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Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers

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So, the world's foremost leaker is incensed about . . . a leak. Concerning himself.

Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers | The Australian

LAWYERS for Julian Assange have expressed anger about an alleged smear campaign against the Australian WikiLeaks founder.

Incriminating police files were published in the British newspaper that has used him as its source for hundreds of leaked US embassy cables.

In a move that surprised many of Mr Assange's closest supporters on Saturday, The Guardian newspaper published previously unseen police documents that accused Mr Assange in graphic detail of sexually assaulting two Swedish women.
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:rofl

Heads are no doubt exploding.
 
Kal'Stang said:
Out of curiosity..do you know the difference between personal privacy and a government that is suppose to be controlled by the public?
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Do you? These weren't private papers which were leaked.

Also, Assange announced his intention to release leaks of private entities, such as banks and other companies, so that government/private distinction doesn't quite apply.

Not that it matters for this irony to be delicious, anyway.
 
Harshaw said:
Do you? These weren't private papers which were leaked.

Also, Assange announced his intention to release leaks of private entities, such as banks and other companies, so that government/private distinction doesn't quite apply.

Not that it matters for this irony to be delicious, anyway.
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Absolutely! However like most hard core lefties, they only think something is just, funny, etc, when they are the ones doing it to someone else.


j-mac
 
Kal'Stang said:
Out of curiosity..do you know the difference between personal privacy and a government that is suppose to be controlled by the public?
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Wait, the police is not part of the government now? Hint: it is. His complaining about this is hilarious.
 
j-mac said:
Absolutely! However like most hard core lefties, they only think something is just, funny, etc, when they are the ones doing it to someone else.


j-mac
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And of course some one has to take a totally unrelated potshot at "lefties"
 
Redress said:
And of course some one has to take a totally unrelated potshot at "lefties"
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On the contrary, the "potshot" was a response to somebody suggesting that leaking government cables (that could harm national security) was noble and okay, yet releasing information about the "leaker" is not. This type of double standard is common on the left and that's what j-Mac was referring to.
 
X Factor said:
On the contrary, the "potshot" was a response to somebody suggesting that leaking government cables (that could harm national security) was noble and okay, yet releasing information about the "leaker" is not. This type of double standard is common on the left and that's what j-Mac was referring to.
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:rofl:spin::rofl
 
Redress said:
:rofl:spin::rofl
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Laugh all you want, I was the one who understood why j-Mac posted what he did.

Now, to express laughter at something somebody posts, may I suggest the LOLcano. :lol:
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X Factor said:
On the contrary, the "potshot" was a response to somebody suggesting that leaking government cables (that could harm national security) was noble and okay, yet releasing information about the "leaker" is not. This type of double standard is common on the left and that's what j-Mac was referring to.
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I'm pretty sure his political affiliation was not presented in his post. But I suppose anyone you disagree with is a "leftie", probably a commie too, hates America too.
 
Harshaw said:
Do you? These weren't private papers which were leaked.

Also, Assange announced his intention to release leaks of private entities, such as banks and other companies, so that government/private distinction doesn't quite apply.

Not that it matters for this irony to be delicious, anyway.
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Corporations are not the same as private individuals.

X Factor said:
On the contrary, the "potshot" was a response to somebody suggesting that leaking government cables (that could harm national security) was noble and okay, yet releasing information about the "leaker" is not. This type of double standard is common on the left and that's what j-Mac was referring to.
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There is a huge difference between leaking information to expose abuses by the state or business and another entirely to leak information simply to demonize and smear the person exposing said abuses. Different motivations imply. The former is usually motivated by a desire to do good, while the latter is all about ill intentions.
 
The lawyers do have a point... It may be extremely hard to say this, but we shouldn't stoop to Assange's level and violate his privacy rights. It makes us like him. However, I can't deny that I really like seeing that his info was leaked regarding his promiscuity. I big dose of hypocrisy on Assange's part tastes very refreshing.
 
Demon of Light said:
Corporations are not the same as private individuals.



There is a huge difference between leaking information to expose abuses by the state or business and another entirely to leak information simply to demonize and smear the person exposing said abuses. Different motivations imply. The former is usually motivated by a desire to do good, while the latter is all about ill intentions.
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yeah..I'm sure this douchebag's motivation for leaking classified govt documents was a desire to do good. :roll:
 
Privacy in general is slowly going extinct. (edited to add: This isn't something I am particularly happy about, but it is also something that I think it is futile to fight against very hard. The speed of technological advancement has made privacy more and more scarce and I really don't think that any law or regulations designed to protect privacy will stop criminals - private, corporate or governmental - bent on invading our privacy for various reasons. You can't fight fate, and those who try end up causing more harm than good.)

Perhaps, instead of crying about it we ought to concentrate of finding new ways to protect folks from those things which we used to rely on privacy to protect them from.
 
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digsbe said:
The lawyers do have a point... It may be extremely hard to say this, but we shouldn't stoop to Assange's level and violate his privacy rights. It makes us like him. However, I can't deny that I really like seeing that his info was leaked regarding his promiscuity. I big dose of hypocrisy on Assange's part tastes very refreshing.
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I don't think that leaking the documents is a good idea, but since it is done, I do find it hilarious. He has zero room to bitch about it. No amount of excuse making is going to change the fact that he does not others to do what he himself does.
 
digsbe said:
The lawyers do have a point... It may be extremely hard to say this, but we shouldn't stoop to Assange's level and violate his privacy rights. It makes us like him.
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Screw that. As long as these wikileaks scum do not know what its like and are not concerned with anyone leaking stuff on them then they will have no reason to stop.
 
Demon of Light said:
Corporations are not the same as private individuals.
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They're not government and are not accountable to anyone but their owners. It's no one's business what goes on internally.


There is a huge difference between leaking information to expose abuses by the state or business and another entirely to leak information simply to demonize and smear the person exposing said abuses. Different motivations imply. The former is usually motivated by a desire to do good, while the latter is all about ill intentions.
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And Assange's intentions are much more in line with the latter than they are the former.
 
digsbe said:
The lawyers do have a point... It may be extremely hard to say this, but we shouldn't stoop to Assange's level and violate his privacy rights. It makes us like him. However, I can't deny that I really like seeing that his info was leaked regarding his promiscuity. I big dose of hypocrisy on Assange's part tastes very refreshing.
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You can certainly be against it in both cases yet still enjoy the gander getting the sauce poured on the goose.
 
Damn Harshaw, you and I can argue over what color the sky is and whether the sun rises in the east or west. How did we end up saying the same thing, albeit with you saying it better?
 
Redress said:
And of course some one has to take a totally unrelated potshot at "lefties"
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how's that? Look, I've been around long enough to see it first hand.....Snarky comments, and outright smears are just fine in most liberals minds as long as they are the ones delivering the shots. And just like Assange the asshat cryin' over how his personal info is released, I for one find it not only amusing, but a taste of his own medicine.....How's that?


j-mac
 
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