Key witness in Assange case jailed after admitting to lies and crime spree

Re:Key witness in Assange case jailed after admitting to lie... by chuckee on Sunday October 10, 2021 @06:59AM (#28817427)

> The people of the United Kingdom elected representatives, who through various means constructed the judicial system and entered into agreements with other countries, including the United States, concerning many things, including extradition.

That's ignoring a lot of behind-the-scenes pressure tactics. In fact, your analysis would cast every one-sided deal or law that is the result of foreign pressure (or corruption, or lobbying) as "democratic", unless it's the result of full-on war.

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Re:Key witness in Assange case jailed after admitting to lie... by asdfasgasdgasdg on Sunday October 10, 2021 @09:55AM (#28818437)

I see what you're saying. But all countries deal with external pressures and constraints to some degree or another. I don't think we can declare their choices under these constraints undemocratic without rendering the word "democracy" into a purely theoretical concept.

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