2011/3/19 Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>: > > I find the left's enthusiasm for wikileaks to be rather simplistic.
I was a conservative voter much of my adult life. I stopped when I realized how much more corrupt the moderate right is than the moderate left and how much more they are willing to bend the law to the breaking point if there is anything to be gained from it. I only vote for the moderate left for lack of a political home where my opinions lie. I find the constant left-bashing of dissenters to be rather simplistic. > Privacy is necessary in personal life, in business dealings, and -- yes -- in > government as well. Government officials have to be able to correspond in > confidence at times. sure. no denying that. some things that were said in private had better not been thought though > Strategies to defend against terrorism have to remain confidential. definitely. torture can't happen in public in the land of the free > And don't forget that wikileaks released the names of Afthan citizens who had > tried to help defeat the Taliban, putting them in grave danger. Even > Assange's cohorts said that action was despicable. and so do I > Earlier, someone said it's only the U.S. that has a problem with wikileaks . > That's not at all true. Almost all European nations have spoken out against > the groups actions. the governments of these nations. maybe not the people. but I have no idea about numbers. > There are government officials both in the U.S. and other countries who have > and will violate the people's trust. But when exposing the few puts the many > at risk, it's a bad deal. the few are rather too many. wikileaks wouldn't be doing this if they weren't genuinely fed up. there is nothing to be gained from it but static > If wikileaks has accomplished anything good, it would be that it has led the > government to tighten security. The U.S. serviceman who provided much of the > classified information that was released will spend most of his life in jail. > That will undoubtedly prove to be a deterrent to others. And access to > classified information will undoubtedly be more restricted than it has been. I rather think the good will come from governments realizing the power of free media. look to North Africa. the internet enabled those revolutions. the govts of the so called free world have every reason to fear freedom of information. they have enough to hide to stumble over. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
