http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/21/sweden.wikileaks.charge/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1
Seem a little convenient to anyone else? I knew something would be done, but this is blatant character assassination. Anybody else think the timing for this charge is a little too perfect?
WikiLeaks Founder Accused of Rape and Molestation
You know, at this point they should have just killed him.
Man, the American government is just a bunch of pussies now. if they were still all wearing beards and chewing cigars they'd have had a bullet in between his eyes by now.
Not that i want that, but still.
I'm making a point.
I think you mean larger scale? What happened to Jeff is alot less important than this..." The Government would do anything to shut the truth up, this is the whole Kane and Lynch fiasco but on a smaller scale. "
@LordXavierBritish said:
" You know, at this point they should have just killed him. Man, the American government is just a bunch of pussies now. if they were still all wearing beards and chewing cigars they'd have had a bullet in between his eyes by now. Not that i want that, but still. I'm making a point. "That would have been WAY too obvious.
I stand by my point. Giant Bomb > Government" @KaosAngel said:
I think you mean larger scale? What happened to Jeff is alot less important than this... "" The Government would do anything to shut the truth up, this is the whole Kane and Lynch fiasco but on a smaller scale. "
EDIT: I'm surprised the CIA didn't say he fucks sheep with dead monkeys, or something far crazier. Who seriously believes this shit?
" @Akeldama said:Giant Bomb is the only thing that still makes sense anymore." @KaosAngel said:I stand by my point. Giant Bomb > Government "I think you mean larger scale? What happened to Jeff is alot less important than this... "" The Government would do anything to shut the truth up, this is the whole Kane and Lynch fiasco but on a smaller scale. "
" @KaosAngel said:It doesn't matter if it is obvious.I think you mean larger scale? What happened to Jeff is alot less important than this..." The Government would do anything to shut the truth up, this is the whole Kane and Lynch fiasco but on a smaller scale. "
@LordXavierBritish said:" You know, at this point they should have just killed him. Man, the American government is just a bunch of pussies now. if they were still all wearing beards and chewing cigars they'd have had a bullet in between his eyes by now. Not that i want that, but still. I'm making a point. "That would have been WAY too obvious. "
What are you going to do about it?
" @Akeldama said:Me? Nothing. The entire free thinking populace? Everything they could. If the government was stupid enough to do something that brazen, the entire public would wake up and realize how corrupt and fucked their leaders really are." @KaosAngel said:It doesn't matter if it is obvious. What are you going to do about it? "I think you mean larger scale? What happened to Jeff is alot less important than this..." The Government would do anything to shut the truth up, this is the whole Kane and Lynch fiasco but on a smaller scale. "
@LordXavierBritish said:" You know, at this point they should have just killed him. Man, the American government is just a bunch of pussies now. if they were still all wearing beards and chewing cigars they'd have had a bullet in between his eyes by now. Not that i want that, but still. I'm making a point. "That would have been WAY too obvious. "
" Nothing. The entire free thinking populace? "That's a much smaller population than I think you think it is.
" ...he could technically do anything illegal now and people would say it was a conspiracy. >.> If I was accused of rape and molestation would Giant Bomb believe I was innocent or guilty? "Guilty obviously. You have already done something, and now you're just trying to see if people would support you.
They wouldn't. Keep it in the dark. Stay Frosty.
" ...he could technically do anything illegal now and people would say it was a conspiracy. >.>It's easy to see where one would say that. But the government has a history of creating things to discredit people. Martin Luther King Jr , Black Panthers & Yippies . So hey, while the focus is what he could or might have done, let's distract people from the 91,000 + documents freely available on the internet to read.
