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In reply to the discussion: Eight myths about Assange [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)The clock keeps ticking? For how long? 12 hours? 24? Consent given once carries on even if a woman wakes up with some asshole on top of her, holding her down? Really? Don't ever say yes, because then you can NEVER say no?
Good grief.
Sleeping people cannot give consent.
Incredible, how you can ignore that key point.
Sweden has a horrible record on prosecuting rape cases--even they admit that. For all of the "Sexy Swedish Ladies" hoop-la that has circled the globe from the 1950s and beyond, apparently they've a way to go before those "Sexy Swedish Ladies" get equal treatment under the law.
Then, you turn around and tell me all about "humiliation" and how "degrading" this might be (like you know how the Swedes handle these things--and I am quite certain you do not) on the other hand, while in the first instance you insist that the women are not complaining.
And then, you say that successful prosecution of domestic abuse is "pretty bad" if the wife won't participate--like that's an EXCUSE for a policeman to not seek justice when following up on a complaint?
You're all over the road, here. The excuses are flying thick and fast.
I find it astounding how it is possible here on DU to be so extra-ordinarily situational...if the guy in this story was Lyin' Ryan, you and everyone else on the Assange cheerleading squad would be calling for his still beating heart to be ripped from his chest and delivered to the victims on a silver platter.
But hey, it's Assange--and those women aren't complaining, and besides, they're tramps who were in it for a buck, in between checks they were getting from the CIA..... And hey, it wasn't one of those "legitimate rapes" now, was it?
What would be "justice" in this case is if Assange answers the charges made in Sweden against him. If he can lawyer his way out of it, well, there ya go. But to run around with his hair on fire making every excuse in the book--to include "the boogie man is gonna get me"-- to avoid answering for his shameful behavior is just not believable.
We'll see how he enjoys his cell in the Ecuadoran Embassy, for as long as Correa wants to feed and shelter him. I'm betting he'd have better digs in a Swedish prison. At least he'd get some fresh air on occasion--you won't find much of that in a ground floor flat in Knightsbridge.