On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 09:15:58AM -0400, Digitalfolklore wrote:

On 26 June 2018 11:53 AM, Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:

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On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 08:45:05PM +0100, Ben Tasker wrote:

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On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Ryan Carboni ryacko@gmail.com wrote:

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Of course Assange is an Ecuadorian citizen, so if they wanted to, they could have him leave the embassy through temporary diplomatic status, particularly since he isn't accused of any crime by the British.

No, no they couldn't. The host country grants/approves diplomatic credentials, so it's up to the UK Government whether he gets that status. You can already guess what the answer would be.

Also, Assange is accused by the British courts of failing to abide by the bail conditions to appear in court for sentencing/ extradition, instead he went into the Ecuadore embassy. They call that contempt of court, which is a jailable "offence". Unfortunately it is only the individual's "offences" against the state which go punished in many cases, and not the states offences against the individual. Assange is due one mighty exemplary compensation payout at the end of the day...

needs a kick in the pants for being so egocentric

Perhaps exactly this lesson is on his Karmic plate and resulted him to suffer such an extended incarcerative kick in said pants :) There's always a price to pay for helping people :/ At least Assange is taking an unremitting stand - if nothing else he's an example many more could surely emulate and the world would be better for it. One needs -some- ego to survive in this dang world - something I am completely unacquainted with of course, providing the Dalai Llama's personal Humility 1-0-1 lessons and all... =D - there's just nothing quite like the ignorance of bliss, and for everything else there's Mir card. Z