So no doubt yo have heard tons about wiki-leaks and what the United States is calling one of the biggest security breaches in a very long time. I am certain that some of you have decided to even go to this website and look at the material posted and see just what the US thinks of Canadians and what they think of the rest of the world in general. This sort of website is an excellent resource for many, especially two kinds of people who can be very dangerous that i am certain many have over looked. The first is the avid conspiracy guy who takes great delight in saying the all government is bad and that they are some how evil. The fun part is actually asking one of these types what they suggest instead of government; usually it's a long winded explaination of a government body they created or something that would promote chaos like just having everybody run freely and choosing what they want to do. The other type of person who is dangerous with respect to wiki-leaks is the very person's many have been fighting to keep us all safe, terrorists. That's right conspiracy guy, you got what you wanted and showed that the US has dirty dark secrets like many other countries i am sure, but now you've done it at the cost of the security of the free world and made a huge target of one of the super powers in the world...good job you.
It's one thing to say you have secrets that a government keeps from the people, but it's quite a different thing to post those online. No wonder sweeden is looking for the public face of wiki-leaks, if he were to release documents about them i am sure many wouldn't invest in there banks any more. There is a few questions though that one shoudl mull over in this siutation, the first is do you really think no government has information they keep from the masses? Of course they keep things from you, did you ever hear the saying person is smart, people are stupid?
Another question to ask is, let's say the government told you everything and gave away all there secrets to everyone that lived in that country. If i wanted to destroy that country all i have to do is find me a tourist and tourture him or her till i got what i wanted. If i keep my secrets and make sure that only higher ups have it, then it's likely that may civilian population will be safe as they know nothing and can't be used as a weapon against my own people.
In short, is wiki-leaks something we should all invest in to see what the US has been keeping from us? no. Simply put, it's common sense that the government operates in secret and that they tell secrets only to those that need to know. If they told everyone everything, it's very possible that you could become a weapon against everyone you care about. It's nice to think that we are all open and honest, but when you think about it we all have a dark side and sometimes we don't even tell close friends what we are up to so why would we expect that someone you elected into power would do that for you?
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