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by grandalf 5699 days ago
Do you realize that Assange had nonviolent, consensual sex with those two women and it's only a quirk of the Swedish legal system that the word "rape" being used in relation to the charges against him?

Assange's actions would not be a crime under US law, and would by no means be described by anything close to the word rape.
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nollidge 5699 days ago
> and it's only a quirk of the Swedish legal system

Source? The NYT article says nothing about the legal criteria here.

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grandalf 5699 days ago
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/71lsqt
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roel_v 5699 days ago
So, your authoritative source on the merit of a case is the lawyer of the very same guy who is being accused? I hope you see the error in that.
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grandalf 5699 days ago
There has been coverage of this elsewhere. I didn't have time earlier to find it so I just pasted in the link other had posted which explains the distinction.

Assange did not force anyone to have sex or physically violate anyone. Swedish law calls it "rape" when a woman has regrets about sex later on.

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roel_v 5699 days ago
"Assange did not force anyone to have sex or physically violate anyone."

Well we don't know, do we. You seem to be very certain he didn't, I'm wondering what you're basing that on. It seems like the conspiracy theory is the only 'reason' being given.

"Swedish law calls it "rape" when a woman has regrets about sex later on."

Right. Do you feel a claim like that passes the smell test? Or do you have any other sources that are not Assange himself or his lawyer? You seem to be referring to one of the articles that basically quotes one of these two, I have yet to see one that actually substantiates this. Furthermore I haven't seen the lawyer say what you are saying, either; he's just claiming that there was no rape, that it was consensual.

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grandalf 5699 days ago
I am under the impression that it was revealed by Swedish officials that neither woman claimed that she had been physically assaulted.
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nollidge 5699 days ago
I'm afraid I'm misunderstanding something. I read the whole press release, and see nothing in there about any Swedish legal "quirks" regarding the definition of rape. In fact, it takes the position that Assange's actions have not met any possible definition of rape: "the allegations...do not constitute what any advanced legal system considers to be rape".
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grandalf 5699 days ago
In Sweden, the definition of "rape" is when a woman has any regrets about having had sex. In this case, the women found out Assange had slept with both of them, decided to file the complaint.

They have both stated that the sex was consensual.

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