| What did you expect here, other than being down-voted, for making some sense or offering an alternate view of things? You are speaking to the "Me Me Me Generation" as Joel Stein puts it. "Lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow." Snowden is the poster child for this generation. "A narcissistic young man who has decided he is smarter than the rest of us", as Bob Schieffer called him. The only thing that separates this generation of whistle blowers, if they were to take after Snowden, from the previous ones would be their insincerity of purpose and a distinct lack of selflessness. Instead of being lauded for standing firm and facing consequences they will be known for their penchant for fleeing and bolting to foreign lands that they find hospitable to their ill-thought-out missions. Character and how its reflected doesn't change with the times. On occasion, history fails to take note of certain heroes. However it also tells us that cowards have never brought about ground swells or changed human events. Source: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2143001,00.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5-r6mw6nQ |
The ludicrous idea of calling someone who has just given up the chance of a normal life for years to come, maybe forever, "lazy, entitled and shallow" is something that takes a substantial disconnect from reality to come up with.