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Re: Wikileaks Is Running Out Of Cash

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Post by Ixiaus »

pconf wrote: post #27
gldalmaso wrote: post #3

It impresses me just how much combined effort is being put towards boycoting transparency, just on the grounds that the powers that be are embaressed by their ugly operations.

Also impresses me by how many posts here believe the media coverage of Assange. Just goes to show, Americans are the most naive consumers of commercial news on the planet, by a considerable margin. All I want to know is where I can send a check. Long live government transparency.

Here's their bitcoin address: 1HB5XMLmzFVj8ALj6mfBsbifRoD4miY36v

Re: Wikileaks Is Running Out Of Cash

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Post by rick888 »

rick888 wrote: post #30
raganwald wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that what you have to say about King, Ghandi, Castro, and Mandela (amongst others)? I am not equating Assange with these folks, but I am using their jail sentences to suggest that while going to jail is not winning, it certainly doesn’t preclude winning later on. If anything, it may indicate that they are doing something to endanger the status quo, which is a necessary precondition of winning.

"Castro, and Mandela" Mandela and Castro are murderers. Why are they even included on your list?

I see we have some extreme leftists in the house. Pol pot, mao, and stalin should be on your list too.

Re: Wikileaks Is Running Out Of Cash

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Post by __alexs »

marquis wrote: post #23
__alexs wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Presumably the part where he is was at best a complete douchebag to several women, and at worst raped someone.

It's widely accepted that this was a smear campaign to detract from the release of a massive amount of diplomatic cables. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/23/julian-assange-wiki...

Oh it's almost certainly disinformation to some extent. He's not really discussed it at all (and definitely not under oath) so it's hard to draw any real conclusions about whether or not he's a rapist.

However he's almost certainly a complete cock to people on a regular basis. There's a lot of evidence for that. Just because you are totally awesome at one level of social discourse doesn't mean you aren't also a complete bastard to people on a personal level.

Re: Wikileaks Is Running Out Of Cash

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Post by [deleted] »

sliverstorm wrote: post #28
untog wrote: post #4

I'd be interested in Wikileaks providing a rundown on what they spend their money on. Every cent might be in the direct pursuit of free information but I worry that isn't the case.

It's certainly ironic that they haven't released such information, considering their alleged function & goals.

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Post by mcantelon »

rick888 wrote: post #30
raganwald wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that what you have to say about King, Ghandi, Castro, and Mandela (amongst others)? I am not equating Assange with these folks, but I am using their jail sentences to suggest that while going to jail is not winning, it certainly doesn’t preclude winning later on. If anything, it may indicate that they are doing something to endanger the status quo, which is a necessary precondition of winning.

"Castro, and Mandela" Mandela and Castro are murderers. Why are they even included on your list?

I think his point is not that everyone who goes to jail for political reasons is good, but that you can win politically despite facing/doing jail time.

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Post by rimantas »

sliverstorm wrote: post #28
untog wrote: post #4

I'd be interested in Wikileaks providing a rundown on what they spend their money on. Every cent might be in the direct pursuit of free information but I worry that isn't the case.

It's certainly ironic that they haven't released such information, considering their alleged function & goals.

It's not ironic, this was one of the points for me "writing them off". Wikileaks reponse to inquiry about their financial matters was basicaly "none of your business" and since then I see them as Assange's personal PR tool, nothing more, despite the claims.

Re: Wikileaks Is Running Out Of Cash

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Post by sliverstorm »

rimantas wrote: post #36
sliverstorm wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's certainly ironic that they haven't released such information, considering their alleged function & goals.

It's not ironic, this was one of the points for me "writing them off". Wikileaks reponse to inquiry about their financial matters was basicaly "none of your business" and since then I see them as Assange's personal PR tool, nothing more, despite the claims.

So much for transparency.

Re: Wikileaks Is Running Out Of Cash

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Post by redthrowaway »

Ixiaus wrote: post #31
pconf wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also impresses me by how many posts here believe the media coverage of Assange. Just goes to show, Americans are the most naive consumers of commercial news on the planet, by a considerable margin. All I want to know is where I can send a check. Long live government transparency.

Here's their bitcoin address: 1HB5XMLmzFVj8ALj6mfBsbifRoD4miY36v

The problem with sending money via bitcoin at the moment is that it will likely be worth significantly less tomorrow than it is today, and less still the day after.

It would be nice to have a bitcoin alternative that was actually a viable currency; as of now I know of no such thing.

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