Monday, December 6, 2010

Julian Assange: Our Necessary and Contemporary Dark Knight



When our government discourages the public from reading something, we have reason to be suspicious.

When one man's organization takes the task of whistleblower that media outlets like CNN and Fox News refuse to do, we must be worried.

When Democratic governments around the world collaborate to shun, cover-up and silence one man's work and free speech, we need not apologize for our curiosity.

When political leaders call someone a terrorist, despite that person never causing any violence or responsible for anyone's harm, we need to see through the fog.

When the media and the government demonize one man and his efforts to speak out on ANYTHING, we must ask “Why?”

Julian Assange is 2010's Dark Knight for the simple fact that he has taken on the spoiler role to the many secrets governments around the world possess. Governments like England, France, Spain, Australia, the United States and other Democratic governments are making attempts to minimize Assange's reach to the internet community and taking steps to prevent people from reading the leaked documents Assange has released. I find this disturbing considering the extent of how international governments are working together in order to silence one man and the secrets he possesses. Keep in mind Assange's documents aren't entirely military secrets. According to reports, banks and major corporations are aware that Julian Assange has thousands of documents concerning their ways of business; most likely cases of corruption, fraud and other illegal practices they are afraid of being revealed to the public and stockholders.

I worry Julian Assange's necessary 'evil' will be silenced due to international pressure and organized attempts to keep the secrets from reaching the public. Ask yourselves.. Why do the governments and businesses want to keep the secrets concealed so bad? What exactly are they afraid of?

Ron Paul recently came out in support of Julian Assange and said “When truth becomes treason, we're in trouble.”

I hope you all agree.

Timeless Democracy,
David Javier Solis