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Its also just words, this is a mean old empire handing over a journalist to a mean new empire. PR-stunts like treatment assurances are basically not worth the p
by PicassoCTs 5y ago
Its also just words, this is a mean old empire handing over a journalist to a mean new empire. PR-stunts like treatment assurances are basically not worth the paper they are printed on.
- aksss 5y agoIt reminds me of the scene in The Princess Bride where, once the Princess had left after getting assurances that Westley would be repatriated to his ship unharmed if he surrendered, the Prince told Westley, “Come Sir, we must get you to your ‘ship’.” The DPR retorted, “We are both men of action; lies do not become us”. “Well said,” replied the Prince. I don’t mean to cheapen Assange’s predicament as I take it quite seriously and with the gravity it’s due, but these stories hold a mirror to our world.