1 Reply by Little Paul (edited by Little Paul 31-Jul-2012 16:19:59)

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I was wondering what you guys think about him. Please keep this poll clean for a while.

1. Hero
2. Criminal
3. Nobody interesting
4. Controversial, but still should've been treated fairer (add by zidi)
5. not too bright (add by xeno)
6. ...

If you want to add an opinion to this poll I will edit this post.

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2 criminal.

For many things.

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3. Nobody interesting

NEE NAW NEE NAW

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4. Controversial, but still should've been treated fairer

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... (we should add 'not too bright')

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6 Reply by V. Kemp (edited by V. Kemp 31-Jul-2012 15:36:24)

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Weirdo. Is his weirdness common and accepted in Europe? tongue

The guy who gave him the information should be executed for treason.

I don't think Assange's actions were any surprise. There are plenty of foreign intelligence services who would have paid for the information. Assange just shared it with everyone without charge. Assange wasn't the leak. Assange wasn't the problem. He's not a US citizen and he's not subject to US laws.

Maybe if we didn't bomb pill factories to distract the American people every time our leaders got caught having their dicks sucked in the oval office (or any of the many other things we're instructed to overlook), we could make a moral argument that he should have withheld the information because we're a shining force of goodness and righteousness in the world. But we do.

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3. Nobody interesting

Just like the cast of the Jersey shore - if he wasn't doing something stupid, no one would know he exists.

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@Spock:
should I add weirdo as option 6 then? tongue

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I don't think it needs to be a polling option. It's just a fact. tongue

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criminal and malfoy death eater looking

So I told the cop, "No YOU'RE driving under the influence... of being a JERK!"

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11 Reply by Justinian I (edited by Justinian I 01-Aug-2012 06:30:46)

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I have mixed feelings about him. On one hand, he has improved transparency in business and domestic issues. However, foreign policy ought to comply with political realism, and that should not be transparent.

My feelings on him are thus very confused between:

1. Evil scumbag who releases diplomatic and military information, and deserves to be executed by being drawn and quartered.
2. Hero who has illuminated the secrets of dirty business and internal politics.

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"Weirdo. Is his weirdness common and accepted in Europe?"

You do ofcourse realize Assange is Australian, and Australia is not in Europe?

NEE NAW NEE NAW

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@Baratheon:
Can't understand why I forgot to post that as an option. Must have been late. wink

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1. A hero!

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I go with Zidi.

Although I must say that I'm not entirely sure wether wikileaks is a good thing per se. I can be, but it isn't necessarily so. Also, releasing delicate information has been done in the past as well. There was that guy who copied a huge amount of diplomatic and political stuff about the Vietnam war and of course Philippe de Commynes.
On the other hand, there's the corpus of archivistic ethics. I don't know wether it applies worldwide though. The waiting period of 80 years assure the safety of all people involved, but at the same time it assures the safety of all people involved..

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