Bradley Manning is a Goddamn Hero!

[Joanne98]

In what may have been the first protest in support of a website in Montreal’s history, over 40 demonstrators met outside of the Guy-Concordia Metro station on Dec. 18 to march in support of WikiLeaks.

With the whistleblower website under intense scrutiny from the world’s governments due to its slow release of 251,287 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables—only 1 per cent of which has been published so far—the march was meant to boost popular support for the website.

“That turnout was sufficient to prove the point that more than a few people care about the freedom of information,” said co-organizer Nadim Kobeissi, a Concordia student who is also an employee at The Link.

The WikiLeaks march made its way to the U.S. Consulate on St. Alexandre Street where demonstrators pasted “The U.S. is wrong (and desperate)” signs on the building’s doors with snow.

“It seems kind of silly to have people on the streets about something that is taking place completely online, but it is important that people care, because this is about censorship and freedom of the press,” said Claire Evans, one of the 40 demonstrators.

Walking on Ste. Catherine Street during the busy Christmas shopping season, the protestors chanted “Free Bradley Manning.”

http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/802

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[stray cat]

2. Does leaking anything qualify one as a hero?

[Still a Democrat]

3. It depends

If it involved crime and corruption, those can be seen as whistleblowing. If he leaked things that didn't, he had no reason and will get no sympathy from me.