Check out this screenshot of the front page of the New York Times right now. Unbelievable:
https://twitter.com/kaepora/status/343888967554457600 NK On 2013-06-09, at 8:17 PM, Matt Johnson <railm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Snowden says he wants asylum in Iceland. Why not go there directly? > > Going to Hong Kong makes him vulnerable to accusations of working for the PRC. > > None of that makes sense to me, but what do I know. I will watch, and learn. > > -- > Matt > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Raven Jiang CX <j...@stanford.edu> wrote: >> There is a strong resistance against Chinese strong-arming in Hong Kong, >> plus I am not sure that it is actually in the interest of the Chinese >> government to help the US do anything about this. I think you can make a >> case for why it's a better choice, though it is definitely debatable. >> >> >> On 9 June 2013 15:10, Sheila Parks <sheilaruthpa...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> I agree with what you say about Hong Kong >>> >>> He does say he would like to end up in Iceland >>> >>> Wonder why he did not go there in the first place >>> >>> Such an immensely brave and honest person >>> >>> Sheila >>> >>> >>> At 06:04 PM 6/9/2013, you wrote: >>>> >>>> On 06/09/2013 04:43 PM, Matt Johnson wrote: >>>>> I have to say going to Hong Kong for free speech and safety seems like >>>>> a very odd choice to me. What was he thinking? >>>> >>>> Actually, and I think this is pointed out in either the video or an >>>> article somewhere, Hong Kong doesn't generally suffer the speech >>>> restrictions mainland China does. Sure, they aren't completely free but >>>> protests and unpopular political speech happen quite frequently and are >>>> generally well tolerated by the government. >>>> >>>> Still, I have to wonder why he didn't go somewhere like Iceland. To me, >>>> that would have been a no-brainer. >>>> >>>> Anthony >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Anthony Papillion >>>> Phone: 1.918.533.9699 >>>> SIP: sip:cajuntec...@iptel.org >>>> iNum: +883510008360912 >>>> XMPP: cypherpun...@jit.si >>>> >>>> www.cajuntechie.org >>>> -- >>>> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >>>> emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >>>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >>> >>> >>> Sheila Parks, Ed.D. >>> Founder >>> Center for Hand-Counted Paper Ballots >>> Watertown, MA 02472 >>> 617 744 6020 >>> DEMOCRACY IN OUR HANDS >>> www.handcountedpaperballots.org >>> she...@handcountedpaperballots.org >>> >>> -- >>> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >>> emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >> >> >> -- >> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >> emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
