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Published 9 years ago by jcscher with 12 Comments

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Artists Secretly Install Edward Snowden Statue in Brooklyn Park

Working under the cover of darkness early Monday, a small group of artists installed a tribute to NSA-leaker Edward Snowden in a Brooklyn park.

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Gozzin
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I wonder how long it will be before it's taken away?

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- brooklynman
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  It's gone as of 1pm :(
  
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  - jcscher
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    Wow that was quick.
    
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    - picklefingers
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      I would've been surprised if it was up longer.
      
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      - drunkenninja
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        Well in the eyes of the government Mr. Snowden is a traitor, so leaving up a statue of a traitor in such a prominent area would have been unimaginable...
        
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- drunkenninja
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  I give it a couple days max before it gets taken down :(
  
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TNY
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Why exactly did the FBI get involved?

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- brooklynman
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  because terror!
  
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- AdelleChattre
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  I'd expect some fraction of those POWs might approve of a guerilla art strike like this, maybe even of the honoree.
  
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  - brooklynman (edited 9 years ago)
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    that was the whole point, actually. those prisoner ships were kept illegally by the british government and eventually sunk by the revolutionaries to free the prisoners. too bad the deeper historical context and meaning are lost on these reactionaries...
    
    additionally, they took great pains to not only design an addition to the existing monument that would match and compliment its existing design, but to mount it to a way that would in no way damage it if it were to be removed. a great deal of thought and planning went into this. this was no simple, thoughtless act of vandalism.
    
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- picklefingers
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  Ya. I mean, if you are going to deface a statue, I'm sure there a lot better ones to deface. Defacing one for POWs is just downright disrespectful.
  
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