From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Marion wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Snowden often compares privacy to free speech.   
   >   
   > I don't 'read' Snowden; I don't concur w/ Snowden's beliefs. I am more   
   > in favor of the surveillance 'benefits' than I am in favor of what ES did.   
   >   
   How 'smart' is it to listen to ES about privacy?   
      
   There he is living in .ru now, age 42, trying to make a living speaking   
   and a publication.   
      
   > While he would rather be in the US or somewhere like Germany,   
      
   > Snowden said it helped that Russia viewed him as useful publicity.   
      
    From an article interview done in .ru 6 y ago.   
      
      
   If you want to have some kind of activist as a hero, I recommend Aaron   
   Swartz instead; he was a lot smarter, but a sadder case who gave up and   
   died instead at 26 y/o.   
      
      
   --   
   Mike Easter   
      
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