Monday, July 26, 2010

Once in a generation

Who is Julian Assenge?  Mr. Wikileaks. A world changer.

Now, any kid that when to 37 schools and 6 universities and is a computer hack has to be a good dinner guest, I would think.  Who is this person? A nomad.

Remember my imaginary dinner party, he is now on the list.

"'Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture them,' he said of his motivation." And Assange speaks of "the vast range of small tragedies" that account for the horrors of U.S. policy overseas. Our culture today is suffused with cynicism, distancing irony, cheap sarcasm, and many other devices which insulate us from confronting and acknowledging the reverence we should feel for the irreplaceable value of a single human life. Assange's actions and the consistency of his statements about his work speak in direct opposition to a culture of death of this kind. Most of us have made ourselves unable or unwilling to see the heroes in our midst. If you are one of those people, you should ask yourself which individuals you help with your actions, and which individuals you harm. "

Assenge's world is beyond any government, any earthly home, his space in the air, on the Internet.  His courage will enable more individual to be courageous and change the world.  In the meantime, our congress voted to fund another 33 billion dollars for the war fund while at the same time misplacing 8.9 billion in Iraq. 

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