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My first post was in response to:

Turn yourself in, Julian Assange

Hitchen's is right - the whole point of WikiLeaks is is to destabilise diplomacy as it has been has been practiced. Part of that process is to delegitimise the official discourse that diplomacy operates in our interests as citizens. WikiLeaks shows that diplomacy, in fact, upholds a corrupt network of self-interest between conspirators. 3 days ago, 2:26:23 PM AEST – Flag – Reply Liked byLise Bretton
Michael Pastushkov Friendly reminder: WL didn't create those cables. Given that, who do you think "shows that diplomacy [as it was and perhaps is conducted today], in fact, upholds ... " 3 days ago, 3:49:14 PM AEST – Flag –
Reply hyperlocavore Garsh would you feel the same if they had dumped five gigabytes of documentation of "an ecology of corruption" at your mother's bank? Or is it just exposing crimes of state you object to.... 3 days ago, 4:08:52 PM AEST – Flag –
Reply Darsh Rasborsek Hitchens is right in saying that WikiLeaks is a threat to diplomacy, but I am glad to see diplomacy threatened. 3 days ago, 9:21:41 PM AEST – Flag –
Reply Darsh Rasborsek Well, yeah, the cables themselves show that. 3 days ago, 9:18:32 PM AEST – Flag – Reply

I pretty much stand by what I said there, but I'm a bit disappointed because it seems like people didnt understand what I was saying.