Here's another website that adds to the intrigue of this case:

http://griffithreview.com/edition-32-wicked-problems-exquisite-dilemmas/rebel-public-nuisance-and-dreamer

I'm having some difficulty getting my mind around why
Julian Assange went about publishing tens of thousands
of secret US military reports and diplomatic cables.

Lexi

'I'm having some difficulty getting my mind around why
Julian Assange went about publishing tens of thousands
of secret US military reports and diplomatic cables.'

Its called ego.

Belly, I'm a bit surprised at you >:(

If a woman objects to sex without a condom and a bloke still goes ahead, that does sound to me like lack of consent. Rape.

If a woman wakes up and a bloke is having sex with her, without her giving consent beforehand, that also sounds to me like rape.

If these acts occurred in Sweden and if they would be considered to be rape under Swedish law, then the Swedes are perfectly entitled, obliged even, to pursue Assange through the courts and to seek his extradition. And if he is found guilty of breaking Swedish law, then he does his time.

Then he may be brought back to the UK, from which the US can then seek his extradition if they decide to go down that path.

Amazing.

Where the hell are the feminists these days ?

A bloke may (or may not) have raped a couple of their sisters, and the silence is deafening. All there seems to be these days is some half-wit like Germaine Greer who can think of little else but to complain how big Julia Gillard's @rse is. Fluff-headed women's magazines are as popular as ever. What has feminism come to ?

Joe

The precedent for Australian inaction concerning its citizens did not start with Assange. Blair protested British citizens incarcerated at Guantanamo. They were released. Howard kept quiet even though the Australians in Guantanamo had committed no crime under Australian or American law. The Australian governement has done what it could for Australians imprisoned in Asia. However, those imprisoned by the US are usually ignored.

davidf

Most Aussies could not care less about the technicalities of the law. The fact that Hicks took up arms against Western forces and trained with terrorist should disqualify him from a countries support. John Howard did the right thing in most people's eyes. The self seeking Assange is happy to poor c-ap on anyone in order to stoke his ego. That is why you get the likes of Robertson supporting such self serving people.

loudmouth I think both women could have stopped it.
Both days or weeks after talked then made the choice to call it rape.
I would never defend rape.
I truly ask who changed their minds is the USA behind it
those saying ego?
has truth no value? as is the case this morning American troops live different lives than ours body parts on display.
Should we have not seen those photos of torture?
Would we be better for not knowing about body boarding,are we able to condemn others for cutting throats on TV but not our sides crimes.
Are some humans less human than others. how can we claim the high moral ground if we condemn our side for being honest?
Tower of babble here to day.