Punishing the WikiLeaker misses the point

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Source: Toronto Sun

George Orwell wrote: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”

A true journalist’s job is to expose government wrongdoing and propaganda, skewer hypocrites, and speak for those with no voice. And wage war against mankind’s two worst scourges: Nationalism and religious bigotry. Not to lick the boots of government.

I’ve always felt kinship for free thinkers, rebels, and heretics.

That’s why I am drawn to the plight of Pte. Bradley Manning who apparently believed Ernest Hemingway’s dictum: “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”



Read more: http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2010/08/13/15016246.html

[Odin2005]

1. Manning is a fucking hero and a TRUE PATRIOT.

:patriot:

[populistdriven]

2. the truth shall set you free

[gratuitous]

3. Which side of "truth, justice and the American way" is the military on?

And when you've answered that question for yourself, make a decision now whether you want to hand over your son or your daughter to them.