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Julian Assange Trying To Raise Nearly $200k For a Statue of Himself

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-out-my-statue dept.

Rei writes Julian Assange, from his refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, has recently taken to Twitter to try to raise nearly $200,000 for a life-size bronze statue of himself. The statue would have him standing front and center between Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning (with Manning pictured as male); the art piece would be then shipped around the world on tour.

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  1. Re:And men will ask why... by Opyros · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Nah, the reference is to Cato the Elder. He was once asked if he minded the fact that there was no statue to him; he replied that he would rather have no statue and people asking "why not" than have a statue and people asking "why".

  2. Flame-bate by locketine · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How does one vote the OP as flame-bate? Julian isn't raising the money, he isn't even promoting it. He just re-tweeted about it. This has to be the most purposefully misleading post I've ever seen on slash dot.

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