The wikileaks thing is kind of stupid. I haven’t investigated it in-depth, but what was released just seemed like the the international version of that jerk in an office who reports the watercooler gossip to the boss in the hopes of getting rewarded himself and getting everyone else in trouble.

Are there times where leaking stuff and whistleblowing is important? Yes. Pentagon papers, Enron, Worldcom all come to mind. But what makes these beneficial is that they are done with a purpose in mind (which Wikileaks’ diplomatic cables doesn’t have) and reveals wrongful, harmful actions taken (the cables seem to me to just be international gossip and talk).

Hopefully the internal schism that occurred at Wikileaks after the cables were leaked is a sign that I’m not the only one who thinks this. I do think that Wikileaks, or something like it, has a role to play in society, a needed one, but releasing this wasn’t it. Some things are better kept away from a ridiculous mass media, like climate emails and these cables.