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US Senate editing Snowden bio to change dissident > traitor?
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US Senate editing Snowden bio to change dissident > traitor?
As A1candidate (T-C-L) points out on Jimbo's talk, an IP 156.33.241.5 (T-C-L) that is marked as belonging to the US Senate made this edit to Snowden's biography, changing the description from "dissident" to "traitor".
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Re: US Senate editing Snowden bio to change dissident > trai
Congressional employees runs into the tens of thousands. Just some hot head voicing his opinion.HRIP7 wrote:As A1candidate (T-C-L) points out on Jimbo's talk, an IP 156.33.241.5 (T-C-L) that is marked as belonging to the US Senate made this edit to Snowden's biography, changing the description from "dissident" to "traitor".General IP Information
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Re: US Senate editing Snowden bio to change dissident > trai
Yes, it aint "the gubment."TungstenCarbide wrote:Congressional employees runs into the tens of thousands. Just some hot head voicing his opinion.HRIP7 wrote:As A1candidate (T-C-L) points out on Jimbo's talk, an IP 156.33.241.5 (T-C-L) that is marked as belonging to the US Senate made this edit to Snowden's biography, changing the description from "dissident" to "traitor".General IP Information
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What's really funny is there's no complaint about the use of "dissident," which is as thoroughly inappropriate as "traitor." Perhaps the IP was making the point that one man's dissident is another man's traitor? And why not? His edit never went live (Snowden's bio is one of the fewer than 1% of Wikipedia biographies blessed with "pending changes") whereas Wikipedia had him down as a "dissident" for at least two hours at the time of the IP's edit, thanks to an account called DrFleischman (T-C-L) (formerly "Nstrauss"). I wonder what Dr. Fleischman's (or is it Mr. Strauss, or something else entirely?) political affiliations are and how they might be effecting his pursuit of blessed, blessed "NPOV" (A Wikipedia acronym for "Neutral Point of View")?
This exchange at the top of the good doctors talk page makes it clear what he's there for (political activism.) But assume good faith y'all!
I can only interpret your recent edit to Campaign for "santorum" neologism as an attempt to further the visibility of the neologism at Google. Don't do that. If you have arguments why you think the made-up definition should be at the very top of the article, feel free to lay them out at the talk page of the article.
Amalthea 19:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay, just did that. I would add, please assume good faith. --DrFleischman (talk) 19:55, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
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Re: US Senate editing Snowden bio to change dissident > trai
""One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." —Gerald Seymour (1975)DanMurphy wrote:
What's really funny is there's no complaint about the use of "dissident," which is as thoroughly inappropriate as "traitor." Perhaps the IP was making the point that one man's dissident is another man's traitor? And why not?
"Dissident" works for me.
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I'd prefer whistleblower.Randy from Boise wrote:""One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." —Gerald Seymour (1975)DanMurphy wrote:
What's really funny is there's no complaint about the use of "dissident," which is as thoroughly inappropriate as "traitor." Perhaps the IP was making the point that one man's dissident is another man's traitor? And why not?
"Dissident" works for me.
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That's probably better.Vigilant wrote:I'd prefer whistleblower.Randy from Boise wrote:""One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." —Gerald Seymour (1975)DanMurphy wrote:
What's really funny is there's no complaint about the use of "dissident," which is as thoroughly inappropriate as "traitor." Perhaps the IP was making the point that one man's dissident is another man's traitor? And why not?
"Dissident" works for me.
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Re: US Senate editing Snowden bio to change dissident > trai
"Political subversive" is probably more accurate, and probably more NPOV as well, though both terms are probably better than "traitor." And I agree, "whistle-blower" would be better as well.Randy from Boise wrote:"Dissident" works for me.
For the moment, the word they're using is "fugitive," which in some ways is better, some ways worse. They could also try "self-imposed exile" or "asylum-seeker" just to be nice, but either way, I'm sure this will provide the WPers with plenty of entertainment for months to come!
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He was labelled a whistleblower for quite a while, despite Baseball Bugs (T-C-L) best efforts:
I took Snowden's article off my watchlist a while back and hadn't noticed the change, anyone know who altered it?Bugs wrote:Leaker, definitely. Whistleblower, no. If this activity was being done under the Patriot Act, then it was "legal", whether this character likes it or not ... Giving aid and comfort and secret information to the enemy is a potentially treasonous offense ... get rid of that biased, self-serving term "whistleblower" ... yadda yadda yadda ...
