Southie
September 19, 2012, 4:36am
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Re: Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.
Perhaps chachi Clinton could explain why her fancy speech about internet/press freedom does not apply to Wikileaks.
“When ideas are blocked, information deleted, conversations stifled, and people constrained in their choices, the internet is diminished for all of us. The United States wants the internet to remain a space where economic, political, and social exchanges flourish. To do that, we need to protect people who exercise their rights online.”
Lol and then there’s Bradley Manning facing capital punishment. If he and Julian Assange violated the Espionage Act, so did the New York Times, The Guardian, and 3 other major newspapers from around the world. The obtained, distributed and communicated classified documents. So do the newspapers’ owners/editors/journalists etc deserve the death penalty or lengthy jail sentences too?
It is great you want a level playing field. Important to remember we should practice this in our daily interactions with others of various faiths and backgrounds.