in Sweden if the woman withdraws consent during the act it is still considered rape, with prision terms.
The point of contention is not the swedish law, but whether the consent was actually withdrawn and the credibility of the womens' statement. The women seem to have continued their relationship with Assange, despite the rape and condom-break incident, which makes their claims sound a bit dubious.
And? Their credibility should be judged by a jury, at trial.
A trial? There hasn't been any charges yet! 9 days in solitary, but no charges.
I don't know if you've watched the full video, or just Assange's edit of it. If you watched the full one you know that at several points they asked for clearance to fire
The edited version ALSO shows them begging for permission to shoot the wounded man with hollow point bullets, again.
They ask for permission to commit war crimes, they get permission to commit war crime, and then the pentagon and state department cover up those war crimes.
Don't pretend that Wikileaks edited out the soldiers asking for permission to shoot, they didn't. They don't just ask, you can hear the bloodlust in their voice, they really want to shoot them. And then they just don't care about shooting kids. It's disgusting, not only to commit such acts, but also to cover them up and to defend them and to dismiss the horror of it all as normal, acceptable, or deserved.
It is a long way from something being "not very far fetched" to that same something being "very clearly" so. Of course, you also point out a reason that the Swedish government might want to string up Julian Assange without any pressure from the U.S. government.
Why is the British Crown insisting on refusing bail and holding in solitary confinement a man wanted for questions over improper use of condoms in Sweden? Remember that he has been charged with no crimes, they only want to question him. He was held 9 days in conditions that amount to torture, he's been under electronic and effective watch by police at every moment since the inhumane conditions were lifted, but that's not enough for questions?
Can you prove that any other suspected cases of sexual misconduct has resulted in this level of action? Because the women's rights organizations are all pretty certain this is a world's first.
It's impossible, not merely unlikely, that this extraordinary judicial action is the natural result of an ordinary investigation about a banal case of unwanted ejaculate. To say otherwise is an extraordinary claim.
global standards for policing the internet Otherwise known as least common denominator. Say what you want about the US, but do you really want China and Saudi Arabia defining global internet standards?
I'd answer that but I'm being held in isolation, without bail, on trumped up rape charges, sorry.
That Buster Keaton was not run over by a train or fell off a cliff or got impaled by a spike or cut apart by glass in just his first movie is a miracle.
He broke his neck filming a train stunt (where he hangs on to the giant water spigot that supplied the old steamers, the water opened and slammed him to the ground)... took some time off to heal without even seeing a doctor, came back and did the stunt over. Dude was hardcore.
Showing up in meatspace and blocking the front door of a business is the cyberspace equivalent of relentlessly pinging its website; True.
If you're talking about the 1960's civil rights protests in the US, there was a big difference - those protesters were getting hit over the head by cops with billy clubs, and sometimes worse. That imagery was hugely influential because there was real sacrifice, opposed by blatant evil.
See the G20 and current student protests in Europe for all your police brutality imagery needs. They just managed to make that normal, people don't care anymore.
When some of my readers began checking their Kindle archives for books of mine they’d purchased on Amazon, they found them missing from their archives. [emphasis added]
Can someone clarify what "Kindle archives" means in this context? Because I can't find one word in the article that says the book was deleted from any customer's local storage.
All Kindle content, including books and Kindle active content, that you've purchased from the Kindle Store is stored in your Kindle library on Amazon.com. Any content not already listed on your Kindle's home screen is available through Archived Items on your device.
With wireless turned on, press the Menu button and then select "View Archived Items" to access your entire Kindle library.
Seems like it's the off-device storage plan... and that they've preemptively disclaimed this event: Exceptions
There are rare circumstances in which content may not remain available for re-download. For instance, if the publisher who originally made the content available to us for sale on the Kindle Store did not have the right to do so or is sued for defamation in connection with the content, we may be obligated to stop making it available for re-downloading from your library. Any copies you already have on your Kindle devices will not be affected.
And that last bolded bit makes me you're totally right and this headline is, as is too often the case, totally misleading.
