Comments on: Pirates and Wikileaks Share Battlefield In Aussie Election

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Pirates and Wikileaks Share Battlefield In Aussie Election - Soicalpost — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:05:59 +0000

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By: P-review

P-review — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:01:07 +0000

[...] and the Pirate Party of Australia look set to contest the same senate seat in this year’s elections. Australia’s preferential election system means they both can [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:40:00 +0000

wikileaks is not yet a registered political party, he needs to formalise his attempt, get enough members, and have his registration accepted. The pirate party australia is a registered party now that wants to reform copyright, stand up for civil liberties and is making a difference now name submitting ‘the other side of the story’ when the govt. requests input for things like the TPPA and national security enquiry as well as attending talks in person. Wikileaks as a web site has a place, but im not so sure the party will benefit many except Assange himself.

By: Scary_Devil_Monastery

Scary_Devil_Monastery — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:29:00 +0000

Don’t confuse accusation with guilt either.

It’s customary not to hand out a verdict until after the judge does.

That said, whether Assange is a rapist or not, I doubt he will find a fair trial in Sweden as much as he’d find a fast plane to a suitable third world nation.

By: Scary_Devil_Monastery

Scary_Devil_Monastery — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:25:00 +0000

Uhh…you do realize that the reason candidates are allowed to stand in absentia in most nations is in order to prevent people from winning elections just by handing some kid a fiver for slitting a pair of tires on the oppositions car?

The Aussie system seems to be working fine. Your concept of how candidacy ought to work in a democracy however, needs work.

By: Scary_Devil_Monastery

Scary_Devil_Monastery — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:15:00 +0000

The question still being up in the air if he is in fact a rapist or not. What is not up in the air is that he may be a jerk with an anachronistic view. At least one of the women involved has something of a history when it comes to using the law as a weapon where infidelity is involved, and it’s suspicious that the charges were only filed once the two women found out about one another.

The easiest thing to condemn, of course, is the way the judiciary has flip-flopped around the issue. If I was first being told by a prosecutor I could leave the country and a week later found the nation in question was arranging extradition, I’d be somewhat leery as well, no matter what the charge.

Could he be a rapist? Well, legally speaking, yes.

Could the opposite be true, and a law with flexible criteria for filing charges have been used by a vindictive person? Equally yes.

We will probably never know, given that by every indication, the judiciary has been so hamfisted in gathering evidence and testimony, no two prosecutors to hear the case have managed to come up with the same conclusion.

That said, If he can get that question tried in a fair court in a nation not known to ship foreigners to third world hellholes on the request of foreign powers it would go a long way towards establishing his credentials for office.

That last bit is very far off, i think.

By: Scary_Devil_Monastery

Scary_Devil_Monastery — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:01:00 +0000

“Werido guy has no definable skillset to run for any sort of office.”

The office of minister of Justice in sweden’s last incumbent had the following criteria – he was a mediocre lawyer and a professional soccer player.

The current minister of Justice has as criteria 5 points worth of a failed university degree (equivalent of 5 weeks, that’s all she managed to pull) along with 20 years of political incompetence.

A former US president came to office with nothing but his career as an actor to fall back on. Shared with the former governor of california who was known mainly from his acting career and his career as a bodybuilder.

You don’t need a skillset to run for office. What you need is voters who believe in you.

By: highboi

highboi — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:59:00 +0000

With some exceptions as a wife or a girlfriend, make sure u asked first

By: Cam

Cam — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:46:00 +0000

No need to turn into an abusive idiot mate.
Perhaps it was the N.S.W. state election that I did this, but I asked the person I got the ballot off what the rules were, as I do each time I vote.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:02:00 +0000

I know it wasn’t about sleeping hence the “then why would you believe this ?” reply to Jennifer.

Consent cannot be given before the sleeping ? I don’t think the term “Sleeping woman” is defined as rape. It is much like copyright people connecting a technology to an infringement. Otherwise all false pretenses can be considered rape. It’s done on a daily basis by countless people around the world who instead of stating their intentions pretend something else and afterwards leave their “conquest” behind as not many react well to “Hey, lets do it and then never meet again”. A consent might never have been given in the last case.

It seems actually likely that Assange is accused of rape because of “pretending” the women are both his girlfriend.

Maybe any form of conquest should be abolished and everyone just equipped with some unbreakable condoms and a bag of consent contracts that needs to be filled out and signed before touching. With name, intention, start/end times and so on.