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To the extent that WL is still willing to publish some personal information, it's much the same as the civilian casualties that result from drone attacks. It i
by grandalf 10y ago
To the extent that WL is still willing to publish some personal information, it's much the same as the civilian casualties that result from drone attacks. It is deemed to be an acceptable consequence of the action.
- leephillips 10y agoI guess this would be a good analogy if it were trivially easy for the President to bring the civilian casualties back to life, but he preferred not to, and said that killing them was "good fun".
- trendia 10y agoI think comparing releasing of personal information to civilian deaths is a bit of a stretch. Especially when Wikileaks may have the potential to increase transparency and make politicians more reluctant to allow such civilian casualties.
- grandalf 10y ago> Especially when Wikileaks may have the potential to increase transparency and make politicians more reluctant to allow such civilian casualties. Exactly, that is the actual punchline of my argument.