Seriously, we slashdotters will have to revolt against our overlords if they keep misleading us;-(
I don't just find CGI effects unimpressive, but fundamentally boring. They're good if they actually add to the story, but who cares if Keanu Reeves is fighting a raptor on top of a truck that's racing around the deck off a cruise liner that's going to explode if it goes below the speed of sound when it's all just created inside a computer?
Who cares if Bambis' mom dies if It's just a drawing? Who cares what happens to Hamlet, if it's just people in dress-up, pretending?
Some people here weren't even alive when Terminator 2 came out. Those people have lived their entire lives seeing flashy special effects in movies, therefore it is nothing special to them.
If you want to impress people, then stop churning out cookie cutter sequels and start using some fresh stories that will keep people interested.
Some people weren't alive when blockbusters made money; The answer was obvious to hollywood: REMAKE EVERYTHING that made money.
The real failure with that kid that leaked to Wikileaks is the human factor: nobody paid attention, asking him why he was not following procedures. Someone gave him access to far more data than he needed to do his job. Forget the USB drive restrictions, the DOD needs to crack down on basic security training and protocol.
Banning USBetc hardware is an easy step that can be done in the now, and at the end of the week they can show the boss the big box full of threats they removed.
Basic training is hard, takes a long time, and can't be put in a box to be shown to the boss.
According to my research, he's some kind of legal&money man who caused a fuck-up in the Green Party and then effectively Streisanded his way into our consciousness.
We wouldn't know the guy is a crook if he wasn't so adamant about attacking freedom of expression. Let's hope he's a crook AND a loser.
Just because the statements made against Ellsburg back in the 70s were similar to those made against Wikileaks now doesn't infer that Wikileaks has the same moral high ground.
Can you infer that the same talk about dire consequences and "putting lives at risk" bullshit is going to turn out to be just as prophetic now as they were back then?
What I can't get my head around is al those people that spend their time complaining that Wikileaks is not careful enough in redacting the documents and is putting lives at risk.
They are ill-informed and more than willing to believe government FUD, what's so hard to get?
Is not, nuh-huh! Don't you know that childish replies give you cooties?
2 is incorrect. 2 happened.
I replied to a +3 message, you retard: q. e. fucking d.
3 is the incorrect label for what I did.
[...] trolled [...] very well.
Ok, so you were trolling, but you were trolling through a "great one" strawman. And now you're just denying the evidence, like a troll. STFU and DIAF already.
Yeah, you stand up for your rights... I will be right behind you... around the block. But you go and stand in front of a tank.
I think that defending freedom of information is one of the best ways to avoid having to get to that point. Fighting doesn't have to be done with guns of first, USE democracy, get involved. Learn, do your homework, read up on what's going on, and write to your elected representatives, sign petitions, vote, and don't just vote for the one who promises you the most money in tax cuts or stimulus spending, vote for the least corrupt and most rational politician you can find.
Look, it's not blackmail because they're not trying to illegitimately get something from them with he threat of releasing the information, they're trying to make sure they don't get a cruise missile in the face.
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in Sweden if the woman withdraws consent during the act it is still considered rape, with prision terms.
The point of contention is not the swedish law, but whether the consent was actually withdrawn and the credibility of the womens' statement. The women seem to have continued their relationship with Assange, despite the rape and condom-break incident, which makes their claims sound a bit dubious.
And? Their credibility should be judged by a jury, at trial.
A trial? There hasn't been any charges yet!
9 days in solitary, but no charges.
Credibility? I don't see any.
Bullshit. That's a complete lie. Informant's names were absolutely not redacted in the first massive release.
That is bullshit and lies, absolutely. Are you intentionally trolling, or just grossly misinformed?
I don't know if you've watched the full video, or just Assange's edit of it. If you watched the full one you know that at several points they asked for clearance to fire
The edited version ALSO shows them begging for permission to shoot the wounded man with hollow point bullets, again.
