IQ2 Debate: Wikileaks Is A Force For Good

Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 18:45

US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously opined that “sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Yet even the liberal democracies have claimed that sometimes they require a place in the shade – condemning WikiLeaks for publishing their confidential information. Many people are convinced that Wikileaks is a force for good; others condemn it as being equivalent to a terrorist organisation that detonates explosive information rather than bombs. Are governments justified in their condemnation of Wikileaks and merely being responsible in protecting their secrets? Could the world really survive an unbridled commitment to transparency?

For: Dr Suelette Dreyfus, Kristinn Hrafnsson, Professor Stuart Rees
Against: Dr Michael Fullilove, Tom Switzer, Gareth Evans AD QC

IQ2 debate at the City Recital Hall, Angel Place . Tickets Adult: $32; Pensioner: $22; Student: $22