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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:01 PM Original message |
Amnesty International Hails WikiLeaks and Guardian As Arab Spring 'Catalysts' |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. only a complete fool would believe this |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Nonsense. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. they should stop patting themselves on the back |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yes, they did mention the young man who set himself on fire. From the article. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. My mistake. Thanks. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. He was a young man with the equivelent of a high school degree. I am sure he could read |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The "peasant"? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. K & R. Whatever it takes. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. It looks like DU has stagnated. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yes, I don't get it. Eg, this week in India, revelations from |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Interesting information you posted. Thanks |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. "Clean elections are vital to a democracy" |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." John 8:32 |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Those are probably the only ones I know. lol |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I learned the "truth" quote back in grad school at UT-Austin in the mid-70s. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. But first it wll piss you off! n/t |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. they are right |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nice! Thank you. I hadn't seen that before. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. What a bunch of self-congratulatory, paternalistic bullshit |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Kenya, another country that the Wikileaks documents helped |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Um, "activists" includes those people in those countries. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. "Try giving it to...Mark Zuckerberg" |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. So the powers that be are the "victims" and Amnesty international is "paternalistic" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. LOL |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Credit the people, and maybe this guy, much more than WIkileaks... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. True, Sharpe was influential. Deserves much credit and some of that has been publicized and |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It's red herring season |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 07:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. No maligning of Wikileaks meant. Just a matter of a relative credit |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. o.k. |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Many good DU'ers were on board with this thinking back |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. For DU'ers who need to witness Wikleaks in action today check these links. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. I give some of the credit also to Obama giving that speech in Egypt. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The US government tried to keep Mubarak in power until it was impossible. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. That simply isn't supported by the facts. Sad truth is US and Israel were... |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. Kicked. Great post! n/t |
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