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Come on guys, the United States didn't do jack to Julian Assange. It's the Swedish who are pursuing the case against him, and quite possibly the matter is one o
by Charuru 16y ago
Come on guys, the United States didn't do jack to Julian Assange. It's the Swedish who are pursuing the case against him, and quite possibly the matter is one of internal politics. You might say that the US put pressure on Sweden to have this happen, but here in the civilized world we say innocent until proven guilty right?
On the other hand many many Americans celebrate Wikileaks and what it represents, the government has done extremely little / nothing against wikileaks, and all the antagonists wield only rhetoric. The relative inaction so far is reason for celebration! Obviously there are always going to be people who say sensational stuff, but they don't represent the entire country.
- abyssknight 16y agoAnd thankfully our laws and the freedom of speech allow them to say all that sensational stuff. As someone once said of Voltaire's attitude: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
- gasull 16y agoAre you aware that the US Government wants to accuse him Assange of treason and espionage. I think the reason they haven't formally done it yet is because they are waiting for him to be extradited to Sweden first.
- ehutch79 16y agoalso, not that the likes of palin will let little things like the law stop her, but you can't commit treason against the US without being a US citizen...
- CallMeV 16y ago> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Actually, what he was really trying to say was "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to YOUR death your right to say it."