On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 11:10:06AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> writes:
>> If you don't know why I am sending this mail.. you are reading US
>> managed news, and need to much much more informed....
>
> If this is in reference to Wikileaks, it's because Paypal believes that
> Wikileaks is involved in illegal activity, and to some degree, I agree
> with them. (I believe a lot of the "diplomatic actions" we do in the US
> are wrong, but two wrongs don't make a right.)
I find it interesting that many people apparently consider WikiLeaks to
have no legitimacy at all. Newspapers publish leaked documents all the
time (although usually not this many); in fact, a couple of newspapers
*did* publish stuff based on cables received prior to publication at
wikileaks.org.
I understand that self-censorship is common in the US at this point, but
it's rather strange that this is suddenly all about WikiLeaks -
traditionally, the employee leaking the documents would be in hot water,
if found, and the newspaper would be left alone. (Which is not entirely
unreasonable - the employee has a certain self-assumed duty to his/her
employer, which the newspaper doesn't share.)
I'm glad to see Theo standing up for his principles (again).
Joachim
P.S. Despite the above support, I think some measure of secrecy and
power politics is probably, sadly, necessary for a better world -
"freedom is a well-armed sheep".
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