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Re:Wikileaks publishes 500k new Stratfor emails by baddox on Saturday November 16, 2013 @12:54AM (#6743831)
There's a big difference between saying there's something on the Internet for no great cause (stop the presses!) and saying that something on the Internet is causing unfair personal damage.
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Re:Wikileaks publishes 500k new Stratfor emails by eli on Saturday November 16, 2013 @09:33PM (#6747276)
When is it ever fair to cause someone personal damage? Doesn't there need to be some greater, overriding justification? If not then isn't this just internet mob justice (and as usual, if there's some collateral damage, so be it)?
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Re:Wikileaks publishes 500k new Stratfor emails by baddox on Monday November 18, 2013 @12:36PM (#6755558)
> When is it ever fair to cause someone personal damage?

A lot of the time. For example, it's fair to rat out a cop who acts inappropriately or give a negative review to an eBay seller who scams you.

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