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Originally posted by GeisterFahrer
Originally posted by MrXYZ
Originally posted by GeisterFahrer
Assange now thinks he can dictate who runs our country.
Gitmo is too good for him.
Yeah, let's send him to the shining beacon of fairness and justice that is Gitmo. Where people sit for months and years without proper legal representation, outside of international law just like other balcksites. The place where we show what we believe to be freedom and justice...he shouldn't worry either, we're just using "extended interrogation techniques", we don't tortue like those evil terrorists. We're better
Ok, lets reflect on how I should feel sorry for people who kill innocent men women and children.
Originally posted by Odessy
dont all these new anti wikileaks threads seem like a disinfo campaign?
Come on people, upset that secrets are getting out??? wtf ever. These govts did it to themselves with not being honest and upfront with themselves or there citizens.
They deserve everything that wikileaks and anyone else does to them.
Maybe then, the citizens will rule the world, as it should be, and most citizens want nothing more than to carry out their lives in peace... so, lets do it.
Originally posted by Chevalerous
reply to post by mobiusmale
This is why Julian Assange needs to be silenced...the moron
Wikileaks is more than just their figurehead front man and spokesperson!
Wikileaks is the amalgamation of several multinational constituents, and not a one man's show!
So what exactly will you gain by silencing their Prolocutor?
Originally posted by GeisterFahrer
Moscow's bid to blow up wikilinks
Originally posted by Ronin22
Originally posted by allthegoodusernamestaken
The people have every right to know, read about and understand exactly how much the US has been screwing the world around. I hope this leads to total diplomatic isolation and ridicule for the US, but I know it wont. Because of these revelations, I have cancelled my planned trip to the US, and rebooked for a nice long weekend in Switzerland. Knowing what I do, I would never prop your economy with my hard earned money, something I hope many will do.
The people have every right to know?
Lets be honest,
This is 2010.....Wars are no longer a "line your troops up on the battlefield and we fight to the last side stands" type of game. Wars are and have always been dirty, some information the general public should not be privy to. I agree with what the OP has said, this Wikileaks situation is a problem waiting to snowball into more conflict. I use to believe that EVERYTHING the American government does should be known by the people, but after my military service I see exactly why some information needs to NOT be allowed in the general public hands.
Majority of the free world are not free, We are all "ball-and-chained" to one thing or another, and most of the time it's irrelevant bull....
*What celebrity is caught cheating today?
*What female star has a nip-slip
*What deals are going on for black friday
*Etc. etc.
In my humble opinion, ANY man or woman who supports wikileaks is only asking for world war to be pushed forward faster. I could go on for days about this but I'll keep it simple for right now.
Originally posted by MrXYZ
Originally posted by GeisterFahrer
Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by ZELDAR
Yes it does concern them...if those bad things negatively affect their countries. Ultimately, other countries are funded by their citizens. So if Saudi Arabia or the US for example play the Germans for stupid, German citizens deserve to know. You might not like it, but that's the ethical thing to do...
Don't pretend to know anything about ethics if you cannot grasp the unethical and illegal distribution of classified documents.
It doesn't matter if they're classified or not if the action described in the documents is deplorable.
To give you an extreme example:
If someone had stolen all of Bin Ladens private mail of the last 10 years, you wouldn't call that unethical, would you? Of course his actions are a lot worse than most things in the WL documents...but they're mostly bad.
So yeah, ethically I think this is justified given the content of the documents. You're free to disagree, it's a free country
Originally posted by StlSteve
You're like 12 right?
(I'm can't do the ha ha crap)
Originally posted by ZELDAR
Yes, and its a free country because of the secrets we hold.