I agree that this outcome should cause people to stop and think about whether justice is really being done here
If you get to this point and now wonder whether justice is being done, you haven't been paying attention or following it for a while.
None of this is about justice.
It's about powerful people trying to deny themselves truth/reality to maintain their illusory identity. They bought into the "truth, justice and the american way" and got caught out.
Assange enabled the world to see their nation behaving as they do, not as they wanted to be seen, with the added irony that it was through collateral damage of their own journalists being blown away by a trigger happy numbskulled armed forces member out of control.
Cue Jack Nicholson saying "You can't handle the truth!" - they can't.
Making Assange guilty in any way possible is the only way 'the system' can make itself feel better about itself.
All the laws and technicalities and ridiculous court theatre are just part of the sad misdirection show. The 'interpretations of law', bizarre courtroom requirements and treatment show that Assange was actually right to fear his situation.
The fact they gamed the system to get a specific judge to preside over the trial while at the same time denying nearly all public eyeballs from actually being in the room whilst the case was being heard just shows how far they're willing to go to try to reinforce their self-righteous identity.
As I said in another post: The US want to apply US law somewhere other than the US to someone who is not a US citizen. They can fuck off. And that's from someone who thinks 'the law' (or application thereof) is a crock of shit a lot of the time even if there were some well meaning intentions made back in the day.
There's something very ominous about the line "The truth does not matter, there is only the power of men" in the trailer for the upcoming movie The Last Duel.
Assange is accused of helping someone steal classified information, and that is a legitimate judicial proceeding.
"with the added irony that it was through collateral damage of their own journalists being blown away by a trigger happy numbskulled armed forces member out of control."
This is false. The actions of the pilpot, though regrettable, were within the boundaries of operational limits in that situation.
What people have trouble processing is that those are the many unfortunate situations that can arise during conflict. Journalists have to be responsible for their own safety when not notifying friendly forces going directly into a combat zone wit an armed guard, lose markings, and no real way for any of the combatants to be sure of their status or intentions.
Your comments about 'making him guilty by any means possible' etc. are unsubstantiated. I'm sure there are many people who feel that way, but they don't need to act outside the boundaries of the law.
Assange has published a zillion things many of which were damaging to the US and he's not being charged over them. He's being charged for material intervention in the theft of classified information. The same thing would apply to you or I.
though regrettable, were within the boundaries of operational limits
Bullshit. That's the equivalent of the police force or government investigating themselves and finding no wrongdoing.
The law is just a bunch of sentences in books. Its the fair application and enforcement of it that makes it worth anything.
He's being charged for material intervention in the theft of classified information.
zealously, because:
Assange has published a zillion things many of which were damaging to the US and he's not being charged over them.
- because he easily couldn't be. It doesn't mean that they're not out to get him for that. They definitely are, they're pursuing it via alternative routes.
If you get to this point and now wonder whether justice is being done, you haven't been paying attention or following it for a while.
None of this is about justice.
It's about powerful people trying to deny themselves truth/reality to maintain their illusory identity. They bought into the "truth, justice and the american way" and got caught out.
Assange enabled the world to see their nation behaving as they do, not as they wanted to be seen, with the added irony that it was through collateral damage of their own journalists being blown away by a trigger happy numbskulled armed forces member out of control.
Cue Jack Nicholson saying "You can't handle the truth!" - they can't.
Making Assange guilty in any way possible is the only way 'the system' can make itself feel better about itself.
All the laws and technicalities and ridiculous court theatre are just part of the sad misdirection show. The 'interpretations of law', bizarre courtroom requirements and treatment show that Assange was actually right to fear his situation.
The fact they gamed the system to get a specific judge to preside over the trial while at the same time denying nearly all public eyeballs from actually being in the room whilst the case was being heard just shows how far they're willing to go to try to reinforce their self-righteous identity.
As I said in another post: The US want to apply US law somewhere other than the US to someone who is not a US citizen. They can fuck off. And that's from someone who thinks 'the law' (or application thereof) is a crock of shit a lot of the time even if there were some well meaning intentions made back in the day.
There's something very ominous about the line "The truth does not matter, there is only the power of men" in the trailer for the upcoming movie The Last Duel.