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		Grue3 on Nov 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vote Now: Who Should Be Time's Person of the Year?... Don't speak for all foreigners. I'm from Russia and I loathe Snowden who basically became a propaganda prop for Putin.

thaumasiotes on Nov 26, 2013 [–]

Well, this is an interesting issue. I tend to stick to the viewpoint that if a disgusting person does something worthwhile, and gets praised for it, that praise is earned. A good deed doesn't become a bad deed just because it's done by a bad person.

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