Sneezeburger said:
JochemHippie said:
You'd have to be really thick to not see that the whole sexual assault thing is a setup to prosecute him on the USA's soil.
This. Really. Can't pretend i know what really happened but since we're all chipping in thats my view.
Also http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/23/women-against-rape-julian-assange
Just popped up on my facebook wall.
I'd argue you'd have to be really thick to argue that this whole thing is just a set up to prosecute him on US soil. It's a smokescreen he's using to avoid facing trial for a crime he may, or may not, have committed.
I honestly weep that so many people would rather believe this is some kind of American Government conspiracy than simply face the possibility that there is a man who does not want to stand trial for rape.
As for the Guardian article (source says it all really), it's very easy to point out that the 'zeal' with which he is being perused is as much his own doing as anybodies - he's the celebrity who decided to skip bail and hide out in an embassy, it'd just be irresponsible for the UK government not to respond.
Oh... and I loved this bit from the Guardian article:
Whether or not Assange is guilty of sexual violence, we do not believe that is why he is being pursued. Once again women's fury and frustration at the prevalence of rape and other violence, is being used by politicians to advance their own purposes.
So, these women are against rape, but they're more okay with rape than the idea of a government prosecuting a rapist for their own selfish needs?
Cutting ones nose off to spite ones face?
For fucks sake... Assange would rather throw his hat in with Ecuador, one of the most corrupt, opaque(as opposed to the 'transparency' that Assange has crusaded for so vehemently) countries on the planet. Not to mention that, for somebody who demands that there be no secrets amongst western governments (even when to reveal said secrets poses direct threat to human life), he's hardly practising what he preaches is he?