A different joining? I don't know what that means. Also, were Woodward and Bernstein pieces of shit who should've died a horrible death? How about Daniel Ellsberg? People who say ridiculously stupid things like you did don't deserve to be taken seriously as citizens.
hi HomerThompson,
i think you're asking an important question here - and i find myself very much on the fence on this issue.
speaking as an American who admittedly prioritizes US interests over Russia's (or China's or Iran's or North Korea's, etc, etc), let me pose you a question; do you see a difference between US journalists like Woodward and Bernstein reporting on government abuses and an organization like Wikileaks, which relies on enough stolen classified material to run their own spy agency?
folks that defend Assange say that all he is doing is releasing information, information that people want, and that information should be set free.
i get that.
but is there a point where you might have qualms with that? i mean, i'm sure people are interested in Donald Trump's private emails...or the private emails of the reporters at the New York Times...or the private emails of US generals and covert operatives in the US intelligence agency...or heck, the private emails of Ivanka Trump, the future first daughter.
does this cause you to welcome the theft of said emails and then releasing them to the public?
also, what if the theft of US classified documents undermines US diplomatic efforts? what are your thoughts on that?
it probably seems like i'm framing my questions to slag on wikileaks, but i'm not seeking to do that - i just think that drawing a direct parallel between what Assange is doing to the Watergate reporting done by Woodward/Bernstein seems like a bit of an oversimplification.
- IGIT