The courts, in the UK, have ruled on the Assange case
Here's what they say...
jackofkent.com/2012/06/assange-would-the-rape-allegation-also-be-rape-under-english-law/
Rape allegations are not for you, me, Galloway or anyone else to expound and judge upon. They are a matter for the courts. It's fucking bullshit to say 'this is not rape as you or I understand it' There is law, and there is due process. Assange tried in the magistrate's court and the hight court, and both ruled it rape. Tough shit Assange, and Galloway is a massive cunt for having a pathetically poor grasp of the law, then looking like a massive cunt by showing everyone he hasn't a clue.
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Barst, you have 'hit the nail on the head' as they like to say.
Couldn't agree more, same as Herbs and co said yesterday.
*shameless name drop*
*no idea who 'they' are*
*should stop using '' as it's even annoying me now*
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NooShmoo It's a fantazmagorical pile of ultra bollocks, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 20:50,
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the uk courts have not "ruled" on the asange case. what utter rot
it would be up to the crown prosecution service to determine if there was a reasonable chance of conviction. The UK and Sweden have different rape laws, with the Swedish law lacking the test for "reasonable expectation of consent".
Even in the Swedish case, these are the facts:
the Swedish Director of Prosecutions recommended that the case shouldnt proceed based on his appraisal of the evidence. This advice was ignored by the lead prosecutor.
The lead prosecutor is a political appointee, as prosecutors are in sweden
She has a platform as a crusader for anti-sexual violence
Her office leaked assange arrest warrant to the press on their blog two hours after it was given, violating swedish confidentiality in rape cases
She convinced both women who initially approached her office to try to force assange to have an STI test to change their accusation to rape
These are just the facts. there are other irregularties that are alleged, such as the accusers contacting the media asking for payment for stories
I'll let people make up their mind about how justified the prosecution against assange is, but to me it seems very weak
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 23:32,
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Why does't the twat go and deal with it then and clear his integrity?
Two women have accused him of sexual misconduct; so you fly to Sweden and resolve the misunderstanding, or more serious rape accusations.
Or you don't and flee like a coward. But where exactly? He hasn't worked out nowhere is left to go.
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Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 21 Aug 2012, 23:58,
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there might be other issues involved, jahled. Beyond the rape trial.
it's very easy to call someone a coward, but it were you that was facing a lifetime stretch in a shitty US federal prison for being a whistleblower, then maybe you'd try to avoid it as well instead of proving how manly you are.
Whether his fears are justified is another debate, but I think based on some recent evidence they are not totally baseless
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 2:50,
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