06-20-2011, 10:55 AM
again i take you back to the turner prize for painting a house pink, or for cutting animals in half and placing them in formaldehyde.
awards are worth jack shit, as for the exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights, why is he hiding in the uk instead of facing his accusers re the sex case, yes he's really fucking brave. the thing is, every one wants to be part of what they perceive to be something on the off chance they can ride the coat tails to some kind of recognition. the times, as soon as someone mentioned assange and how they gave him an award they were catapulted ti international recognition. now not so much and not so big a splash. instead of the front page headline it used to be, it's now a couple of lines on some inside page no one reads.
heres what was said
Christopher Hope
6:56PM BST 10 May 2011
Mr Assange was given the Sydney Peace Medal at a ceremony at the Frontline Club in central London today.
The Sydney Peace Foundation said that it was making the award to recognise Mr in recognition of the need “for greater transparency and accountability of governments”.
Professor Stuart Rees, director of the foundation, said: “By challenging centuries old practices of government secrecy and by championing people’s right to know, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange have created the potential for a new order in journalism and in the free flow of information.”
Speaking at the event, Mr Assange referred to whistleblowers as "heroes" and said it appeared the website had played a "significant role" in the recent Arab uprisings in north Africa by releasing US diplomatic cables in December that were later translated into Arabic and French.
He said WikiLeaks was part of England's historic "free speech traditions, these go back in the UK to the time of the English Civil War of the 1640s". He said: “The real value of this award, and the Sydney Peace Foundation is that it makes explicit the link between peace and justice.
where this falls down for me is this; why didn't they give it to manning? the guy who actually did the deed? after all didn't he show the real courage? what recognition did assange pay to him when he accepted the award; he called whistle-blowers heroes. never mentioned manning by name because that would have tarnish his fuckin halo
and what was the bullshit that wikileaks was part of englands free speech traditions.
sorry but assange and human rights in the same sentence sounds profoundly dirty and disgusting.
that really made me laugh out loud.
awards are worth jack shit, as for the exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights, why is he hiding in the uk instead of facing his accusers re the sex case, yes he's really fucking brave. the thing is, every one wants to be part of what they perceive to be something on the off chance they can ride the coat tails to some kind of recognition. the times, as soon as someone mentioned assange and how they gave him an award they were catapulted ti international recognition. now not so much and not so big a splash. instead of the front page headline it used to be, it's now a couple of lines on some inside page no one reads.
heres what was said
Christopher Hope
6:56PM BST 10 May 2011
Mr Assange was given the Sydney Peace Medal at a ceremony at the Frontline Club in central London today.
The Sydney Peace Foundation said that it was making the award to recognise Mr in recognition of the need “for greater transparency and accountability of governments”.
Professor Stuart Rees, director of the foundation, said: “By challenging centuries old practices of government secrecy and by championing people’s right to know, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange have created the potential for a new order in journalism and in the free flow of information.”
Speaking at the event, Mr Assange referred to whistleblowers as "heroes" and said it appeared the website had played a "significant role" in the recent Arab uprisings in north Africa by releasing US diplomatic cables in December that were later translated into Arabic and French.
He said WikiLeaks was part of England's historic "free speech traditions, these go back in the UK to the time of the English Civil War of the 1640s". He said: “The real value of this award, and the Sydney Peace Foundation is that it makes explicit the link between peace and justice.
where this falls down for me is this; why didn't they give it to manning? the guy who actually did the deed? after all didn't he show the real courage? what recognition did assange pay to him when he accepted the award; he called whistle-blowers heroes. never mentioned manning by name because that would have tarnish his fuckin halo
and what was the bullshit that wikileaks was part of englands free speech traditions.
sorry but assange and human rights in the same sentence sounds profoundly dirty and disgusting.
that really made me laugh out loud.