Dedicated as a hero, Snowden should be praised and glorified as our global patriot. Having the courage and confidence to expose all those secret files to the population of the world, he received such compliments from nearly everyone. Except, obviously, to some agents that worked behind the scenes in these agencies that are fully disgusted and contemptuous. The world responded greatly of Snowden's actions and there are even movements being formed for the causes of human rights and the repudiation of espionage. Demonstrations also occur from many places around the world regarding the action the U.S should take in their reverberation for Edward Snowden.
In my opinion, I believe that Edward Snowden deserve a medal for what he did. He truly justified the term ' privacy and human rights ' into the world. And people can see that, which is why exactly rallies are created to stop NSA and CIA to prosecute Snowden. When asked of his motivations to his actions, Snowden explained that " I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong." I fully supported this statement and one hundred percent agree. Great minds think alike, they say. And I do believe that Edward Snowden's concept of privacy and human rights are no different than mine.
" I don't want to live in a society that does these sorts of things [surveillance on its citizens]. . . . I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. . . My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them." That was Snowden's explanation to the regards of his actions. Two of the most extremely powerful reasons why he did what he did. And I truly back that up. We, as the conscious united population of the world, should know and understand this idea and apply it to our everyday life by showing our gratitude and acknowledgment to our globalised patriot Edward Snowden. Without whom, we would not be as free and exempt from the surveillance of these contradictory agencies of U. S. A . We should hail our hero. We should support and defend him together as we are stronger if we're united as the population of the world. Long live Edward Snowden.
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References:
Ritzer, George and Jurgenson, Nathan 2010 'Production, Consumption, Prosumption: The nature of capitalism in the age of the digital 'prosumer', Journal of Consumer Culture , vol. 10 no. 1, pp. 13-36.
Hi Rio,
ReplyDeleteA very strong, provocative post this week. Your defence of Snowden is well justified and explained. However I believe your argument would be even stronger if you had recognised an oppositional argument and then rebutted it to provide greater discussion depth. I do not actually know much about the Snowden case so perhaps a couple of more references to specific examples of what he has done would be helpful for an audience unfamiliar with the case study. However your post was so intriguing that I want to know more and it has motivated me to Google the issue anyway.
Good work!
Lauren
Hi Lauren,
DeleteI appreciate your comments and have considered them for future references. I do agree with your mention of the opposition argument, as it would help my post for greater discussion depth. Still, I appreciate your comment. Thank you.
Cheers,
Rio
Hi Rio
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to read your view on the Snowden case. The only problem we have in our knowledge gathering is ascertaining whether the information we get is factual or altered through the mediation process – something which Snowden would unequivocally resent. I believe Snowden had the right intentions but the wrong delivery, which only proved detrimental to his case. I liked the quotes you used, but they would be stronger if worked them into your ideas more – using them to exemplify as opposed to form your argument. Referencing their source would also help your readers delve deeper into a topic if they wished to do so. Overall, it was good to read a strong view that supports Snowden’s actions.
Thanks
Hi Michael,
DeleteI appreciate your comment and criticism as I believe they help me to improve my blog structuring and also food for thought to what I should do for next time round. Cheers!
Hi Michael,
DeleteI appreciate your comment and criticism as I believe they help me to improve my blog structuring and also food for thought to what I should do for next time round. Cheers!
Rio,
ReplyDeleteCertainly a very strong post regarding your thoughts of personal privacy vs corporate/governmental surveillance. And it's very hard to argue with your (and Snowden's) arguments regarding personal data collection and storage. However I think a more in-depth view at why such collections and abuses are happening would be very useful.
Certainly at the heart of such cases as Snowden's is nothing but greed, but without at least some large-scale data collection under government/corporate auspices our lives would become much less convenient. Utilities services and Medicare, to name but two.
Also I'm genuinely interested in some scholarly references for this topic. News sources are notoriously unreliable, particularly in high-profile cases such as this. More detail surrounding Snowden and his exact arguments and the corporate counter-arguments would be very informative.
Ryan