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97. assange

Reply to randome (Reply #96)

Wed May 8, 2013, 06:28 PM

May 2013

My reply was my "talking point".

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I fear for Julian Assange. I fear for Bradley Manning. I fear for us all. [View all] kpete May 2013 OP

du rec. nt xchrom May 2013 #1

Kick, Rec. n/t Smarmie Doofus May 2013 #2

The pestilence of corporate totalitarianism is spreading rapidly over the earth. progressoid May 2013 #3

+1 snagglepuss May 2013 #14

Every right-wing initiative feeds the pestilence of corporate indepat May 2013 #48

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" davidn3600 May 2013 #4

And we are on their list... ReRe May 2013 #6

Reminds me of another quote demwing May 2013 #7

And there you have why the Liberal Arts are being destroyed in schools by bureaucrats. WinkyDink May 2013 #5

Yes, can't have the little beggars learning to THINK about things that don't have Lydia Leftcoast May 2013 #45

+1 tex-wyo-dem May 2013 #58

George Orwell was just off by a few decades! Dustlawyer May 2013 #8

The worshippers will do quite well. K & R L0oniX May 2013 #9

Even as the NRA, insane celebrities and politicians, and local sheriffs speak treason and sedition, mountain grammy May 2013 #10

I award this piece of writing ... frazzled May 2013 #11

No shit railsback May 2013 #61

Some of your words could be translated into German defacto7 May 2013 #78

+1!!! nt MADem May 2013 #79

Oh for cripes sake agent46 May 2013 #81

Funny, because I find the devotion to this type of ... frazzled May 2013 #87

yeah, I guess it is kind of sexy agent46 May 2013 #93

Chris Hedges has always been prone to hyperbole... judy May 2013 #12

It's possible that Hedges is prone to hyperbole on account of the fact that truedelphi May 2013 #21

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. JDPriestly May 2013 #13

I had the most visceral reaction of disgust libodem May 2013 #15

I've always wondered why Manning/Assange are persecuted and yet Cheney/Novak walk(s,ed) free KansDem May 2013 #16

Hedges has put into words what most of us already know.... KauaiK May 2013 #17

I don't know. When Corporations control the media, when they control truedelphi May 2013 #20

Do what Julian did. Run and hide in Ecuador. randome May 2013 #30

DURec for Assange, Manning, Wikileaks, and ALL Whistleblowers. bvar22 May 2013 #18

K&R the WWW is a double edged sword for the elite usGovOwesUs3Trillion May 2013 #19

"the WWW is a double edged sword for the elite" tex-wyo-dem May 2013 #60

Julian Assange - the only probable rapist it's fashionable to admire. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #22

"probable rapist" whatchamacallit May 2013 #23

What's wrong with persecuting rapists? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #24

I missed the parts whatchamacallit May 2013 #25

You also missed the part where he skipped bail to avoid facing Swedish authorities. randome May 2013 #26

Yeah rand ome whatchamacallit May 2013 #28

yeah, a lot of agenda minded folks miss those details usGovOwesUs3Trillion May 2013 #63

Please tell my you're joking? Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #27

Charge and convict him of what exactly? whatchamacallit May 2013 #29

Of having sex with people without their consent - i.e. rape. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #38

An idiotic assertion whatchamacallit May 2013 #40

Have you ever actually looked at the three charges against him? hack89 May 2013 #90

I agree. Dont you just hate whistle-blowers. They make things so messy. rhett o rick May 2013 #52

Manning was not a whistleblower. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #68

Exposing war crimes is not a crime. grahamhgreen May 2013 #70

Releasing classified documents is a crime. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #74

Not when it exposes a war crime. nt grahamhgreen May 2013 #75

Are you referring to "Collateral Murder?" Pelican May 2013 #82

And rationalization is the key to happiness. rhett o rick May 2013 #86

You're taking the simple way out on transparency: "It's us v. them", and "them" is bad. toby jo May 2013 #91

Well written post. I agree with most of what you said, however rhett o rick May 2013 #92

please, link to the official charges against him. Oh, there aren't any you say? Interesting... usGovOwesUs3Trillion May 2013 #64

That's utterly contemptible. Go look up how the Swedish legal system works. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #69

Yep ~ "The pestilence of corporate totalitarianism is spreading rapidly over the earth"... Zorra May 2013 #32

Indeed whatchamacallit May 2013 #33

The word you were fumbling for was 'Alleged'. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #34

That too, but also "probably guilty". Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #35

Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat AtheistCrusader May 2013 #36

You do know that's a principle specific to courts of law, not to general life, don't you? Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #37

He could very easily be tried in absentia. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #39

That's the position that you need to adopt to make the status quo seem acceptable. sibelian May 2013 #85

Swedish law is very different from that of other countries when it comes to rape. mn9driver May 2013 #42

Oh, another pathetic Ad Hominem attack: grahamhgreen May 2013 #71

What are you blathering about? Assange has not made any claims I am disputing. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #73

Your attacking his character not his arguments. Ad Hominem grahamhgreen May 2013 #76

No, ad hominem is attacking character as a means of attacking arguments. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #77

Wow, that paragraph expresses my feelings so perfectly. Thanks. nt Zorra May 2013 #31

Don't forget the Walkers! whistler162 May 2013 #41

fear rso May 2013 #43

Why do you think that Wikileaks did not consider the impact on people's lives? Where did you sabrina 1 May 2013 #57

Must read! grahamhgreen May 2013 #72

Assange rso May 2013 #84

A talking point. I did ask where you got it from but you didn't say. Headline grabber, okay here sabrina 1 May 2013 #89

Assange rso May 2013 #95

'Talking points' is a talking point for some. randome May 2013 #96

assange rso May 2013 #97

Chris Hedges is a treasure. JEB May 2013 #44

Not well thought out... Half-Century Man May 2013 #46

That is interesting that they would allow... tex-wyo-dem May 2013 #65

I'm terrified that the realization event.... Half-Century Man May 2013 #66

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT May 2013 #47

Chris Hedges is just a chronic whiner 99th_Monkey May 2013 #49

Wait a minute. Is that sarcastic sarcasm? Or ironic, sarcastic sarcasm? randome May 2013 #51

LOL n/t 99th_Monkey May 2013 #55

The BEST real journalist in Amerika today. Fuddnik May 2013 #54

It was fun 99th_Monkey May 2013 #59

The POLICE STATE cometh. blkmusclmachine May 2013 #50

The Revolution is waiting. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #53

The POLICE STATE be hereth. Fuddnik May 2013 #56

Must be terrible to live in perpetual fear. sagat May 2013 #62

k and r for Hedges, Assange and Manning. bbgrunt May 2013 #67

It seems a few here think the times have changed. defacto7 May 2013 #80

Assange is reportedly worth �1.3 million and lives in a Knightsbridge embassy ucrdem May 2013 #83

He SHOULD be worth much, much more for the excellent contributions he has made to the sabrina 1 May 2013 #88

K&R woo me with science May 2013 #94