User:Icoikal/sandbox

Back when I was in High School, I was on a relationship with a particular girl. We really enjoyed each other’s company and she always made me happy. I thought that this girl was almost perfect. That she would never betray me and would never lie to me. Because we were having relationship issues, I had to let her go and break up with her. Little did I know that she has been keeping a dirty little secret in the entire relationship. It is not until two years after the break up that my best friend informed me that while I was in a relationship with that girl, she went behind my back and had oral sex with her ex-boyfriend at the time. When I heard this, I was in deep shock. If I had known that sooner, our relationship would have been even shorter than it already was, and I would have cut all contact from that person, instead of keeping in touch with her despite the break up. This comes to show that there are things that are necessary for people to know for their own good. The problem is that many people disagree and believe secrecy is for the better of the people. With both sides holding true to their positions, there have been many arguments considering this topic. The issue with Wikileaks is a prime example. Wikileaks is an online non-profit organization that posts and submits secret documents from many sources of media. The issue involving the website is that Bradley Manning, a U.S. soldier, has been accused of posting secret government documents from the United States involving the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan without any permission. Sources state that these submissions “… helped al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.”Also, officials say that posting documents like these could endanger the lives of the people that were mentioned in them. Many people have different views towards the issue. Because of these issues, Wikileaks has been criticized many times mostly by the United States government. Some even dare to call Wikileaks a terrorist site. On the other hand, however, others say that Wikileaks is a good thing for our nation because it makes our country more democratic. This debate has been going on since 2010, from the time charges were being pressed upon Wikileaks. The United States government says that Wikileaks’ posts of secret documentations could be dangerous, but could it really, or is the government just making an excuse so that they can continue with their sneaky activities? Whatever the case is, Wikileaks does not pose any threat to anyone, and it is just another form of Democracy. Even United States officials say “…that they have no evidence to date that the documents led to anyone’s death.” If that is the case, then why make a big deal about this? Many government officials state that most of the documents are top secret, but according to one article, out of all the documents that were released on the website, “… none were classified as “top secret””. This gives a good proof that our government is made out of liars. Wikileaks was a way for the public to feel comfortable with its government, knowing what it is up to, since it is very obvious that politics cannot be trusted. Many events in history show that our government was involved in things that our public did not know about until later on. Wikileaks prevented that from happening any further. The fact that people have a source of information on what is going on politically is amazing. It just makes democracy even more democratic. The United States of America is a Democratic country. In a Democracy, the people have the right to know about almost anything that is going on, because, after all, this form of government was created as a political system in which the people rule and make choices. If the government keeps these things to themselves, how will the people be able to do those things. Stating that Wikileaks is dangerous is just ridiculous. The government just likes to keep secrets in order to do what they want. According to a recent article, “Our government, …, increasingly wishes to operate through a one-way mirror where all of its citizens' activities are open for surveillance while the activities of the government itself increasingly take place behind a wall of executive privilege, untouchable even by judicial oversight.” By charging people for releasing documents, the United States government is abusing its power. Perhaps this country is not as democratic as many people may think. What makes it a democracy if the politics refuse to tell the civilians what their intentions are, and what they are really doing? There are many who disagree that Wikileaks is an example of a democracy. These kind of people argue that some professionals need to discuss things privately in order for work to be done effectively. Even though that is true, the documents posted on Wikileaks state that the things that the government was planning to do would not seem acceptable to the public. An Internet article states that the posted documents show “…our government involved in systematic wrong doing and wide scale deception.” According to another source, sending out secret documents could in fact benefit the country. For instance, if someone is being corrupt and the public finds out about it through Wikileaks, the criminal could be put to jail or sent out of office. Also, many people compare the importance of secrecy in politics to that in many corporations. The thing is, politics is different than corporations. Corporations usually care about themselves and their profits while governments are supposed to care for the people. They are there to protect their rights and save them from crisis. Politics has always been the most effective way to control and regulate a society full of millions of poeple. Without it, humans would live like animals in the wild. Wikileaks was just doing its job letting the public know what was going on in our wold politically. Is that really a bad thing?