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And it was a scandal. And it happened in secret. And it happened to people no one knew or cared about. It's disgusting shit alright, but that won't happen to J
by arrrg 14y ago
And it was a scandal. And it happened in secret. And it happened to people no one knew or cared about.
It's disgusting shit alright, but that won't happen to Julian Assange. Never ever. That's completely ridicoulos.
No one inside the Swedish government can or will want to pull something like this with Assange. I'm not sure how you can even begin to believe that.
- Volpe 14y agoSending people to be tortured is a scandal. Complying with a morally questionable extradition order is a little different...
- Natsu 14y ago> but that won't happen to Julian Assange. Why not? They hate the guy. Can he really bet his life that they wouldn't go "oops, it happened again."? The fact that they've done this before makes it far more likely that they will do it again. That's how track records work.
- jfoster 14y agoThey definitely couldn't do it secretly, but why couldn't they pull it off? Sure there would be outrage, but governments have faced that before over issues much larger than this. (eg. decisions to go to war and such)
- vacri 14y agoIt's unlikely to happen to him now, but if he hadn't've made a fuss and drawn so much media there wouldn't be such a spotlight on them. As someone else said on this issue: it's safe for you to say 'it wouldn't happen'. If you're wrong, nothing happens to you. You get to shrug and say 'hey, I was wrong', and then only if you're feeling magnanimous. And even then, even if Sweden were to do it by the book, it may just be that it's easier to fight extradition in the UK than in Sweden, just like certain courts are more favourable to business in the US.