Journalists are supposed to have a sense of responsibility.
A sense of responsibility to whom? And how do you know that Mr. Assange isn't acting in accordance with his sense of responsibility?
For my part, I support Wikileaks because I think that no government should ever be permitted to keep secrets. History suggests that secrecy is the root of tyranny.
And, of course, you would not claim things like this unless you've (at least) experienced it yourself, right ?
My only experience with the legal system comes from being a juror in a couple of drug possession cases, having received a couple of speeding tickets, and from being the passenger of a coworker pulled over for driving while black. Make of that what you will, since you seem to enjoy pulling assumptions out of your ass.
Doesn't matter. They talked. As soon as you say anything to a cop beyond name/rank/serial number and "I want a lawyer", the police will find a charge to hang on you based on what you tell them.
I agree with you, but most people won't for the same reason that they make this mistake in ethical reasoning in the first place. Most people don't see elections as an exercise in creating the illusion of legitimacy. They don't see elections as a charade put on by the ruling classes to sucker the ruled. Likewise, most people do not understand that politicians and bureaucrats are no better than street muggers or highwaymen. Most people don't understand that the only difference between the Mafia and the government is that the government spends much more on propaganda and indoctrination.
It should come as no surprise that most people identify with the politicians who rob and subjugate them, and refuse to understand that taxation is nothing but a socially-sanctioned form of robbery. Stockholm Syndrome is a bitch.
Politicians and demagogues are fond of using words like "we" and "our" as if they had the right to assume that they represented anybody but themselves.
I don't think Google is trying to push search results. They're trying to push the ads that they package with their search results. I want no part of this "innovation"; if I wanted to have adverts pushed upon me I would still watch television and listen to FM radio.
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I didn't see any girl-on-girl action in Avatar, which is unfortunate; it would have improved the film considerably.
If I was in the UK, I'd ask for a solicitor instead of a lawyer. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. :)
Some of us (like me) actually paid attention when our public school social studies classes bothered to teach anything resembling civics.
Journalists are supposed to have a sense of responsibility.
A sense of responsibility to whom? And how do you know that Mr. Assange isn't acting in accordance with his sense of responsibility?
For my part, I support Wikileaks because I think that no government should ever be permitted to keep secrets. History suggests that secrecy is the root of tyranny.
You forget that it's not sexism when women do it to men, and that there's no such thing as "misandry".
And, of course, you would not claim things like this unless you've (at least) experienced it yourself, right ?
My only experience with the legal system comes from being a juror in a couple of drug possession cases, having received a couple of speeding tickets, and from being the passenger of a coworker pulled over for driving while black. Make of that what you will, since you seem to enjoy pulling assumptions out of your ass.
Was the "American Dream" ever anything other than a figment of some marketing pusbag's imagination?
It's the only difference that matters once you realize that the government is a gargantuan protection racket.
"Love it or leave it" is the final refuge of a nationalist bereft of an actual argument.
The founding fathers never got a chance to read Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent.
I'm a nutbag anarcho-capitalist, and I donate to Wikileaks.
Doesn't matter. They talked. As soon as you say anything to a cop beyond name/rank/serial number and "I want a lawyer", the police will find a charge to hang on you based on what you tell them.
My employer thinks so, which is why I'm sitting in a nice, warm office slashdotting on my lunch break.
I'd mod you up if I hadn't already posted in this topic. Really, the only things you should say to a police officer are the following:
I agree with you, but most people won't for the same reason that they make this mistake in ethical reasoning in the first place. Most people don't see elections as an exercise in creating the illusion of legitimacy. They don't see elections as a charade put on by the ruling classes to sucker the ruled. Likewise, most people do not understand that politicians and bureaucrats are no better than street muggers or highwaymen. Most people don't understand that the only difference between the Mafia and the government is that the government spends much more on propaganda and indoctrination.
It should come as no surprise that most people identify with the politicians who rob and subjugate them, and refuse to understand that taxation is nothing but a socially-sanctioned form of robbery. Stockholm Syndrome is a bitch.
Thomas Jefferson might call Ron Paul a liberal. The term is overloaded.
Last time I checked, Julian Assange wasn't a fat neckbeard who didn't have the saving grace of being able to tell a compiler from a Cuisinart.
Politicians and demagogues are fond of using words like "we" and "our" as if they had the right to assume that they represented anybody but themselves.
It's about time that fat demagogue did something besides make shitty documentaries^Wpropaganda films.
Why am I not surprised?
I've got plenty, but they're all off-topic and primarily concern the sexual proclivities of your female relatives.
Who gets to decide what constitutes the "general Welfare of the United States"? What if the people authorized to make that decision are wrong?
I made that mistake last Friday night. :(
Is this my cue to play the internet tough guy? I can't be bothered. Not for an AC.
I don't think Google is trying to push search results. They're trying to push the ads that they package with their search results. I want no part of this "innovation"; if I wanted to have adverts pushed upon me I would still watch television and listen to FM radio.