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Isn't it fucked up when someone suggests that someone's life might be at risk because of some data he had (and completely had the right to delete) and it doesn't sound utterly ridiculous?

This is now the world we live in.

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People 'suggest' the government is going to kill people all the time, it doesn't make it true. That is the world you live in. You do not live in a James Bond film.

This guy didn't risk his life. His livelihood perhaps, but not his life.

Snowden's life is probably in danger, and Manning isn't having a swell time, just for coming out and saying that the US is involved in unsavory activities. Sure, this isn't at that level, but it's not inconceivable any more.

This isn't a James Bond film. It's 1984.

he risked his life in in the way that he may be placed in jail for a while. I don't think anyone is suggesting that he may be killed over a destroyed server.

I would probably argue that being imprisoned for an undetermined time is fairly comparable to "losing your life" for most people.

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