Snowden Nominated For Freedom of Thought Prize

First time accepted submitter DigitalKhaos23 writes "Snowden is a candidate for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, which honors people or organizations for their work in the defense of human rights and freedom of thought. The article adds: 'Edward Snowden risked his life to confirm what we had long suspected regarding mass online surveillance, a major scandal of our times. He revealed details of violations of EU data protection law and fundamental rights.'"

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Re:Monarchies are the worst forms

[phantomfive]

I've never heard anyone who said that the Saudis were good kings. By all account, including yours, they are abusing their position.

If you want to understand the point, you need to look at the inefficiencies created by democracy (each side trying to create programs and shut the other one's down, the billions of dollars put into advertising campaigns for candidates, the wasted pork.....think how much better NASA could be if senators cared more about research than getting extra cash for their constituents).

It's still better than a monarchy for reasons stated above, but please at least try to understand the point before arguing against it..........