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If you start going looking for evidence that you are right about this, you will keep finding it, due to confirmation bias, and you will never let the conspiracy

by wbhart 10y ago

If you start going looking for evidence that you are right about this, you will keep finding it, due to confirmation bias, and you will never let the conspiracy theory go. The only thing which I think is reasonable to suspect at present is that Assange's internet was cut off, and wasn't reinstated after the election. Once you go beyond that you are into conspiracy theory territory. To shut up the whole of Wikileaks in all the countries it operates in, would be a conspiracy of such massive proportions that the chances of it being pulled off are negligible. If you think about it, Assange normally appears in interviews via some internet based conference software. If he hasn't got internet, he can't do that. So the only interviews you will see for a while are ones like Pilger's, where the interviewer actually goes into the embassy.

rando444 10y ago
I'm not looking for evidence that "I'm right".. I have nothing to be right about, I'm not even claiming anything. All I know is that it doesn't look like Assange has control of wikileaks anymore, and until he offers proof himself that he does, I find it unreasonable to just blindly trust re-assurances from nameless twitter posts.
- wbhart 10y ago
  What possible proof could Assange offer to convince everyone that he is "in control of Wikileaks"? And why should/would he do that for you personally. There's probably a thousand people demanding Assange offer proof of this or that.
  - rando444 10y ago
    I'm not suggesting he do anything for me personally (?) And yes, there are thousands of people demanding proof that he is alive, that's the whole point of this post. The fact that he and wikileaks aren't providing this despite saying they want to is the topic of discussion. And as far as what possible proof.. GPG signed statement would be preferable. This can easily be accomplished without internet. Even a video statement would be somewhat acceptable. Wikileaks held a poll asking for how people wanted proof, and video was the top response. None was supplied.

by wbhart 10y ago

rando444 10y ago

I'm not looking for evidence that "I'm right".. I have nothing to be right about, I'm not even claiming anything. All I know is that it doesn't look like Assange has control of wikileaks anymore, and until he offers proof himself that he does, I find it unreasonable to just blindly trust re-assurances from nameless twitter posts.

wbhart 10y ago
What possible proof could Assange offer to convince everyone that he is "in control of Wikileaks"? And why should/would he do that for you personally. There's probably a thousand people demanding Assange offer proof of this or that.
- rando444 10y ago
  I'm not suggesting he do anything for me personally (?) And yes, there are thousands of people demanding proof that he is alive, that's the whole point of this post. The fact that he and wikileaks aren't providing this despite saying they want to is the topic of discussion. And as far as what possible proof.. GPG signed statement would be preferable. This can easily be accomplished without internet. Even a video statement would be somewhat acceptable. Wikileaks held a poll asking for how people wanted proof, and video was the top response. None was supplied.