" @KaosAngel said:Exactly. Remember Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers? Remember how Nixon handled that one?" ...he could technically do anything illegal now and people would say it was a conspiracy. >.>It's easy to see where one would say that. But the government has a history of creating things to discredit people. Martin Luther King Jr , Black Panthers & Yippies . So hey, while the focus is what he could or might have done, let's distract people from the 91,000 + documents freely available on the internet to read. "
" ...he could technically do anything illegal now and people would say it was a conspiracy. >.> If I was accused of rape and molestation would Giant Bomb believe I was innocent or guilty? "good point. For all we know this may have been an ongoing investigation - we'll have to wait and see. It's up to the Swiss court system now. If it's trumped up charges, they will be thrown out of court. If not, he'll go to prison for being a filthy rapist.
" @KaosAngel said:These charges don't just go away. This damage is permanent. Charges of rape and molestation haunt you for the rest of your life even if you are found innocent." ...he could technically do anything illegal now and people would say it was a conspiracy. >.> If I was accused of rape and molestation would Giant Bomb believe I was innocent or guilty? "good point. For all we know this may have been an ongoing investigation - we'll have to wait and see. It's up to the Swiss court system now. If it's trumped up charges, they will be thrown out of court. If not, he'll go to prison for being a filthy rapist. "
JULIAN ASSANGE IS A FILTHY PINKO COMMUNIST GOAT-RAPIST! Heh, seriously I'm reminded of Hunter S Thompsons story about a politician who is about to lose an election, so he calls his campaign team together and tells them to put out the story that his opponent is a pig-fucker. His campaign manager is aghast and says no one will possibly believe that, but the politician says "Of course not, but WE MAKE THE BASTARD DENY IT!" This character assassination of Mr Assange is perhaps the most clumsy and unpleasant attempt to change the subject since then. And frankly even if everything they say about him is true, It's still not as news worthy as the atrocities (sp?) committed by the US and their allies in recent years.
" @KaosAngel said:" ...he could technically do anything illegal now and people would say it was a conspiracy. >.>It's easy to see where one would say that. But the government has a history of creating things to discredit people. Martin Luther King Jr , Black Panthers & Yippies . So hey, while the focus is what he could or might have done, let's distract people from the 91,000 + documents freely available on the internet to read. "
I understand, bu that was done on US soil, not in an independent EU state that has no official ties to the US
What if he actually did it to make us all think that the government was setting him up?
The plot thickens!
" @hunkaburningluv said:" @KaosAngel said:These charges don't just go away. This damage is permanent. Charges of rape and molestation haunt you for the rest of your life even if you are found innocent. "" ...he could technically do anything illegal now and people would say it was a conspiracy. >.> If I was accused of rape and molestation would Giant Bomb believe I was innocent or guilty? "good point. For all we know this may have been an ongoing investigation - we'll have to wait and see. It's up to the Swiss court system now. If it's trumped up charges, they will be thrown out of court. If not, he'll go to prison for being a filthy rapist. "
IMO, the charges can go away, but yeah you are right, there will be some kind of black cloud following this guy. BUT I do feel if these are trumped up charges, it will come out and there will be no damage done. So I'll wait to the court case and the official judgement. If the man is innocent, it will be proved so, if not, he'll go to jail. End of, IMO.
A man in a high profile position that makes his life publishing documents that other people don't want published?
I can't pass judgment at this point. I have no evidence except the circumstances of the trial to go on. All I can say is that "I would need to look at the evidence" and "In America, we at least pretend that you are innocent until proven guilty."
Also, I don't think this will be much of a bid deal because nobody really know about this guy or this whole wikileaks thing.
I read a swedish statement about this, and they havent even been contacted by the police, its just another smear campaign.
" Also, I don't think this will be much of a bid deal because nobody really know about this guy or this whole wikileaks thing. "His name and face have been all over the major national news services for months. The Collateral Murder and War Logs leaks have made Wikileaks known around the world. Just because you don't know him doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't.
