Bank of America Cuts Off Wikileaks Transactions 467
Chaonici writes "The first actual bank to do so, Bank of America has decided that it will follow in the footsteps of PayPal, MasterCard, and Visa, and halt all its transactions that it believes are intended for WikiLeaks, including donations in support of the organization. 'This decision,' says the bank, 'is based upon our reasonable belief that WikiLeaks may be engaged in activities that are, among other things, inconsistent with our internal policies for processing payments.' Coincidentally, in a 2009 interview with Forbes magazine, Julian Assange stated that he was in possession of the hard drive of a Bank of America executive, and that he planned to release information about a major bank early next year."
Ireland (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I have been enough to America (Score:1, Funny)
I have been enough to America, to know that msot of the folk is highly prejudicied for a reason or another. I am always polite, and try to speak the local language as good as possible. But once people remark my french accent, it is game over. I get cold shoulder and so on. And pelase don't tell me that's because I am french : 1) I have colleague from other nationality which also got cold shoulder (Iran, Indian, Swiss, german, Spanish nationalities) 2) For TRULY polite people it would not matter which color or nationaly one is, by default people should be polite with people they don't know anything beyond the nationality.
Sure it is only a bunch of anecdotial story, and so no real evidence, but really I call bullshit on what you said. The US is not a country of polite people. Provide us evidence of it and maybe we'll all think our anecdotial evidence is only a sign we got bad luck. until then, all i have to answer you is : get real.
Oh you are French? You know, we really appreciate your support in our Revolutionary War, but you kinda fucked up in WW2. We had to bail your asses out big time. You must have forgotten that France is almost solely responsible for WW2. You must have forgotten that you tried to bury Germany with debt from the rubble of WW1.
No. We don't hate you. Nor Switzerland. Nor former Spanish colonials. What we actually do, is enjoy making fun of you. We know the world thinks we are "fat lazy couch potato" Americans. We just know how to take a joke. For fuck's sake, one of THE most popular foods here in the USA is the "French fry". We've even made jokes about renaming those to "Freedom fries" once, but no they are still French fries, my friend.
We don't even hate Iran, just it's fanaticism and current government leadership. In fact when I was a boy, my father told me that I should bring my future wife to Tehran because, "it was the Paris of the Middle East."
Provide us evidence of it and maybe we'll all think our anecdotial evidence is only a sign we got bad luck. until then, all i have to answer you is : get real.
There are approximately sixty-six thousand US soldiers from WW2 buried in cemeteries across France. Is that enough evidence?
I think you came here with expectations that we could not possibly meet. I am sorry you were disappointed. Next time you visit, I suggest you come with an open mind and an armful of patience. Because the reality is, the United States of America owes the French a great deal of gratitude. We would not be here as we are today with you, and for that we are truly grateful.