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Luminous Animal

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28. I've been arrested for civil disobedience with full knowledge that I was likely going to be arrested

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #24)

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 05:07 PM

Aug 2013

It didn't make the handcuffs, the incarceration, and the court date pleasant.

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David Miranda's detention had no basis in law, says former lord chancellor [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

K&R idwiyo Aug 2013 #1

I hope that some heads are gonna roll. NealK Aug 2013 #2

This is just another example of why the critics of these LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #3

I am still wondering why GG would set the one he claim Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #4

Do you not believe that Miranda is a grown man who can make his own decisions? n/t cui bono Aug 2013 #9

Well, guess you could say he made a decision he will need to deal with, again GG, Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #15

Seems you are assuming what they did and did not dicuss before this happened. cui bono Aug 2013 #16

You are the one who suggested Miranda made his own decision so you need to direct your Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #18

Whoa there! Why the animosity? cui bono Aug 2013 #20

I never said GG forced Miranda to make the trip, I said GG used Miranda as his Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #21

You did say the following: cui bono Aug 2013 #22

Then Miranda should not be upset he was detained nor should GG be upset. If both of Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #24

But the issue is whether the law was followed Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #27

I am upset about th theft which start this whole mess, we also have laws against espionage but Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #34

Are you also upset about the revealings of said "theft"? cui bono Aug 2013 #40

Why would I be upset about the revealings in 2013 by Snowden when this information was talked Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #41

How much was this talked about when it was revealed that GWB did it? cui bono Aug 2013 #43

I've been arrested for civil disobedience with full knowledge that I was likely going to be arrested Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #28

Yeah, detention was a possiibility when you're dealing with a jack-booted thug government joeybee12 Aug 2013 #33

I think they. and all of us. should be very upset. And very troubled. cui bono Aug 2013 #38

Let us start simple, did Snowden inform the proper channeks before he stole the files? Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #42

Honestly, I can't make any sense of your post. cui bono Aug 2013 #44

I think I am repeating myself again but since you insist I answer this question again I will. Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #45

You lack any credibility on the matter... ljm2002 Aug 2013 #17

Loaded term, WTH do you think "mule" means? Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #19

Very loaded term. Dehumanization being the entire point of using the term. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #30

Dehumanizing, yep this is what happened to Miranda. Miranda was smuggling Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #36

I completely disagree with Thinkingabout, however, the term mule is a common term cui bono Aug 2013 #39

Very loaded Aerows Aug 2013 #31

Yep, look it up, I sure did suggest Miranda make this trip, when you take on smuggling Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #37

I think his partner is an adult, is he not? I imagine at his age, he can make his own sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #23

This is a deflection. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #26

We need a terrorism law to be able to stop somebody Little Milly Aug 2013 #5

Just cause Aerows Aug 2013 #32

What a uniquely British name he has Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #6

He doesn't look like I imagined. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #7

yeah me too Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #8

He was born in Scotland. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #12

So maybe you should edit the other post? Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #13

D'oh! Such laws shouldn't exist in the first place. Demeter Aug 2013 #10

^ Wilms Aug 2013 #14

I have wondered Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #25

Yep you know it! GET UR ASS UDER DA BUS! Rex Aug 2013 #29

K&R RetroLounge Aug 2013 #35