UK 'threatens' to raid Ecuador embassy over Assange

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Re: UK 'threatens' to raid Ecuador embassy over Assange

Post by avatarless » 24th Aug, '12, 00:16

errr... I have no interest whatsoever in defending JA's sexual behavio(u)r, but how is his journalistic behavior substantially different from, say, the leaking of the pentagon papers? Do folks here really believe that we were better off not knowing about US war crimes in Vietnam and that Ellsberg should be condemned for revealing "state secrets"? Granted, JA should have been more careful about protecting individual identities in leaked documents and, granted, he's basically a douchebag personally, but his wikileaks activities definitely fall within a journalistic tradition that has great value.
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Re: UK 'threatens' to raid Ecuador embassy over Assange

Post by avatarless » 24th Aug, '12, 00:22

Tas wrote:it's the real worry isn't it Baloo.... :shock:
oh, they can be much worse.

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Re: UK 'threatens' to raid Ecuador embassy over Assange

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Here is a Four Corners piece on Assange and the rape allegations, for what it's worth.

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Re: UK 'threatens' to raid Ecuador embassy over Assange

Post by Joseph27 » 24th Aug, '12, 07:33

avatarless wrote:Here is a Four Corners piece on Assange and the rape allegations, for what it's worth.
You will probably find that most people really aren't interested in anything other than what comes out of official newspapers and whatever the government line is - even though they possess an otherwise healthy a degree of cynicism. I am positive that if that the pentagon papers story was coming out now, a lot of people on this board would would happily call for the scalp of those involved. Wikileaks gave us video of the US murdering innocent people in Iraq, they gave us a glimpse into the rationale of why certain decisions are made and they helped us realize that despite many strong positive attributes - the US government continues to act as a belligerent waning Empire. Julian Assange's bedroom antics aside - his work with wikileaks has made a positive difference.
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Re: UK 'threatens' to raid Ecuador embassy over Assange

Post by Morrolan » 24th Aug, '12, 08:14

avatarless wrote:
Tas wrote:it's the real worry isn't it Baloo.... :shock:
oh, they can be much worse.
and yet, 'racism has nothing to do with it'... :roll:

this guy's watched Red Dawn once too many.

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Re: UK 'threatens' to raid Ecuador embassy over Assange

Post by avatarless » 24th Aug, '12, 20:11

Morrolan wrote:
avatarless wrote:
and yet, 'racism has nothing to do with it'... :roll:
No doubt.

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