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I've been to prisons where you can simply walk out of the door, are those not prisons? Yours is the weirdest argument imaginable, he's forced to stay in the em

I've been to prisons where you can simply walk out of the door, are those not prisons? Yours is the weirdest argument imaginable, he's forced to stay in the embassy or he'll be arrested. That is exactly how essentially all western prisons work, some of them might throw minor obstacles on the way to prevent you from walking out but it's rarely that hard.

threeseed 8y ago
If you walk out of a prison you are guaranteed to be arrested, charged, have a lengthier sentence and then placed in a prison where you can’t simple walk out. Assange is in a diplomatic embassy. He can walk out. He may not even be arrested, detained or extradited. In fact nobody knows what will happen.
- ryanlol 8y ago
  >He may not even be arrested, detained or extradited. In fact nobody knows what will happen. Ah yes, all those cops have spent years outside the embassy just for fun. >Police said in a statement there is an active warrant for Assange’s arrest and that the police are “obliged to execute that warrant should he leave the Embassy.” Either the Police are being dishonest or you are.
fastball 8y ago
People in prison have had a trial. He has not had a trial, so he neither belongs in prison nor doesn't belong in a prison. He needs to have a trial first. Do you use the same argument for people that jump bail? "He's on the run because if he wasn't on the run he would be arrested and face trial, therefore he has no choice in the matter?" Because that's the argument you're making, and it's a ridiculous one.
- ryanlol 8y ago
  >He has not had a trial, so he neither belongs in prison nor doesn't belong in a prison. He needs to have a trial first. The British government has already kept him confided for 7 years, what good would a trial serve at this point? >Do you use the same argument for people that jump bail? Because that's the argument you're making, and it's a ridiculous one. In practice this "ridiculous" argument is probably the very reason why the punishments for jumping bail tend to be quite low, no?

threeseed 8y ago

If you walk out of a prison you are guaranteed to be arrested, charged, have a lengthier sentence and then placed in a prison where you can’t simple walk out. Assange is in a diplomatic embassy. He can walk out. He may not even be arrested, detained or extradited. In fact nobody knows what will happen.

ryanlol 8y ago
>He may not even be arrested, detained or extradited. In fact nobody knows what will happen. Ah yes, all those cops have spent years outside the embassy just for fun. >Police said in a statement there is an active warrant for Assange’s arrest and that the police are “obliged to execute that warrant should he leave the Embassy.” Either the Police are being dishonest or you are.

fastball 8y ago

People in prison have had a trial. He has not had a trial, so he neither belongs in prison nor doesn't belong in a prison. He needs to have a trial first. Do you use the same argument for people that jump bail? "He's on the run because if he wasn't on the run he would be arrested and face trial, therefore he has no choice in the matter?" Because that's the argument you're making, and it's a ridiculous one.

ryanlol 8y ago
>He has not had a trial, so he neither belongs in prison nor doesn't belong in a prison. He needs to have a trial first. The British government has already kept him confided for 7 years, what good would a trial serve at this point? >Do you use the same argument for people that jump bail? Because that's the argument you're making, and it's a ridiculous one. In practice this "ridiculous" argument is probably the very reason why the punishments for jumping bail tend to be quite low, no?