" @floodiastus said:According to who? According to Assange and his associates, no police presence has been felt." I read a swedish statement about this, and they havent even been contacted by the police, its just another smear campaign. "Thats not true. The swedish police is after him according to swedish newspaper "Aftonbladet", which Assange is a columnist for. "
" It's up to the Swiss court system now. If it's trumped up charges, they will be thrown out of court. If not, he'll go to prison for being a filthy rapist. "
I doubt it, he's being charged by a Swedish court ;-)
" @Robitt said:Swedish police representative Ola Törndahl says they want to hear his version of what has happened, and says that he has a right to a lawyer. So they are after him all right." @floodiastus said:According to who? According to Assange and his associates, no police presence has been felt. "" I read a swedish statement about this, and they havent even been contacted by the police, its just another smear campaign. "Thats not true. The swedish police is after him according to swedish newspaper "Aftonbladet", which Assange is a columnist for. "
Hmm. This is all we have heard from Assange thus far:" @Akeldama said:
" @Robitt said:Swedish police representative Ola Törndahl says they want to hear his version of what has happened, and says that he has a right to a lawyer. So they are after him all right. "" @floodiastus said:According to who? According to Assange and his associates, no police presence has been felt. "" I read a swedish statement about this, and they havent even been contacted by the police, its just another smear campaign. "Thats not true. The swedish police is after him according to swedish newspaper "Aftonbladet", which Assange is a columnist for. "
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/anklagelserna-skakar-wikileaks-1.1157157
" You know, at this point they should have just killed him. Man, the American government is just a bunch of pussies now. if they were still all wearing beards and chewing cigars they'd have had a bullet in between his eyes by now. Not that i want that, but still. I'm making a point. "If you do something that obvious you just make him a martyr and you hurt your own cause forever. They decided on character assassination first, then if that doesn't work they will make laws to get him in prison, then if that doesn't work they will move onto him dieing in a mysterious accident or him going missing. Him just showing up dead with a bullet in the head is the worst way to go about getting rid of a problem.
My guess is they will get him with a new law they will fabricate just for him, then in 20-30 years time they can set him free and the powers that be at the time can show themselves off as being selfless, honorable and nothing like those old mean guys form years ago. That's the smart way to deal with people like him.
" The Government would do anything to shut the truth up, this is the whole Kane and Lynch fiasco but on a smaller scale. "lulz
Right on. I'm reffering to this article:" @Robitt said:
Hmm. This is all we have heard from Assange thus far:" @Akeldama said:
" @Robitt said:Swedish police representative Ola Törndahl says they want to hear his version of what has happened, and says that he has a right to a lawyer. So they are after him all right. "" @floodiastus said:According to who? According to Assange and his associates, no police presence has been felt. "" I read a swedish statement about this, and they havent even been contacted by the police, its just another smear campaign. "Thats not true. The swedish police is after him according to swedish newspaper "Aftonbladet", which Assange is a columnist for. "
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/anklagelserna-skakar-wikileaks-1.1157157 "
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article7651572.ab
" @Akeldama said:Interesting. Good find.Right on. I'm reffering to this article: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article7651572.ab "" @Robitt said:
Hmm. This is all we have heard from Assange thus far:" @Akeldama said:
" @Robitt said:Swedish police representative Ola Törndahl says they want to hear his version of what has happened, and says that he has a right to a lawyer. So they are after him all right. "" @floodiastus said:According to who? According to Assange and his associates, no police presence has been felt. "" I read a swedish statement about this, and they havent even been contacted by the police, its just another smear campaign. "Thats not true. The swedish police is after him according to swedish newspaper "Aftonbladet", which Assange is a columnist for. "
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/anklagelserna-skakar-wikileaks-1.1157157 "
So does rape and molestation. Your point?
A convicted criminal that is accused of rape and molestation? How's about he shows his supposed 'backbone' on this case and defends himself instead of his usual hiding like a scared little rat. Unless he's scared they magically planted his semen...
" Well, he does look a bit shifty, and that's good enough evidence for me. The sick rapist fuck. "I lol'd myself.
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