[ExI] pussy riot case

[Dave Sill]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com>wrote:
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> Army Pfc. Bradley Manning swore an oath to protect his countries
> secrets, then violated that oath.


No, he swore an oath to defend the Constitution. Opinions will vary on
whether he violated that oath, but there's little doubt that he broke broke
laws or disobeyed orders.


> Assange himself is not guilty of treason in the sense that he has not
> personally committed an offense against the country of his birth.
> Nevertheless, he is guilty of promoting and enabling treason.
>

Yeah, much in the same way that anyone who isn't Muslim is a heretic in the
eyes of an Islamic government.


> Similarly, while the people who founded AshleyMadison.com aren't
> themselves guilty of adultery, they have certainly promoted and
> enabled adultery.
>

So what? Is promoting or enabling adultery illegal?

The charge against Assange isn't so much "playing with people's
> lives", but making all of civilization less safe by outing secrets
> that might well be more safely kept behind closed doors.


"Making all of civilization less safe" is a bit of a stretch.

But it is also very clear that
> he has ruined at least one life so far, that of Army Pfc. Bradley
> Manning.


No, as Spike correctly pointed out, Manning apparently did what he did
voluntarily and aware of the consequences. You might consider it "ruining
his life", but he might consider it the best thing he could have done.

-Dave
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