DiogenesKynikos

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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
> traditional journalism is pretty far away from what Wikileaks has done. What you're describing is exactly what investigative journalists do all the time: they encourage sources to leak classified information, which they then publi
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
The new Ecuadorian government - the same one that handed him over and which has a clear interest in justifying this action by defaming him - has not provided any evidence to substantiate their lurid claims, despite their apparent willingnes
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
That's what the government that handed Assange over, and which is now cooperating with his persecutors, claimed - without any evidence, of course. That government also happens to be pursuing friendly relations with the United States, a
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
To be clear, the evidence was not behind a password (at least, it was already accessible to Manning). The purpose of cracking the password was to allow Manning to download the information from a different account, in order to obfuscate the
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
"Relatively recently" here means pre-WWII. Basic research has been heavily reliant on government funding for decades. Before that, basic research was on a much smaller scale.
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
This would criminalize a huge amount of investigative journalism in the United States. Journalists who work in this field solicit classified information all the time. They cultivate connections inside government, and ask for information. Th
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
Exactly. This is why the previous Ecuadorian government granted him political asylum - his legitimate fear of persecution by the American government for publishing their embarrassing secrets. The current government of Ecuador has not only h
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
The Korean War and invasion of Vietnam are the only clear foreign wars in that list. You've listed almost every border skirmish that China has ever conducted. * Burma border campaign: a campaign along the China-Burma border conducted j
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
> has aggressive ambitions on the world stage Since its founding, the PRC has only fought two foreign wars, the last one being in 1979, in stark contrast to some other countries I could name. As a percentage of GDP, China spends about ha
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
... which is an unfortunate example of privatization of a public good. The public pays for research, and an individual captures the profits.
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by DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
Paper is not just another form of papyrus, despite the etymological relation. Paper is vastly superior to papyrus, and it's a hugely important invention in human history. It's very difficult to see what you're actually trying