Henry Porter on wikileaks

Ah . . . I find the last sentence in this quote simultaneously damning and illustrative of a too-large percentage of our so-called leaders. I'm amazed we put up with their shit! Why are so many so gullible and easily led astray; choosing courses of action that are demonstrably against their own best interests?

Amplify’d from www.guardian.co.uk

I have lost count of the politicians and opinion formers of an authoritarian bent warning of the dreadful damage done by the WikiLeaks dump of diplomatic cables, and in the very next breath dismissing the content as frivolous tittle-tattle. To seek simultaneous advantage from opposing arguments is not a new gambit, but to be wrong in both is quite an achievement. Read more at www.guardian.co.uk

 

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