Let freedom ring,
let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today
Is a day of reckoning.
Let the weak be strong,
let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day.
I saw countless versions of the American flag being worn today by patriotic citizens. I wore a blue and white striped dress with red shoes. (Although a coworker made a point of saying that the blue and red were not the right shade so it didn't count.)
Many people have a day off from work, people have BBQ's with their families, go see fireworks, and honor the day that we became this great nation.
Edward Snowden is a wanted man. He is not a free man and may never be truly free again. He believed to be fighting for our freedom. Whether or not he did the right thing, no man should have to feel homeless and stranded at an airport with no where to go. Imagine having your passport revoked and never being able to come back to America again as a free man.
I am grateful and proud to be an American. I thank G-d every day that I was born American (as opposed to, say, a Canadian-ay).
Happy 4th of July!
If he had managed to get asylum in some country, he would've been a free man again, within those borders.
ReplyDeleteHowever, no one wants to take him in.
Overall, he may have had the peoples best interests in mind, but he did commit a crime, for which he is a wanted man. Had he killed someone, would you not have been in favor of his passport being revoked?
He could also do what Aaron Swartz did, and after doing what he felt was right, and shouldn't be punished for, took his own life, instead of spending life in jail for something he didn't believe himself to be guilty of.