The problem with not doing your research...

~Darkseeker~ · 11-13-2011, 05:27 PM

People are all Pro-facebook and anti-wikileaks it seems. I'm not promoting illegal activity, I just don't see how exposing corporate blunders is conceivably more devious than selling 600 million people's details to said corporations

**superman22x** · 11-13-2011, 05:44 PM

Because one we gave our info to freely and knowingly. The other published military information potentially putting us in danger.

**celegorm** · 11-13-2011, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by superman22x

Because one we gave our info to freely and knowingly. The other published military information potentially putting us in danger.

This. I agreed to a EULA with facebook saying they could do whatever they wanted. Corporations did not sign a EULA to the founder of wikilinks saying he could give away their secrets.

**superman22x** · 11-13-2011, 06:48 PM

Have you all seen the Humancentipad Southpark episode? I recommend it.

**celegorm** · 11-13-2011, 07:49 PM

Such a funny episode, and yet so true!

foothead · 11-13-2011, 09:18 PM

People don't seem to understand that Wikileaks did nothing illegal. They are considered a media organization, and are protected under the first amendment. The government ignored this and made them out to be the villain, repeatedly stating that they were breaking the law and attempting to censor them, though I don't recall them ever stating which law was being broken. I did a bit of research on this a while back, and found a supreme court precedent that ruled that the media is able to hold and release classified information, as long as they didn't do anything illegal to obtain it. New York Times Co. v. United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I find it ridiculous that this ruling was completely ignored by both the government and the media, despite the fact that it was a pretty much identical case. All I ever saw on the news was people arguing over whether or not it was morally okay, like that somehow changes the laws in place.

11-13-2011, 05:27 PM	#1
~Darkseeker~ Fully Optimized Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,974	The problem with not doing your research... People are all Pro-facebook and anti-wikileaks it seems. I'm not promoting illegal activity, I just don't see how exposing corporate blunders is conceivably more devious than selling 600 million people's details to said corporations __________________ Customised Packard-Bell iPower:- AMD Athlon X2 4600+, 2GB DDR, 2x7600GT (SLI) Steam+XBL: ReincarnHATE925, Blizzard RealID: Ibanezjunkie94@hotmail.co.uk

11-13-2011, 05:44 PM	#2
superman22x Site Team Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,612	Re: The problem with not doing your research... Because one we gave our info to freely and knowingly. The other published military information potentially putting us in danger. __________________ “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.” - Dr. Suess

11-13-2011, 06:48 PM	#4
superman22x Site Team Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,612	Re: The problem with not doing your research... Have you all seen the Humancentipad Southpark episode? I recommend it. __________________ “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.” - Dr. Suess

11-13-2011, 07:49 PM	#5
celegorm Site Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,085	Re: The problem with not doing your research... Such a funny episode, and yet so true! __________________ "as a fanboy i refuse to admit it and will pull countless things out of my butt to disprove it" Team Thelegorm! Total Kills: 21 (i iz in uor profile, editsing your sigz)

11-13-2011, 09:18 PM	#6
foothead ಠ_ಠ Join Date: May 2009 Location: 'Murica! Posts: 9,037	Re: The problem with not doing your research... People don't seem to understand that Wikileaks did nothing illegal. They are considered a media organization, and are protected under the first amendment. The government ignored this and made them out to be the villain, repeatedly stating that they were breaking the law and attempting to censor them, though I don't recall them ever stating which law was being broken. I did a bit of research on this a while back, and found a supreme court precedent that ruled that the media is able to hold and release classified information, as long as they didn't do anything illegal to obtain it. New York Times Co. v. United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I find it ridiculous that this ruling was completely ignored by both the government and the media, despite the fact that it was a pretty much identical case. All I ever saw on the news was people arguing over whether or not it was morally okay, like that somehow changes the laws in place. __________________ Desktop: PII 955, 4GB DDR3 1333, M4A79T, 250GB 7200.10, HD 5770, 3x HG281D Laptop: Q9000, 4GB DDR3, DV7 mb, 40GB Hitachi, HD 4650M, 23" AOC LED backlit panel Netbook: Pink ASUS 1005HAB, Atom N270, 1GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, Intel 945G, 63 Whr battery

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