Re:Ecuador will hand over Julian Assange to the UK
by alexandercrohde on Saturday July 21, 2018 @07:57PM
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> and recognize why whistleblowing should be discouraged
It drives me nuts that whistle-blower has become a bad word. It is by definition good. The government has made laws to pay people for whistle-blowing, to help reduce corruption.
Definition of whistle-blowing:
* a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity.
So if you catch Nixon breaking into the DNC and you report it, you're whistle-blowing (and the greatest hero possible). If you publish random private information online, that is merely leaking.
It drives me nuts that whistle-blower has become a bad word. It is by definition good. The government has made laws to pay people for whistle-blowing, to help reduce corruption.
Definition of whistle-blowing: * a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity.
So if you catch Nixon breaking into the DNC and you report it, you're whistle-blowing (and the greatest hero possible). If you publish random private information online, that is merely leaking.