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Wikileaks Booted From Amazon
dakameleon writes "Wikileaks has been booted from its Amazon hosting, and has now shifted to being hosted in Europe. Senator Lieberman, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement, 'This morning Amazon informed my staff that it has ceased to host the WikiLeaks website,' which raises the question whether this was requested by the government. Senator Lieberman said Amazon's decision to cut off WikiLeaks 'is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies WikiLeaks is using to distribute its illegally seized material.'"
because the angsty crowd which has taken over /. in the last few years is the last group I want to be associated with. I mean, really, if the amount of protesting, chest thumping ,wearing sackcloth, that you see expressed on message boards like this translated into the real world it would really have to be a different place. Yet it isn't. Why not? Because this is where the effort ended for those angst ridden posters.
When working a friends election campaign we didn't have any of those types around, oh sure some would show up ONCE. Apparently they are more "idea people" and the foot work is best left to other people. We just nod our heads when they showed up, and promptly ignored them knowing they would not return. Pretty much for the same who posted on his site. Its really easy to know who is worth paying attention to and who is not.
Nah, I will stick with Amazon. Their decision has no effect on me. Wikileaks by its very nature needs to stand on its own. We have no right to expect any other companies to support them nor do we have a right to require them to do so. Frankly and publicly traded company would be nuts to do so. Wikileaks needs to rat on the banks they claim they will very soon because once they get their guy all this will vanish.
* Winners compare their achievements to their goals, losers compare theirs to that of others.
"I don't give a fuck about what happens outside US territory. "
No surprise there since people like you can barely even find "outside the US" on a map.
"What I want is a government that is weak w/ most of the power belonging to the people ("
Yeah , right on brother! Hows it going down in your bunker in Montana these days? Or should I say your bedroom in your parents house?
"It should be out in the open, not hidden, otherwise representative government Can Not work."
So touchingly naive. Never mind , you'll grow up one day.
"What you are supporting is basically a return to the European Dark Ages, where the leaders operated in the dark without the people's knowledge,"
Whatever. I think I heard your mum calling you for dinner...