They ask for permission to commit war crimes, they get permission to commit war crime, and then the pentagon and state department cover up those war crimes.
Don't pretend that Wikileaks edited out the soldiers asking for permission to shoot, they didn't. They don't just ask, you can hear the bloodlust in their voice, they really want to shoot them. And then they just don't care about shooting kids. It's disgusting, not only to commit such acts, but also to cover them up and to defend them and to dismiss the horror of it all as normal, acceptable, or deserved.
It is a long way from something being "not very far fetched" to that same something being "very clearly" so. Of course, you also point out a reason that the Swedish government might want to string up Julian Assange without any pressure from the U.S. government.
Why is the British Crown insisting on refusing bail and holding in solitary confinement a man wanted for questions over improper use of condoms in Sweden? Remember that he has been charged with no crimes, they only want to question him. He was held 9 days in conditions that amount to torture, he's been under electronic and effective watch by police at every moment since the inhumane conditions were lifted, but that's not enough for questions?
Can you prove that any other suspected cases of sexual misconduct has resulted in this level of action? Because the women's rights organizations are all pretty certain this is a world's first.
It's impossible, not merely unlikely, that this extraordinary judicial action is the natural result of an ordinary investigation about a banal case of unwanted ejaculate. To say otherwise is an extraordinary claim.
Do you have any evidence to suggest that the U.S. government has any involvement in this Swedish case?
They're holding him in Britain while the justice department figures out a way to drum up charges to have him extradited to United States. Furthermore the leaked U.S. diplomatic cables show evidence of the U.S. tampering with foreign justice systems through secret political pressure.
It's quite simple.
Unless they tell you before hand and negotiate an alternate word for "no" (like say... watermelon), then no means no.
You stop when she says "stop", she gets mad and pulls you back, asking why you stopped. True story.
Life just ain't that simple, sonny boy.
global standards for policing the internet
Otherwise known as least common denominator. Say what you want about the US, but do you really want China and Saudi Arabia defining global internet standards?
I'd answer that but I'm being held in isolation, without bail, on trumped up rape charges, sorry.
He only found out that his neck was actually broken years later.
Right, he broke his neck and DIDN'T NOTICE: Hardcore.
That Buster Keaton was not run over by a train or fell off a cliff or got impaled by a spike or cut apart by glass in just his first movie is a miracle.
He broke his neck filming a train stunt (where he hangs on to the giant water spigot that supplied the old steamers, the water opened and slammed him to the ground)... took some time off to heal without even seeing a doctor, came back and did the stunt over. Dude was hardcore.
If you're talking about the 1960's civil rights protests in the US, there was a big difference - those protesters were getting hit over the head by cops with billy clubs, and sometimes worse. That imagery was hugely influential because there was real sacrifice, opposed by blatant evil.
See the G20 and current student protests in Europe for all your police brutality imagery needs. They just managed to make that normal, people don't care anymore.
When some of my readers began checking their Kindle archives for books of mine they’d purchased on Amazon, they found them missing from their archives. [emphasis added]
Can someone clarify what "Kindle archives" means in this context? Because I can't find one word in the article that says the book was deleted from any customer's local storage.
Accessing Your Kindle Library through Archived Items
All Kindle content, including books and Kindle active content, that you've purchased from the Kindle Store is stored in your Kindle library on Amazon.com. Any content not already listed on your Kindle's home screen is available through Archived Items on your device.
With wireless turned on, press the Menu button and then select "View Archived Items" to access your entire Kindle library.
Seems like it's the off-device storage plan... and that they've preemptively disclaimed this event:
Exceptions
There are rare circumstances in which content may not remain available for re-download. For instance, if the publisher who originally made the content available to us for sale on the Kindle Store did not have the right to do so or is sued for defamation in connection with the content, we may be obligated to stop making it available for re-downloading from your library. Any copies you already have on your Kindle devices will not be affected.
And that last bolded bit makes me you're totally right and this headline is, as is too often the case, totally misleading.
