I find these cries for openness and transparency to be simplistic and naive (as well as shallow and pedantic*). Do you really think that diplomacy could actually happen in the real world without some bit of duplicity going on?
Have you ever said "No, honey, those jeans do not make your ass look fat"?
Is there any reason to believe that Wikileaks' dumping is at all measured in any way to make a specific point, or is it just vandalism?
We all enjoy the fruits of our advanced modern societies, we depend on the institutions and structures that make our modern life possible. I think we are spoiled by the comforts of this life so much that we lose sight of what holds it up. Our societies are made up of millions of people all with their own ideas and interests. None of this could be held together by we flawed people without some unsightly actions and secrets. It's a crappy aspect of life. There should be as much openness as there can be, but just throwing an info-bomb into the workings of the world community doesn't seem to serve a good cause.
This Wikileaks support seems to come from some trippy, far out kind of idealism.
As far as controlling the internet goes, my point is that I want an open internet, but if the people of the cyber world don't exercise some SELF control, the great forces of the world will make the internet less open because they are threatened.
*Family Guy reference, fyi.
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