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Assange Handed Sydney Peace Medal
hihihihi writes "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation's Gold Medal for 'exceptional courage in the pursuit of human rights.' It is only the fourth time in the organization's 14-year history that the prize for extraordinary achievement in promoting peace with justice has been given out. Previous winners are Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Japanese Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda. Foundation director Professor Stuart Rees accused the Australian government of demonizing Mr Assange and aiding US efforts to behave like a totalitarian state."
contrary to what you arrogant and self-centered right wingers in america tend to think, the people around the world think good of assange since he is exposing the SHIT that u.s. perpetrates around the world, ranging from bullying germany to prevent prosecution of the cia agents who kidnapped german citizens and tortured them in syria, to bullying spanish government to put out 3 strikes law to censor people for american copyright interests.
i find your disgust at exposition of such information, disgusting.
now scram.
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I like the fact that they are awarding the idea of open government and open corporatism, but what has been released that has been worth all the hub-bub?
what has been released that has been worth all the hub-bub?
Here's an article listing some of the revelations from 2010.
I wouldn't post ac but other wise I’ll get modded down to oblivion by a bunch of propaganda swallowing Americans that want to be able to kill who ever they want when ever they want. Any way Assange is a stand up man that is willing to stand up to you nation of trolls so he deserves many medals.
Please provide citation from a reputable source for those that wish to verify your claim.
Did he know before they announced it?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
So it's been around 14 years, so basically before Assange it has only awarded one prize to someone who did not already have a nobel peace prize at the time of the award. Having grown up in Sydney I have got to say I am pretty uninterested in this me-too institution. Since I doubt many Australians will do anything worthy of the attention of the Norweigian government or whoever awards these things, maybe starting with Assange they can make it a sort of domestic competition with lesser criteria.
When Argumentum ad Hominem falls short, try Argumentum ad Matrem
I'm just saying.
the women the cia bribed.
War crimes..... That term does not apply to the winners of the war.
I am Jewish, and Assange disappoints me -- he posts about all conspiracies except ours!
(I am actually Jewish, so I am allowed to make Jewish jokes).
Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.
So much for your vaunted innocent until proven guilty, eh? I knew that was a load you didn't really believe in.
In thew US that concept has been dead for some time. Mind you, some European countries are doing their best to follow in those footsteps.
A. Different brains?
B. Different culture?
C. Favouritism?
Unfortunately, racists on either side are quick to highlight A or C. I'm not so fanatically politically correct that I'm going to dismiss A (we don't really know enough about the brain nor have we devised any suitable tests to determine) and C (it is human nature to support your own group, so if one group is already well established it might foster further success for that same group), but maybe there's quite a lot of B.
I mean, why are such a great proportion of students at Oxbridge from private schools? Could it be because the parents who have given their children a private education have tried to prioritise good education? We're not saying that every parent has the means to do that, but neither does every Jewish family have the means: all you need is significantly more Jewish families to want to prioritise their children's education, some of whom will also have the means to action their want, for them to end up overrepresented in some professional field. This sort of sentiment is cultural, passed down through families and community groups. It is a spirit perhaps to be learnt from, though perhaps not adopted wholesale: a graduate from a top university is just as likely to become a wanker banker as a life-enhancing scientist.
There's a big difference between hating Jews and hating an oppressive regime. Not all Jews support Israel. I think that deserves to be pointed out every once in a while.
Manning risked everything and has and will continue to pay dearly for it. Assange has risked substantially less and really we only talk about him because of the actions of Manning.
So you're saying Israel is a repressive regime? Do you know anything about the Middle East or the world for that matter? I bet you view Israel as a far greater problem area than Syria, but Syria is the one that has a repressive regime. Israel has a Democracy with citizens of all religions. Homosexuals can walk the streets holding their lover's hand without getting stoned to death. Christians don't run in terror from angry mobs, expect in the West Bank and Gaza. What an unusual repressive regime.
Bradley E. Manning should get this price, he is the real hero. He put his life on the line to release this information, what did Assange risk?
Manning was held naked in a prison cell without windows for 23 hours a day, Assange won't even go to Sweden to face the charges for sex-crimes (not even after being assured he will not be sent to any other country without britains concent).
Well, we see here the award isn't given to honor the recipient, it's given to make the elites of Sydney feel good. The Dalai Lama is a rather unsavory character in many respects, although you'll never hear anything against him in the Western media as the narrative has firmly been established and anyone who says otherwise must be insane. Naming Nelson Mandela was another feelgood exercise. Daisaku Ikeda is a religious freak. Religion! What the hell? How on earth does any religion get any honor at all? I thought everyone was in agreement that religious people are total morons? Did this change overnight? Daisaku Ikeda's cult is like Scientology, members have made bomb threats against rival cults (the source is the New York Times, so you know it's true because they're fact-checked). He's a big player in Japan's New Komeito political party, sort of like how the Koch brothers influence American politics in a negative direction. And now we have Assange's award, another totally political statement.
