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"You'll find that these facts are now irrelevant because they are temporarily sheltering Assange!" I find these facts irrelevant (to the issue at hand) because
by hammersend 14y ago
"You'll find that these facts are now irrelevant because they are temporarily sheltering Assange!"
I find these facts irrelevant (to the issue at hand) because these facts are irrelevant. There isn't a country under the sun that hasn't done something somebody would find objectionable. What would you have Assange do? Shop your definition of more "enlightened" soveriegnties until one of them decides to grant him asylum? What would you do in his shoes?
- hahainternet 14y agoI don't know what I would do. I would hope that I would face due process and defend myself, but I am not Assange and so cannot answer that question.
- hammersend 14y ago"I would hope that I would face due process" That's the entire issue with this. If Assange was getting his due process, the interview would have taken place via video conference as has been enshrined in Swedish judicial practice via this (https://lagen.nu/dom/nja/2007s337 https://lagen.nu/dom/nja/2007s337) ruling from the Swedish supreme court. The man probably knows more about his situation than you do and if he thinks going to Sweden is a bad idea for him then, unless you can come up with a really good reason why not, his opinion on the matter carries a lot more weight than yours.