Gotta Admit... I'm Pretty Baffled By The Split And Depth Of Feeling Re:The Assange/WikiLeaks Story

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258. as spider jerusalem posted earlier in this thread

Applicable Swedish law:

Chapter 6
Section 1
A person who by assault or otherwise by violence or by threat of a criminal act forces another person to have sexual intercourse or to undertake or endure another sexual act that, having regard to the nature of the violation and the circumstances in general, is comparable to sexual intercourse, shall be sentenced for rape to imprisonment for at least two and at most six years.

This shall also apply if a person engages with another person in sexual intercourse or in a sexual act which under the first paragraph is comparable to sexual intercourse by improperly exploiting that the person, due to unconsciousness, sleep, intoxication or other drug influence, illness, physical injury or mental disturbance, or otherwise in view of the circumstances in general, is in a helpless state.
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I would say the legal definition clearly puts it within the 'rape' category (which seems supported by the Swedish court(since he is wanted by them) as well as the British courts(ruing in Sweden's favor each time Assange appealed their decision higher and higher in regards to the extradition request))