Let me clarify a bit. Eddie Snowden should be hung for being a pussy, not for leaking. He took a perfect opportunity to actually foment change, and wasted it by running off to China and Russia.
While some people here get hard thinking about armed rebellion and the like, its a juvenile fantasy. The only real change that has ever occurred in this country has been through non-violent sacrifice. MLK outlined the ideal model in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. One of the most basic principles of civil disobedience to protest unlawful and immoral state action is a complete willingness to accept the consequences of your disobedience.
Ghandi taught that one must maintain respect for the rule of law, even while disobeying the specific law that you perceive as unjust. He also taught that one should always plead guilty to any violation of the law, and to take the penance of the oppressors upon yourself. You should attempt to convert your opponent by demonstrating the justice of your cause.
Eddie could have told the world what he knew, and then sat in a jail cell while the world looked on and accused the US of punishing a whistleblower who outed immoral acts of the state. Instead he flipped the script by acting like a guilty toddler and running off to Uncle Putin's house. He changed the entire focus of the story to protect his lily white ass, and in doing so squandered the best possible opportunity to instigate real change.
Fuck Eddie Snowden.
