Yea there's going to be a huge push for extradition. The US is trying so hard to conjure up something that they can actually charge him with. We'll see how hard the 1st amendment gets undermined here. |
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If they prosecute Assange in the US for leaking information, they should do the same for CBS, NBC, and every other news outlet in the US for doing exactly the same. |
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The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. - Frédéric Bastiat
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. - Christopher Hitchens
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Yea there's going to be a huge push for extradition. The US is trying so hard to conjure up something that they can actually charge him with. We'll see how hard the 1st amendment gets undermined here. |
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This is very strange! |
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This has got to be one of the dumbest posts I've seen yet. Shame on you two, PhilosopherStoned and Xaqaria, for thanking him. |
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meh. |
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No, i think that imperialistic policies of the United States "caused" 9/11. If it hadn't been Islamic radicals (which we originally trained and equipped to fight the soviets in the 80s) it would have been Latin American socialists. |
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Last edited by PhilosopherStoned; 12-08-2010 at 01:15 PM.
The most interesting thing is that the US supreme court already set precedence. A few years ago a news outlet published classified documents and the US pressed charges. The supreme court ruled that the media is free to post anything that comes into their hands as long as they don't specifically solicit it. |
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Got troll? |
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I am sure he turned himself in, just to get the court stuff out the way it. Its obvious he didn't do anything wrong, and the charges are total bull. So might as well go face them in court, get the charges thrown out then carry on. |
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Pretty sure that's not legal under UK law. |
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Pretty sure there would be outcry if the UK held a foreign journalist indefinitely. |
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As in the kind of outcry that builds up the longer it is ignored and eventually removes governments from power. It would be an untenable position. |
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I don't think is the kind of arrest that will lead to the downfall of a nation that has been standing for many centuries. As if any arrest has led to the downfall of a government... this will probably only lead to angry notes from people that support Assange and maybe protests of some kind, but no more. |
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You misunderstand; we have this thing called democracy in the UK where you choose a new government by popular vote. |
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Naturally, you invented it. |
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Yay for the US, we teach democracy. One day we'll get it in the US itself |
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Bin Laden was trained by the CIA in the cold war to fight the russians. |
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