as the reponse to the call to take his passport included questions as to howthey could legally declare a person stateless who was born here and they started to they have recinded their eairlier statements about his passport and citizenship ... and indicated that he will recieve all the consular support any citizen would be entiled to [ they looked v.foolish when asked under what actual rule of law they were going to achieve that aim ... Geoffery Robinson and other high profile barristers and lawyers are said to be assisting his defense
as soon as the death penalty was mentioned as an Americian response public opinion here has swayed in his favor somewhat mostly nobody had heard too m7uch about him now the story is taking up entire current affairs shows .. and pages and pages of the newspaper so every one is developing an opion it has even pushed Oprah off the front page ! she and her friends arrived safely to a small frenzy and will shut down the city of Sydney next friday .. the city apparently will go into a simular lockdown as for a G8 summit On 12/9/10, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2010, at 9:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >>> >>> No, actually it's a consent issue: it's not using a condom against the >>> express wishes of your partner that's the crime here; the alleged >>> "reporting" on this issue is just awful. >>> >> >> That explanation doesn't make the arrest sound any more justifiable. > > Here's a better one. It at least explains some of the dynamics: > > <http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2010/12/06/some-thoughts-on-sex-by-surprise/> > > Regardless, even if the charges are proven in the courts, the way this case > has been handled is unprecedented, and seems designed to get Assange into > the hands of authorities whence he can be spirited off to some black prison > somewhere. > > Given the ferocity with which they've denounced him, I highly doubt he'll > get any help from his own country. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