This Sydney Peace Medal is just more bullshit, just elites scratching each other's backs. It means nothing...sort of like the Nobel Peace Prize in that respect (note the similarity of names...a total coincidence I'm sure).
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Israel is a democracy and doesn't oppress its own citizens, but it behaves like a dick towards other peoples.
Mandela, Dalai Lama, Ikeda.... prolific writers, peace activists and leaders who have been repeatedly recognized internationally for their selfless actions. And they add to that list a pseudo-anarchist egomanaical twit who runs a sensationalist media outlet under the guise of altruism? It will take another 3 years of self-important dinners and newsletters, but the Sydney Peace Foundation is already gearing up to present Mel Gibson with their 2014 Gold Medal for Racial and Religious Tolerance.
As for Wikileaks, gone is the myth of freedom of information with their new internal gag order. Do as we say, not as we do. Honestly though, you have to protect that first-release-based profit margin somehow... even though he seems to spend most of his time abroad shacking up with stupid young girls or living in other peoples' houses, I'm sure Assange's rock star globe-trotting was quite expensive before his arrest.
But it also kicks families out of the house where they've lived for generations. It built a wall that separates farmers from their fields. Israel goes out of its way to disrupt the lives of normal Palestinian families. It's not oppressive to the people it likes, but it is oppressive to the people it oppresses. The fact that there are also people who are not oppressed by the Israeli government doesn't change this simple fact.
Yeah, 'raped'.
http://radsoft.net/news/20101001,01.shtml
Assange aside, calling this case 'rape' is an insult to real rape victims. It diminishes the severity of rape.
How ironic. I have varying opinions on all the past recipients named, but all of them have actually been the center of conflicts, more so than defusing them. So in retrospect, Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize wasn't such a bad idea since most folks agree on global warming and don't launch armed conflicts about the issue.
Freedom is drinking a beer in the park when you're supposed to be at work.
The Sweden "court system" for this issue is almost a regular medieval political circus. Look at what Sweden has all but promised Assange in his "fair" trial: Solitary confinement before trial without access to his lawyers. Closed door secret court - no one will hear let alone be able to refute any testimonies. Three of the four judges to be (or appointed by) politicians! Not to forget that the case was closed before being reopened by, you guessed it, a politician - apparently because they say the girls did not know they were being raped at the time and it is up-to their court of laypersons to decide (I kid you not, crazy system Sweden has, huh). The rabbit hole of deceit by Swedish authorities goes way deeper than most would like to see however - in this case starting with the Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny, lawyer Mr Claes Borgström and their relationship with the Swedish Democrat party which stands to gain from this circus.
Who in the right mind would not try to fight for a fairer trial than this? I don't care if it is Assange or anyone else, Sweden should be ashamed of these "courts", if you can even call them that.
The only good thing coming out of this abuse is the increased scrutiny on the very broken European extradition laws - and perhaps some Swedish rethinking their leaders (although the last election shows this to be unlikely).
Hating what your country does when it does something evil, like killing or jailing protesters, is not Jew hating. Israels is a country that does not guarantee the rights of all its citizens, the Arab citizens especially. Israel steals land and only pretends to want peace. I guess it's only wrong if things like this are done to Jews, but no the other way around.
That is the name of a video with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The video of US military forces killing civilians, which was released by WikiLeaks was labeled "Collateral Murder".
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
Why would you compare the two? Obama did nothing to deserve a Nobel peace prize (and most disappointingly, still hasn't since) unless you count bringing grammar back to the White House. Assange has actually done things to further world peace, whether you agree with the means or not. The two are not comparable.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
I'm Swedish and this is 100% accurate, +100 Insightful. The Swedish justice system is a huge embarrassment and completely broken. Hopefully this case will shed some light on it so it can be fixed.
You also forgot to mention two other interesting facts of Claes Borgström, both of which you can find in his Wikipedia article. First of all he was the attorney of Thomas Quick, a case that is one of the biggest scandals in Swedish justice history. Basically Quick was mental and admitted to a whole bunch of murders he never committed and was sentenced guilty without a shred of evidence. Secondly Claes Borgström is an extreme left wing feminist nutjob that thinks men has a "collective guilt" against women and should pay a special tax for being men.
If only these two opposing racist posts would annihilate each other...
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
I'm Swedish and used to live there.
