Well one could argue that when 'an ordinary guy' running a startup gets threatened and raped by the biggest (evil) 3 letter agencies, it might be quite normal to have 'flaws in your response'.
I personally think he did remarkably well.
I personally think he did remarkably well.
Providing the key in 4 point font was yet another childish response that predictably did not help with resolving the situation.
If he disagreed with the nature of the government's request, there are a variety of ways to voice and display that disagreement: locking your doors and closing the curtains in the hope the DoJ stops knocking is not one of them. But given he had a history of complying with this nature of request, I'm curious why he suddenly changed his mind.
Do you mean preparing your defense?
Sure is easy for the DOJ to prepare their case ahead of time with seemingly unlimited assets and then demand a response to an unknowing and single party.
If the government isn't playing by its own rules, I see no reason to play by them. If stonewalling - which I do NOT concede that he did - helped Snowden get away, that's a victory for the people.
Also "Defender Of Freedom And Goodness," really? He gave up more than most of us for a cause that is equally important to all. Whether intentional or not, you're coming off as a pompous, condescending ass.
Printing out the key on 4pt font, delaying to "[help] Snowden get away", and presenting them with absurd terms did not advance any cause, they were just ways to piss of the DoJ.
If he's given up more than us, I wish he'd at least taken actions that had a modest chance of leading to changes in the law or the application of it.
It's pretty common in a court battle for one side to ask for the moon with the full expectation that the other side will counter. If you don't make "absurd terms" then your "reasonable terms" might not happen either.
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So, erm, seems reasonable, actually.
Additionally, it does very much make sense to use that word (repugnant meanings and all!) to underscore the powerlessness of those going up against the State in our modern legal system. Hell, if you end up in the pen because of the aforementioned proceedings, you may end up using the original word anyways.