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RT Times reports that Alexanderplatz square in Berlin has become the stage for a provocative art piece which celebrates whistleblowers and encourages ordinary citizens to speak out. "They have lost their freedom for the truth, so they remind us how important it is to know the truth,” says sculptor Davide Dormino. The life-sized statues of the three whistleblowers stand upon three chairs, as if speaking in an impromptu public meeting. Next to them is a fourth, empty chair. "The fourth chair is open to anyone here in Berlin who wants to get up and say anything they want," says the artist. Dormino, who came up with the idea together with the US journalist Charles Glass, specifically chose a classical bronze statue for his depiction – and not an installation or abstract piece – since statues are usually made of establishment figures. According to Domino while men who order others to their deaths get immortalized, those who resist are often forgotten, so “the statue pays homage to three who said no to war, to the lies that lead to war and to the intrusion into private life that helps to perpetuate war.” Activists and members of Germany’s Green party unveiled the life-size bronze statues on May Day.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anal Pumpernickel on Sunday May 03 2015, @06:57PM
You are seriously arguing here that you can't steal digitally stored information?
Unless you steal whatever it is stored on, yes.
If Snowden had just wanted to blow the whistle on some domestic mass-surveillance program then why does so much of the documentation describe international programs and agreements?
I knew it would come to this. I happen to have the radical belief that people are not subhuman and less deserving of having their liberties respect simply because they were 'unfortunate' enough to be born in a different country. Mass surveillance is unethical.
Considering that you seem believe that the government is made up of immoral thugs I guess what you believe makes perfect sense in your world. The sad part for you must be the realization that the rest of the world just doesn't give a fuck.
It's not sad, and I figured that would be the case. All that means is that I believe the rest of the world is wrong. People who care about freedom must now make the rest of the world understand why these things are important, even if that will be a long and difficult battle. Giving up would only ensure failure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @10:52PM
I happen to have the radical belief that people are not subhuman and less deserving of having their liberties respect simply because they were 'unfortunate' enough to be born in a different country.
The constitution does not limit itself to citizens, only people.
Unless you steal whatever it is stored on, yes.
The whole steal/copy thing is a red herring because we all know exactly what Snowden did whatever words are used to describe it. You should never have bothered arguing about it. That he picked a phrasing which would appear to someone ignorant of the situation slightly less favorable to Snowden is the least of the problems with his post.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 03 2015, @11:07PM
I am in a different country, and I am very concerned about it. My government is currently allowing the US to wipe its arse with our people our intelligence services, all in the name of getting a better deal from the US.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday May 04 2015, @04:44PM
Not just unethical...it's a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, regardless of the location of the victim. The Bill of Rights doesn't talk about "citizens", it talks about "people".
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Monday May 04 2015, @05:11PM
Try getting the courts to recognize that. They usually just modify the constitution with invisible ink as it is convenient so they can grant the government more power than the constitution gives it.