WikiLeaks and Free Speech

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As madison wrote, "The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable", I wonder if he could have imagined the newly formed government would wander this far... I applaud Ecuador for bravely standing against yet another example of US imperialism and violation of human rights.

Flagged.

Why?

Because this isn't reddit. Political stories used to be very rare here, as I'm sure you're aware, and that was a large part of the appeal.

WikiLeaks stories are upvoted around here because (I suspect) they reflect the massive social changes that the internet is enabling, which the HN community is clearly interested in.

Anonymous, WikiLeaks, et al represent the changing power dynamic in society globally, and that's fascinating to a lot of us (especially considering it generally involves people with a hacker mindset).

I'd agree with flagging a real political story (like a Dems v Republicans rant) but flagging a WikiLeaks story doesn't make sense.

Sorry. Wikileaks and the Assange drama is almost completely political. We don't need a story about Wikileaks every week. Not why I come here. I can go to reddit for that.

Just because there is a technology aspect to a story does not make it appropriate.

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