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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court rules Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden. [View all]The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)52. You don't think it's transparent of you
to try to trigger anti-Assange sentiment on a progressive DB by invoking the victimhood status of women?
It's a fair gambit, but still pretty bald. I mean, why else have such a strong opinion of a situation you know virtually nothing about?
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A peasant named Dennis told me all I ever needed to know about your government.
msanthrope
May 2012
#21
It doesn't matter where the subject of the decision is physically located....
Swede Atlanta
May 2012
#62
Assange Loses Appeal, But Granted Stay to Apply to Re-Open Case on Technicality
dipsydoodle
May 2012
#5
They better not try to drag him over here, dipsy, because this country will erupt.
EFerrari
May 2012
#10
That's Terrible. I hope European Human Rights Court. Tells Sweden to go fuck it Self.
pam4water
May 2012
#9
There is nothing progressive about pretending a corrupt process can yield a just result.
EFerrari
May 2012
#23
Neither Assange, or his legal team, dispute that he has been charged with a crime.
msanthrope
May 2012
#30
... under the European arrest warrant system, if Britain hands over Assange to Sweden he cannot then
struggle4progress
May 2012
#44
Under the European system, Sweden does not collaborate with extrordinary rendition.
EFerrari
May 2012
#56
Because he fled Sweden the day before his scheduled interview there, according to his own lawyer.
msanthrope
May 2012
#37
None of that has anything to do with the question I asked,and your Game of Thrones rape comment was
Hissyspit
May 2012
#39
1) Actually, it has everything to do with the question you asked. You asked about criminal
msanthrope
May 2012
#46
THE LIONS (MY INFLUENCES): McGovern, Ellsberg, Chomsky on Assange, Wikileaks, Manning.
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#64
DUers excited, by the thought of wandering through the 100+ pp decision, may currently
struggle4progress
May 2012
#58
How ironic that Assange is asking that a conservative interpretation of UK be applied to his case.
msanthrope
May 2012
#61
You can't pants a country still wearing Donald Duck underwear without expecting
LanternWaste
Jun 2012
#78