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Wikileaks Double Standards

Imagine I said, "I hope Anna Ardin [the Wikileaks false accuser] gets raped!" People would scream at me from the mountains. Yet look at the reality of what Anna Ardin has done to Julian Assange. Assange is currently being held without bail, for having sex without a condom. Why is condomless sex only a male crime? Shouldn't a woman have a duty to see if the man's member is covered? Otherwise, isn't the woman equally guilty of condomless sex? Yet Assange is treated as "rapist," and the women who allowed him to penetrate them without a condom are "victims." Sophistry at its finest. I digress.  Assange is being held in prison. He might be raped. He might be assassinated. The United States is already planning a legal prosecution against him. Will Assange be sent to Gitmo, or to an American prison (where I 100% guarantee he will be raped)? Accusations have consequences, and Assange's life may well be over...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 10, 2010 (boomark / email).