“This is media, isn’t it? I mean, why don’t we prosecute The New York Times or anybody that releases this?”
The above is “defending Assange”? Maybe the healine should be changed - eh? I think Paul is pointing out the inconsistancy with the way the government has handled the NYT as an example.
I agree with you. Why should Assange be prosecuted if the NYT publishers aren't? It seems a little hypocritical. Assange is taking all the heat but the MSM whores are the ones making the money off of the leaks.
It seems impossible to make a rational argument against an irrational position. Without principles to govern society and common sense born of bad experience paul’s logic is almost unassailable isn’t it? Doesn’t free speech mean that anyone has the right to say anything they want to say? Shouldn’t you or anyone else be free to just simply speak their mind at any time on any subject? Try this at work with your boss, with a client, at home with your wife or with the 300 pound gorilla a the local bar and grill... let me know how that works out for you. Consequences for word and deed have bearing on the limit of free speech.