What a quaint idea that has only rarely been heard since the days of Thomas Jefferson: “Information is the currency of democracy” — Thank John Pilger for this reminder of something fundamental, yet that has been so lost in recent years that when people see it in action today they run scared and cry treason! Just like when our eyes are so used to the dark that the light hurts.
Hear the interview with John Pilger on the current tragicomedy over WikiLeaks at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2010/3083583.htm
(I loved his “They read our emails, so why shouldn’t we read theirs?” 🙂
Heartening also to see human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson is still active on the side of basic decency, as he is most times:
Do read Crikey’s report on his call for us to stand up for Julian Assange at http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/14/we-should-stand-up-for-assange-geoffrey-robertson/
Or if all of that is too heavy for you, how about John Lennon’s
Imagine there’s no country
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
Is that what the fear is all about? That our favourite country is embarrassed about the exposure of its lies and true face?