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You need a bit more information to see the really funny part. There is presently a scandal in Sweden regarding how bad the Swedish police and the courts work.

by berntb 10y ago

You need a bit more information to see the really funny part. There is presently a scandal in Sweden regarding how bad the Swedish police and the courts work. The justice system write off cases easily. In many parts of the country, after office hours there are hours of travel for the closest police (if they happen to be free). Recently it was found that the police doesn't just have the lowest solving percentage in history, they hide that information. And so on. But in this Assange case, the justice system work hard; it seems they'd follow Assange to the gates of Hell... (That said -- imho, no part in that circus has any credibility whatsoever.)

kalleboo 10y ago
> But in this case of Assange, the justice system work hard; it seems they'd follow Assange to the gates of Hell... If they'd follow Assange to the gates of Hell, they've just fly to the embassy and interview him there
- berntb 10y ago
  Sorry, I thought my point was obvious -- it is hilariously obvious that the tenacity is not about the crime Assange stands accused of. (I'm not certain if Assange should be sent to a prison in the US or not. Releasing information, which certainly e.g. China and Russia already have, is not bad. On the other hand, releasing secret information must be prosecuted for a state's good.)
  - willvarfar 10y ago
    Living in Sweden, so kinda care that the police would work a bit harder. But its a massive leap to take general statistics and extrapolate that to one of the most heinous crimes of all - rape. Hopefully the overstretched police are overlooking the drunks and focusing on the rape and murder cases?
    - berntb 10y ago
      You would hope so. In today's news, the police just forgot about when a 72 year old got a gun to his head when visiting a graveyard. Rather, crime in Sweden is deemed important if a case reach the media. That is a more likely explanation to the situation (without external influences). So e.g. the case of the old man getting a gun to his head I noted above will probably be solved now, if it still is possible after so long a time. (And e.g. removing the condom during consensual sex, like Assange, is defined as "rape" in Sweden, but is hardly the upper half of that definition.)

by berntb 10y ago

kalleboo 10y ago

> But in this case of Assange, the justice system work hard; it seems they'd follow Assange to the gates of Hell... If they'd follow Assange to the gates of Hell, they've just fly to the embassy and interview him there

berntb 10y ago
Sorry, I thought my point was obvious -- it is hilariously obvious that the tenacity is not about the crime Assange stands accused of. (I'm not certain if Assange should be sent to a prison in the US or not. Releasing information, which certainly e.g. China and Russia already have, is not bad. On the other hand, releasing secret information must be prosecuted for a state's good.)
- willvarfar 10y ago
  Living in Sweden, so kinda care that the police would work a bit harder. But its a massive leap to take general statistics and extrapolate that to one of the most heinous crimes of all - rape. Hopefully the overstretched police are overlooking the drunks and focusing on the rape and murder cases?
  - berntb 10y ago
    You would hope so. In today's news, the police just forgot about when a 72 year old got a gun to his head when visiting a graveyard. Rather, crime in Sweden is deemed important if a case reach the media. That is a more likely explanation to the situation (without external influences). So e.g. the case of the old man getting a gun to his head I noted above will probably be solved now, if it still is possible after so long a time. (And e.g. removing the condom during consensual sex, like Assange, is defined as "rape" in Sweden, but is hardly the upper half of that definition.)