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That’s absurd. Chelsea Manning is in prison of her own volition and can walk out any time she wants to by testifying.

• megous 7y ago
  That's quite nonsensical, what you say. If she was there of her own volition, there would be no need for guards, and doors, and locks, and for people who took her away to have taken her away. She would just walked into the prison when she wanted on her own terms. (unlikely)
  • shadowgovt 7y ago
    I believe empath means that unlike other prisoners, there's a clear and specific action she can take to leave prison any time she chooses to.
    • jacquesm 7y ago
      That doesn't make it voluntary now, does it? It's only voluntary if the doors are unlocked, the guards are gone and you still chose to be there. The whole reason she's there is because they want something from her, it is a legal form of blackmail.
    • megous 7y ago
      Yes, I know. But she doesn't want to be both in prison or testify. Someone making something you don't want conditional on something else you don't want either, does not make the situation voluntary.