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Post #336,909 by Ashton 12/8/10 2:09:43 AM 12/8/10 2:16:19 AM Reply	+6 -- Scale & Relativity! As in.. [. . .] Yet the difficulties of documenting official murder in Kenya pale next to the task of penetrating the secret world that threatens to swallow up informed public discourse in this country about AmericaÂs wars. The 250,000 cables that Wikileaks published this month represent only a drop in the bucket that holds the estimated 16 million documents that are classified top secret by the federal government every yearÂ [. . .] And, as I responded above to a Beep post, Love. It. that The LIght of Other Days exercise in imagination ... just may be turning ^up^ the candlepower :-0 Perhaps the only Secrets possible in some Next .?. shall be those passed via a sort-of tactile sign-language, should the omni-present IR cameras appear (despite absence of 'wormhole techno' and similar McGuffins needed by the authors.) Brute-force and much cruder, needing jillions of networked stuff -- perhaps maintained by employing those laid-off Armies with nothing left to do (as they have no secret attack plans anymore!) Well, people Love novels. Remember what that word Means? Ed: Add: Indeed, I really Want to see: 'the comforting of the afflicted / the afflicting of the comfortable.' Excess- 'Comfort' IS a drug. Nuff said. Edited by Ashton Dec. 8, 2010, 02:16:19 AM EST +6 -- Scale & Relativity! As in.. [. . .] Yet the difficulties of documenting official murder in Kenya pale next to the task of penetrating the secret world that threatens to swallow up informed public discourse in this country about AmericaÂs wars. The 250,000 cables that Wikileaks published this month represent only a drop in the bucket that holds the estimated 16 million documents that are classified top secret by the federal government every yearÂ [. . .] And, as I responded above to a Beep post, Love. It. that The LIght of Other Days exercise in imagination ... just may be turning ^up^ the candlepower :-0 Perhaps the only Secrets possible in some Next .?. shall be those passed via a sort-of tactile sign-language, should the omni-present IR cameras appear (despite absence of 'wormhole techno' and similar McGuffins needed by the authors.) Brute-force and much cruder, needing jillions of networked stuff -- perhaps maintained by employing those laid-off Armies with nothing left to do (as they have no secret attack plans anymore!) Well, people Love novels. Remember what that word Means? Collapse All History
Post #336,981 by crazy 12/9/10 4:17:11 AM Reply	Doubt it matters Any individual good this person or organization does cannot be compared to the incredible level of damage they are capable of. Just like if your neighbor has nukes. Better to kill your neighbor if they start tinkering with the microwave than take the chance their turn their new death ray toy on you. Or at least that is how I read his "argument".
Post #337,010 by beepster 12/9/10 3:19:16 PM Reply	Pretty close... ..who are you trusting with a vast amount of potential power... Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #337,021 by crazy 12/9/10 6:57:01 PM Reply	Oh, that's easy The judges and political appointees (they weren't termed appointees, they are "valuable" members of staff who are still there after the appointees fucked the various departments) left by Bush. Vast amounts of unaccounted for power. Abused in the past. Continued to be abused in the shadows. Add every major industry tycoon who backdealed his way to the top and possibly fucked me (or someone like me) on the way. Let them worry. Now add in the foreign power connections. Huge amounts of power that affects my life. I wanna know. Not sure where it will lead, but it will be informative. Yes, I understand the whole thing could be a honeypot. Cool idea. So then it is a matter of his very well known history and stated intentions. Let him make a few billion dollars. IT'S OK! It is money well earned for incredible risks taken. I salute him.

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