Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden • Hacker News Board

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by repsilat » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:18 AM UTC

imaginator wrote: post #2

Poll results: http://poy.time.com/2013/11/25/vote-now-who-should-be-times-...

Strange looking list. On my browser Rand Paul's name is truncated to "RAND PAU.." (ironically all such truncated names are cut off at the last letter, making them all longer). Many longer names are not truncated, though: "RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN", "DZHOKHAR AND TAMERLAN TSARNAEV". Several names end with full-stops, too: "MALALA YOUSAFZA." is one.

I wonder if it is a secret message.

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by PixelPusher » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:20 AM UTC

Numberwang wrote: post #9

PixelPusher wrote: post #7

No way, I don't vote for traitors. All his US supporters are a bunch of Benedict Arnolds. BTW, just voted for Miley. She definitely made my year.

I can completely understand your position if you are an American. And I'm sure you can understand us foreigners trying to show our appreciation for a man who uncovered this extensive evil intrusion into our lives.

Bottom line, he's a traitor. Beyond that, most of the laws that helped start this were set into effect years ago. Where were the people crying then?

Most people complain about having their privacy taken away when using free online services. All I see are a bunch of ignorant loud mouths who got angry too late.

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by Kiro » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:21 AM UTC

I voted Lebron James.

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by thesadman » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:22 AM UTC

Ugh, do people still waste their time with TIME magazine and their "storied" polls? Sorry, but it is the equivalent of a tabloid because for the last 10 years the quality of articles have been continuously dropping. To see it linked here on HN is unfortunate. Lets spend our time on more interesting topics.

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by user24 » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:23 AM UTC

Are these polls typically good indicators of TIME's official choice? Or is this going to be a way of making Snowden "the people's POY" without TIME officially making it so?

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by MattBearman » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:25 AM UTC

PixelPusher wrote: post #7

No way, I don't vote for traitors. All his US supporters are a bunch of Benedict Arnolds. BTW, just voted for Miley. She definitely made my year.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

    Traitor (noun)

    a person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle.

Damn right he's a traitor, but only a traitor to the US government. To millions of people (like me) he's a hero.

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by orik » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:25 AM UTC

PixelPusher wrote: post #12

Numberwang wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can completely understand your position if you are an American. And I'm sure you can understand us foreigners trying to show our appreciation for a man who uncovered this extensive evil intrusion into our lives.

Bottom line, he's a traitor. Beyond that, most of the laws that helped start this were set into effect years ago. Where were the people crying then? Most people complain about having their privacy taken away when using free online services. All I see are a bunch of ignorant loud mouths who got angry too late.

Yeah because how dare any citizen question it's government, right?

/s

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by lotsofcows » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:30 AM UTC

PixelPusher wrote: post #7

No way, I don't vote for traitors. All his US supporters are a bunch of Benedict Arnolds. BTW, just voted for Miley. She definitely made my year.

I never understand why USAians refer to Benedict Arnold as a "traitor". It's a really stupid word to bandy about in a civil war. The country was governed by Britain. Everyone who fought against the government was, by definition, a traitor. Using a word with such a definite negative connotation in such a complex environment is either disingenuous or obtuse.

For similar reasons, using the word "traitor" is also stupid in the case of Snowden. Against whom / what was he a traitor? - The government? A branch of the government? The constitution? The people?

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by lignuist » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:32 AM UTC

Poll 2010:

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,288...

And then it became:

http://content.time.com/time/person-of-the-year/2010/

So probably this year it will be Miley Cyrus...

Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden

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Post by skimmas » Tue, Nov 26, 2013, 10:32 AM UTC

repsilat wrote: post #6

brokenparser wrote: post #4

Poll requires Facebook 0/10 would not vote again

Probably because of /b/'s vote manipulation in previous years. Another reason we "can't have nice things" on the internet -- systems that rely on implicit codes of civility still seem to break down when people can remain anonymous.

Nevertheless is kind of weird that in orther to show that I'm not a bot I have to allow some app to read and post on my tweeter timeline... I guess this vote is a joke. Snowden might win but the lesson is that people haven't learned anything. :)