I see the situation as two women accuse him of rape, which boils down to him having sex with them without condoms. He was asked to wear one, but chose to force the woman into having sex without putting one on.
That’s a dirt bag thing to do, right?
If it was political assassination why make it rape, wouldn’t child porn do a better job of discouraging a following.
The guy was just a programmer anyway, an editor, a word changer, he spilled secrets that could have led to the deaths of American kids joining up for military service on the hope of college and a better life. He also helped the Tunisian people revolt from their corrupt government. That was impressive. The Tunisians knew they were getting a raw deal from the people in power, and no one knows how the cards will land at the end of the day there, but no real global political powerhouses crumbled due to anything released.
In my opinion, overall, he wasn’t much of a whistle blower though. No real global change occurred because of his coding abilities or editorial clout. Why would the world’s governments want to shut him up with charges of rape?
He sought corruption and found little.
Maybe he almost found something…
Honestly do we need Wikileaks to tell us where the corruption is?
In the United States 70% of the population live close to or completely in poverty.
A whole generation is deeply in debt and there are only enough jobs out there for 3 out 4 people to work and even then, in most cases, marginally.
We pay taxes to a government which pads their budget by inflating crime and need and destroying the lives of people forever all for millions and sometimes billions of our dollars.
Eisenhower said beware the military industrial complex.
We ignored him.
Need examples?
Weapons of Mass destruction, ring a bell?
Or how about a police department in Brooklyn, they show they are doing a good job by deflating crime, while a police department in Florida justifies their budget by inflating crimes. Subway workers do unnecessary work just to justify their budget and ferry mechanics on the Puget Sound say they do work that never gets done.
I am sure there are more examples. What could be a simple society is made more complicated by a bureaucratic system looking out for itself, feeding on a people that have drained dry.
So maybe Assange was onto something, but the world doesn’t deal in maybes.
The man did many pretty reprehensible things, lots of people died because of his leaks in Tunisia, and as to the question of whether he is a rapist or not, he ran away from his accusers. Not only did he run, but he also pointed fingers and cried political assassination to distract from his crimes.
Assange committed lots crimes but missed the boat on where the true corruption lay.
I dipped my toe recently into the financial arena of the U.S. and discovered that most people who work for the big banks and trading houses wake every morning for the hope of earning seven figures along with a huge bonus every year. Sounds like a great desire. But this is accomplished on the backs of people barely scrapping by on a pittance. The huge sums some individuals pocket are not based on individual merit, most of them could not even program a Black Berry alone and we give them trillions of dollars to play with.
I worked for a movie. I discovered that there is no soul in this industry. That every movie we see is built on the backs of people who make $100 a day, or work for free and have twelve hour work days, never knowing until late at night when they are due to come in the next morning.
No director or actor, with their million and millions of take home money, could ever do it without the little people. Look at the credits next time you spend money on a movie, most of those people are nonunionized, freelance, underpaid, overeducated , extremely indebt and have no hope to advance. Or if they have slinked a rung up on the ladder it seems they make sure they hold it by knocking the people underneath them off.
Assange did something wrong. He ran from his accusers. This is pretty strong evidence he is guilty as hell, belongs in prison and is out solely for his own hide, we should probably now look at wikileaks in a different light. This man is a victim of a conspiracy to discredit his character the truly funny part is he did all the discrediting himself.
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