What is it about "war" that makes people discount the mass slaughter and destruction that takes place?

Why do people find it acceptable, or in some instances, noble?


America is infinitely worse than Assange. Assange is finally putting THE MAIN FUCKING AGGRESSOR in the spotlight for the EVILS that it commits. And we are pointing fingers at Assange?

America is the mass murderer. America is the aggressor. America is the one that puts people's lives in danger, and willfully and knowingly slaughters hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people.

Assange is a hero.

This post was edited by tric-isHUGE on Dec 31 2010 12:45pm

Who gives a fuck about intentions? The important thing is what actually happens. Assange has yet to cause the deaths of innocents, America has. Just because we pretend that we are morally superior doesn't mean we are.

He could be bluffing. I'm not sure logistically how these documents would be released upon his death, unless it is as simple as someone on the outside who would release them, but that leaves a lot of margin for nothing actually happening.

This. It's nothing short of propaganda to believe we are superior and noble and everyone else is a rat bastard sub humanoid.

When we slaughter, we do it to free the enslaved brown people. When other people kill, they are savages. Typical propaganda rhetoric.

Intentions matter a hell of a lot, especially when you factor in what would have happened if we didn't go into Afghanistan. Innocents would have died either way.



Because of the fact that war is sometimes necessary, of course.

qq moar plz.

Yep, hundreds of thousands of innocents would be killed if we didn't invade Afghanistan.

lol, hundreds of thousands of innocents have definitely died in Afghanistan, you caught me.

I just want to say again - this pronouncement will only hurt Julian and Wikileaks. The redaction process and protection of innocent people while giving information to the public has been a vital part of the organization, and if that is lost then all of the Fox News commentators who are calling for Assange's assassination become almost correct in their assertions about him, and by proxy Wikileaks.

Julian needs to come out in public and make sure everyone knows he won't be leaking this info without making sure innocent bystanders are being protected. As it stands, Wikileaks is still a great thing, but this threat is a very bad and irresponsible thing.

Ink's on a first name basis with Assange

inb4he'smycousin