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"Main point"? That's a point among many. This is a documentary about Assange himself. By definition that means a study of the man, not strictly a study of th
by zzalpha 9y ago
"Main point"?
That's a point among many.
This is a documentary about Assange himself. By definition that means a study of the man, not strictly a study of the issues. So "kvetching about Assange's personality and motivations" is exactly the flipping point.
Now, pivoting to the issues for a moment: the situation with WikiLeaks is complicated. To distill it down to a simple slippery slope fallacy without acknowledging that complexity is, at best, pretty shallow thinking.
It would be dishonest to claim that the kind of radical transparency WikiLeaks espouses has no downsides. Again, the potential threat to Afghani informants is a pretty damn good example.
Is that cost worth the 100% censorship free society that WikiLeaks seems to want? Personally, I don't know... because, again, it's actually pretty damn complicated.