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One would think that one's opinions on: a) Whether wikileaks's recent actions have been good or bad, and b) Whether one individual forced sex upon another ind
by hugh3 16y ago
One would think that one's opinions on:
a) Whether wikileaks's recent actions have been good or bad, and
b) Whether one individual forced sex upon another individual in a hotel room in Enkoping last August
would be uncorrelated. And yet I can predict your opinion on one with quite high accuracy based on your opinion on the other.
- steveklabnik 16y agoI can't possibly imagine that an intelligent person who's basically got a huge target on his head from every government in the world would act in any way that could be considered questionable. They're looking for some way to crucify him; do you really think he'd just hand them something?
- hugh3 16y agoIf he did do it, he was presumably drunk and horny and not really thinking straight. If he did do it, it's not a jump-out-with-a-knife rape, but a "hey stop that"/"naah c'mon" type rape. The dude doesn't exactly seem to be one of life's alpha males. Suddenly getting a lot of action at the age of 39 due to newfound fame could easily have gone to his head. Who knows?
- steveklabnik 16y agoFair enough.
- rhizome 16y agoyes indeed, "who knows?"
- jbooth 16y agoThe government hasn't even filed charges. More than that, the two women he's accused of raping (in the same weekend or something) haven't even filed a formal complaint. I dunno about Sweden but I'm pretty sure in the US, you need a crime report before you can charge anyone for anything. I mean, not only don't you have any evidence, you don't even have a formal accusation. I'd think we can leave politics out of this one and delegate to common sense. As far as the guy's personal character, he's probably a bit of a prima donna -- that doesn't mean he robbed any banks (no evidence of that, either).