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OK, jolly, drop it! Now step

acanuck — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:42:34 +0000

In reply to It would have been a much

OK, jolly, drop it! Now step away from that can opener!

Slowly, I said! We don't want anyone to get hurt here.

It would have been a much

jollyroger — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:45:07 +0000

In reply to Hmmm. Didn't somebody

It would have been a much more interesting interview if Mike Wallace had been at the helm.

R., do I correctly glean from your collected comments that you are, on balance, in the camp who wishes Wikileaks did not exist? If not, what is your beef? This guy is a fuckin' hero (im(not so)ho)

Aghast though I be to mirror the style of Resistance, (whose stock in trade is the authoritatively delivered quote), Assange is ok with Daniel Ellsberg, so he's ok with me.

Hmmm. Didn't somebody

Ramona — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:03:20 +0000

In reply to I just read that someone has

Hmmm. Didn't somebody nominate George W. Bush, too?

I just read that someone has

Donal — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:00:40 +0000

In reply to I don't know whether his

I just read that someone has nominated WikiLeaks for a Nobel Peace Prize.

I don't know whether his

Ramona — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:52:20 +0000

In reply to I got the feeling that

I don't know whether his intentions are good or bad. For someone who believes in open secrets, he seems to have exempted himself. He talks quietly, logically, in full sentences that barely tell us anything.

I got the feeling that

Donal — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:02:39 +0000

In reply to Assange has carefully crafted

I got the feeling that Assange charmed Kroft and 60 Minutes. That said, I do think he has good intentions. He's just been a bit arrogant about it, which is not a surprising trait among publishers or activists, and may have muddied the waters for the rest of us.

Assange has carefully crafted

Ramona — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:24:13 +0000

In reply to Assange: "I'm Not Yet A Martyr. ...

Assange has carefully crafted his image so as to appear the buttoned-down activist with nothing but good intentions. He can say something without saying anything, and won't be drawn out by even the best--which Steve Kroft clearly isn't. Kroft will ask what he thinks is a hard-hitting question but then won't challenge the answer with another even tougher. It would have been a much more interesting interview if Mike Wallace had been at the helm.

I think "free press activist"

Michael Maiello — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:07:00 +0000

In reply to Assange: "I'm Not Yet A Martyr. ...

I think "free press activist" fits pretty well.