Being a man in Sweden is like being a woman in Saudi Arabia.
I just couldn't stomach being forced to pay atrocious amounts of tax to finance those who opress you.
I chose to emigrate and I'm happy I did so.
It definitely helped kick off some revolutions in the Middle East / North Africa, and most of those went pretty well...
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
"Both side" have gone full retard.
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Riiiiight, because slashdot is sooooo pro-American government.
You are incredibly dishonest, and profoundly ignorant of history. Anyone who equates criticism of the government of Israel with antisemitism is either a fool or a liar.
You're again, a liar. I have criticized every goddamn one of those countries you've mentioned. You are morally bankrupt if you think that Israel can escape all criticism (and that's what you're arguing, don't lie about that) because other countries also do bad things. People like you disgust me.
I wouldn't say most; 2 of them have gone well (so far), around 4-5 of them are being met with harsh resistance and loss of life.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -edward abbey
Nya nya nya! As much as you criticize Israel? You probably criticize everything and everyone, then. I'm sure you're a hoot at parties. Sure, granted, you're a paragon of fairness. Wow, one out of billions who aren't. Congrats.
Riiiiight, because slashdot is sooooo pro-American government.
It's painfully frequent I see moderation for -1 unpatriotic.
You can't even defend your position so you just make up other people's position; you know you've lost the argument when you have to keep saying stuff like "you probably argue X, which is bad!" rather than refute the actual arguments made. And at least I get invited to parties, troll.
Your "staggeringly long" list includes everything the military did, including humanitarian missions and evacuations. A lot more of those were peacekeeping missions under the UN.
(Accepting physical objects as gifts when you're Julian Assange) = (bad idea).
was your post, meant to acquit u.s. ? or, justify what it is doing ? or, tell us that, what u.s. is doing is no worse than what others are doing ?
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You started with the ad hominem. What's your argument? You criticize everyone equally? Pratically impossible, and definitely stupid if it's true. Anyone sensible will save their criticisms for when truly deserved, and in that neighborhood and in this world, Israel IS THE MOST MORAL ARMY POSSIBLE. That Israelis are brutal? Brutal is firing a laser-guided missile at a school bus, murdering a child, then giving out candy in the street to celebrate the "victory". Brutal is what's happening in Syria. The opposite of brutal, building a fence to reduce the need for confrontation, precision targeting, and encouraging economic ties, are the methods of Israel. You, however, don't care much about those things. You see self-protection as aggression and aggression as "resistance" to aggression. It's the world on its head. Troll.
you are a real live cartoon! hilarious!!!
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Is it the one where the hook-nosed Jew is also a vulture in a Nazi uniform while marching poor, defenseless Palestinians off to the gas chamber? There are lots of political cartoons like that.
Really? Let's try this. U.S.A. is Number One!!
Justifying your incredibly cruel occupation and ethnic cleansing campaign by saying that others are worse is not only untrue, it's irrelevant. Your colonial enterprise is destined to implode under its own racism, inhumanity and illegality, NOT under it's Jewishness.
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I wasn't saying it isn't worth it.
I still think the news from the North Africa and the Middle East is some of the best news I've heard since the fall of the Berlin Wall and Soviet Russia, it makes me hopeful for us as a species.
It just wouldn't say that they are mostly successful yet. Hopefully they will be, and hopefully the revolutionary spirit spreads to the bigger, nastier, fish in the region (Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iran), and hopefully most of these revolutions don't get taken over by people worse than the governments that they're attempting to overthrow.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -edward abbey
Just referring to your trolling taken to the comical level. Picture Charlie Chaplin doing physical gags, made funnier bc they are so obviously stupid and familiar, with big sad eyes after each pratfall. I just don't see that level of blackface here on slashdot very often.
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"Israel is a democracy and doesn't oppress its own citizens" ... (as long as they are Jewish)
"but it behaves like a dick towards other peoples."
A better analogy is like a monster; over 60 years of continuous inhuman oppression, cruelty and cold-blooded murder. Combined with so many lies! My god, such cold blood. Using the good will toward the Jewish people to take every advantage. Look at the troll who started this thread, using the same mendacious claims that we've heard a thousand times, all twisted and designed to cast doubt on plain facts. Never a moment of honest debate, just move to the next talking point then move to the next forum. They have a govt department with pamphlet for Hisbaratchniks to use to troll internet forums and keep the disinformation alive as awareness of the honest facts of this land grab is the end of it. Happily that day is dawning!
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come on MR, take a long breath. don't long to be something "great", be what you ARE...an irreplaceable part of the infinite wonder of this world.
shalom
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Honestly, I think the top post in this thread was just flamebaiting.