Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "Julian Assange Arrested, Setting Stage for Attacks on The Press Worldwide" video.

  1. Assange was dying in isolation. He's articulate; this change will do him good. It's time to break out of his shell and assume the duty he's aggregated to himself by his actions. He's become a SYMBOL of free speech + political rebellion. It's time for the symbol to ACT, by insisting on fair judgement with every word out of his mouth. It's politically dangerous to treat symbols lightly.
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  2. The best thing for the "establishment" would have been for Assange to expire "naturally" in the embassy. They think they've only opened a "can of worms" by forcing him into their process, when what they've opened is "Pandora's box"! There's no going back. In the end, the powers that be are going to have to slit their throats just to survive; they'll have to vindicate Assange, else the spell of "freedom" they've cast for so long will stand revealed for the chimera it's always been. The alternative for them is to railroad Assange, in broad daylight, so to speak, in full view of billions of people, removing definitely and forever any illusion of magnanimity; making it crystal clear to everyone the depth and breadth of their tyranny. "What, what, what would YOU do?"
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