Re: Clay Shirky's nuanced position on Wikileaks

On Dec 7, 2010, at 1:23 AM, Peter T. Chattaway wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Lance McLain wrote:
>> I can certainly grant that he may have blatant anti-American  
>> motives, but you can't deny our government has become overly  
>> secretive.  Any light shed on them is welcome in my opinion.
>
> Would you want someone shedding light on your government's  
> interactions with, say, *you*?  By leaking your tax returns, perhaps?

I would put more blame on the government that allowed it to be leaked,  
than the publisher of the data.
But I'm one who doesn't think the government should have my tax return  
in the first place!  :-)

regards,
-Lance


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