Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules

Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by sneak on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:35PM (#29512797)

> "sobering view of how the world really works" for whom this is unexpected, which is to say, the most naive.

I think perhaps you're giving too many people too much credit. I would assume that the vast majority of people in the USA think it's a functioning democracy, subject to the rule of law, with human rights.

None of these things are true, and, yet, these beliefs are very widely held.

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by raverbashing on Friday December 10, 2021 @01:26PM (#29513539)

It certainly beats the majority of other countries in this aspect

We wouldn't be talking about Assange having legal recourse had he got in the wrong way of a lot of other places.

The buck stops somewhere, no system is perfect and special cases are special cases. As again per the last paragraph in my initial response.

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by sneak on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:46PM (#29515830)

Imagine a parent that physically abuses their young child way less than all of the other parents on their block.

It's not really a defense. The USA, and in particular the parts of the USA that have the most power, do not really care at all about human rights, and are not held accountable for not caring about human rights.

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