Not Pynchon but Assange

Sat Feb 1 12:49:15 UTC 2020

Personally, I see it as having a LOT to do with some people's reaction to
the treatment of Julian Assange (and ONLY Julian Assange) whilst being held
in captivity in this here Western World of ours.

YOPJ

On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 7:46 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> What has race got to do with it?
>
> Am Sa., 1. Feb. 2020 um 12:59 Uhr schrieb Mark Thibodeau <
> jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>:
>
>> "It was a kind of a warning call, saying, 'Look what happened to this guy.
>> It could happen to you.' It could happen to any one of us."
>>
>> Yeah. I'm sure EVERY BLACK AND BROWN PERSON reading this was just overcome
>> with empathetic dread. How could this happen to a white man?
>>
>> And SUCH a white man! He's practically milk!
>>
>> Jerky
>>
>> PS - Screw Assange.
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 6:50 AM Kai Frederik Lorentzen <
>> lorentzen at hotmail.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Forgot to copy the crucial line:
>> >
>> > "It was a kind of a warning call, saying, 'Look what happened to this
>> guy.
>> > It could happen to you.' It could happen to any one of us."
>> >
>> > Am 01.02.20 um 12:43 schrieb Kai Frederik Lorentzen:
>> >
>> >
>> > + Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said she would drop<
>> >
>> https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-julian-assange-edward-swowden-pardon-dropped-charges-joe-rogan-1425802
>> > ><
>> >
>> https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-julian-assange-edward-swowden-pardon-dropped-charges-joe-rogan-1425802
>> >
>> > all U.S. charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and pardon NSA
>> > whistleblower Edward Snowden if elected president in 2020.
>> >
>> > During an appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast on Monday,
>> the
>> > congresswoman from Hawaii called Assange's arrest and possible
>> extradition<
>> >
>> https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/11/dark-moment-press-freedom-snowden-leads-global-chorus-condemning-assange-arrest
>> > ><
>> >
>> https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/11/dark-moment-press-freedom-snowden-leads-global-chorus-condemning-assange-arrest
>> >
>> > to the United States a "great threat to our freedom of the press and to
>> our
>> > freedom of speech."
>> >
>> > "The fact that the Trump administration has chosen... to ignore how
>> > important it is that we uphold our freedoms, freedom of the press and
>> > freedom of speech, and go after [Assange], it has a very chilling
>> effect on
>> > both journalists and publishers," Gabbard said.
>> >
>> > "And you can look to those in traditional media and also those in new
>> > media, and also every one of us as Americans," Gabbard added ... +
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/15/tulsi-gabbard-says-she-would-pardon-snowden-and-drop-all-us-charges-against-assange
>> >
>> >
>> > Am 31.01.20 um 15:58 schrieb rich:
>> > Hard to disagree with the sentiments regarding press freedoms and
>> > whistleblowers but I only wish Assange wasn't the poster boy
>> >
>> > rich
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 9:51 AM Thomas Eckhardt <
>> > thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de<mailto:thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de><mailto:
>> > thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de><mailto:thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>>
>> wrote:
>> > Here is the most complete account I have read. An interview with Nils
>> > Melzer, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and other
>> Cruel,
>> > Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and professor of
>> international
>> > law at the University of Glasgow.
>> > Melzer provides many interesting details and I highly recommend reading
>> the
>> > whole thing. This might serve as his conclusion:
>> > "What does it mean when UN member states refuse to provide information
>> to
>> > their own Special Rapporteur on Torture?
>> > That it is a prearranged affair. A show trial is to be used to make an
>> > example of Julian Assange. The point is to intimidate other journalists.
>> > Intimidation, by the way, is one of the primary purposes for the use of
>> > torture around the world. The message to all of us is: This is what will
>> > happen to you if you emulate the Wikileaks model. It is a model that is
>> so
>> > dangerous because it is so simple: People who obtain sensitive
>> information
>> > from their governments or companies transfer that information to
>> Wikileaks,
>> > but the whistleblower remains  anonymous. The reaction shows how great
>> the
>> > threat is perceived to be: Four democratic countries joined forces – the
>> > U.S., Ecuador, Sweden and the UK – to leverage their power to portray
>> one
>> > man as a monster so that he could later be burned at the stake without
>> any
>> > outcry. The case is a huge scandal and represents the failure of Western
>> > rule of law.
>> > If Julian Assange is convicted, it will be a death sentence for freedom
>> of
>> > the press."
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.republik.ch/2020/01/31/nils-melzer-about-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:25:34 +0000
>> >   Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de<mailto:
>> lorentzen at hotmail.de
>> > ><mailto:lorentzen at hotmail.de><mailto:lorentzen at hotmail.de>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > + 28 January 2020. The Parliamentary Assembly of the
>> > Council of Europe (PACE) has called on member states to
>> > oppose the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian
>> > Assange to the United States and resolve that “he must be
>> > promptly released.” Assange is fighting extradition to
>> > the United States in an unprecedented Espionage Act
>> > prosecution for journalistic activity. His extradition
>> > hearing opens at Woolwich Crown Court in London on 24
>> > February 2020 ... +
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> https://bridgesforfreedom.media/council-of-europes-parliamentary-assembly-calls-for-assanges-prompt-release/
>> >
>> >
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