Kind of funny, when you think about it. I avoid that word when I can do so without it sounding too ridiculous, because I know many people find it deeply offensive for reasons that are strongly justified by history. But in the array of legal-buthorrifying first amendment uses, using that most offensive of slang words bothers me a whole lot less than a journalist expressing eagerness to justify the murder of a fellow journalist by the government.
Yep. This goes so far beyond where I thought we'd ever be in my lifetime. Even if someone dislikes Assange, as you do -- even if, unlike you, a person denies people like Assange are serving any useful purpose to society, even if a person sees them as criminals who should be brought to justice, the idea of applauding their extra-judicial killing (read: applauding their murder by the government) is STILL repulsive. This is about three steps beyond where I thought we'd be.
Big business and big government can both stamp your rights out. Big business can actually do so much more efficiently, since you have almost no right there to begin with (call the president a jackass and he can't throw you out of the country, but call your company's CEO a jackass and he can sure as hell throw you out of the company). Big government is a check and balance against the power of big business, and if we balance them properly, we can have more freedom.
8 minutes to turn it into an anti-Obama attack, Zam....you're getting slack.
What, in particular, has Assange done or said that you consider dishonorable?
