Originally Posted by
Dizaster
I'm really glad as well that the judge completely ignored all of the "celebs" which came out to support Assange...
It was stupid because he wasn't on trial for his Wikileaks stuff, he's on trial for sexual assault...
The judge said it perfectly,,, that none of these celebs even know him personally and would have no idea of his nature and character... Let alone the possibility that he could be a rapist or deviant...
All they supported him for was because they supported Wikileaks and what he does with that...
And that did not impress the judge... He said he could only question their motives because their support for him had nothing to do with the actual case...
It seems judges are getting a little bit harder on celebrities these days... Back 10 - 15 years ago stars would really get looked after... But these days I think judges have little tollerence for stars and their influence,,, and they don't feel they should go easy on these people just because they are celebrities...
Floyd Mayweather the latest one I can think of... Paris how she was let out of jail for home detention, but then a judge overruled it and put her behind bars... I think that's good...
But with Assange, I really hated how our Prime Minister said that they would offer him the utmost support because of him being an Australian Citizen.. And they will make sure he has a laptop to fight his case while in jail...
Well that's bullshit because there have been a tonne of high profile cases of Australians being arrested or jailed overseas and our Government has completely wiped their hands of them and left them for dead... Zero support....
I think whether you agree with Wikileaks or not as a good idea, I think for the right of freedoms if Assange comes up on charges for that, he deserves a tonne of support from a lot of places...
But being charged for rape, he should be given the same support from our government which equals that of any normal Australian citizen being charged for rape overseas.... ZERO...
