Now we'll see: whether the accusations of Assange's former Wikileaks colleagues that he effectively raped them will be dismissed, or will stand up.

What also may be on trial will be the assumption that 'one of us' either can't possibly be guilty of raping women, OR that even if he did, well, he's standing up against some sort of forces of evil, and so he should get off. His accusers should let it go.

So, inevitably, what ELSE is on trial is the rights of women not to be raped, 'even' by colleagues after a hard day.

Not to mention the morality of the pseudo-Left. We'll see.

Joe

I think we can be confident in saying all Australians have the phrase "Je suis Julian" on their minds.

The UK deserves international condemnation for believing UK laws on bail-skipping can apply to the Christ of our Age. The greatness of his acts place him above the laws that govern us.

Julian therefore deserves Sovereign Immunity* from prosecution that befits a Head of State. Julian, after all, is a highly international citizen who has attained more stardom than most Heads of State.

Je suis Julian!

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity

Hi Pete,

I'm pretty slow today, but I suspect that you're having a lend of us. 'The greatness of his acts place him above the laws that govern us'? 'the Christ of our Age' ? 'Sovereign Immunity' ?

Immunity from what ? From rape charges. What other offences can he commit and be immune from ? Anything at all because, after all, he's one of 'ours' ?

On the other hand, if he is innocent of the charges brought by his former Wikileaks colleagues, then of course he walks. He could be a free man.

We'll see. Peut-etre je ne serai jamais Julian.

Joe

And if the case stacks up? What then? Assange will still be in a foreign embassy and untouchable as Mother Teresa.

Assange will still remain a criminal who jumped bail rather than face the Swedish judiciary!

And no matter how it's spun, not the actions of a truly innocent man.

And what if the Swedish Authorities decide it's pointless to proceed; will Assange no longer facing rape charges; leave his place of refuge, or suddenly find that it's even easier for the Brits to extradite him to the USA, where he faces far sterner charges!

My bet is he will whimp it at the eleventh hour, finding yet another lame duck excuse to fail to man up!

And why should anyone take pity on this man, whose current isolation is and remains entirely self imposed!

And were it entirely down to me, this self imposed isolation (escaping justice) wouldn't count for anything whatsoever, and he would do the maximum time for jumping bail; the criminal act of a criminal coward, rather than some champion of justice.

And let's not forget this man acted without once considering any possible harm that could accrue to hundreds of innocent men, women and children, as a direct result of his unvalidated revelations.

Again not the actions of a justice seeker, just one seeking notoriety and a essential economic boost in enterprise supporting circulation.

The only thing being crucified here is true justice and common decency.

If an act may include distinct repercussions, then unless you're willing to heroically wear those repercussions, don't take those actions, be it taking unprotected advantage of a woman saying no,no, no, not without a condom; or putting hundreds of innocent lives in very real jeopardy!

In this case the embassy is just a coward's castle, sheltering a criminal coward, who is not only denying British and Swedish justice, but the badly burnt friends/trusting fools, who put hundreds of thousands up as bail money!

Clearly, the only one riding roughshod over other people's rights here, is Assange!
Rhrosty.

Pete, Assange has more in common with Roman Polanski than any of the other left wing martyrs, then again lefties are pretty good at picking crooks, lunatics and fraudsters as their exemplars, on our side we call it "poetic licence".

Yee doubt my earnest words Joe?

Earth to Julian. "Like living inside a space station" is only a myth.

The US Government has never explained why the Book of Julian was omitted from the Bible by the Committee of Dia-Rea - a scandal only Saint Chelsea of Fort Leavenworth, can resolve.

Before you label me a like-minded git let me say bail skipping of money put up by the Greatest of Great Britain might flick Julian to the nick. Gandhi never suffered so!

Even Julian's aristocratic groupies (rooties?) are deserting him: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9902321/Vivienne-Westwood-and-Jemima-Khan-have-lost-the-plot-over-Julian-Assange.html

"Earlier this month [Jemima] Khan* joked that Assange had gone in her estimation from being Jason Bourne to L Ron Hubbard. (As if Jason Bourne ever piloted a submarine up the Mississippi.) Westwood has attributed this about-face to "women living in the privileged world… not seeing the wood for the trees"."

If only we mere mortals could bedazzle air-heads while they put up serious money to support our sexual indiscretions.

Je suis Julian!

*Onya Julian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemima_Goldsmith