Should People who tell or expose the truth be punished?

It's peculiar how many cultures have this opposition to "whistle blowers". On the one hand we all get indignant about the crimes they uncover, yet on the other hand we make very little provision for protecting them, or compensating them if they lose their jobs or careers over it. If a policeman sees corrupt police and reports them, his fellow officers, even the honest ones, shun him, and he may as well quit because his career is finished. This is simply wrong. I am a whistle blower by nature, so it's probably a good thing for me that I have never been put in this position. But it also extends to things other than crime, like telling people when they are being idiots. It makes you very unpopular, and the more accurate your comments are, the more unpopular. I don't know what the answer is, though. Lash

People who blow the whistle should be protected at all costs and especially after the trial is over. It is very hard though when it is the government they are blowing the whistle on. Corruption is everywhere and it takes a brave and honest person to risk everything to tell the world. I wish there were more people who were brave enough to do this but it is hard as they sacrifice everything to expose the corruption.