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In reply to the discussion: Julian Assange Calls on U.S. to 'End Its Witch Hunt' Against WikiLeaks Organization [View all]The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)20. Wow. Really?
Ahhh! You almost had me there!
For a moment I thought you were really, actually either stupid or ignorant. I get it, I get it.
You're doing an excellent parody of a really stupid person! No one, after being handed all of that information, is so steadfastly ignorant that they wouldn't know the answer to that question.
Wow... you really had me going for a moment. For a few seconds there, I really believed you were completely fucking stupid.
But we both know that the reason he can't go to Sweden is because after they pretend to interview him about the rape allegations, he'll be on an unchartered, unnamed flight to a US detention facility where he faces certain torture.
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Julian Assange Calls on U.S. to 'End Its Witch Hunt' Against WikiLeaks Organization [View all]
Hissyspit
Aug 2012
OP
I feel sad for them. I also wonder about them. When Wikileaks first appeared on
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#36
... The WikiLeaks founder did not refer in his statement to the Swedish allegations against him ...
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#12
Allow me to repeat what has been said in case it didn't get through the first time:
The Doctor.
Aug 2012
#15
Oh, yah? Then why doesn't he just head right over to Sweden and clear his name?
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#16
If he's not hiding from the sexual allegations, why doesn't he go clear things up?
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#19
No, he's wanted for a criminal process in Sweden, roughly comparable to the early stages
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#23
And it should be simple for the Swedes to promise that he won't be extradited to the U.S.
Matilda
Aug 2012
#24
Assange if concerned about this possibility could have argued it during his contest of the warrant
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#27
You should actually read the documents before pretending to know what's in them
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#32
How do we know these things you claim? Do we know because the psychic ability to foretell
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#22
You are correct, it is indeed an excellent parody, I think I now know the username of Stephen Colber
Dragonfli
Aug 2012
#34
As Benjamin Franklin once said: "90% of the statistics on the internet are fabricated"
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#29