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In reply to the discussion: Manning’s Biggest Revelation of All [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)Means 1: Disobeying the laws of a renegade, immoral government, run by the wealthy, unresponsive to its people, oppressive and murderous abroad.
Means 2: stealing. And what did he steal? Stealing not just the act of expropriating something, it's also depriving the owner of the property. I'm sorry, making a copy and distributing it is not stealing. It's not until the Internet Age that the distinction becomes important.
And that information "stolen"-- by every right-- should belong to the people in any Democratic government. The only way a government can keep it secret is if it becomes a despotism. Manning didn't steal; he brought the information to its rightful owners, who didn't know they'd been robbed.
Therefore, IMO, those means need not be justified by ends because there is absolutely nothing wrong with them to begin with.
And as for your fantasy about putting me in a cell next to Manning, that just shows how delusional you are. Yeah, your "superior" moral platitudes are going to make that come true.