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rokamic on Oct 26, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: In defense of Wikileaks

<quote>I believe that human beings are more likely to misbehave if they think they can shield what they are doing from public view.</quote>

I do not agree. I think that people are more likely to misbehave when they want to misbehave, regardless of a shielding mechanism.

anonymous245 on Oct 26, 2010 [–]

For a politician "shielding from public view" is the same as "shielding from consequences". Do you agree?

If you still disagree with the quote, then you're saying that people will misbehave regard of consequences.

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