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Re:Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow by philwelch on Monday July 01, 2013 @10:25PM (#5975400)
That's a conspiracy theory, and not one that stands up to much scrutiny.
Re:Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow by Ygg2 on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @06:01AM (#5976738)
Really? I've heard the charges. He held one plaintiff with his body weight and had rough, condom-less sex and he had sex with other plaintiff while she was asleep. In both cases the sexual encounters were consentual. He was originally charged by plaintiff one to take an STD test, rather than jail.

Not to mention that the translation (and gravity ) of the crime is closer to "sexual misdemeanor"/"sexual misconduct" rather than "rape".

Re:Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow by philwelch on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @01:17PM (#5979285)
Aside from your misleading assertion the encounters were "consensual" (you can't consent when asleep, and consenting on the condition that your partner wears a condom doesn't mean consenting to having sex without the condom) both seem like clear cut allegations of sexual assault to me. If you really think his alleged behavior is no big deal, well there's no civil way of saying this but that makes you an apologist for rape.

And that's without even getting into how little sense the conspiracy theory itself makes.