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Much better. > The War Footage was unpleasant to watch but didn't document anything that wasn't already well known (at least to anyone who paid attention [...]
by ge0rg 15y ago
Much better.
> The War Footage was unpleasant to watch but didn't document anything that wasn't already well known (at least to anyone who paid attention [...])
It generated mass media attention and thus had an impact on previously uninformed people.
> The second group, diplomatic cables, actually caused harm.
It also made transparent how governments followed US pressure secretly, lying to the people, and they are said to have had an influence on the Arab spring.
- devs1010 15y agoIts all subjective. To some, such as myself, I don't give a shit if it cost our government to "lose face" and possibly have to back out of war, etc. I personally feel that are government is up to no good in a number of ways and that those in charge need to be taken down a few notches. The U.S. isn't some mindless borg, we all have different beliefs and feelings on what is right and wrong so saying something caused our government harm is really just saying it caused the people in charge harm, its up to the rest of the citizens to decide if it really caused them any harm.