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Did you follow the story? There are a lot of inconsistencies with what the women are saying. There is little doubt in my mind that they are lying.

• jgrahamc 15y ago
  That's for a court to decide. And a Swedish one at that, since that's where the alleged offences occurred.
  • yummyfajitas 15y ago
    I suggest you should read up on the case. There is a certain level of ridiculousness beyond which any thinking person can realize the charges are nonsensical. Here is Glenn Beck explaining the charges (cause he's funnier than a translation of swedish court documents): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVt-WD-p950 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVt-WD-p950 Sending him to Sweden only makes sense if he will get a fair trial there. Based on the fact that this case hasn't been dropped, and the trial will be held in secret, there is a good chance that he may not.
    • wildster 15y ago
      Is Glen Beck really the best source of information on this? I prefer wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Judicial_Authority_v_Julian_Assange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Judicial_Authority_v_Ju...
    • eli 15y ago
      You seem to be saying the Swedish laws and the Swedish court system are ridiculous. That's a fine opinion, but when you visit another country you have to obey by its laws regardless of your opinion on them.
      • loup-vaillant 15y ago
        He talked about the case, not about the whole system.
        • eli 15y ago
          Then I don't follow. If the case is not supported by Swedish law then he will be acquitted, no?
          • james1071 15y ago
            The case is a pretext to get him back to Sweden, from where he will be extradited to the US.
          • loup-vaillant 15y ago
            I was thinking about this comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3186430 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3186430 I don't think the Swedish legal system routinely revisit cases like this in this manner. Whatever the reason (pressure from above, desire to prosecute a high-profile case…), this sounds unusual, (meaning, not representative of the way things are usually done). Basically, the case looks ridiculous, and the Swedish legal system as a whole probably isn't.
            • eli 15y ago
              But wouldn't you agree that the correct venue to make that determination is in Sweden? A UK court shouldn't be deciding the merits of a case based solely on press reports about the prosecution.
              • loup-vaillant 15y ago
                I'm not judging what England should do right now. I'm judging what some Sweden prosecutors did before.
      • yummyfajitas 15y ago
        By your logic, if the Iranian government accuses someone of sluttiness, spying or apostacy, we should extradite the accused to Iran. (For the sake of argument, please ignore the possibility of inhumane punishment, and just assume that the alleged criminal will be sent to a euro-style prison.) Do you disagree with this statement? If so, why?
        • StrawberryFrog 15y ago
          > By your logic, if the Iranian government accuses someone of sluttiness, spying or apostacy, we should extradite the accused to Iran. If they were accused of sluttiness while they were in Iran, by an Iranian citizen or two, then there might just be a case to answer. Like what happened to these two unfortunates: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7673046.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7673046.stm