Re:Why I will not analyze the new WikiLeaks data
by alex_c on Monday November 29, 2010 @12:30AM
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Following this line of reasoning to its extreme (if impractical) conclusion - a world in which missile launch codes cannot be secret would very quickly become a world without missiles. You don't knowingly make or keep a weapon that you cannot control, you destroy it before it can be used against you.
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Re:Why I will not analyze the new WikiLeaks data
by SoftwareMaven on Monday November 29, 2010 @12:58AM
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And all unicorns could poop rainbows, too. A world wherein secrets cannot be kept does not exist, so any argument that suggests it is pointless.
The world is not black and white. Unless it was physically impossible to keep secrets (which would likely mean zero privacy for any of the citizens, as well), people in power will keep secrets whether they are "official" or not. You will still never know about what you don't know about.