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Hong Kong Wants to Keep Edward Snowden as a Symbol of "China's Growing Power"

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus6/17/2013 8:42:12 am PDT

re: #186 lawhawk

There isn’t a nation of any consequence that doesn’t have a spy establishment. Some are more electronic than others, but it’s part of being a nation-state.

Yet among the delayed-adulthood crowd that seems to be some giant revelation.

The young are typically idealistic, and these days it appears as if the media companies have discovered that the only way to make money is to appeal to the 17-24 y.o. market.