Mountaineer@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 10 months agoJulian Assange released from prison and has left UK, WikiLeaks sayswww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down16
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkJulian Assange released from prison and has left UK, WikiLeaks sayswww.abc.net.auMountaineer@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareMountaineer@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·10 months agoThe US get to show just how tough they are on whistleblowers and their associates. Assange gets to go home. If I was him, I’d keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.
minus-squareFeydaikin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-210 months ago“If I was him, I’d keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.” Wouldn’t that just mean that the threats worked? The corrupt won? I mean, the point of whistleblowing is to do so in spite of the threat of punishment, right?
minus-squareMountaineer@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoYes, the threats worked and the corrupt won. Now he gets to see his kids. I’d choose that too. You can call it cowardice, I’d call it pragmatism.
minus-squareFeydaikin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI’m not calling anyone a coward. I’m just less sure it’s the end of anything.
The US get to show just how tough they are on whistleblowers and their associates.
Assange gets to go home.
If I was him, I’d keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.
“If I was him, I’d keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.”
Wouldn’t that just mean that the threats worked? The corrupt won?
I mean, the point of whistleblowing is to do so in spite of the threat of punishment, right?
Yes, the threats worked and the corrupt won.
Now he gets to see his kids.
I’d choose that too.
You can call it cowardice, I’d call it pragmatism.
I’m not calling anyone a coward.
I’m just less sure it’s the end of anything.
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