You have to love the reply: "We've come a long way since the Pentagon Papers were sidelined by Tricia Nixon's garden wedding party" ROFLMAO!
SN On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Nadim Kobeissi <na...@nadim.cc> wrote: > 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 > -- Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com
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