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In the good old days:Midsize Jake wrote:"Political subversive" is probably more accurate, and probably more NPOV as well, though both terms are probably better than "traitor." And I agree, "whistle-blower" would be better as well.Randy from Boise wrote:"Dissident" works for me.
For the moment, the word they're using is "fugitive," which in some ways is better, some ways worse. They could also try "self-imposed exile" or "asylum-seeker" just to be nice, but either way, I'm sure this will provide the WPers with plenty of entertainment for months to come!
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Treason has a well established legal meaning in the US. There is no evidence to support a legal charge of treason.Midsize Jake wrote:"Political subversive" is probably more accurate, and probably more NPOV as well, though both terms are probably better than "traitor." And I agree, "whistle-blower" would be better as well.Randy from Boise wrote:"Dissident" works for me.
For the moment, the word they're using is "fugitive," which in some ways is better, some ways worse. They could also try "self-imposed exile" or "asylum-seeker" just to be nice, but either way, I'm sure this will provide the WPers with plenty of entertainment for months to come!
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W is going to go down as the very worst US president.Mancunium wrote:In the good old days:Midsize Jake wrote:"Political subversive" is probably more accurate, and probably more NPOV as well, though both terms are probably better than "traitor." And I agree, "whistle-blower" would be better as well.Randy from Boise wrote:"Dissident" works for me.
For the moment, the word they're using is "fugitive," which in some ways is better, some ways worse. They could also try "self-imposed exile" or "asylum-seeker" just to be nice, but either way, I'm sure this will provide the WPers with plenty of entertainment for months to come!
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Alec, I'll take "Leaker" for 400.
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+1001Vigilant wrote:W is going to go down as the very worst US president.Mancunium wrote:In the good old days:Midsize Jake wrote:"Political subversive" is probably more accurate, and probably more NPOV as well, though both terms are probably better than "traitor." And I agree, "whistle-blower" would be better as well.Randy from Boise wrote:"Dissident" works for me.
For the moment, the word they're using is "fugitive," which in some ways is better, some ways worse. They could also try "self-imposed exile" or "asylum-seeker" just to be nice, but either way, I'm sure this will provide the WPers with plenty of entertainment for months to come!
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I had to live in his America, in 2002-03 when people were screaming for Saddam's head--because Bush and his sick friends ordered it.Vigilant wrote:W is going to go down as the very worst US president.
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It's no wonder why that fucker didn't sign the US up to the ICC. Nobody will ever investigate his war crimes. But if it's a US puppet leader who's fallen out of favor with the Department of Defense, then it's perfectly okay to send them to court.EricBarbour wrote:I had to live in his America, in 2002-03 when people were screaming for Saddam's head--because Bush and his sick friends ordered it.Vigilant wrote:W is going to go down as the very worst US president.
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People who say "George W. Bush is the worst president in American history" need to go read some American history. I get that Bush is recent, but you guys could at least pretend to acknowledge the existence of over two hundred previous years of American history.
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Provide a counter example.The Devil's Advocate wrote:People who say "George W. Bush is the worst president in American history" need to go read some American history. I get that Bush is recent, but you guys could at least pretend to acknowledge the existence of over two hundred previous years of American history.
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George W. Bush is my least favorite president during my lifetime (and I'm about 30), but I agree with TDA that he isn't the worst ever. For example, I think James Buchanan was worse. The worst results of Bush's mistakes are the recession and an unnecessary war in Iraq, whereas the worst result was the Civil War in Buchanan's case.
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The causes of the Civil War are many and complex. It may well have occurred were any number of similarly indecisive persons as Buchanan President at the time leading up to the commencement of the main hostilities. The Civil War was certainly not publicly justified by an untruth, one that was ignored when it was exposed as a lie and simply replaced by another justification.Captain Occam wrote:George W. Bush is my least favorite president during my lifetime (and I'm about 30), but I agree with TDA that he isn't the worst ever. For example, I think James Buchanan was worse. The worst results of Bush's mistakes are the recession and an unnecessary war in Iraq, whereas the worst result was the Civil War in Buchanan's case.
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George W. Bush wasn't the only president fooled by Saddam Hussein's efforts to convince others he had weapons of mass destruction. This quote is from Bill Clinton:greyed.out.fields wrote:The causes of the Civil War are many and complex. It may well have occurred were any number of similarly indecisive persons as Buchanan President at the time leading up to the commencement of the main hostilities. The Civil War was certainly not publicly justified by an untruth, one that was ignored when it was exposed as a lie and simply replaced by another justification.
