New Yorker’s Disgraceful Embrace of Government Coverups

2:59 pm | Lying | Secrecy

from a New Yorker article on Wikileaks’ heroic Julian Paul Assange -

“But, unlike authoritarian regimes, democratic governments hold secrets largely because citizens agree that they should, in order to protect legitimate policy.”

This is one of the biggest crocks in modern history.

Wikileaks is doing more to promote self-government than the vast majority of liberal publications that kowtow to government coverups.

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alpowolf

Comment on Monday 31st May 2010 @ 6:59 pm

Too bad we don’t have a democratic government; it would be interesting to test that theory. Maybe we should ask the folks in Unicornia Fairyland; I hear their government is democratic. Of course that’s just a rumor.

Jim

Comment on Monday 31st May 2010 @ 7:45 pm

At least the New Yorker cartoonists usually show good judgment.

The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit

Comment on Tuesday 1st June 2010 @ 9:41 am

But what if some citizen DISAGREES in a democracy? Do the wants of the many outweigh the wants of a few?

Well duh. That’s why it’s “mob rule.”

And, AW, we ceased having a republican form of government long ago - I’d call what’s here now “democratic.” :D

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