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Does this qualify as some sort of variation of Godwin's law? Keeping war crimes classified until everyone responsible is dead is not the same as keeping plans
by kobalsky 2y ago
Does this qualify as some sort of variation of Godwin's law?
Keeping war crimes classified until everyone responsible is dead is not the same as keeping plans secret during a war.
Hard to mix those two up to the point I'd say it was done in bad faith.
- fastball 2y agoThe commenter you are replying to is not the one who mixed those things up. Julian Assange did that.
- sanderjd 2y agoWhen you are talking about military secrets and making the unqualified assertion that information should be free, it is on topic to mention times when successfully keeping military secrets was critical for a better outcome of a conflict. It's also worthy of outrage when keeping secrets leads to monsters escaping accountability. But don't pretend it isn't the same thing! It would be very nice if all military secrets that get leaked were only of the "exposing war crimes" sort, but all that information is all mixed together with the "jeopardizing people and plans" information. It's just not this clear cut "leaking is always good because information should be free" thing that a lot of people want it to be. It also isn't the clear cut "people who leak information are bad" that a lot of other people want it to be. It's a mix of good and bad and the details matter.