Have we actually declared war on anyone? Or are we speaking of the ambiguous "war on terror". Because one is bullsh*t and the other is not. I, for one, believe Manning is guilty, but we do still have due process in this country, even for members of the military do we not?
Going by the ambiguous "war" concept, we've been "at war" with at least one other country ever since 1950. It's a lot easier to take freedoms away when you can claim you're "at war"...
The songs which Napster shared were protected by artist copyright. And if you haven't heard of torrent, even then music is very hard to protect.its a lot different. if those car are in public, its fair game.
publishing stolen secret government information kinda sounds illegal to me...i could be wrong though.
that guy who started napster didnt actually steal the music. he just provided a program that could let other people steal it. is that illegal?
Well they say they do but when the foreign minister of one of your closest allies publically, and without precedent in recent times, criticises the lax way that crucial information is protected as Kevin Rudd did recently then a country supposedly dedicated to best practice in this area would do well to listen.
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Oh, I'm sure there is some of that going on since they can't get to Assange. But they will be very careful with this one.The Government.
So you're that worried about his ability to work out? Really? This is the sh!t that inflames you? So you really do reach and stretch just to find things to piss and moan about this country don't you?
damnit....we've stumbled upon an american silver likes!
i wish there was a way i could fvck over lars....he produces nothing i would want to borrow.
That is a good point, actually. He should have stayed in the Uncle Sam-approved matrix of ways to blow off steam.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell hasn't been lifted yet... can you see his dilemma?
Actually, isn't Manning gay?
+1...except for the fact that, from everything that I have read and seen, Assange is being prosecuted for sexual assault x2 etc. And yes, I do believe that. So before we go treating him like Woodward or Bernstein, lets get past that...
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exercising in the closet can't be done.
Not when you are interrupted every 5 minutes!
He just needs to get faster.
This isn't true. The information is still considered classified even though it is in the public domain. This is due to an Executive Order, although I forget the exact number. I know I could potentially get in trouble at work for looking at the documents since I do not hold the proper security clearance to view them because they sent out an email about this subject.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/02/wikileaks.suspect/index.html?iref=allsearch
qft..
Yeah cause the military should be allowed to do anything they want and keep it all secret while blowing 1/3 the governments budget out it's a$$.
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I partly agree.. but there's a world of difference between whistle blowing on one case of corruption/graft, and just dumping a whole lot of randomly collected (i.e. whatever you can get your hands on) information into the hands of an organisation like wikileaks.Yeah cause the military should be allowed to do anything they want and keep it all secret while blowing 1/3 the governments budget out it's a$$.
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Indeed, we should let these people keep whatever secrets they want. It works best when the military writes their own rules.
I think that's reasonable. If you can't kill a bunch of kids, what use is having the military around anyways?
For f*cks sake, man do you even have an idea of what you feel killing enemies???
You should have asked that question in 1945. Good thing you didn't in 1938.
You would have had fun in an internment camp.
