We find all sorts of people supporting Julian Assange publishing private correspondence, I find it hypocritical that the teenager is pilloried for doing exactly the same.

me too

but we best not try to change things
afl got a lot of pull

thank god the footy show isnt running yet
id want to punch fatty on the nose
or the afl equivelent

they hide behind lawyers/media
attacking..even..[especially]..young girls
drawn to their media driven..fame-flame...only to crash/burn

a young girl..who was made a woman..by a football man/team...
handy with his hands...or able to pass the buck
better than they pass..the ball

mate they are all sssscum

cowards

but thats what you get
when you give idiots..so much adoration..[power..money..girls = trouble]..them thugs got it in spades

but dont dare talk about it
or the little girl get's it

worse..is the big picture
she was served via the web

so we dont need bailifs doing that legal stuff anymore
someone..had to ask to be her 'friend'..to see the pictures?

the whole thing stinks

[what was the other footballer doing
saving them pictures on HIS computer
how come HE DIDNT GET THE TREATMENT?]

Shadow Minister has Wiki leaks published much genuinely "private" material?

Whilst comments may have been intended to be private they appear to have been generally written by government employee's acting in their paid roles (roles paid for by taxpayers in their respective countries).

R0bert

Shadow Minister thanks for starting this thread.
And seasons greetings to you.
I watched and waited for it to appear.
As an NRL fan I copped it in such a thread about my game and its players.
Fact is Boy's will be Childish, any chance they get,some should have known better but its no hanging matter the girl how ever is in self destruct.
Words fail to describe the insulting things said about both my game and its players.
AFL gets a free run it seems here.
Similarity's appear to exist, young female actively looking for sports men, her own words.
This time younger but much the same, maybe insecurity and not totally in control.
Now you well know, the photos are stolen and used in a lie,Wikileaks is the truth. show me similarity's
Mate care to comment on your actions? you first and again here give Wikileaks a serve, BUT USED THEM, to slander the federal government in that thread about Gillard knows she wanted the top job months in advance.
Us bush breed folk know a hammer and pair of pliers can be a tool box.
You show evidence any tool will do, thanks for the grins this year and in advance for your foot in mouth dances next one
Belly

Absolutely,

I mean, everyone needs to know what the armies field manual on counterinsurgency says.

Everyone needs to be able to see intelligence agencies assessments on where we are weak.Especially our enemies.

Seriously,

The idea that "the public" has the right to ALL information generated by gov't is a nonsense.

Do we seriously suggest that Diplomats should only pass on information about their host gov'ts that they would be happy for the hosts to see?

By extension of this ridiculous philosophy our soldiers in Afghanistan should be publishing all the of the information they generate so "the public" can see it too. Wouldn't the Taliban love to see in depth detail on the gov't strategy in Afghanistan.

Anyone who cannot see a place for secrecy in gov't is either not living in the real world, or wants to attack our way of life. Ie those who want the Taliban to win.

I'll defend any whistleblower who exposes lies that gov't is telling. Assange is not doing this. He is leaking, wholsesale, all gov't documents coming into his possession in an attack on the sharing of information within gov't. He claims that all of our current political parties are conspiracies which need to be overthrown. His leaks are an attempt to reduce the flow of information within those conspiracies, thus doing them harm.

I agree Shadow Minister. Someone sent me the offending email photo of the naked footballer in question the other day, via text message.

Just before deleting it I noted that the footballer was most definitely 'posing' for the camera, with his hands lifting his equipment proudly for the camera to see.

It certainly didn't look like he had just come out of the shower and been snapped by surprise or 'illegally'!

The girl shouldn't have sent this photo on to anyone, but then again he shouldn't have posed so happily nude if he wasn't prepared for anyone to see it!

It doesn't even compare to the Wikileaks scandal, in that most people don't give a toss about this football player's 'information'!