Time Magazine Person of the Year
Time Magazine Person of the Year
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Assange came in at the end of the year with some crazy shit - but honestly, Mark is a good choice for the cover. He's connected HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of people in the largest meeting space that our history has ever known. While assange has aired the dirty laundry of more than a few diplomats and politicians, his contributions are still in their infancy. I wouldn't be surpised to see him win it next year once he drops this "bomb" on people - but the merits/detriments of his actions need time to gestate.
- it's not like he invented the internet. is this facebook thing really that great?pizzafire
- Yes.identity
- Depends on whether you think is more important, distracting the public or informing them.instrmntl
- i mean depends on whatinstrmntl
- two completely differenct devices. I could ask whether Assange should be considered a hero for exposing confidentialidentity
- secrets? or a terrible villain for exposing points in the world, where if attacked, could cripple the United States?identity
- i wasn't comparing ... just don't care much for facebook. matter of opinion though.pizzafire
- totally fair. Assange fell more than a few steps in my book once he started releasing information that put american lives in dangeridentity
- lives in danger.identity
- George W. Bush put way more American lives in danger and death. Assange was showing us the truthpinkfloyd
- Pentagon said that Wikileaks has not released anything to compromise national security.randommail