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Yeah because how dare any citizen question it's government, right? /s
Are you serious? You can question everything you want as an ordinary citizen. The moment you sign a contract, specially for the military, you agree to keep your word. So, right, how dare the government hold someone to their word? You're basically advocating lying and not honoring your promises. BTW - I basically make a living honoring promises and contracts, otherwise we wouldn't have customers ;)
Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
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Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#62As much as I appreciate Edward Snowden and what he did, Malala Yousafzai deserves even more attention for her deeds.
It is not about deserves or don't, it's about influence. Yousafzai influence to the World is negligible in comparison to Snowden.
Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
/b/'s vote manipulation lead to the selection of moot as most influential person, which is clearly correct, as moot's users influenced the voting process to ensure it.
except the award isn't "who is the most influential person on the internet", it's supposed to be "the most influential person of the year on the planet".
It's like when you cite raw polling results from the Daily Kos, and say its representative of American opinion. There's a lot of bias that needs to be taken into account.
Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#64I'm wondering why some people are on the list, like Miley Cyrus or the guy behind Netflix. If those are, why not others? I'd personally vote for the head of Naughty Dog and The Last of Us over Netflix. PS: thinking about it, I'd vote for Satoshi. We should do a HN POY. PS2 : done! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6800515
"Person of the Year" is really "Newsmaker of the Year." It's not an endorsement, just a recognition that they made the most news. Hitler was TIME's "Man of the Year" in 1938.
Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#65Poll 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...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan got a lot of positive votes. I imagine he doesn't have same support after Gezi.
How does Erdogan deserve to be the times person of the year.
With everything that is happening in Turkey and all the countries that it defies and steps over.
He shouldn't event be on the list !
Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#66Chrome won't let me vote..throwing shitloads of errors in the console.
GPT LOADED EVENT LISTENER EXECUTED load listener, textContent GPT LOADED Blocked a frame with origin "http://poy.time.com" from accessing a frame with origin "http://tags.bluekai.com". Protocols, domains, and ports must match. GPT LOADED EVENT LISTENER EXECUTED load listener, textContent Blocked a frame with origin "http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net" from accessing a frame with origin "http://poy.time.com". Protocols, domains, and ports must match. EVENT LISTENER EXECUTED old height: old width: scroll height: 55 scroll width: 275 new height: new width: Blocked a frame with origin "http://poy.time.com" from accessing a frame with origin "http://tags.bluekai.com". Protocols, domains, and ports must match. Uncaught SecurityError: An attempt was made to break through the security policy of the user agent. 93c0d7430d30e77dc6a5f0275dfcb679.js:48 Uncaught TypeError: Object # has no method 'init' 528c2242c903451bee0013d3:81 2 Blocked a frame with origin "http://poy.time.com" from accessing a frame with origin "http://tags.bluekai.com". Protocols, domains, and ports must match. Invalid App Id: Must be a number or numeric string representing the application id. all.js:56 The "fb-root" div has not been created, auto-creating all.js:56 FB.getLoginStatus() called before calling FB.init(). all.js:56 2 Blocked a frame with origin "http://poy.time.com" from accessing a frame with origin "http://tags.bluekai.com". Protocols, domains, and ports must match. Posted 2 errors to errorception.com 50eb3228903069e001000036.js:1 2 Blocked a frame with origin "http://poy.time.com" from accessing a frame with origin "http://tags.bluekai.com". Protocols, domains, and ports must match.
Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan got a lot of positive votes. I imagine he doesn't have same support after Gezi.
How does Erdogan deserve to be the times person of the year. With everything that is happening in Turkey and all the countries that it defies and steps over. He shouldn't event be on the list !
i guess, just his fans votes for him. They do this every time
Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#68Can't vote as I have to login with Twitter or Facebook to vote.
Why?
Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan got a lot of positive votes. I imagine he doesn't have same support after Gezi.
How does Erdogan deserve to be the times person of the year. With everything that is happening in Turkey and all the countries that it defies and steps over. He shouldn't event be on the list !
I guess they're trying to be objective, "Boston Bombers" Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are on the list.
Re: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year? Edward Snowden
#702012: Anonymous got peoples vote, but Obama was chosen.