WikiLeaks

[Ascinder]

Honestly though, I haven't even been curious enough about what's been posted to go out & look. Personally I consider Julian Assange a waste of perfectly good sperm and hope that he disappears into anonymity very soon.

Well said. While I think there is a positive side to journalists trying to uncover the truth(coverups and such for example), I do not even remotely trust them to properly handle sensitive information they may come across in the course of their work. I absolutely don't trust their moral compass to keep critical information secret if they feel they can make a quick buck or further their own career over it either. Look at any "good intentioned" weapon mankind has ever tried to make or harness. It always inevitably gets used for nefarious purposes sooner or later. This stuff is no different. This guy is no Robin Hood, he's the one that opened pandoras box, and no good will come of it.

[Hiredgoon]

This whole information age is so very tacky. I think people need to take a little more responsibility for themselves and try to have a little integrity, and that definitely applies to journalists as well as politicians. I wonder how much comfort freedom of the press will give him when his work gets people killed.

It's all pretty depressing, really.

[VXR]

Whats your opinions on this then guys???

do you see what you have done

[crotchrocket]

ooooops, i'll get my coat

best start reading all this above!

[rowhard]

Well, being retired military and me last job was working in a vault as a plans writer, I can't believe one PFC had sole access to this amount of data. That said, he and who ever leaked this should be tried for espionage and hung if convicted.

As far as the comment about a gay hissy fit. Maybe he was gay, and maybe he was being blackmailed which has happened many times to gays in key positions. If he could of serve openly, maybe it wouldn't have happened.

As far as Julian Assange is concerned, personally I'd like to shot the bastard, but legally he hasn't done anything wrong as I'm being led to believe. If an exception is made, then throw the constitution out the window.

[vt_maverick]

You know one of the things I liked about this forum when I joined was the lack of political debates... seems like we're headed the other way lately though.

I think you guys need to trade in this:

for this:

Retreating back to the main forum now before I get yelled at.

[technocoy]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm..... Beer.

[don moore]

weres hot wasabi junkie when you need him...lol sorry I had to

[circmand]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm..... Beer.

I like Beer too

[tom4bren]

Here's a new twist for ya:

Who's to say that ANY of the documents on wikileak are genuine???

Wouldn't it be far cheaper for someone to create 40K+ pages of fraudulent documents than to collect the true classified ones?

[Stephen Biko]

Wouldn't it be far cheaper for someone to create 40K+ pages of fraudulent documents than to collect the true classified ones?

Not really. Generating that many different documents addressing that many different situations around the world and making sure they correlate with known facts in a believable fashion would be practically impossible.

[VXR]

You know one of the things I liked about this forum when I joined was the lack of political debates

weres hot wasabi junkie when you need him

don't tell vt he may lose all hope

[Marlin]

You know one of the things I liked about this forum when I joined was the lack of political debates... seems like we're headed the other way lately though.

I think you guys need to trade in this:

for this:

Retreating back to the main forum now before I get yelled at.

BS, this thread is clearly labeled as a political thread. If you don't want to get involved or read about it, don't look at it. its not like this is buried in a thread about how to get a white L.V. shifter boot or how to fit a slushy machine in dashboard

[vt_maverick]

BS, this thread is clearly labeled as a political thread. If you don't want to get involved or read about it, don't look at it. its not like this is buried in a thread about how to get a white L.V. shifter boot or how to fit a slushy machine in dashboard

WikiLeaks
Started by crotchrocket
Chit-Chat ... Anything Non-VX Related

Clearly you see what you want to see. I'm just saying that I don't understand why a discussion about WikiLeaks has to devolve into liberal v. conservative name-calling.

[Stephen Biko]

I'm just saying that I don't understand why a discussion about WikiLeaks has to devolve into liberal v. conservative name-calling.

It hasn't. It's devolved into authoritarian vs libertarian name-calling.