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		Semiapies on April 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a... How do we have a democratic process about such matters when they're secret? We've tried the "trust our elected officials" approach. We got mass surveillance. Next idea?

tedunangst on April 7, 2015 [–]

Such matters? I thought we were talking about putting a statue in a park. Was this a secret statue? I guess it was, since nobody knew about it until it showed up.

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