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Whether Assange is legally a rapist depends on two things. First, which country's legal definition of rape is relevant (e.g., Sweden's might not be the same as
by pekk 13y ago
Whether Assange is legally a rapist depends on two things. First, which country's legal definition of rape is relevant (e.g., Sweden's might not be the same as yours, e.g. if you think that it is not rape to get sex on some false premise but Sweden does). Second, what the facts of the case are - but Assange does not submit to the legal process in Sweden so this really hasn't been evaluated.
The issue isn't that people are assuming "he's totally a rapist on the run" but rather that he refuses to allow a legitimate judicial process to evaluate that. Well, OK, but simply avoiding judicial process does not mean you are already proven innocent.
- PavlovsCat 13y agoThat is not "the issue", that is "an issue". And to bring it up in this context is a red herring. Oh yeah, it technically has to do with the law so blah blah blah.... NO. Oh, and I actually do think that was kind of fucked up, if the allegiations are true, I don't shrug that off at all; but this matters only for drinking beer or giving him the hand of my daughter in marriage or something, not for talking politics, where, to me, he clearly has "the heart in the right spot".