35 years. Could you do the time?

[Warren Stupidity]

All of you demanding that Snowden show up to take his medicine need to answer that question "yes".

[1awake]

1. Proof positive that Snowden leaving was the right thing to do. n/t

[Bay Boy]

2. There is an old saying

don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Why should my response to your demand be of any concern? I didn't commit a crime.

[polichick]

5. Doesn't seem to apply to high-level war criminals or banksters.

[Egalitarian Thug]

8. So signature lines from bad '70s TV shows are now "old sayings"?

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[Bay Boy]

12. Is that were I got that?

He should know then.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Could I? Yes.

Would I volunteer for it? Hell no.

[JoePhilly]

4. Snowden would not be tried or sentenced in a Military court.

I think Manning's sentence is way too long, but his trial and his sentencing were conducted under an entirely different set of legal standards.

I'd suggest that Snowden's real problem now is that the journalist he worked with might not have helped him fully understand the potential legal consequences of his actions.

In the end, Greenwald will get rich thanks to Snowden. Maybe Glenn will share some of the money and help Snowden in exile.

[Robb]

6. Can I support the Red Cross without personally delivering polio vaccine?

[Octafish]

7. Papillon

He kept sane by trying to escape.

Manning will be in a place that makes Devil's Island look like a bus depot.

[KittyWampus]

9. It'll be ten years less time served. And yes, I'd be under 60 (still fairly young) upon getting out.

I read a lot anyway. And also meditate. And do Tai Chi.

The worst part would be the food, probably. And lack of sunlight.

[Egalitarian Thug]

10. My ass would be as out of reach as soon as possible.

[EC]

11. eligable for parole in 10

he'll not serve 35.

[MineralMan]

13. I won't live for another 35 years, certainly.

But, it's a moot point, since nothing I have ever done would result in a sentence like that. Nothing.