| inbluevt | Date: Sunday, 2013/06/16, 6:24 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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When Edward Snowden reached his breaking point, the world saw the truth about the vast extent of spying by the NSA on Americans and people around the world. In
an act of conscience, Snowden released secret information, saying “My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.”
Snowden sparked protest, lawsuits, criticism of the administration and US intelligence. His action shows the power that comes when someone inside the system break ranks and tells the truth. Successful movements depend on people breaking ranks: questioning, demurring, disobeying, defecting and withdrawing support.
As Ken Butigan writes, the impact can start a metamorphosis for all of us:“the individual conscientious objector, the abstainer, and the resister — the one who, as Gandhi said, pits ‘one’s whole soul against the will of a tyrant.’ Not only do the Edward Snowdens of the world help the rest of us see more clearly the realities we are up against — in
this case, the institutionalization of unfettered, massive data
collection on and profiling of the population — they can shock us into
realizing that part of our job description as human beings is our
obligation to withdraw our passive or active consent from such policies.”
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