And if it wasn't for a string of godsent luck to the North you may have made it.

This really should be beneath me, but here goes: Do you know why we fall Mr. Wayne?

Probably not. But while posting a few links on a board isn't exactly work of Magellanian proportions, it is at least something compared to the drone majority whom spend most of their waking hours refreshing facebook. Character assassination usually ends up being a pretty hypocritical endeavour. And even when it's not you'll still come off as an ass for doing it.

Although a tad too submissive for my integrity, soldiering is definitely a neccessary and honorable profession, but perhaps you should clear up some of your own delusions about what you do. I've been in the army and the motivation for the guys was definately more Rambo oriented than it was say, George Washington and the altruistic patriot. And if you understand anything about human psychology you'll see that wether or not the US military has provided more security than harm for the nation is not at all clear cut. Seeing your family bombed to shreds over oil stocks can definitely bring the terrorist out in you. When you do it in 200 countries it might be reasonable to expect some reactions. Not saying your government always had a choice in all those operations, but that's the way of the world and trying to put good and evil labels on it doesn't really get you anywhere.

I don't believe there are many persons that don't understand the importance of intellectual property if they get some time to think about it. But then again, using that as a veil for criminal activities isn't exactly right either. It's a little bit like Tony Soprano claiming privacy when the feds tap his phones. And in the end it doesn't really matter. What is done is done and what is out there is out there. The perp is in jail and the USG learned that if you share secret documents to millions of government officials it might end up leaking. Especially if the documents you pass around to your god fearing employees attest to war crimes and torture. A reasonable person educated and cultured in the western world might take offense to that, even though the sociopaths at the top don't. And while I can't support the actions of Manning on a judicial level I'm certainly glad there are still people around willing to break the law for something they know is right.

I think we should forget for a minute the obvious illegal actions behind the leak and rather focus on what is being revealed and how the authorities are reacting to it. While the documents contain some interesting stuff, it's mostly just harmless backdoor banter confirming what most of those interested enough already knows. The juicy part is that now it's finally in the true open, being discussed on a mass scale. People are starting to realize that the ever increasing goverment might not be the guarantee they always thought. The political witch hunt for Assange on the most ridiculous trumped up charges I've seen in a while is a huge concern considering the man is not really guilty of anything more than any other news publication printing these documents. They might be able to hang him using the fascist patriot act, but that shouldn't really be a morale compass for anything.

You say we can't do anything about it and you're exactly right. The socialist government machines we have in the western world today cannot be stopped. They simply have enough of your money and influence to do whatever the fuck they want, and if you complain there are more than enough legal obscurities to give you the liberal version of a siberian labour camp. 

And that's the point I atleast am trying to make. Governments can't be trusted. Liberal, conservative, democratic, autocratic. It has never worked and it never will. That's why governments need to be small.

No need to quote me on that, cause I'm 200 years late.

It's real alright. People are even using the black guys voice now to do other prank calls.

That t-shirt is the difference between Slash and Keith.