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A lot of corporations are coming out against Wikileaks, and I don't feel the same way. What are they considering that I'm not



They're considering how uncomfortable it is to have their arms twisted.


Letting PayPal keep all Wikileaks' donation money for themselves is not exactly something that requires that much arm-twisting. They've done it before, and now they have a scapegoat.


yeah, what's the story with that? Shouldn't the money either be given to Wikileaks (unlikely) or returned the the donor? In what sort of world can the middle man cut one side of a deal out, and keep the money?


Exactly. Who's the criminal in this picture?


PayPal!

Ah, but their existence bore YouTube, and without YouTube, where would we be then?

What did Mark Cuban ever do for you?


WikiLeaks. They stole documents and they are publishing them without the consent of the owners. The fact that this owner is the government is irrelevant.

How would you feel if it were your personal emails that were published on a public web site like this?


Just on the off-chance that you are serious: it is of the utmost importance that the owner is a government, not a private person. The argument is that the government is keeping secrets from its people without the people being able to change that by normal means.

You are also incorrect about Wikileaks stealing any documents. They are only publishing.


Well, that's the point. They don't want you considering their secrets.


WikiLeaks is violating the terms of service of most of the companies they are trying to use, so their accounts get shut down.

This has nothing to do with censorship nor giving in to political pressure, stop seeing conspiracies everywhere.




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