This quote (from here) is from the lead-up to the bombing of Iraq in 1998, and Clinton's signing of the Iraq Liberation Act. He didn't order an actual invasion of Iraq the way Bush did, but it's possible he would have if the same circumstances had arisen in a post-9/11 era.It is obvious that there is an attempt here, based on the whole history of this operation since 1991, to protect whatever remains of his capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction, the missiles to deliver them, and the feed stocks necessary to produce them. The UNSCOM inspectors believe that Iraq still has stockpiles of chemical and biological munitions, a small force of Scud-type missiles, and the capacity to restart quickly its production program and build many, many more weapons.
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Apparently DrFleischman is upset about this comment:DanMurphy wrote:Yes, it aint "the gubment."TungstenCarbide wrote:Congressional employees runs into the tens of thousands. Just some hot head voicing his opinion.HRIP7 wrote:As A1candidate (T-C-L) points out on Jimbo's talk, an IP 156.33.241.5 (T-C-L) that is marked as belonging to the US Senate made this edit to Snowden's biography, changing the description from "dissident" to "traitor".General IP Information
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What's really funny is there's no complaint about the use of "dissident," which is as thoroughly inappropriate as "traitor." Perhaps the IP was making the point that one man's dissident is another man's traitor? And why not? His edit never went live (Snowden's bio is one of the fewer than 1% of Wikipedia biographies blessed with "pending changes") whereas Wikipedia had him down as a "dissident" for at least two hours at the time of the IP's edit, thanks to an account called DrFleischman (T-C-L) (formerly "Nstrauss"). I wonder what Dr. Fleischman's (or is it Mr. Strauss, or something else entirely?) political affiliations are and how they might be effecting his pursuit of blessed, blessed "NPOV" (A Wikipedia acronym for "Neutral Point of View")?
This exchange at the top of the good doctors talk page makes it clear what he's there for (political activism.) But assume good faith y'all!
I can only interpret your recent edit to Campaign for "santorum" neologism as an attempt to further the visibility of the neologism at Google. Don't do that. If you have arguments why you think the made-up definition should be at the very top of the article, feel free to lay them out at the talk page of the article.
Amalthea 19:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay, just did that. I would add, please assume good faith. --DrFleischman (talk) 19:55, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Who is DrFleischman? He's lawyer Nathaniel Strauss. Sounds like an interesting guy, but he probably should be more careful about editing from his workplace. Hi Nate!!I find this to be quite offensive. You can't engage in personal attacks here so you take it off-wiki, eh? --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 09:26, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
: Well, I'm offended that you're offended. Who are you exactly? Btw, the fact that you describe that entirely innocuous observation about human bias as a "personal attack" is a sign that Wikipedia is rotting your brain.[[User:Dan Murphy|Dan Murphy]] ([[User talk:Dan Murphy#top|talk]]) 12:30, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
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Welcome Dr. Fleischman, ehr, Ms. Streissand, ehr, Mr. Strauss!Apparently DrFleischman is upset about this comment:
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I find this to be quite offensive. You can't engage in personal attacks here so you take it off-wiki, eh? --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 09:26, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
: Well, I'm offended that you're offended. Who are you exactly? Btw, the fact that you describe that entirely innocuous observation about human bias as a "personal attack" is a sign that Wikipedia is rotting your brain.[[User:Dan Murphy|Dan Murphy]] ([[User talk:Dan Murphy#top|talk]]) 12:30, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
Who is DrFleischman? He's lawyer Nathaniel Strauss. Sounds like an interesting guy, but he probably should be more careful about editing from his workplace. Hi Nate!!
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Ahhhh, don't be too hard on the kid. I mean, look at that picture.
Worst thing he deserves if to use his office phone number in a fake backpage.com erotic massage ad.
Worst thing he deserves if to use his office phone number in a fake backpage.com erotic massage ad.
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Paging Demiurge. Demiurge to the white courtesy phone please.Vigilant wrote:Ahhhh, don't be too hard on the kid. I mean, look at that picture.
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Just look at any president from 1900 back.Vigilant wrote:Provide a counter example.
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I'm not sure you understand what "example" means.The Devil's Advocate wrote:Just look at any president from 1900 back.Vigilant wrote:Provide a counter example.
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