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>There is an arrest warrant against Assange and the British Government has a duty to carry it out. I wonder why the same law enforcement rigor wasn't applied i
by vdaniuk 12y ago
>There is an arrest warrant against Assange and the British Government has a duty to carry it out.
I wonder why the same law enforcement rigor wasn't applied in these cases, which are undoubtedly so much worse?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Guest_House_child_abuse_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Guest_House_child_abuse_sc...
- atmosx 12y agoBecause the UK government is acting as proxy for the USA government! (As if you didn't know that already :-P )
- TranceMan 12y ago[OT] Corruption and blackmail.
- wmil 12y agoNot even remotely the same thing. Those are cases of the police failing to investigate and file charges. The Assange case is about the enforcement of valid judicial warrants. The police don't have the same discretion.
- vdaniuk 12y agoYour thinking is double-plus good, citizen. While we are on the topic of crimes involving sexuality, "... of the nine undercover police identified by the Guardian over the past two years, eight are believed to have slept with the people they were spying on. In other words, it was the norm."[0] Now, pick up that can. [0]http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/17/spies-sexual-relations-activists-routine http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/17/spies-sexual-relat...