On Sun, 5 Dec 2010, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:41:13 -0000, L. V. Lammert <l...@omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> > Assuming you're talking about PayPal freezing the WikeLeaks account,
> > Assange could only have been looking for publicity, as nobody but a total
> > idiot would use PayPal for such a political hot potato!
>
> You talk like Assange did something wrong. The right to free press is
> never wrong.
>
Didn't say he did anything *wrong* - I said that he must have planned it
for publicity. I would not accuse him of the other possibility, being too
dumb as to not anticipate such an action.
> Theo asking donations are not given to a company that arbitrarily decide
> if/when they wish to pass that money on, whether driven by the wikileaks
> cause or not, is a sensible decision.
>
Have you ever tried to read the TOS? Any such organization with unlimited
legal resources can do whatever the wish - as long as it's not contrary to
the current legal winds, they will get away with it.
> I would not wish my donation to a project "eated up" by politics along its
> way.
>
Agree there - I'm not saying USE PayPal, just that he must have done it
for the publicity, as the other possibility does not say much for his
intelligence.
Lee
