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Julian Assange was 'handcuffed 11 times and stripped naked'

50 points by JoachimS 7y ago

lisk1 7y ago
Reading this, Snowden have to feel lucky he managed to escape in Russia , if he didnt he pretty much will face the same fate as Assanges. Assange mistake was he was counting too much on Ecuador's officials but they got pretty easily bribed by US government.
- dr-detroit 7y ago
  His mistake wasn't being a criminal?
gamblor956 7y ago
Oh, the horror of a white man going through the standard prison intake process! Sarcasm aside, this is what every prisoner goes through every time they go to/from a court appearance. The strip search is because prisoners love to hide contraband in their clothing or in themselves.
- shaneprrlt 7y ago
  Reverse-racism might not be real from a power-dynamic perspective. But prejudice is prejudice and it's unbecoming of the pink brain that thinks it. Regardless of the shell it's encased in. I hope you change your mental framework for viewing other people. And just because it's "what every prisoner goes through" doesn't make it acceptable in every context. The way we treat prisoners (at least in the US) is abhorrent.
- h3daz 7y ago
  I fail to see the relevance of the color of his skin in your comment?
  - dr-detroit 7y ago
    He's pointing out its only hackernewsworthy when it happens to a celeb that gamer bois like
upofadown 7y ago
“The book contained a password which the authors had been told by Julian Assange was temporary and would expire and be deleted in a matter of hours..." That doesn't make sense as stated. Perhaps they meant that they believed that the encrypted files would all be deleted in some secure way. Strange they just didn't say that.
clSTophEjUdRanu 7y ago
It really bothers me how anyone who views Assange or Snowden as criminals on here get downvoted.
- xnyan 7y ago
  Why does that bother you? Putting this instance aside, I am not aware of a single person who believes legality defines morality in 100% of cases. Furthermore I have not met a single person who does not believe at least some illegal events were morally justified, for example most americans believe the american revolution was justified. When you say things like I can’t understand why you would not think X, when in reality it’s very understandable why someone would think X, you come off as just trying to use a logical fallacy to argue that everyone should bend their morals to yours.
- pippy 7y ago
  It's because their actions exposed illegal activities that various governments were partaking in. The same organizations which define what a criminal is, and are supposed to be held accountable to the people. Having people that are above the law is of course a dangerous precedent. To boil down to a stupid thought experiment, why should Assange or Snowden be prosecuted when the people who they exposed blatantly exposed breaking the law were not?
m0llusk 7y ago
It is really strange how hawkish, conservative policies seem almost inevitably to degenerate into kinky gay porn plots
craftinator 7y ago
Oh man, I usually have to pay extra for more than 10 hand-cuffings...

50 points by JoachimS 7y ago

Reading this, Snowden have to feel lucky he managed to escape in Russia , if he didnt he pretty much will face the same fate as Assanges. Assange mistake was he was counting too much on Ecuador's officials but they got pretty easily bribed by US government.

dr-detroit 7y ago
His mistake wasn't being a criminal?

gamblor956 7y ago

Oh, the horror of a white man going through the standard prison intake process! Sarcasm aside, this is what every prisoner goes through every time they go to/from a court appearance. The strip search is because prisoners love to hide contraband in their clothing or in themselves.

shaneprrlt 7y ago
Reverse-racism might not be real from a power-dynamic perspective. But prejudice is prejudice and it's unbecoming of the pink brain that thinks it. Regardless of the shell it's encased in. I hope you change your mental framework for viewing other people. And just because it's "what every prisoner goes through" doesn't make it acceptable in every context. The way we treat prisoners (at least in the US) is abhorrent.
h3daz 7y ago
I fail to see the relevance of the color of his skin in your comment?
- dr-detroit 7y ago
  He's pointing out its only hackernewsworthy when it happens to a celeb that gamer bois like

upofadown 7y ago

“The book contained a password which the authors had been told by Julian Assange was temporary and would expire and be deleted in a matter of hours..." That doesn't make sense as stated. Perhaps they meant that they believed that the encrypted files would all be deleted in some secure way. Strange they just didn't say that.

clSTophEjUdRanu 7y ago

It really bothers me how anyone who views Assange or Snowden as criminals on here get downvoted.

xnyan 7y ago
Why does that bother you? Putting this instance aside, I am not aware of a single person who believes legality defines morality in 100% of cases. Furthermore I have not met a single person who does not believe at least some illegal events were morally justified, for example most americans believe the american revolution was justified. When you say things like I can’t understand why you would not think X, when in reality it’s very understandable why someone would think X, you come off as just trying to use a logical fallacy to argue that everyone should bend their morals to yours.
pippy 7y ago
It's because their actions exposed illegal activities that various governments were partaking in. The same organizations which define what a criminal is, and are supposed to be held accountable to the people. Having people that are above the law is of course a dangerous precedent. To boil down to a stupid thought experiment, why should Assange or Snowden be prosecuted when the people who they exposed blatantly exposed breaking the law were not?

m0llusk 7y ago

It is really strange how hawkish, conservative policies seem almost inevitably to degenerate into kinky gay porn plots

craftinator 7y ago

Oh man, I usually have to pay extra for more than 10 hand-cuffings...