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by ghostDancer 5676 days ago
Paypal is helping and aiding the bad guy. So what does that make them?? Minions ?? An image : http://milhaud.tumblr.com/post/2091089035/julian-assange-es-...
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iwr 5676 days ago
Can PayPal really afford to say no? The government has many ways it can make life miserable for the company.
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dualogy 5676 days ago
Isn't that the VERY PROBLEM Wikileaks is showcasing here?
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sliverstorm 5676 days ago
It's a problem that a company has to obey the laws of the country it resides in?
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SwellJoe 5676 days ago
What laws, in particular, did you have in mind? Wikileaks has not, to the best of my knowledge, been charged with any violation of law in the United States (or anywhere else, for that matter).
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Vivtek 5676 days ago
Much less did Amazon or PayPal violate any law.
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SwellJoe 5676 days ago
I don't see anyone suggesting Amazon or PayPal violated any laws in this discussion, but maybe I missed it. I certainly haven't made such a suggestion.
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derefr 5676 days ago
It's a problem that the laws are such that obeying them or being considered ethical by one's customers is a double-bind.
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Vivtek 5676 days ago
It's even more a problem that the law isn't even on the government's side here...
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ghostDancer 5676 days ago
They'll change the law, as always. That's why they wanted to include Wikileaks as a terrorist org. All the way clean for them.
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