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#11 Re: The Sunset Strip » Public apology to bono » 756 weeks ago
Ummmm..... Ok. Though I'm not sure if this is sincere change of heart or if you're mocking me and U2. If you're serious no need to apologize to me. You just gotta be able to forgive yourself for the wasted years
I actually downloaded their entire back catalogue. It's pretty sincere man. ha ha wasted years nice.
#12 Re: The Sunset Strip » Public apology to bono » 756 weeks ago
oh and thank you
#13 The Sunset Strip » Public apology to bono » 756 weeks ago
- Stepvhen
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yeah.. so.. I don't know what happened. But as I said I never liked u2 simply because I was forced fed them.
I listened of my own accord to a lot of u2 of late and......
welll....
Oh my god. bono . You were right. You were right about all of it. Everything you were right they are just amazing. so yeah.
There you go.
I advise anyone who hasn't to check them out
Immense
#14 Re: The Garden » Wiki Leaks » 756 weeks ago
The most supportive wikileaks types don't distinguish between the information and the man who made them available. The yahoo on this site calling him a hero is a perfect example.
I'm presuming I'm the yahoo. Cute. I think it's brave to put yourself in harms way for the sake of justice. More than brave honorable even.
By holding back some information, he is stating that he is capable of what is newsworthy and what isn't. I don't believe him qualified to do so. And if such a line can be drawn, with regard to what can/can't be released, then how is he any different than the US govt and its determination of what is public domain?
He's a journalist though. Don't journalists decide what goes in the press on a daily basis?
When he threatened to release shit if he was arrested, that further shows that he isn't interested in transparency or security. The pain and suffering of one man can't justify the pain and suffering of many more just because he gets pissed off.
That could be true. It could equally be true that he was trying to protect wikileaks as a whole.
If the US really wanted him gone, they'd have the CIA take him out. This guy goes MIA for months at a time staying with friends in populated European cities. He's not that hard to track. Some CIA agent just needs to take him out when he's "underground" and he'll just never resurface.
I don't think they want him dead. Now of course I'm just guessing. But they probably want to make an example of him. If I was in their shoes Id want to make an example of him
This whole wikileaks thing has really been a joke to me. Nothing really important has been revealed and from a US intelligence perspective, Manning never had access to Top Secret material, so Wikileaks won't be revealing that anytime soon. It's mostly just gossip and information that everyone already knew or had very good reason to heavily speculate on.
I found it shocking. Shook me to my core. Probably a sign of my own naivety, it's not like I hadn't heard the same unofficial political rumours and what not, I just had written them off as conspiracy theory type BS.
If that's honorable, so be it. If not, life will go on. Either way, I'll be happy.
Lets drop the idea of honor. Would you still be happy if whatever it is you do was in the interest of the greater good ?
#15 Re: The Garden » Wiki Leaks » 756 weeks ago
I disagree.
I think its only natural that he holds something back as insurance. Most people with any intelligence would do the same in a similar situation.
I mean just because a guy wants to get the truth out there does not mean he has a death wish. The guy seems to be smart enough that he knew a witch hunt was a possibility.Sure it may not be as noble an act from a person regarded as a hero to some but at the same time unless he does not value his freedom or life its a pretty sane and logical precaution for him to take.
Actually yeah that makes sense. Like he's putting the actual success of the thing first? Which would require he not die.
#16 Re: The Garden » Wiki Leaks » 756 weeks ago
Yeah, we're a few. But I guess the reason is our government has taken "bread and circus" to a whole new level over here. Scandinavia is basically a free lunch.
I'm kind of ignorant to whether Iceland is considered officially part of Scandinavia and wikipedia isn't too sure either.
But either way. I thought you should see this Pol. Especially you after how you were talking earlier
There is only ONE link to this whole thing online ONE!!!! O'm gonna re blog it on my tumblr account, just to keep it up somewhere and yeah. Here is the full thing man 
Iceland takes on credit card giants in WikiLeaks flap
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Representatives from Mastercard and Visa were called before a parliamentary committee to explain the credit companies’ refusal to process donations to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.
“People wanted to know on what legal grounds the ban was taken, but no one could answer it,” said Robert Marshall, chairman of Iceland’s allsherjanefnd, according to the Reykjavik Grapevine.
Vidar Thorkelsson, CEO of Valitor, which operates Visa and Mastercard in Iceland, said the Icelandic branch had nothing to do with the decision.
Meanwhile, DataCell, the Icelandic-Swiss web host is reporting that donations to Wikileaks have increased in recent days, despite the actions of Mastercard and Visa. The web host has been processing direct bank transfers to help facilitate the donations.
“The credit card companies are just not a part of the transfers,” said Olafur V. Sigurvinsson, a co-founder of DataCell, in an article on the website IceNews.is.Sigurvinsson went on to say people are upset over the credit card companies’ heavy-handed approach.
“It is simply a human rights organization with freedom of speech at its core and there are lots of people who have Visa cards and want to spend their money supporting exactly this issue. It is understandably irritating when some credit card company somewhere decides what you are allowed to spend your money on. Will they ba us from buying chocolate next?” Sigurvinsson said.
The company is planning legal action against the credit card giants, and Sigurvinsson said that several lawyers have stepped forward offering their services for free
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/3 … z17yRhwhHl
Assanage lost all credibility when he threatened to realse certain documents if he was arrested. If he really was interested in transparency, he wouldn't hold anything as collateral in case he gets fucked. The guy is an attention seeking whore who lives in fantasia. That being said, I don't think he's a criminal (though in all honesty I haven't put too much thought into the issue) and the idea of the US somehow prosecuting him is laughable. If the US can punish those in the media (even those who fit that title loosely such as wikileaks) what's to stop them from declaring every govt doct confidential. If the US isn't going to prosecute the editor of the NY Times, I see no justification to prosecute Assanage. The only true criminal thus far in any of this is Bradley Manning, and I'd volunteer to be on his firing squad.
Agreed 100% on all points
#17 Re: The Garden » Wiki Leaks » 756 weeks ago
he he. January. It's like he's saying. Enjoy your last christmas before I unleash the beast
#18 Re: The Garden » Wiki Leaks » 756 weeks ago
I think maybe if they released it all at once it would be too much information that some would end up passing under the radar and not getting the attention it deserves. By releasing it in small bursts people get to look at it all in more detail...........maybe.
Time shall tell. I just want to see what the poison pill is
#19 Re: The Garden » Wiki Leaks » 756 weeks ago
True and if this turned out to be just a fucking ploy sweet lord jesus. That's pretty fucking scary.
#20 Re: The Garden » Inspiration from the DalaiLama » 756 weeks ago
I do believe I promised you a free copy of our book.
We are Ruthless Truth.
We come bearing gifts:
http://www.mediafire.com/?r6lnq45c3lssa2c
You'll enjoy it. And yeah I understand I'm a horrible twisted prick, but the truth, thats pretty cool.
