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One would expect that £12.6m would be spent for similar fugitives who are evading arrest for alleged sexual offences against women. Right? Oh, - it's because h
by chippy 11y ago
One would expect that £12.6m would be spent for similar fugitives who are evading arrest for alleged sexual offences against women. Right?
Oh, - it's because he is "high-profile" that makes him special. So it's not about the alleged crime at all? It's due to wikileaks after all!
There is something illogical here, I think.
- mattmanser 11y agoTo be fair it's high profile because it's known where he is and that he's attempting to avoid capture. Not because he's from wikileaks and he might get extradited, those merely gave him the celebrity clout to pull the stunt in the first place. If they actually gave up and he popped up in Ecuador and he's suddenly like 'haha, the british police, usually bunch of pricks', it would be embarrassing for the whole of the UK. So it's a bit of a catch-22 position. EDIT: Whoops, wrote wikipedia instead of wikileaks
- nullc 11y agoFWIW, that ignorant bit of Wikipedia vs Wikileaks confusion has resulted in causing harm to people affiliated with Wikipedia when US customs officers have suffered from it.
- mattmanser 11y agoHonest typo rather than ignorance.
- chippy 11y agoMy elderly father the other day told me that he thought the work I was doing with Wikimedia was related to "that wikileaks fella". Of course I corrected him, but I'm a little bit more accepting of the mistake!
- gtk40 11y agoWhat association does he have with Wikipedia? You realize that "wiki" refers to a type of CMS software, like a blog or web forum, correct?
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- mattmanser 11y agoYes.
- cyphar 11y agoWikiLeaks. Not Wikipedia. Very different things.