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Sun Aug 19, 2012, 11:20 PM

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You can be pro-victims rights and still acknowledge the absurdity of the Assange ordeal [View all] morningfog Aug 2012 OP

damnit, it wont let me rec more than once NightWatcher Aug 2012 #1

I agree... Kalidurga Aug 2012 #2

Sweden can question Assange after Assange is in Ecuador. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #27

They can go speak to him at the Equadorian embassy. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #28

Whatever you think of Assange, please don't keep talking rape. Matilda Aug 2012 #3

Thank you, while I agree with the OP, that fact needs to be repeated as often sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #7

Yup obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #88

Point well taken. morningfog Aug 2012 #10

Gray psy-ops TomClash Aug 2012 #11

Why, you could get your posts hidden for suggesting such a thing! backscatter712 Aug 2012 #12

LOL TomClash Aug 2012 #16

This is true. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #17

Yep. And there's no rule against using sarcasm on DU. n/t backscatter712 Aug 2012 #18

a private message said similar to me Swagman Aug 2012 #24

Yea, you got it. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #25

Maybe someone is retired? JDPriestly Aug 2012 #29

Beats me. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #33

I have a lot of posts because I'm retired, like to talk and type fast (although JDPriestly Aug 2012 #34

The post count was an oblique reference HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #35

Not only did they not accuse him of rape, HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #13

I think you are 100% on the mark.. How can we effectively help Assange, that's what I want to know. crunch60 Aug 2012 #19

Not much, other than countering the lies. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #22

Too many are impervious to reason around here. The Doctor. Aug 2012 #37

I have decided that people just don't read this....IT IS NOT ABOUT RAPE...He movonne Aug 2012 #21

Not every country has medieval rape laws like America. hack89 Aug 2012 #38

Swedish law seems convoluted. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #51

Hack's back. How about answering my questions on your standards as the arbiter of a sex crime riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #68

Yeah, lol, the UK is threatening to storm an Embassy to make him to take an STD test Matariki Aug 2012 #49

Whats more... HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #53

Thank you! backscatter712 Aug 2012 #4

you could be a piece of stone and still have to acknowledge it. grantcart Aug 2012 #5

Why do you "think Assange is a son-of-a-bitch"? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #6

He has a huge ego, which got him into this trouble. morningfog Aug 2012 #8

So he's done no harm to the world. He's done a great service to the world. He's in trouble because AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #14

Take your pick, I don't care. morningfog Aug 2012 #15

He did a great service to the world let us not forget that. We all have Egos, so what that his is crunch60 Aug 2012 #20

I agree DonCoquixote Aug 2012 #9

It is even simpler than that. hifiguy Aug 2012 #23

and remember the Australian (US lackey) government has repeatedly lied Swagman Aug 2012 #26

Yep, whole lot of govt lyin' going on.... HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #30

Agreed. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Aug 2012 #31

Just don't do the same thing for Elephant Man RZM Aug 2012 #32

Does not a single person understand that governments create reasons to destroy those who oppose them Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #36

Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange crunch60 Aug 2012 #43

Thank you. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #58

K&R. This is what we can do here. Just keep writing the truth. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #39

I can't rec this - but I'll kick it for the discussion. Nt xchrom Aug 2012 #40

If this were really about the assault charges, Sweden would agree to not extradite him to the US. nt lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #41

Sweden can't offer such an assurance. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #59

As soon as Assange's foot touches Swedish soil Canuckistanian Aug 2012 #42

That's just nonsensical Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #61

People can also be sensitive in how they talk about rape and rape victims while gollygee Aug 2012 #44

Did you really say this? treestar Aug 2012 #45

This particular situation does not warrant Aerows Aug 2012 #46

Nobody is going to "storm an embassy" treestar Aug 2012 #48

Don't be ridiculous. morningfog Aug 2012 #47

Any charge could result in an international arrest warrant treestar Aug 2012 #50

The Swiss rejected the US's request to extradite him. morningfog Aug 2012 #52

How serious do charges have to be treestar Aug 2012 #62

Wrong question. morningfog Aug 2012 #67

Yes, sexual assault is serious. The women said they weren't. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #56

It is not up to the crime victim to decide treestar Aug 2012 #63

Excuse me, what? Aerows Aug 2012 #65

Why did you press charges and say you were raped in the first place? treestar Aug 2012 #74

Actually it is, even under Napoleonic law systems. riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #71

The arguement they're making is the same used to restrict womens health access. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #73

A growing (and depressing) list of DUers who want to strip women of the authority to make their own riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #77

Somebody in Sweden started a criminal prosecution treestar Aug 2012 #75

Ny actually OVERRODE the investigator who found no basis for a crime riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #78

Whatever they did, they started something treestar Aug 2012 #79

"They" did not start anything. They've said it was not rape. The state decided for them. riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #80

Something got started somewhere treestar Aug 2012 #82

Under what logic does the woman not get to decide? HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #72

Then why did they start something in the courts? treestar Aug 2012 #76

They did not start anything, especially in any court. Ever. riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #81

She didn't start the legal process. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #83

The women don't call it rape, they didn't want to press charges. The Swedish govt is riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #55

The women themselves aren't accusing him of rape, the Swedish govt is riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #69

Thank you. Been saying this for days now. It needed to be an OP K&R nt riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #54

I think that people are largely ignorant of the Swedish legal process. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #57

"Willfully" ignorant, IMO. nt Robb Aug 2012 #64

Not if you're a shill n/t whatchamacallit Aug 2012 #60

I look at Craig Murray and say whoa. tsuki Aug 2012 #66

Make NO mistake about it. 99Forever Aug 2012 #70

So Jamie Leigh Jones should have just shut up then? jeff47 Aug 2012 #84

Not what I am arguing at all. Nice try, though. morningfog Aug 2012 #85

You are welcome to rephrase. jeff47 Aug 2012 #86

The best OP written on this whole situation obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #87