The papers today are full of stories based on information they derived from the Wikileaks web site.
But the news editors are not in jail.
Journalists pontificate on whether Julian Assange is a criminal or not and whether his narcissism is good enough reason to condemn him for his actions and whether his megalomania is enough to pass judgement on him.
Furthermore, journalists discuss the significance of the information sourced from Wikileaks but they are not in jail.
Only Julian Assange is in jail.
Even more intriguing is the thought that, even if the public knows information that has been kept from us, does it make any difference now that we know?
Public opinion has never been canvassed when it comes to making foreign policy so why should it matter now?
We would be ignorant to assume that governments never lied to the public so why should that matter now?
The only thing that really matters is that any government would actively pervert the course of justice in an attempt to castigate an individual for daring to reveal information the government would prefer remained confidential.
The only thing that really matters is that a government, any government would cook up false charges to imprison an individual with the goal of silencing him. Such actions have been common in dictatorships, usually of a communist variety.
Surely we don't expect or condone any democratic government to behave in such a manner whatever the reason, do we?
Trumped up charges of rape to coincide with mass exposition of confidential correspondence....
Does any government really believe that the public is so stupid as not to see what is happening here?
Seems to me it's a case of shoot the messenger.
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Just trying to deflect the guilt I guess. And it's thousands against one so they will likely manage to shut him up at least temporarily. Hopefully, he's passed the torch to a trusted ally.
Lexcen,
You wrote,
The only thing that really matters is that a government, any government would cook up false charges to imprison an individual with the goal of silencing him. Such actions have been common in dictatorships, usually of a communist variety.
What are you talking about? What has Julian Assange been falsely accused off?
Damien,
Rape?
Lexcen,
The government accused him of rape? Where did you hear that? I didn't know that. What makes you so sure he's innocent and its nothing more than a trumped up charge. I'm not someone who blindly trusts the government, but its pretty a serious claim to make that he's being deliberately set up by the state.
Damien, read this story and you decide if the charges of rape are spurious,malicious or just concocted.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/wikileaks/assange-arrested-in-london/story-fn775xjq-1225967260554
Lexcen,
Thanks, I just read it, however, I'm still not sure what I should think.
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