Seriously, we slashdotters will have to revolt against our overlords if they keep misleading us ;-(
that moving pictures in black and white with no sound were once considered impressive as well.
Buster Keaton still impresses me.
I don't just find CGI effects unimpressive, but fundamentally boring. They're good if they actually add to the story, but who cares if Keanu Reeves is fighting a raptor on top of a truck that's racing around the deck off a cruise liner that's going to explode if it goes below the speed of sound when it's all just created inside a computer?
Who cares if Bambis' mom dies if It's just a drawing?
Who cares what happens to Hamlet, if it's just people in dress-up, pretending?
Who cares if the story is fiction?
Some people here weren't even alive when Terminator 2 came out. Those people have lived their entire lives seeing flashy special effects in movies, therefore it is nothing special to them.
If you want to impress people, then stop churning out cookie cutter sequels and start using some fresh stories that will keep people interested.
Some people weren't alive when blockbusters made money; The answer was obvious to hollywood: REMAKE EVERYTHING that made money.
the "hacktivism"(I know, I shudder when I use the word too) actually seems to have achieved at least as much as most regular protests.
When I saw the anonymous text about how their DDOS is the same as the 60's store front occupation protest, I understood that to be 100% correct.
Showing up in meatspace and blocking the front door of a business is the cyberspace equivalent of relentlessly pinging its website; True.
The real failure with that kid that leaked to Wikileaks is the human factor: nobody paid attention, asking him why he was not following procedures. Someone gave him access to far more data than he needed to do his job. Forget the USB drive restrictions, the DOD needs to crack down on basic security training and protocol.
Banning USBetc hardware is an easy step that can be done in the now, and at the end of the week they can show the boss the big box full of threats they removed.
Basic training is hard, takes a long time, and can't be put in a box to be shown to the boss.
That someone is currently in jail, because, physical means or no, it was still illegal to take the information
He's in jail because he bragged about it under a username that included his first name and year of birth, the cocky idiot.
According to my research, he's some kind of legal&money man who caused a fuck-up in the Green Party and then effectively Streisanded his way into our consciousness.
We wouldn't know the guy is a crook if he wasn't so adamant about attacking freedom of expression. Let's hope he's a crook AND a loser.
Just because the statements made against Ellsburg back in the 70s were similar to those made against Wikileaks now doesn't infer that Wikileaks has the same moral high ground.
Can you infer that the same talk about dire consequences and "putting lives at risk" bullshit is going to turn out to be just as prophetic now as they were back then?
What I can't get my head around is al those people that spend their time complaining that Wikileaks is not careful enough in redacting the documents and is putting lives at risk.
They are ill-informed and more than willing to believe government FUD, what's so hard to get?
1 is true.
Is not, nuh-huh! Don't you know that childish replies give you cooties?
2 is incorrect. 2 happened.
I replied to a +3 message, you retard: q. e. fucking d.
3 is the incorrect label for what I did.
[...] trolled [...] very well.
Ok, so you were trolling, but you were trolling through a "great one" strawman. And now you're just denying the evidence, like a troll. STFU and DIAF already.
Yeah, you stand up for your rights... I will be right behind you... around the block. But you go and stand in front of a tank.
I think that defending freedom of information is one of the best ways to avoid having to get to that point.
Fighting doesn't have to be done with guns of first, USE democracy, get involved. Learn, do your homework, read up on what's going on, and write to your elected representatives, sign petitions, vote, and don't just vote for the one who promises you the most money in tax cuts or stimulus spending, vote for the least corrupt and most rational politician you can find.
Look, it's not blackmail because they're not trying to illegitimately get something from them with he threat of releasing the information, they're trying to make sure they don't get a cruise missile in the face.
Calling that blackmail is stupid or dishonest.
Why have wiki in the name?
Crowdsourced information.
overtly using as blackmail
You're an idiot. An ironic idiot, but an idiot nonetheless.
P.S. Overt blackmail leads to soft violence, dark brightness, and then loud silence. It's a rough slippery slope.