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
>
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