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1 Michael Orion Powell  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 8:58:44am

Interesting. I also associated Australia with being closest politically with the United States of any western country.

2 Usually refered to as anyways  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 5:06:48pm

I think you may find the US in the minority in the public’s opinion on wikileaks.

Wikileaks gets ZDNet readers’ support

3 BishopX  Thu, Jan 6, 2011 6:22:47am

re: #1 OrionXP

I think you’re discounting the pure tribalism at work here. I doubt that most people give the philosophical theorizing on this issue any thought. Most Americans don’t like this because it happened to us, not someone else. They would be singing a different tune if it happened to England, Australia or Japan. We would be laughing in the streets if this happened to North Korea or Iran.

4 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Thu, Jan 6, 2011 12:39:22pm

re: #3 BishopX

I think you’re discounting the pure tribalism at work here. I doubt that most people give the philosophical theorizing on this issue any thought. Most Americans don’t like this because it happened to us, not someone else. They would be singing a different tune if it happened to England, Australia or Japan. We would be laughing in the streets if this happened to North Korea or Iran.

I think you might be right, but I would call it nationalism rather than tribalism.


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