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In reply to the discussion: Gotta Admit... I'm Pretty Baffled By The Split And Depth Of Feeling Re:The Assange/WikiLeaks Story [View all]
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)18. 1978, Male, stands with Assange
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Gotta Admit... I'm Pretty Baffled By The Split And Depth Of Feeling Re:The Assange/WikiLeaks Story [View all]
WillyT
Aug 2012
OP
1968, male, and yes I side strongly with Assange. I agree with him that the US should
teddy51
Aug 2012
#2
yes, bush & cheney will never be prosecuted. they'll die in their comfy beds attended by their
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#129
and of what crimes HAS HE BEEN CHARGED in sweden, where all of this supposedly began?
niyad
Aug 2012
#200
So how are we to survive as a nation if all of our information has to be open to other countries
treestar
Aug 2012
#75
In your view, laws against rape and other sexual assaults are simply wrong?
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#183
Assange is hiding in Quito's London embassy to escape legal process in Sweden on sex allegations
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#186
Railroading? Hmmm. The Swedish complaints are over TWO years old now.
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#245
You believe that a man, who trades in other people's secrets, couldn't break the law himself?
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#272
You claim he's being railroaded, though the original arrest order was issued by a Swedish
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#286
He's wanted in Sweden for arrest on a rape allegation, rape being against Swedish law
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#246
Political asylum is here for when the machinery of government is used unjustly.
backscatter712
Aug 2012
#296
Tell that to the two guys that Sweden helped the CIA rendition to Egypt for torture.
backscatter712
Aug 2012
#316
No. Sex after consentual sex isn't rape. Both women had invited him into their beds.
leveymg
Aug 2012
#113
It's not rape. She consented on the same occasion to have sex with him. The sex was consensual
leveymg
Aug 2012
#145
You don't know what you pretend to know. It was consensual sex on the same occasion.
leveymg
Aug 2012
#147
Falling asleep does not constitute "withdrawal of consent". Complete Bullshit.
leveymg
Aug 2012
#150
Until the definition of rape is changed, it isn't rape. It isn't ethical, but it isn't rape. eom
leveymg
Aug 2012
#222
There may be a civil breech of promise case here. Doesn't meet the standard for criminal rape.
leveymg
Aug 2012
#225
where do you see a reasonable expectation of consent for unprotected sex
Bodhi BloodWave
Aug 2012
#233
As I said, there may be a civil case for breach of promise, but it isn't criminal
leveymg
Aug 2012
#239
Your interpretation is nonsense. Falling asleep does not constitute "withdrawal of consent"
leveymg
Aug 2012
#152
The US law I'm pointing to actually applies if consent has been given
Spider Jerusalem
Aug 2012
#155
By the plain-language, that only applies in CA if prior consent has not been given.
leveymg
Aug 2012
#157
That part of the statute applies if consent was not given, someone falls asleep, and is assaulted.
leveymg
Aug 2012
#216
She consented to sleep with him, and to have him penetrate her. That isn't rape.
leveymg
Aug 2012
#116
so what if its not against the law here, or is is suddenly only US law counts worldwide.
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#81
yeah i know it is, but i was making the point that some people seem to think that swedish law dosent
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#93
She already had consensual sex with him in the same bed that evening. That is NOT rape.
leveymg
Aug 2012
#118
... The defence argues that the offences in the EAW are not extradition offences
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#178
Do you honestly believe that the actions of Sweden, Britain and Ecuador are solely
morningfog
Aug 2012
#14
Sweden is a functioning democracy, where the courts are shielded from political pressure, and
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#252
If you "find the accuser's stories to be credible and believable," do you have a link to first-hand
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#36
Thank you for the information, but did you notice that the link does not lead to interviews in nine
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#60
Your claim, "Whether it's a verbatim transcript or a summary is irrelevant" does not determine
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#65
The "protocol" is a précis of the interview, there are extant transcripts and/or recordings.
Spider Jerusalem
Aug 2012
#68
Your belief is not controlling. A précis of an interview /= a transcript of an interview.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#84
You appear to be going to absurdist lengths to deny the apparent evidence behind the Swedish warrant
Spider Jerusalem
Aug 2012
#91
I trust that the Swedish police and prosecuting authority aren't going to be just making things up
frylock
Aug 2012
#172
#38 does not provide a link to first-hand account where stories from the "accuser" (or accusers) can
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#66
That "tabloid" hired Assange to be one of their columnists before these incidents happened.
MADem
Aug 2012
#128
If true, so what? And the obvious garish layout indicates that it is a tabloid as much as
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#177
If it's a tabloid, it is a left wing tabloid that has been publishing for over a century.
MADem
Aug 2012
#191
There is enough of a kerfuffle to this sordid subject that your poll would be meaningless.
randome
Aug 2012
#24
+1 Assange is no Dreyfus, but the pressure from the US .gov is blatantly obvious.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2012
#55
People are putting the date they graduated high school here, right? Not year born?
gollygee
Aug 2012
#30
1986 female, I support the ideas of JA, but I think the Swedish case should be tried.
Care Acutely
Aug 2012
#44
Willy T! Old enough to be your Mom, and side with both for various reasons, but more with Assange.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#53
1987, Male, Sides with Assange, and openness, and freedom, and ideals
DisgustipatedinCA
Aug 2012
#72
1961, male, sides with Assange, Manning, and the right of the people to know about their government.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2012
#86
It's the same old right - left issue. Conservatives support the wealthy, and their authority,
Zorra
Aug 2012
#111
i have not seen much facts, reason, logic and evidence that he is being framed tho
Bodhi BloodWave
Aug 2012
#307
an interesting report i will admit, tho i will take most the information with a grain of salt
Bodhi BloodWave
Aug 2012
#309
1977, Male, Sides emphatically with Assange and spits on the UK government - fucking
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#137
Could you ask if we like to kill puppies and kittens? It might be a little less biased.
jeff47
Aug 2012
#168
I hate polls, age and gender discrimination and the government propagandists
just1voice
Aug 2012
#182
I don't have all the facts, but the whole manhunt stinks to high heaven.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2012
#206