today:
1,849,891
Pageviews Today:
2,733,974
Threads Today:
741
Posts Today:
15,553
10:22 PM
Directory
Adv. Search
Topics
Forum
Back to Forum
Back to Thread
REPLY TO THREAD
Subject
Sign White House petition to pardon NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden
User Name
Font color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Indigo
Violet
Black
Font:
Default
Verdana
Tahoma
Ms Sans Serif
In accordance with industry accepted best practices we ask that users limit their copy / paste of copyrighted material to the relevant portions of the article you wish to discuss and no more than 50% of the source material, provide a link back to the original article and provide your original comments / criticism in your post with the article.
[quote:TheOriginalMind:MV8yMjU4OTMzXzM4Mzg0NzAwXzI1MEIwM0M0] [quote:MaybeTrollingU:MV8yMjU4OTMzXzM4Mzg0NjQ1XzMwQ0Y1ODc4] [quote:TheOriginalMind:MV8yMjU4OTMzXzM4Mzg0NDk0X0YxRTJDMkNE] [quote:MaybeTrollingU:MV8yMjU4OTMzXzM4Mzg0NDEwXzNFNTY4Q0RD] [quote:TheOriginalMind:MV8yMjU4OTMzXzM4Mzg0Mzg0X0VEQjZFNTA5] [quote:MaybeTrollingU:MV8yMjU4OTMzXzM4Mzg0MzUyX0IxN0IzRTcx] Let me make my "prediction": - This petition is just like a fart in the wind. It will sink on its own - This man, Edward Snowden, will be hunted down and cornered somewhere. - The media will focus like crazy on the "traitor" figure. It doesn't matter what he revealed, it only matters he is a criminal and a traitor. He revealed and proved that the government is a criminal and IS SPYING on us, but it DOESN'T MATTER, the only problem is him revealing it. It is a new "Manning" case all over again. [/quote] Is any of that reason not to make a stand of some sort? I agree with you, but fuck Obama. A petition is a middle finger to his administration. [/quote] A petition is what it is, a petition. Remember when you were a kid and you asked for that toy so much, and your daddy said "NO"? Well, its the same case, the difference is that your daddy didn't had the means to buy you the toy, Obama doesn't have the will to give the pardon. [b]Whenever you and everyone else realize that there's no way out of the system, inside the system, the sooner we will advance to a new, better world.[/b] [/quote] You completely misunderstand the point of my posting this, and you are also making a pretty big assumption about my character. I've already said that signing this petition should be motivated by the desire to give the finger to the administration. [i]Of course[/i] it won't be successful. Given this, there's no reason for you to think that I believe we can change this system from within it's current limits. In fact, if you do a thread and post search for my username you'll get a pretty good idea of where I stand politically. [/quote] My sincere appoligies then. I do understand your point, to protest, to at least try to make our voices be heard, to make "they" understand that we are pissed. I do understand your(our) dander against the government. I just think that protests should not be made like this. Creating a petition or a twitter hashtag will do nothing. We have to do what the guys from OWS did, but intensified, with more people, tens of thousands more, we need to make the government bow to us, not the other way around. They are the ones working for us, not the other way around. Our voice must be heard, not the other way around. Our will should be done, and not... well, you get the point. [/quote] Accepted. :hf: I agree with you about the action that should be taken. I'd just say that [i]all[/i] sorts of action should be taken. The regime should be bombarded from all angles - petitions, protests, legal challenges, shake-up of the party elite, voting in new politicians, everything. As far as I'm concerned, there's no reason to limit the kinds of action we take in our attempt to take back government. They're fighting without pulling their punches - so should we. [/quote]
Original Message
"Soon after National Security Agency surveillance program whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed his identity Sunday, a White House petition calling for his pardon was created online.
“Edward Snowden is a national hero and should be immediately issued a a (sic) full, free, and absolute pardon for any crimes he has committed or may have committed related to blowing the whistle on secret NSA surveillance programs,” the petition posted Sunday at the White House’s “We the People” platform reads.
Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant and Booz Allen employee, revealed Sunday in The Guardian that he is the individual responsible for leaking details about the NSA’s surveillance programs."
[
link to dailycaller.com
]
Petition: [
link to petitions.whitehouse.gov (secure)
]
It needs 91,000 more signatures by July 9 - spread the word.
Pictures (click to insert)
General
Politics
Bananas
People
Potentially Offensive
Emotions
Big Round Smilies
Aliens and Space
Friendship & Love
Textual
Doom
Misc Small Smilies
Religion
Love
Random
View All Categories
|
Next Page >>