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robinlynne

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67. and yet Australia has already confirmed the US' intention.

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Wed Aug 22, 2012, 06:31 PM

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So if it turns out that Julian Assange is guilty of rape.... [View all] Scuba Aug 2012 OP

Flip that around. Robb Aug 2012 #1

Your question would be the "flip" of "How many war crimes do you get to commit.... Scuba Aug 2012 #4

The point is pretty transparent. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #34

Logic fail treestar Aug 2012 #46

If Assange is guilty none of the evidence goes away. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #53

OH, balls... MrMickeysMom Aug 2012 #71

But he probably wasn't guilty of forcible rape or jerseygal Aug 2012 #2

so was it rape .. or was it rape rape ... littlewolf Aug 2012 #42

I'm pretty sure that the victim's opinion is paramount for a rape charge, and sadly for the Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #43

That one was shown to be false yesterday treestar Aug 2012 #48

Really? When/Where? n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #66

Having a history of inventing intentions out of thin air, The Doctor. Aug 2012 #89

I'll have to search DU treestar Aug 2012 #95

Like so many, you have assigned intentions that aren't there The Doctor. Aug 2012 #96

Nice try, but the women DO want the law to continue to proceed against him treestar Aug 2012 #97

Thought you were going to ask dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #3

Separate the principles of whistle blowing vs the creepiness of Assange CabCurious Aug 2012 #5

just for the CRAZY... xchrom Aug 2012 #8

Because anyone who holds a different pov from you is just craaaazy! randome Aug 2012 #11

Crazy to think these two women deserve to be heard in court... CabCurious Aug 2012 #18

I hide Assange threads that aren't posted in Swedish pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #6

No prob. I cross-posted in the Sweden forum. Scuba Aug 2012 #9

Tack. pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #20

hah! :D CabCurious Aug 2012 #23

He's guilty of rape?! Any links that state this? n/t vaberella Aug 2012 #7

OP posits a hypothetical. nt pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #12

The 2 women in sweden accuse him of trying to impregnate without their consent CabCurious Aug 2012 #13

Uhm, I think most Americans consider sexually penetrating someone who is asleep and gollygee Aug 2012 #27

Indeed LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #33

this is what makes me very skeptical of the pursuit of him gollygee Aug 2012 #35

Bingo n/t LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #37

Technically, the reason he's being pursued is because he FLED CabCurious Aug 2012 #41

As I said further down LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #77

So we should allow him to run because???? CabCurious Aug 2012 #40

Yep LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #50

That does not matter in the legal system treestar Aug 2012 #51

Way to misinterpret what I said LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #54

So your theory is: A state with a poor record of rape prosecution isn't allowed to prosecute anyone? struggle4progress Aug 2012 #74

They're allowed to gollygee Aug 2012 #76

In the early Fall of 2010, Assange supporters were assuring us Swedish women cry rape! as a hobby struggle4progress Aug 2012 #80

That sounds like something someone accused of rape might say gollygee Aug 2012 #82

And I apolgoize for my typos gollygee Aug 2012 #83

... LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #78

... Sweden has the second highest number of rapes in the world ... Only the small African country struggle4progress Aug 2012 #92

Good thing I wasn't making a cross-country comparison then LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #94

Assange is not Wikileaks; his supporters are making the mistake of conflating the two. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #10

It's really depressing CabCurious Aug 2012 #14

What about the things he exposed? Scuba Aug 2012 #17

The whistle blowers exposed them. Assange just took the credit. CabCurious Aug 2012 #19

What about the things that WERE exposed, then? Scuba Aug 2012 #25

What about the bank records he refuses to publish & other intel he holds for his own leverage? CabCurious Aug 2012 #38

I'm not defending him. I'm trying to shift focus to the wrongs that were exposed, then forgotten. Scuba Aug 2012 #47

Those don't give him a pass on criminal charges. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #26

I would never suggest they should. But the point is the crimes that were exposed have been lost ... Scuba Aug 2012 #29

It isn't impossible to have outrage for both. n/t gollygee Aug 2012 #30

But we don't, do we? Scuba Aug 2012 #31

I don't know, it depends on whom you mean by "we" gollygee Aug 2012 #32

Some of us do? Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #36

I'm all for Assange for facing justice for rape or any other crime he committed.... Scuba Aug 2012 #58

Those exposures happened 2 years ago Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #60

OK, but what was the volume two years ago compared to today? Scuba Aug 2012 #61

That depends on who's accused of it Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #62

I'm pretty sure the US military is also well known internationally... Scuba Aug 2012 #63

Which has nothing at all to do with... Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #64

Are you avoiding my point on purpose? What I've been saying is that Assange's crimes .... Scuba Aug 2012 #68

Has anyone said they should? Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #73

You are crediting Assange for work done by whistleblowers and journalists CabCurious Aug 2012 #39

I may have proven my point. This has become about Assange, not war crimes nor diplomatic assholery. Scuba Aug 2012 #16

Yes, it's about Assange's behavior with these two women CabCurious Aug 2012 #21

I think that there are many fervent supporters of our President KoKo Aug 2012 #59

+1 nt TBF Aug 2012 #93

Not Really...you haven't yet got enough folks who really want to go through KoKo Aug 2012 #69

OCCUPY!!!!!!! randome Aug 2012 #15

Kinda flabbergasted me, too pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #24

K&R DeSwiss Aug 2012 #22

The European Arrest Warrant specified "rape" Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #28

Well I like to know details...Do you have a link to the European Arrest Warrant? KoKo Aug 2012 #65

It was examined extensively in his appeals against extradition. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #70

You don't have a link...nor do you have the "text." Do yu know how to use Google? KoKo Aug 2012 #86

You apparently don't? Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #88

Are YOU David Allen Green or are you "Jack of Kent" who supports "Sound Science?" KoKo Aug 2012 #90

if Sweden wants to CHARGE him, let them CHARGE him. Thus far, they have not LaydeeBug Aug 2012 #44

... Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #55

No, and it is the supporters who must think this treestar Aug 2012 #45

What about the wrongs that were exposed? Why do they get so little attention? Scuba Aug 2012 #49

They have nothing to do with what happened in Sweden treestar Aug 2012 #52

I wrote the OP. My point was that what happened in Sweden had nothing to do with the .... Scuba Aug 2012 #56

and yet Australia has already confirmed the US' intention. robinlynne Aug 2012 #67

Sweden unlikely to extradite Assange to US: Australia struggle4progress Aug 2012 #75

We don't have any evidence of CIA Ops....but, KoKo Aug 2012 #57

Wait hold it, did you use "jaywalking" as an equivalanet to rape? gollygee Aug 2012 #72

Sorry, my poorly-constructed sentence.... Scuba Aug 2012 #81

The US doesn't. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #87

I remember a story on Scott Ritter trying to connect with a minor came out right in the middle of still_one Aug 2012 #79

Yes...I remember that....and agree. n/t KoKo Aug 2012 #91

30 seconds of anger of what WikiLeaks released Matariki Aug 2012 #84

So if it turns out Mitt Romney is guilty of tax fraud Coyotl Aug 2012 #85