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Joaquín Bustelo wrote I don't particularly LIKE Assange. He seems like a smarmy, self-satisfied, quite comfortable in his privileges gavacho...I'll say that I have close to zero doubt that the charges against Assange could very well be true. _________________________ What arrant, thoughtless bilge. Here's a guy who has worked incessantly and against all odds to bring up these materials which outdo anything anyone has done since another very courageous person, Dan Ellsberg, brought us the Pentagon Papers. Assange has done this at serious risk of assassination, being chased all over the globe, eluding the many agents capable of doing him in, fearing for his life, also risking almost certain destruction of his credibility and reputation, which is now taking place in spades, while American journalists largely ignore what he has done and minimize its import, while like NYT's John Burns playing up the smear. What company you keep. Have you heard him speak as to his motivation and his mission? Did you listen to the London press conference in which he and Ellsberg participated? Where in those words do you detect smarm and privilege? Where in your arrogant, thoughtless ramblings is the fading presumption of innocence, which I would expect would be of particular concern to anyone participating in this list, komrade? ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
