For all you lefty WIkileaks supporters...

[mrplunkey]

If hackers broke into planned parenthood's databases (a criminal act, obviously) and turned-over a list of every person who has ever had an abortion, would Wikileaks publishing their full name and date of birth be a good thing?

 

[-SD-]

Or newspapers that have published info on all area concealed handgun permit holders like they were fuckin sex offenders or something.

 

[75th]

Isnt that just a smidgen different than revealing backdoor deals between nations, proving that our Secretary of State instructed folks to spy on UN reps (which I believe is a crime...or at least breaks some of the UN rules), or showing that countries like China would actually support a South-led Korea?

I'm not saying I support it, but just saying...you may want to come up with a more apt comparison. Its easy to make the argument that the information from Wikileaks kind of affects us all and therefore gives us a right to know.

 

[mrplunkey]

Isnt that just a smidgen different than revealing backdoor deals between nations, proving that our Secretary of State instructed folks to spy on UN reps (which I believe is a crime...or at least breaks some of the UN rules), or showing that countries like China would actually support a South-led Korea?

I'm not saying I support it, but just saying...you may want to come up with a more apt comparison. Its easy to make the argument that the information from Wikileaks kind of affects us all and therefore gives us a right to know.

I consider stolen secret documents regarding the military as far more important then the names and DoB's of people who have had a.medical procedure.

And don't I have a right to know if my prospective wife or girlfriend has been using planned parenthood like a convenience store? I'd sure want to know.that before I knew the names of afghans cooperating with the US military.

 

[calveless wonder]

That's an awful analogy.

 

[mrplunkey]

That's an awful analogy.

Odd how the content changes a "hero" into a villan, huh?

And to think I've been hearing so much lately about how more iformation isalways better.

 

[75th]

I consider stolen secret documents regarding the military as far more important then the names and DoB's of people who have had a.medical procedure.

And don't I have a right to know if my prospective wife or girlfriend has been using planned parenthood like a convenience store? I'd sure want to know.that before I knew the names of afghans cooperating with the US military.

Names of folks cooperating with the US on a clandestine level should not be revealed. Our secretary of state ordering other Americans to break the law is something we should know.

 

[mrplunkey]

Names of folks cooperating with the US on a clandestine level should not be revealed. Our secretary of state ordering other Americans to break the law is something we should know.

Clinton ordering the collection of information on diplomats is 0.0000001% of the leaks. That story could have easily been broken via conventional news methods.

I'm concerned about the other 99.999999%

 

[PICK3]

Or wood they reveal if you ever visited a gay pr0n site?

 

[mrplunkey]

Or wood they reveal if you ever visited a gay pr0n site?

I shall respond to your feeble attempt to MO-up this thread with a serious response.

Consider the circumstances:

1) Information is illegally obtained

2) That information being widely disseminated over the Internet

3) The purveyors of said information hiding behind first amendment rights.

Now imagine how many circumstances that could apply to:

1) Names and DoB's of abortion patients
2) Diplomatic cables
3) Lists of everyone who is taking Valtrax (teh pick3 drug)
4) Names, DoB's and SS#'s of credit card holders
5) Lists of everyone who has ever sought substance abuse rehab
6) People who surf geigh pr0n sites (also a pick3 issue)
7) Names and addresses of every EF poster
8) Names of informants in Afghanistan and Iraq

Fair-minded people are going to see all those situations as inappropriate. But to some people, they believe the end justifies the means simply because they don't like the victim of the publication. Guess what? I bet the right-to-life crazies would think they are saving millions of lives by publishing their list too. I can see it now... www.wikiabortionleaks.org