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This is beautifully articulated. I myself thought for a long time that if the day ever came that Assange walks free, I'd cry, but instead I feel a strange empti

by jfax 2y ago

This is beautifully articulated. I myself thought for a long time that if the day ever came that Assange walks free, I'd cry, but instead I feel a strange emptiness inside. The world isn't the one I'd imagined for this day.

resters 2y ago
Indeed. Though it is still inspiring that there are people like Assange who are willing to face personal hardship in the name of democratic values such as press freedom and government accountability / transparency. None of the US leaders whose crimes were exposed by Assange have faced any consequences whatsoever, and many of them remain influential, lauded figures in American society.
- qsdf38100 2y ago
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  - 9dev 2y ago
    Well, might it be that Assange did never receive something comparable to the US cables? You do remember he used to run a platform to publish whistleblower files, right?
  - BiteCode_dev 2y ago
    I think we have vastly enough material to criticize Russia, we don't need more. Our societies are already convinced those are dictatorships. But it took Snowden and Assange to show us how deeply messed up our societies are. It's very possible they are both Russian assets, but what they reported have been verified, and we needed to know it. The way you are reacting is close to a religious interpretation of the world. It's not us VS them. It's not a football match. We have a society to build, and it's been taken from us, one piece at a time. If we don't want to end up like Russia, we need all info we can get. And given the huge price they paid for it, yes, I consider them heroes. And I think history will remember them as such.
gosub100 2y ago
I still remember the day they arrested him and how awful it felt. He is an incredibly strong person to withstand that level of isolation and see the light of day.
DaoVeles 2y ago
Very understandable. There is an emptiness because it should have never come to this. The last line of Chapter 31 Tao Te Ching sayings it right. "Fine weapons are instruments of misfortune; all creatures fear them. In peace we favor creation; at war we favor destruction. Weapons are tools of misfortune, not the tools of the wise. The sage uses them only as the very last, with calm restraint. Victory is no cause for rejoicing; victory comes from killing. If you enjoy killing, you can never be fulfilled. When victorious, celebrate as if at a funeral."

by jfax 2y ago

resters 2y ago

Indeed. Though it is still inspiring that there are people like Assange who are willing to face personal hardship in the name of democratic values such as press freedom and government accountability / transparency. None of the US leaders whose crimes were exposed by Assange have faced any consequences whatsoever, and many of them remain influential, lauded figures in American society.

qsdf38100 2y ago
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- 9dev 2y ago
  Well, might it be that Assange did never receive something comparable to the US cables? You do remember he used to run a platform to publish whistleblower files, right?
- BiteCode_dev 2y ago
  I think we have vastly enough material to criticize Russia, we don't need more. Our societies are already convinced those are dictatorships. But it took Snowden and Assange to show us how deeply messed up our societies are. It's very possible they are both Russian assets, but what they reported have been verified, and we needed to know it. The way you are reacting is close to a religious interpretation of the world. It's not us VS them. It's not a football match. We have a society to build, and it's been taken from us, one piece at a time. If we don't want to end up like Russia, we need all info we can get. And given the huge price they paid for it, yes, I consider them heroes. And I think history will remember them as such.

gosub100 2y ago

I still remember the day they arrested him and how awful it felt. He is an incredibly strong person to withstand that level of isolation and see the light of day.

DaoVeles 2y ago

Very understandable. There is an emptiness because it should have never come to this. The last line of Chapter 31 Tao Te Ching sayings it right. "Fine weapons are instruments of misfortune; all creatures fear them. In peace we favor creation; at war we favor destruction. Weapons are tools of misfortune, not the tools of the wise. The sage uses them only as the very last, with calm restraint. Victory is no cause for rejoicing; victory comes from killing. If you enjoy killing, you can never be fulfilled. When victorious, celebrate as if at a funeral."