Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18514726

lol, who writes this?

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so-called "sex crimes" in Sweden

At the very least, and no matter what people think about the Wikileaks project, Assange in general or how this whole farrago has been handled, can people please desist from trivialising rape in this manner? I realise that this forum (being, as it is, part of the internet) has an extremely strong misogynistic undercurrent and that, as such, this post is a waste of time, but all the same it isn't actually hard to avoid being an absolute [inks] on the subject.

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I mean, you're all quick enough to denounce a Republican candidate for Senate whenever one of them does it (it seems to happen at least once every election), so you must understand on some level that it's wrong, right? It isn't even necessary to make most of the points made on this thread and others like it...

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An article over at the Staggers looking at some of the myths that have sprung up around the legal aspect of things.

Interesting piece about the divisions within the Occupy movement over the farrago.

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Kind of amusing to see several of the legal myths thrown around by Assange's defence team repeated here immediately after I posted a piece that, basically, tears them to shreds.

Here it is again, for anyone that's interested.

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More delightful behavior.

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Also of note, the latest YouGov poll included a couple of Assange related questions. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a large gender gap can be observed.

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He does like his Cold War nostalgia.

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Hey Al, it turns out that article you linked twice is wrong (according to this Guardian article)!  It is in fact up to the Swedish government to extradite or not extradite, and it could in fact make promises or 'guarantees' about same.  And another source debunking your article.

I think it's more that one particular claim might be, but whatever.

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The issue with getting into a car is more the 'getting into' part than anything else; he's wanted for breaching bail conditions so he would most likely be arrested as soon as he walked out of the embassy.

Anyway, at present things seem to have reverted back to 'let him stay in there as long as they'll have him'. The elections in Ecuador are early next year, I think.