I don’t know if he’s a rapist or not.

You probably don’t know, either. I mean, you might, but chances are, you don’t.

I do get the vibe (from most widely-circulated accounts, which I freely admit can be faulty) like he’s, at the least, kind of a jerkoff to women, which sucks and which I totally can’t get behind. That’s not illegal, but it does suck and I hope he changes things up moving forward, if this has been the case in the past.

This doesn’t even get into the damage he’s done to legitimate causes by giving them this kind of ammunition (“The people who challenge our government are BAD GUYS!”), if there is, in fact, any truth whatsoever to the accusations being levelled at him, and even if he knowingly put himself into situations that could be leveraged against him and Wikileaks despite not doing any of what he’s being accused of. When you’re taking on the world, you can’t be careless.

Regardless of all of this (and because I’m a reasonable person, “all of this” is a big hurdle for me to get past), I just can’t get behind the worldwide dump that’s being taken on Julian Assange’s right to fair legal treatment, and on due process in the name of protecting the ugly, corrupt, paid-for status quo, which really doesn’t like the idea of a guy airing out their dirty laundry. They’re doing this to Assange (and to Bradley Manning) to scare off the next person who’s thinking about blowing the whistle.

They don’t give a fuck about the 2 women who’ve made the claims they have, or about any other women who might not have come forward.

From what I can tell, the people behind this whole deal don’t much give a fuck about women in general.

They just want to shut up the “troublemakers” who are hurting their bottom line, and keep doing whatever disgusting shit they were doing before Collateral Murder or any of the other leaks happened.

That’s what this is about, in case you’re just waking up from a medically induced coma or something.

And that’s why I’m against what’s happening to Julian Assange right now and support him in his continued battle against several of the world’s governments, even if I’m really not so sure what kind of dude he is otherwise.

If he did bad shit in Sweden, fuck him for doing it, and he should absolutely, 100%, you bet your ass be punished for it, in Sweden.

He should not, however, be subject to extradition to the U.S. for trumped up, bullshit charges that everyone’s admitted couldn’t stick in a legitimate court of law. None of this NDAA, PATRIOT Act “enemy combatant” shit like they’re doing to Bradley Manning. One set of charges, which he faces without threat of extradition for kangaroo court scumbaggery, and that’s it.

So, world, how about actually following the laws of several different lands, transparently, in the course of exploring whether or not he did anything illegal?

I think that’d be a refreshing change from how you usually do business.

scottcrawford.org

It’s up, it’s being used as a sort of portfolio site for all of my bullshit, and it’s quite obviously a work in progress.

I’ve kinda been neglecting this here site of late. I should probably figure out what the hell I’m doing with it someday.