Julian Assange To Run For Australian Senate 207
New submitter bozman8 writes "Announced recently on social networking platform Twitter, Julian Assange has found a way to run for the Upper House of the Australian Senate, despite being detained under house arrest in Britain. Along with Julian's candidacy, WikiLeaks has announced that they are going to run a nominee against current Prime Minister Julia Gillard in her local electorate."
Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:1, Insightful)
Whistleblowers and muckrakers shouldn't be a part of the government.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes and all that rot.
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:3, Insightful)
Whistleblowers and muckrakers shouldn't be a part of the government.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes and all that rot.
You're assuming that he's a reformer. I think he's an attention whore. If I'm right, politics is the perfect profession for him.
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:5, Insightful)
An attention whore who gets said attention by exposing the flat-out evil things all of our governments do on a near-daily basis.
At least he does something for society compared to any of those reality show retards.
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:5, Insightful)
By definition, a whistleblower IS part of the organization he blows the whistle on. Sometimes the muck needs a close up raking.
That doesn't eliminate the need for outside muckrakers as well in case the insider goes over to the dark side.
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:5, Insightful)
Whistleblowers and muckrakers shouldn't be a part of the government.
Neither should liars and assholes. But guess what?
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:1, Insightful)
An attention whore who gets said attention by exposing the flat-out evil things all of our governments do on a near-daily basis.
At least he does something for society compared to any of those reality show retards.
Close! He's an attention whore who gets attention by exposing the things all governments do on a near-daily basis and pretending that they're flat-out evil. If they don't seem evil enough, just edit the videos until they do. Journalistic ethics should never stand between a whore and his attention.
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:3, Insightful)
Because US government goes around shooting journalists and kids from attack helicopters on near-daily basis and then cover it all up.
What?
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:4, Insightful)
Close! He's an attention whore who gets attention by exposing the things all governments do on a near-daily basis and pretending that they're flat-out evil. If they don't seem evil enough, just edit the videos until they do. Journalistic ethics should never stand between a whore and his attention.
Just like mainstream journalists then. Yet they aren't being detained, because they tell the right lies.
While wikileaks is in no way immune to this, mainstream journalism is much worse.
You shouldn't just trust any information, whether that's your local newspaper or wikileaks. Get all the facts from all sources, and make up your own mind.
That said, think about this : if all goverments are doing such a good job, and aren't evil at all, why is there so much suffering,poverty and violence in this world.
And what can YOU do about it ?
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:5, Insightful)
Whistleblowers and muckrakers shouldn't be a part of the government.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes and all that rot.
Dude - Maxine Mckew winning Bennelong off John Howard was one of the sweetest moments in Australian politics.
In case you've already forgotten - she also was a journalist, and has definitely been a muckracker and whistlebower in her time at the ABC.
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:5, Insightful)
Attention whore, maybe. Idealist, certainly.
Maybe he gets in the senate, get's on a committee (doubt that but anyway) and learns why secrets are kept.
I personally agree with everything he's done. If we were all completely open about everything we have done that directly effected at least one other human, I don't reckon there would be war. If there were, they would be very short. Courts can be great things when they're not bogged down in IP law and drugs.
spoken as someone with no direct interest in the money for killing tea towel heads consortium.....
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:5, Insightful)
I think he's the real life version of Gaius Baltar. Do whatever will get you popular and get you women.
That might be the case, but even though Baltar was a whore for popularity and generally spineless, he served humanity well when it was needed and although not all people liked him for the most part (in the show and in the audience) he played an important part in making things better.
I don't care if the guy sleeps with a newly imported Swedish prostitue (sorry, friend) each night. If he brings some accountability and causes the Australian government to go in a better direction, then I can't say that I am anything but delighted. I don't care what the hell politicians do once they are off the clock - I want my politicians to work and do their best for me as a faceless, anonymous member of the public.
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:5, Insightful)
Just like mainstream journalists then. Yet they aren't being detained, because they tell the right lies.
That, and they aren't charged with unrelated crimes. The ones that are charged with unrelated crimes tend to be arrested and tried.
If the power structure wants to find crimes, they will find crimes.
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. "
- Cardinal Richelieu (Prime Minister of France, 1624-1642)
Re:Yeah...I don't like this. (Score:4, Insightful)
I know you are going for the bullshit baffles brains crap but suck it up, when White phosphorus is used to generate smoke or in a flare, it is not considered a chemical weapon but when it is targeted at people it is a chemical weapon, end of story. Forget the silly propaganda crap.
Carbon monoxide is produced by motor vehicles, people that drive cars and not considered to be using a chemical weapon. However if you put people in a room and fill that room with carbon monoxide from a car exhaust you have used a chemical weapon to kill them. See, double plus points for using a car analogy to blow holes in your crap let's fuck with literal interpretations to hide murderous criminal actions behind propaganda bullshit.