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“Under house arrest in England, the WikiLeaks founder opens up about his battle with the ‘Times,’ his stint in solitary and the future of journalism”

Article by Michael Hastings, RollingStone.com

You know what, this last 48 hours has made me mad as hell. And I didn’t think it was possible to be more enamoured of our man Julian, but I totally am.

The guy has integrity. He may be geeky and clueless and even possibly a bit of a dick when it comes to women, but he HASN’T deleted any of his embarrassing crap from the past. OKcupid profile - still up. Asked questions, he says stuff which in many cases is kinda unhelpful - but he doesn’t go fucking erasing it or pretending he didn’t say it.

This is what really makes angry. Not standing up and taking RESPONSIBILITY for your past actions or words. If you fuck up or say or do something stupid, or change your mind, the correct thing to do is to apologise, to be HONEST, to take the punishment if punishment is due - not pretend it didn’t fucking happen.

Anna Ardin - shame on your for trying to erase the fact that you were enjoying your moment in the spotlight with Julian.

but - 10,000x worse:

Sarah Palin - SHAME ON YOU for trying to erase the fact that you were inciting people to MURDER.

I. Hate. Fucking. Cowards.

One final note. Anyone who unfollows Wikileaks on Twitter now - why? It won’t change the past. And you have NOTHING to be guilty or ashamed of. If anything, you should be encouraging everyone you know to start following @wikileaks, if they weren’t already.

“Powerful enemies are testing the waters to see how much they can get away with. Seeing how they can abuse the system that they are integrated with to prevent scrutiny. Well, the answer is, they can get away with too much.”

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Julian Assange. Nov 29: Wikileaks, Assange win major australian prize for “Outstanding contribution to journalism” - Democracy Now

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JulianAssange: predator or victim? http://ping.fm/SeZEV rape conspiracy wikileaks victimblaming

“歴史の記録が主流メディアによってねじ曲げられ、この世界について人々が正しい認識を持つことをできなくしているため、よりよい社会を築いていくための人々の協力を妨げられているとアサンジは言います。一方ジジェクは、日常の言説に埋め込まれた言外のほのめかしによって私たちの思考を縛り、それと気づくこともできないほど強力な現代のイデオロギー支配を、ウィキリークスが打ち破ったと絶賛します。そうしたウィキリークスの活動に米国政府はヒステリックな反応を示し、関係者に捜査の手が伸びています。ウィキリークスに米軍内部の情報を渡したとされる元米軍上等兵ブラッドリー・マニングは、かれこれ1年も前から軍に身柄を拘束され、厳しい独房監禁が続いている模様です。アサンジ自身もいまだにどの国でも起訴されていないのに半年間も軟禁されたままであり、レイプ被害の申し立てを基にスウェーデン当局への身柄引き渡し請求が出ています。起訴もされていないのに外国の裁判所に引き渡されかねないという、EU加盟国間の身柄引き渡し協定の危うさが浮きぼりになります。また、米国でもウィキリークスの訴追の可否をめぐってワシントン近郊で秘密の大陪審が進められていますが、これも｢中世の暗黒裁判」とアサンジが嘆くような恣意的な秘密裁判のようで、日本の検察審査会に通じるものがあるようです。(中野真紀子）”

—ジュリアン･アサンジとスラボイ･ジジェクの対談　Part　１　ウィキリークスの理念と影響、マニング、米国での大陪審 | Democracy Now!

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[Rolling Stone] - Interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

British court in Assange ruling: No means no. Not without a condom means not without a condom. And no, you can't just screw her in her sleep.

“Powerful enemies are testing the waters to see how much they can get away with. Seeing how they can abuse the system that they are integrated with to prevent scrutiny. Well, the answer is, they can get away with too much.”