Baraka_Guru

I haven't read through any of it, but I did glance at summaries.

Generally, my opinion is that much of the public outrage about this is overblown. I made a comment somewhere on Facebook today that suggests how we are reminded of the warnings issued by Huxley and Orwell when the public can be so vehement in response to those who deal in the truth.

The bottom line is that we are living in the age of information and instant transmission and duplication of data. If the data is that sensitive, then protect it better. If you withhold the truth from the public and you are a democratically elected government, it shouldn't be a crisis if information gets out, especially if it isn't information that puts people in immediate danger. You should always be prepared to own up to the truth of matters because you are responsible to those who elected you.

There are those who are saying what WikiLeaks is doing is harming America. Well, what America does at the top level is harming democracy. Maybe it's time to be a bit more honest about your dealings and there will be nothing to worry about.

I think Willravel was being ironic. This is another tidbit of idiocy from (the person who will not—it is hoped—be the next President of the United States) Sarah Palin. A foreign national cannot commit a treasonous act against America. Assange needs to betray his own country to be treasonous.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot