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Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 15 Dec 2010, 14:56 ---Should've just picked Anonymous. WikiLeaks was only the start of the shitstorm anyway. Julian Assange, despite being something of a hero of mine, didn't actually do anything. He's just taking the heat while the world flips the fuck out.
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what
snalin:
Good argument, though - he's probably just a rapist who has the worlds leading conservatives trying to shovel dick down his throat while the rest of wikileaks is actually doing important stuff.
Patrick:
He's not the source of the info, he's just the editor-in-chief of the publishing group that made it available to the world. If you want to make your Person of the Year somebody who actually had a shitload of influence (which, if I recall, is the sole qualifier for the title), give it to Bradley Manning. He's the one who leaked all them cables with his own welfare, freedom, and even life on the line (because he is an American citizen, a treason verdict isn't exactly a far-fetched outcome). And in return, his entire government is basically against him. Mike Huckabee is openly calling for his execution, and doesn't care who hears. Manning's actions sparked an uproar in the international relations community. Even my mom, who is just a secretary, hates the man on a level akin to Orwell's Goldstein.
As for Mark Zuckerberg, I don't recall there ever being a point in time where the world at large gave two shits about his actions. He's just a dude who is really wealthy from an idea that, in it's most basic form, is not by any means original. It's a conceptually identical copy of Myspace. The only influence they have over world events is what the members are using it for.
McTaggart:
I'm pretty sure Hussey should be man of the year.
Inlander:
Tough luck, he just got out.
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