2010-12-17 10:07![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
digitaldiscipline
digitaldisciplineFriend A: "I want to support freedom of speech and government accountability, and I do not want to support rapists, misogyny, authoritarian Big Brothers, or being a jerk."
Friend B: "Good idea, bad implementation, by an asshole."
Regardless of Asange's guilt or innocence (he'll have his day(s) in court to figure that out one way or the other), his behavior has no bearing on the merit of WL's calling attention to governmental shadiness.
As others point out, exposing OpSec info that puts people at risk sucks, and is stupid, but shaming the government into behaving less like a bag of assholes is certainly worthwhile IMNSHO.
Friend B: "Good idea, bad implementation, by an asshole."
Regardless of Asange's guilt or innocence (he'll have his day(s) in court to figure that out one way or the other), his behavior has no bearing on the merit of WL's calling attention to governmental shadiness.
As others point out, exposing OpSec info that puts people at risk sucks, and is stupid, but shaming the government into behaving less like a bag of assholes is certainly worthwhile IMNSHO.
