Remember Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses an Fatwa Laws?

But Julian Assange has unforgiving enemies and no place to hide unless the Australian people takes this matter seriously and shuts up its politicians for good.

The latest definition of a terrorist: someone who tells you what your government is really doing.

Poirot is spot on.

Nobody disputes that there are circumstances in which governments need to keep secrets - the problem is, governments increasingly want to keep everything secret, and to thoroughly spin any information they do give out. Secrecy is their primary mode of operation.

Poirot

In theory, if a person (In this case Assange) continues with the act of intercourse after refusing a reasonable request for the use of a condom, then a crime has been committed:

In assange's case the circumstances surrounding the allegations of rape were initially unrelated to Wikileaks and are simply an opportune capital event for his opponents to plunder (of which he now has many in high places).

I repeat, I have little sympathy for Assange or his cause and personally consider his actions on all fronts foolish, thoughtless and, maybe one step further, “Undemocratic” and “Treacherous”

"In Assange's case the circumstances surrounding the allegations of rape were initially unrelated to Wikileaks...."

Well, of course they were! I suppose you also believe that Santa and his elves are at this moment up at the north pole busily preparing for Christmas.

Poirot

What I am saying is Assange did commit an offence. It does appear from the accounts of the woman concerned the offence was one of forced intercourse.

What you appear to imply from the fact that Assange has been charged with the offence of rape, is charges are a “beat-up” by the wounded parties of leaks of classified information from Wikileaks.

I contend, Assange shot himself in the foot by the initial act of stupidity, non-consensual sex, and so should “swing” for the crime. Stress; an act not at all related to Wikileaks, so I further reinforce my previously stated sentiments

Diver Dan, your comments are defamatory. Assange himself has yet to hear the charges against him.

You write:"It does appear from the accounts of the woman concerned the offence was one of forced intercourse."

Is this how we decide matters these days? Someone says somebody else did something and everyone says, Oh, OK she said he did it so let's hang him?

What is wrong with you?

And you dare to complain about feminists.