{"id":5415,"date":"2011-01-17T20:55:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2012-12-12T17:28:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T16:28:33","slug":"biden-and-gaddafi-agree-on-their-hatred-for-wikileaks-but-gaddafi-is-funnier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5415","title":{"rendered":"Biden and Gaddafi agree on their hatred for Wikileaks: but Gaddafi is funnier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Both Joe Biden and Gaddafi agree in their hatred for Wikileaks. But they have different styles. Biden likens Wikileaks to a high tech terrorist organization<\/a>. Now Gaddafi, a real terrorist responsible for the downing of a commercial jet<\/a> among other deeds, has a more unusual way to speak about Wikileaks. He calls Wikileaks “Kleenex” and then goes on with a rant about the Internet in general that is just funny (so long as you forget that it comes from a bloody dictator). He says:<\/p>\n

Even you, my Tunisian brothers. You may be reading this Kleenex and empty talk on the Internet.
\nThis Internet, which any demented person, any drunk can get drunk and write in, do you believe it? The Internet is like a vacuum cleaner, it can suck anything. Any useless person; any liar; any drunkard; anyone under the influence; anyone high on drugs; can talk on the Internet, and you read what he writes and you believe it. This is talk which is for free. Shall we become the victims of \u201cFacebook\u201d and \u201cKleenex\u201d* and \u201cYouTube\u201d! Shall we become victims to tools they created so that they can laugh at our moods?<\/em><\/p>\n

This text comes from this article in Global Voices<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Both Joe Biden and Gaddafi agree in their hatred for Wikileaks. But they have different styles. Biden likens Wikileaks to a high tech terrorist organization. Now Gaddafi, a real terrorist responsible for the downing of a commercial jet among other deeds, has a more unusual way to speak about Wikileaks. He calls Wikileaks “Kleenex” and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[661,658,619],"class_list":["post-5415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-internet-technology","tag-biden","tag-gaddafi","tag-wikileaks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t