tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post3523741371862418242..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Founder of WikiLeaks threatens massive retaliation if arrestedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-15897222675852258072010-12-07T13:10:10.356-05:002010-12-07T13:10:10.356-05:00Now that he has been arrested let's see if he ...Now that he has been arrested let's see if he follows through on his threat.<br /> I have mixed feelings on this issue.<br /> As a believer in free speech and press and the people's right to know, there is a downside. freedom should be tempered with moral and ethical discipline. For instances, as has been pointed out elsewhere, are lives being put at risk? Not only American but others, not just diplomats and politicians but ordinary people not forgetting the military operations put in danger. <br /> Does it give aid and comfort to our enemies like terrorists and terrorist states? Again putting lives in danger. <br /> There is one more possible downside that has not been mentioned to my knowledge. Let's say all this information is released, seized upon by our enemies who use it to make simultaneous attacks all over the world causing chaos as well as destruction. What better excuse is needed for governments to take control of all internet access? What better excuse to invoke martial law on every free country including our own? Can't happen here you say? After 9-11 never say never again.<br /> We may be seeing the beginning of the end of life as we have known it in the west.<br /> Perhaps this is what "THEY" are waiting on.Matthew Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564546155986482730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-66656761051471657232010-12-07T11:03:47.274-05:002010-12-07T11:03:47.274-05:00I understand what he's trying to do, and some ...I understand what he's trying to do, and some of the releases have been useful in exposing some governmental shenanigans. But at the end of the day, I don't want an unelected foreigner deciding what's good for our republic. I won't shed any tears if they put him under the jail.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883761718979175423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-72997641679837722932010-12-07T10:25:06.511-05:002010-12-07T10:25:06.511-05:00Okay, so now he's been arrested. Let's se...Okay, so now he's been arrested. Let's see what will happen next!Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.com