Suzie,

So the deciding factor is how many people are interested?

Thats interesting, because you're wrong about how many people want to see these photos. Far, far more Australians log on to see the pictures, than log on to wikileaks.

Notice both footballers and Wikileaks revolve around sex.

In perhaps a few more months, one of the above will be nothing but a vague memory, perhaps maybe both if we are lucky.

I sometimes wonder if comments like that in the opening post are done in ignorance or just pure mischeviousness.

There is a huge difference in revealing information as regards a "right to know" as compared to some short term sensationalist titliation in nude photos published without an individual's consent.

That is "the right to know" derived from the rights as taxpayers and as citizens who have an expectation that those who work for them are doing so in their best interests - hence the need for transparency.

What is this disingenuous 'outrage' that continues to paint Wikileaks as the enemy and to paint private matters as the 'same as' public matters.

It worries me that people really cannot see the difference and goes to further demonstrate how far we have been brainwashed into believing citizens have no right of access to information unless 'need to know'. We have to get out of this mindset and remember just who is working for whom and why.

PaulL <"Thats interesting, because you're wrong about how many people want to see these photos. Far, far more Australians log on to see the pictures, than log on to wikileaks."

Is that so Paul? Where are your stats?

I very much doubt that anyone outside Australia would give a rats-bottom about an Australian footballers private equipment though?

Therefore, in reality the numbers of people checking out the wikileaks stories would absolutely blitz the numbers of those checking out the footballer?

In any case, hasn't the photo been taken down off facebook now?

Pelican well said the answer is the latter as you know.
Amazing however how PauL can out do our threads stater in just a few miss placed words.
Wikileaks bless you, no government should be rewarded for telling us lies.
Leave now, I am commited to not getting too involved in such threads enough mud has been thrown to dirty the water, not by me, the young lady is beginning to be white washed and its no longer about truth.

Belly:"the young lady is beginning to be white washed and its no longer about truth."

I'm glad you said that and not me, Belly, but you're absolutely correct. In fact, she's been getting kid-gloves treatment since the start. Any other case would have the cops on the doorstep.

Why do we hold women who do these things to a lower standard than men? Look at all the opporbriuum heaped on Brendan Fevola for the nude photo of Lara Bingle - it's a very different response this time.

Good on you for pointing out the obvious double standard.

SM, I don't think there is any commonality between this situation and wikileaks, except to the extent that wikileaks may publish prurient personal stuff. The basic nature of most of the wikileaks information is vastly different to this sort of personal squaring up from a rather nasty young "lady".