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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
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Tergeron
United States66 Posts
On November 29 2010 22:56 lightrise wrote: Yeah i agree there needs to be another thread for this new release. I also have a major paper due Wednesday and i think im going to write about Julian Assange for it. The paper is about how people label individuals as monsters and what that does for the society as a whole. Assange seems like the perfect topic in the last year for this sort of paper. I cant think of anyone else that has been cast in a poor light quite like he has. Talk about perfect timing, though I don't know if people go so far as to call him a monster. | ||
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REDBLUEGREEN
Germany1903 Posts
On November 29 2010 22:56 lightrise wrote: Yeah i agree there needs to be another thread for this new release. I also have a major paper due Wednesday and i think im going to write about Julian Assange for it. The paper is about how people label individuals as monsters and what that does for the society as a whole. Assange seems like the perfect topic in the last year for this sort of paper. I cant think of anyone else that has been cast in a poor light quite like he has. He is labeled a monster in the US? Over here I only read positive stuff and he is more regarded as a hero of journalism. Besides the rape stuff, but no one believes that here, everyone suspects the CIA or some other intelligence service behind it. | ||
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Offhand
United States1869 Posts
On November 29 2010 23:08 Tergeron wrote: Talk about perfect timing, though I don't know if people go so far as to call him a monster. They made up fake rape charges to attempt to ruin his name. Arguably worse. | ||
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Rflcrx
503 Posts
On November 29 2010 17:17 b_unnies wrote: I have thought about it before, I've always been interested in that line of work Classic case of Hindsight bias. | ||
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ondik
Czech Republic2908 Posts
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B.I.G.
3251 Posts
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Railxp
Hong Kong1313 Posts
On November 30 2010 00:18 B.I.G. wrote: i dont really understand why ppl feel the burning desire to undermine their own governments.. for the same reason a farm animal might hate it's farmer. i suppose you are one of those chickens who doesn't mind loosing her eggs all the time since she gets fed and is protected by a fence. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On November 29 2010 13:14 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Haha i think those descriptions are universally agreed upon. Anyway, these leaks are basically just embarrassing, not really damaging. | ||
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VIB
Brazil3567 Posts
On November 29 2010 23:57 ondik wrote: Where did you get this from?so in few hours there will be lot of documents about Korea released, should be interesting | ||
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yellowmoe
Canada59 Posts
On November 29 2010 23:08 Tergeron wrote: Talk about perfect timing, though I don't know if people go so far as to call him a monster. You're right, they call him the leader of a terrorist group instead. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334112/WikiLeaks-chief-face-criminal-charges-U-S-congressman-says-website-classed-terrorist-organisation.html | ||
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Gnosis
Scotland912 Posts
On November 30 2010 00:27 DannyJ wrote: Haha i think those descriptions are universally agreed upon. Anyway, these leaks are basically just embarrassing, not really damaging. Embarrassment is damage. Anyway, reminds me of the dialogue Robert Redford had at the end of 'Three Days of the Condor' (appeasement vs. desperation). | ||
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Offhand
United States1869 Posts
On November 30 2010 00:18 B.I.G. wrote: i dont really understand why ppl feel the burning desire to undermine their own governments.. Do you prefer a world where things happen behind a curtain and you can continue living your nice safe, middle class life? You don't want to acknowledge that it comes at the cost of maintaining third world shitholes for oil/resources/slave labor so you can continue buying shit. Yeah it would be awful if white people made that realization. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On November 29 2010 23:10 REDBLUEGREEN wrote: Besides the rape stuff, but no one believes that here, everyone suspects the CIA or some other intelligence service behind it. I think this is an interesting thing to bring up. Aside from the stuff about his quirky behavior covered in the NYT, my perception of people's opinions in the US is that he's positively viewed and that the rape allegations are false. Is that the same read other people have from their area/region? Even among older conservative Americans, there's a residual feeling from Daniel Ellsberg/Woodward and the like, so they don't view it as betrayal or treasonous. | ||
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ghen
United States1356 Posts
I love my country, the freedoms citizenry grants and (most of) the regulations created to protect me. But our foreign affairs are abysmal and ruins the chance of a peaceful world right from the start. | ||
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Nitan
United States3401 Posts
On November 30 2010 01:35 Jibba wrote: I think this is an interesting thing to bring up. Aside from the stuff about his quirky behavior covered in the NYT, my perception of people's opinions in the US is that he's positively viewed and that the rape allegations are false. Is that the same read other people have from their area/region? Even among older conservative Americans, there's a residual feeling from Daniel Ellsberg/Woodward and the like, so they don't view it as betrayal or treasonous. I think he's a douche and innocent before proven guilty. Most people in the US don't know who he is at all and are probably quite amused that US diplomats don't like Canada either. | ||
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Krigwin
1130 Posts
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/11/29/Lieberman-WikiLeaks-action-despicable/UPI-79631291032512/ WikiLeaks should be declared a "foreign terrorist organization", says incoming House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Peter King, who wants the Obama administration to "aggressively" go after Assange and WikiLeaks. Likewise Senate Homeland Security Committee chairman, Sen. Joe Lieberman, declares the leak "despicable" and calls for the Obama administration, in collaboration with foreign governments, to "use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks". Seems like everyone is having their feathers ruffled. Even Palin is getting in on the action. | ||
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DisBabylonSystem
56 Posts
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
On November 30 2010 00:23 Railxp wrote: for the same reason a farm animal might hate it's farmer. i suppose you are one of those chickens who doesn't mind loosing her eggs all the time since she gets fed and is protected by a fence. hahaha lovely analogy | ||
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trulla
Chile303 Posts
Mr Assange is a brave man, a real hero of our time if you ask me. | ||
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