Something Wiki this way comes

10.12.2010
It's been here in Cringeville lately. And why not? As I noted last time out, this is since Tim Berners Lee dreamed it up 20 years ago. We're still unraveling the implications and probably will continue to do so for months if not years.

But I've done enough bloviating on the topic. Now it's your turn. My readers had a lot to say on all sides of the issue.

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Let's start with T. S., who took umbrage when I said my opinion of WikiLeaks had changed after :

So it took this to change your mind? Not the fact that he and his organization are the recipients of STOLEN property belonging to government and corporate entities?...I don't get the attitudes of people like you (who just apparently "found religion") who think that because it is some government, or corporation, that you have "the right" to view what is clearly STOLEN PROPERTY.

On the other hand, Cringester W. J. has this to say on the matter: