What are your thoughts about the petition for Wikileaks?

Question

The petition states:

"To the U.S. and other governments and corporations involved in the crackdown on WikiLeaks:

We call on you to stop the crackdown on WikiLeaks and its partners immediately. We urge you to respect democratic principles and laws of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. If WikiLeaks and the journalists it works with have violated any laws they should be pursued in the courts with due process. They should not be subjected to an extra-judicial campaign of intimidation."

http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition?fp

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

He hasn't violated any laws, the site is a journalism site. He never stole the information, it was given to him. The crackdown of a news organisation for publishing the truth is against the very notion of freedom of speech.

Phocion Timon · Answer

Liberals are supposed to be the smartest people in the world - just ask one of them - and I would think Assange would know there are consequences to damaging others, especially the powerful, but being a liberal he is unaware of the obvious. I really, really hope he and his partners get hammered.

I wonder if the petition's creator(s) would similarly react if, say, Rush Limbaugh released data damaging to China or North Korea and these countries went after Limbaugh. (I doubt it.) I also doubt the petition would be circulating if the United States was not involved.

Heavy_Cavalry_Sgt · Answer

Meh - they will be pursued in the courts.

They should not have been so silly as to think actions don't have consequences.

Anonymous · Answer

thermonuclear warhead

jasonsluck13 · Answer

I think it's a joke.

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What are your thoughts about the petition for Wikileaks?

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