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Originally Posted by theking
All Americans are legal citizens/subjects of the American government and do not have the need to swear an oath...unless they take employment that requires a sworn oath.
What does anything that you have stated up to this point in time have to do with breaking their sworn oaths...which is what Snowden and Manning did...and which is my point.
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sorry. i did not make it clear enough.
snowden is considered a hero for breaking laws he considers illegal. AKA breaking his oath to expose a surveillence program he considers illegal.
if one thinks his actions were the right thing, for exposing abuse of power, he is a hero. if you think his oath is protecting legitimate conduct, you think he is a traitor.
the american colonists were british citizens before 1776, & broke british laws they deemed to be illegal. The boston tea party was a rejection of the stamp act. this is a well known example of this revolt against a british law.
you are saying snowden broke the law. but you say nothing as to whether he was doing the right thing. By analogy, this suggests you find the propriety of a law irrelevant, & by that logic, our founding fathers are criminals for breaking british law.
basically what im saying is you are benedict arnold & you dont even know it.