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General discussion / Re: Bikie raid too close to home.
« on: March 06, 2011, 06:06:10 PM »
I want a sawn off shotgun
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I can't decide. I think he's probably being persecuted unfairly at the moment, not that he doesn't deserve some legal ramifications for what he has done, but these rape charges seem slightly dodgy. Most of the information he's released is fine but some of it could seriously put people at risk. I think he needs a independent organization reviewing his releases to make sure he's only releasing embarrassing information and not information that endangers peoples, particularly troops, lives. Either that or he needs to be held personally responsible for any deaths that occur as a result of the information he's released, although in many cases this would be hard to prove. Also the leak in the us military should go to military prison for like 30 years.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/01/julian-assange-wikileaks-afghanistan
apparently the site leaked a story on corruption in kenya by the incumbent right before their presidential election. Country then turns into a shitstorm and 1300 people die. Is he responsible considering any decent newspaper with the same information would have also released it?
Probably. So should a newspaper that released that information be. I find some aspects of what he's doing admirable but at the same time his leaks are creating misery for innocent people not just governments.