You are once again ignoring the fact that there is actual substance in these documents, and instead focusing on the motives behind the release.
You basically just keep saying the same thing when confronted with these true documents: "Yeah, but." Just like you did when the documents incriminating the banks came to light, instead of acknowledging the validity of the documents, you just railed about Assange's motives for releasing those particular documents.
Why don't you focus on what really matters here and give your crusade against Assange a rest.
One thing that struck me is what an opportunity this is for Discover and American Express. If they were smart they'd capitalize and start promoting how they'll stick up for the little guy and make sure to follow due process.
I like how you keep ignoring the fact that Wikileaks has put out factual information out there, and instead focus on the Wikileaks' motivation for doing it. Keep trying.
The most likely state of affairs is that someone in wikileak world HQ (the cave next to Bin Ladin) sifted through the documents looking for Visa and Mastercard, then released the document to try to make them look bad, and to make them look like they are trying to cover something up.
So let me see if I can follow your tortuous logic; you think it's most likely that Wikileaks sifted through the documents that had actually been given to them by a source everyone acknowledges is credible, found this factual information and released it after being cut off by MasterCard and Visa to make them look worse than they already did, and somehow that's "a minor effect?"
I'm not sure which it is, but in this case it's a moot point as it never has been on the trending list. It's not that it was there and once the chatter stabilized it no longer showed up; it never showed up even as the issue gathered steam.
This might be a bit off topic, but on Twitter right now "Press Freedom" is trending, but "Wikileaks" isn't even though what's being retweeted mostly is a variation of: "U.S. Celebrates Wikileaks Arrest by Announcing Press Freedom Day."
So while in the majority of instances where Press Freedom is mentioned, Wikileaks is mentioned as well, and there are certainly many, many more instances where Wikileaks is mentioned without any reference to Press Freedom Day, still "Wikileaks" is not trending on Twitter.
I say all that to say this: Twitter is censoring what trends and their denial of this fact is pure bullshit.
I'm sure Mike will be doing a post on the irony of the State Dept. announcing that they'll be hosting Press Freedom Day the same day they gloat over Assange being arrested, but I just want to call attention to the fact that Twitter isn't as free a forum as they'd like us to think.
It's easy to talk big, but in reality you would probably just put you head down, look the other way, and hope that your display of submission would save you from being next.
Just like it's easy for an Anonymous Coward like you to hide behind your keyboard and be a dick to a lady who's raising two survivors of sexual abuse. Way to go.
Before "The Streisand Effect" there was the saying, "best to let sleeping dogs lie." You'd think Mitchell would at least be familiar with that saying, but now he's getting an education on the Streisand Effect.
Re: Groping children is insanity--and itself terrorism
Security or freedom folks; we can't have both.
According to Ben Franklin you are right, but not in the way you think.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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Yes. The freedom of information. Brilliant deduction Watson. Did you figure that out all on your own, or did you have help?
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Everyone has an agenda. What's your's, I wonder?
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You basically just keep saying the same thing when confronted with these true documents: "Yeah, but." Just like you did when the documents incriminating the banks came to light, instead of acknowledging the validity of the documents, you just railed about Assange's motives for releasing those particular documents.
Why don't you focus on what really matters here and give your crusade against Assange a rest.
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Golden opportunity
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*judging
At least I spelled hypocrisy right...
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Re: Re: Re: What that word... oh yea.... HYPOCRACY..... thats the one.. LOL
And judgeing by your spelling of "hypocrisy" and grammar, I'd say that was about the last teacher you had.
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So let me see if I can follow your tortuous logic; you think it's most likely that Wikileaks sifted through the documents that had actually been given to them by a source everyone acknowledges is credible, found this factual information and released it after being cut off by MasterCard and Visa to make them look worse than they already did, and somehow that's "a minor effect?"
I'm failing to see what your point is.
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So while in the majority of instances where Press Freedom is mentioned, Wikileaks is mentioned as well, and there are certainly many, many more instances where Wikileaks is mentioned without any reference to Press Freedom Day, still "Wikileaks" is not trending on Twitter.
I say all that to say this: Twitter is censoring what trends and their denial of this fact is pure bullshit.
I'm sure Mike will be doing a post on the irony of the State Dept. announcing that they'll be hosting Press Freedom Day the same day they gloat over Assange being arrested, but I just want to call attention to the fact that Twitter isn't as free a forum as they'd like us to think.
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Just like it's easy for an Anonymous Coward like you to hide behind your keyboard and be a dick to a lady who's raising two survivors of sexual abuse. Way to go.
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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin
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Re: Groping children is insanity--and itself terrorism
According to Ben Franklin you are right, but not in the way you think.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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