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You mean in the Embassy of Ecuador in London? That’s hardly a prison.
by loriverkutya 7y ago
You mean in the Embassy of Ecuador in London? That’s hardly a prison.
- jonnypotty 7y agoAnywhere you are unable to leave is a prison.
- parent5446 7y agoQuite the generalization there. At this rate my own house is a prison because I'm too lazy to be able to leave it.
- mam2 7y agoI think you broke the record on how much one can both look so retarded, and sure of his own intelligence with a single sentence. I thought the concept of of freedom was learnt in primary school but if not you should check it out its a nice one.
- dang 7y agoPersonal attacks and name-calling like this will get you banned here. Please don't! https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mam2 7y agoYeah no.. imo calling people out is part of life. You cant just be nice to everyone when one is a troll
- emayljames 7y agoBeing voluntarily able to leave and not being able to voluntarily leave are not the same thing, just like being too lazy to leave your house is not the same as having the western stasi threatening you to leave.
- parent5446 7y agoIf the police are outside your house waiting to take you to jail, you are not yet in jail. Your house does not count as jail just because the police are waiting outside to take you there. It's really not that hard of a concept to understand. If you walk outside, are arrested, and brought to jail, then you're in jail.
- trothamel 7y agoAssange was able to leave whenever he wanted to. He would then have been arrested and given a trial, but it was his choice to avoid those.
- ClumsyPilot 7y ago"They were free to leave Gulags whenever they wanted. They would then have been shot, but it was their choice to avoid the bullet"
- GhettoMaestro 7y agoI’m not a huge Assange fan, but his conditions there were NOT luxurious.
- nashashmi 7y agoAt one point the Ecuadorian embassy put restrictions on him.
- ben_w 7y agoAFAIK the restriction was “stop using embassy property to interfere in other people’s elections” and “you need a wash”, “clean up after your cat”, and “we don’t like that you skateboarding at night, playing loud music and walking around in [your] underwear“. I’ve not seen any corroboration for the claim he smeared excrement on the walls, but that was in the same article.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoFrom what I've heard on the matters and comparing the way Assange looks and talks before and after his time in the embassy, it appears he developed psychological issues.
- ben_w 7y agoOn that point I totally agree, despite not buying into his story/justification at all.