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Whistle blowing is a social service. Assange tried to do something that stepped outside nearly every social rule we have and challenged our bedrock assumptions
by friendlybus 7y ago
Whistle blowing is a social service. Assange tried to do something that stepped outside nearly every social rule we have and challenged our bedrock assumptions about journalism and free speech... He did that irresponsibly and may have harmed people, but I admire the effort. He's the closest thing to a real life Bond villain there is.
- saiya-jin 7y ago> He's the closest thing to a real life Bond villain there is. I guess we watch different Bond movies when you have guys like Kim Jong-un running some shows out there, having concentration camps and killing their brothers with nerve agents on the airports
- mcv 7y agoThat's more of a real villain. To be a Bond villain, you need more grand standing and scenery chewing. The biggest real villains prefer to do their damage quietly without anyone noticing, while Bond villains make for a better story.
- friendlybus 7y agoKim Jong is too wrapped up trying to keep power back home that he can't make a German/European crazy hair brained scheme to try and take over the world. Building an informant culture in your populace and threatening collective gulagging on the rebel's family doesn't quite have the same flair as tying the rebel to a table with a slow moving laser aimed at his junk. Do you expect me to talk? No Mr Bond! I expect you to die!
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