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    Creating a Religion from A Work of Fiction

    I imagine that would depend on if people take their cues from Thoros of Myr or Melisandre - the latter is noticeably more unpleasant and bloodthirsty, AFA I Can Tell. Still, it would be an interesting sort of Faith - it certainly has a good amount of development in the books and the show
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    Creating a Religion from A Work of Fiction

    It doesn't even seem that hard - his short stories are often contradictory, explain very little context and have cosmic scope and scale. They're akin to religious narratives already! I suppose the real question - would a Lovecraft inspired religion be as racist as Lovecraft himself was, or...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    And he can use that defense - it's an argument worth making. I don't think that defense covers his actions, but it has covered people before, and maybe it'll cover him. I wasn't talking about humanitarian goals on the act of governments, dude. I was talking about rebellion by the citizens of...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    Because the only thing that was litigated at Nuremberg was the question of the war's legality or lackthereof. Riiiight. I disagree with them because I look at the question from an entirely different perspective. Unfortunately, matters like this are a question of subjective perspective and...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    I disagree with that whole line of argument. Until such time as we actually have effective global government or something approaching it (and please for the love of god can we get that in my lifetime), war remains the province of the states that fight them. The Iraq war was an immoral mess sold...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    If the Uk spied on the US without a mandate, I'd be annoyed at the UK for doing it, just as the UK and presumably its citizens are annoyed at the reverse when we do it. But I wouldn't think it unreasonable for the UK to prosecute that person. That person leaked classified UK information...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    Nope. I refuse to accept your false equivalency as valid, because it isn't. Rebellion against an illegitimate tyranny is acceptable. Rebellion against a duly elected, legitimate government is not. It is not hypocritical for me to understand that context matters. I don't like in a world of...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    He hasn't been found guilty yet. So no, you didn't fix it. Yeah, no. Even leaving aside the fact that I'm not saying the simple act of Whistleblowing in of itself should be a jailable offense per se, and the fact that Assange's legal problems go far beyond just 'leaking', there is a...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    Well this is where we are going to just utterly disagree - because one can leak effectively without A) moving full time to Russia, and B) I would argue that going to jail for your convictions is better for your cause than hiding in a place like Russia. If I was in Snowden's position, I wouldn't...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    Huh. Interesting. I mean, not wanting to let a plane into your country so you don't have to deal with the mess in the first place isn't quite the same thing... (and the question was somewhat faceitious - France does have extradition treaties with the US after all. I thought the le gasp made my...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    Even Le France? *gasp* My point still stands - even if he couldn't find somewhere he could stay (and again, Assange managed just fine in the UK for quite a while before the Sweden charges came up soo.....), the solution is not Russia. And the problem with Assange is much greater than that of...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    So you're saying *every* country on earth that isn't a corrupt oppressive dictatorship would have sent him to the US? Every country? And even if it is - It doesn't matter. Giving moral cover to people like Putin is unacceptable. Whistleblowers should have legal protections, assuming they're...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    Moving to a country that doesn't kill journalists and suppress information on a scale like Russia. It's pretty simple. And if he couldn't find a place that was safe to do it, then he should face his accusers in open, public court and defend himself like anyone else. Russia is not and never will...
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    No one said otherwise. This isn't a referendum on Whistleblowers.
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    Julian Assange Arrested

    Chelsea wasn't tortured, she was imprisoned. For crimes she absolutely committed. Assange was negligent and irresponsible with the information he leaked, and has shown little regard for the innocent lives that got swept up and hurt by his leaks. At best, he's a mindless zealot. Snowden claims...
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