Dear India, Show Some Spine: Take Hong Kong for Example

http://www.nextbigwhat.com/india-hong-kong-snowden-297/

by jayadevan • 13 years ago

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apalmer• 13 years ago

The statement said Hong Kong had informed the U.S. of Snowden's departure. It added that it wanted more information about alleged hacking of computer systems in Hong Kong by U.S. government agencies which Snowden had revealed.

--right now snowden is looking like a pimp

michaelpinto2• 13 years ago

So India should take orders from Beijing?

China Said to Have Made Call to Let Leaker Depart http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/asia/china-said-to-h...

jayadevan• 13 years ago

India, which claims to be a democracy, must bat for free speech, privacy and expression. It is funny that China, often branded as an autocratic country, for whatever reasons, is doing it.

wutbrodo• 13 years ago

India is ranked 140th/179 in the Press Freedom Index, there are cases of academics being arrested due to sociological theories that offend people, there are consistently cases in which people are arrested for social media statuses that are benign but that are minorly negative towards someone in power (and even arrests for 'liking' statuses!).

Pretty much every one of those cases is far less defensible than an indictment of Snowden would be (i.e. there is literally no ethical ground to stand on in any democratic society in these cases, whereas one can conceive of a reasonable devil's advocate argument for Snowden's case). India's recent record on free speech is pretty abysmal, unfortunately. It's a nice thought, but I don't see why they would go out of their way and stick their neck out diplomatically to protect it in Snowden's case.

Immediate edit of a typo: "less defensible" --> "more defensible"

michaelpinto2• 13 years ago

China is doing what they're doing because they're a global superpower who is looking after their national interest. My critique is about the author mistaking what China is doing for being about freedom of speech, or the mistaken idea that what Hong Kong did had nothing to do with China.

And to be 100% fair I would say that India is very a democracy, and that's something they should be very proud of as a nation.

Dear India, Show Some Spine: Take Hong Kong for Example

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