I agree with Julian Ku on this, however I reserve the right to change my mind after reading what Glenn Greenwald had to say about the whole Assange show:
Assange is acting like a paranoid lunatic and it is astonishing to me that so many folks who should know better instinctively side with an accused rapist whose main argument is that the Swedish (Swedish!) justice system is being controlled by the CIA and US government. (...)n the end, (...) Ecuador will quickly tire of Assange after a few months and kick him out, especially after the global media start forgetting about him.
You should be on Twitter. BTW, the Greenwald has spoken on this, attacks his new paper in the very first paragraph, very exciting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/21/human-rights-critics-russia-ecuador
Posted by: CraigJWilly | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 05:11 PM
Just saw it. He is right as almost always on the hypocrisy issue but he doesn't really address the one of Assange's own hypocrisy and egocentrism.
i have to admit that Assange rubs me the wrong way, but I have to say that the whole thing is just pathetic and nobody looks good.
Comme d'hab tout le monde a les mains sales...
Posted by: Christelle Nadia Fotso | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 05:35 PM