Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

I wonder if anyone has a book on the eventual outcome?

I'm thinking he ends up living in the embassy for the next 15 years;)

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

:rofl: Sorry but I almost choked on my drink, reading this.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

Yes :(

They all seem to be ignoring the *fact* that the alleged offences would be offences under English law, and ignoring the *fact* that alleged offence number four (the allegation that Assange had sex with one woman while she was asleep) fits the definition of rape under English law.

I've seen comments online implying that because a man may not have an issue with being woken up by a woman having sex with him or performing oral sex on him, then what's the big deal regarding a woman allegedly being woken up by a man having penetrative sex with her. I've also seen comments from people joking that they must have therefore raped their partners previously if it's a crime to have sex without consent or to have sex with someone incapable of giving consent (i.e. due to sleep), and even seen comments harking back to the days when marital rape was legal.

It's disgusting.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

The indefensible in support of the indefensible.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

I don't think it is at all relevant to the topic that we are discussing rhetoric written on other sites.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

Assange is behaving like the charges will disappear if he doesn't address them .The overall impression i got from the sermon on the balcony to his followers was that they don't really matter, the big issue is ,ME,ME,ME,it's all about poor old persecuted me .He shouldn't forget that it was his choice to try to expose government corruption and dodgy dealings so he should be prepared for trouble, but to use his political cause as a means to escape justice by the rule of law is hypocritical and not serving what would otherwise be a laudable cause and one i generally would support

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

If the US can enter Pakistan and Assassinate the world's most wanted man you can be sure Julian Assange stand's little chance.

America WILL get this guy and it's just a matter of time. This man and his associates have leaked sensitive information including defensive information of arguably the most powerful nation on the planet, His supporters are generally made up of weed smoking hippies that think the government is out to get them.

Regardless of what he thinks he is doing is good, He's not Batman or the Dark Knight of the interwebs. He's broken the law countless times and they are not exactly minor offences.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

In my eye's he is a traitor who put people's lives at risk in Iraq and Afghanistan and to top that he is allegedly a low life **** bag rapist and sex offender. His time will come and soon you can bet your mortgage on it.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

Trouble is he is well on his way to martyrdom .The only way that can be avoided is for the US to swallow their pride and renounce any claim to him ,removing his perceived need to hide away in the embassy and allowing him to prove his innocence on the sex crimes ,which oddly doesn't seem to be at the top of his agenda

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I doubt it. His supporters may be vocal, but they're just a bunch of fringe lunatics. I don't think support for Assange is wide-spread, and he's not gaining any by the way he's behaving at present.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

No but he was in a rush to get off...

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

I notice he kept on checking out the "grassy knoll " :D

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

Yes, I'm not sure whether his definition of justice is a moveable feast. I wonder if he selected Ecuador as a potential safe haven because of their human rights record.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

A traitor to whom, not his own nation that's for sure, to call him such is playing right into the hands of people like congressman King and the nut jobs who called for his public assasination.

Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
 

The impression I got, is that he has lost supporters, the minute he breached his bail conditions by entering the Ecuadorian Embassy.

Judging by his speech today, he is waiting for the US to give a cast iron guarantee that they will not pursue him any further and or Wikileaks and it's members.

I can not see the US dropping it's pursuit in him or Wikileaks any time soon.