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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:29 PM Original message |
CRIKEY: "Sex W/O Condom"-When it comes to Assange rape case-Swedes are making it up as they go along |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. "But then neither (of the accusers) complained to the police but rather 'sought advice,' a technique |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. good lord, this criminalizes every straight person |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Bad headline. We already knew this. The real news is the other stuff the lawyer says. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. by this definition... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Experience, some of it working in Swedish embassies, huh? |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's a set-up |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:46 PM Original message |
This tarnishes Sweden image while burnishing his. What Sweden is doing is |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. The U.S. Empire put pressure on them, just as they did on Spain |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. A brief article that fills in many sketchy details. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. No duh. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. True! |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Didn't the Nixon adminstration try to set up a sex smear on Ellsburg? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. We won't resolve this on the internet. It depends on too many specific details. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. actually, this does resolve it on the internet -- it's a bullshit allegation by embassy star fuckers |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. That version is from his lawyer. Sweden's top court, OTOH, just upheld the warrant. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. many just want revenge on Assange for embarrassing US elites and this is one way to get it. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. If picking your nose and flicking it on a bystander was a felony in Sweden |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. At the very least he needs to go in for questioning on this, just like any one of would have to do |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. wow -- did you even read the article? |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. He needs to stay underground, because if the US authorities get their hands |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. He has been questioned, and has offered to submit to additional questioning many more times. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. very excellent points. nt |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Sure. I suggest any government waiting for me to show up for questioning about bogus charges... |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. cabdo2007 |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. the "crime" he's accused of having committed carries a stiff penalty |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I think it has been resolved, mainly by the woman herself who |
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Ginto (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Not the type of woman you should jump into bed with. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Clear as a bell. Well said. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not since Andrea Dworkin have I seen such a fucked up attempt at redefining "rape". |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. really ironic given Sweden's historically wide-open sexual attitudes... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. these aren't even legal "complaints" -- the women "sought advice" from police, which is |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is there anything resembling a Swedish legal blog? |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. wrong crime |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Those two women scare me..... |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. How deep can the outrage and disgust pit get. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. Kpete - did you see the excellent Salon article yesterday - he's in danger of extradition to the US |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. great link. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Thanks for posting. Assange's attorney has said that Sweden allows rendition flights. |
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