Assange, Ecuador, Rape, and Sweden - 1

[EFerrari]

It was a huge surprise that Julian Assange suddenly checked into the Embassy of República del Ecuador in London. The twitter reaction from leading Swedish media personalities, in the midst of a Football match, was predictably myopic - and as nationalistic as Football.

The picture that came into their minds was that of an Australian brute who was invited to Sweden, raped a couple Swedish women and now applied yet another stunt tried to escape those allegations.

There are so many misunderstandings in the Assange case that someone must put the picture straight. I will divide this in 2 or maybe 3 blog postings to argue a few important points:

1) Julian Assange is regarded as an enemy of the United States. The Swedish case is a nuisance compared to that.

http://swartz.typepad.com/texplorer/2012/06/assange-ecuador-rape-and-sweden-1.html

Part 2:

http://swartz.typepad.com/texplorer/2012/06/assange-ecuador-rape-and-sweden-2.html

[freshwest]

1. Sweden seems to be having problems lately. Like the troubling story discussed here, the..

Swedish minister in 'racist cake' controversy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17749533

We have plenty of things to be embarrassed about here, much more than Sweden. The nationalist fervor is misguided, and this whole case is making less and less sense every day.

Assange, Wikileaks, Anonymous and Occupy have changed the world. We are going to have a global society and possibly a global government, like it or not, it's being pushed from all sides. 'Patriots' don't resist governance by global corporations. They simply regard it as better than government. They're wrong, IMHO.

Most leaders of countries and organizations are global now, and insist on control of the message. Assange is a voice of those who are saying the way this is being organized is wrong and destructive. We need his voice and that of others to influence these changes. JMHO.

[xchrom]

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[Bucky]

3. Neutral, for, against, for

[reorg]

4. Yes, people should take notice what Swedes have to say

Here is something interesting about the women's lawyer, Claes Borgström:

The following is an excerpt from Hannes Råstam's coming book 'Thomas Quick: Creating a Serial Killer'. The book is due out this spring. Much of the book will focus on the part Claes Borgström played in this the biggest judicial scandal ever in Sweden save for the current case of Julian Assange. Borgström did virtually nothing for six years, let his client be convicted of murder on no evidence whatsoever in four cases, and ended up billing the government for over one half million dollars (SEK 5 million).

Outcries against Claes Borgström were everywhere. Dozens of books, hundreds of articles have been written. When the media found Borgström got paid astronomical sums for doing little more than taking leisurely walks in the park, they went through the roof.

The Claes Borgström Interview
http://rixstep.com/2/1/20120206,00.shtml