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Oh, but I advocate precisely what Wikileaks is doing. In the essay I linked Assange describes a rather effective approach to disrupting these organizations. Lea
by ryanlol 9y ago
Oh, but I advocate precisely what Wikileaks is doing. In the essay I linked Assange describes a rather effective approach to disrupting these organizations. Leaks such as this one will eventually lead to these organizations having to be so careful that they'll simply be unable to act.
- whatshisface 9y agoI certainly understand how you could come to see this kind of stuff as anti-American, but that's really a misjudgment. I (or we?) stand in one of the many countries where this threat is developing, but one of the few countries where our predecessors have secured the liberties for us to do something about it. So in this sense, we are the custodians of ourselves: and any true American would tend to their government while discussing with their countrymen how they can do the same. (Hopefully that addresses your point, now that I see what you're really saying.)
- lowry 9y agoDon't assume everyone on HN is American. Some are actually from openly hostile countries, so what? Can't we discuss these things freely on the internet as long as we don't hurt anyone?
- programmarchy 9y ago> Can't we discuss these things freely on the internet as long as we don't hurt anyone? In most countries, sadly the answer is still no.
- whatshisface 9y agoI put (we) in parenthasis - certainly, I'm aware that fact that not everyone on HN is from the US! And no, if you're from a country that's openly hostile to free speech, you really can't speak freely online without fear of reprisal. In an abstract sense I can't speak with a complete lack of fear of reprisal either - but essentially what I'm trying to exhort people to realize is that taking on the personal risk of saying the "wrong thing" in public is a civil duty: the civil duty of maintaining our government.