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I see lots of Assange dislike from people, and i'm constantly reminded of misappropriated quote: "You want someone who does what i do, but you want him to behav
by mh_ 14y ago
I see lots of Assange dislike from people, and i'm constantly reminded of misappropriated quote: "You want someone who does what i do, but you want him to behave like you."
It takes a certain type of personality (and a certain type of mania/insanity) to run against the odds/world like he did.. We should accept that if it comes with some rough edges, thats kinda the price for it.
Even if there are arguments over wether or not he is "a great man", it is clear that he has achieved great things, and sometimes the people who do also have great flaws..
- gaius 14y agoIf behaving like us includes abstaining from sexual assault, sure, I want him to behave like us.
- redthrowaway 14y agoFor all the legitimate shots you could take at Assange, the rape charges are some of the weakest and least-founded in fact. When the prosecutor says "there's no reason to believe he's guilty of rape" and drops the charges, then 10 days later the charges are re-filed by a woman who's made it her mission to change Sweden's laws to classify many things that very clearly aren't rape as rape, that sets off my bullshit detector. I'm not one who buys into the US conspiracy angle, and I do think he should suck it up and go have his day in court, but I also don't think there's any evidence to suggest he did anything wrong.
- richardjordan 14y agoI think Naomi Wolf has been one of the best articulated voices on the "rape" allegations. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/jaccuse-sweden-britain-an_b_795899.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/jaccuse-sweden-brit...
- socialist_coder 14y agoDid you know Sweden has by far the highest rate of "sexual assault" in Europe? The reason? Their definition is much different than in any other country. He is not guilty of sexual assault by any sane definition.