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LDAHL

4-12-19, 7:38am

Having been one of the most trying houseguests in modern memory, Ecuador has passed him on to the UK. Is he a bold journalist persecuted for speaking truth to power? Or a criminal whose theft and reckless publication of secrets have endangered many good people?

bae

4-12-19, 11:52am

"Or" is so Manichean.

razz

4-12-19, 12:30pm

"Or" is so Manichean.
Had to look up 'Manichean' - so he is a highly conflicted individual and triggers those feelings and views of him as being a combo or good and evil.

Perhaps I am not fully understanding this word but it strikes me that the word could apply to a number of individuals.

catherine

4-12-19, 1:35pm

Had to look up 'Manichean' - so he is a highly conflicted individual and triggers those feelings and views of him as being a combo or good and evil.

Perhaps I am not fully understanding this word but it strikes me that the word could apply to a number of individuals.

My interpretation of bae's post is that the way LDAHL posed the question is dualistic in nature. Couldn't Assuange be both? Isn't the assumption that he's one or the other a false dichotomy?

LDAHL

4-12-19, 1:55pm

My interpretation of bae's post is that the way LDAHL posed the question is dualistic in nature. Couldn't Assuange be both? Isn't the assumption that he's one or the other a false dichotomy?

That’s true. He could be a tinfoil hatted crank with extensive resources. Or a dupe of hostile intelligence services. Or a narcissist with a strong need to play the victim. Or a semiprofessional mischief maker. Or one of those idealists who don’t care who they hurt as they pursue the greater good. Or just another hack looking to monetize outrage.

flowerseverywhere

4-12-19, 4:56pm

All those years of living inside a small space was th people who don’t want you there has taken its toll on him. Good or bad he was arrested? Time will tell as attorneys will make a fortune arguing.

Yppej

4-12-19, 6:00pm

Don't forget sexual predator, if women in Sweden are to be believed.

jp1

4-12-19, 6:05pm

That’s true. He could be a tinfoil hatted crank with extensive resources. Or a dupe of hostile intelligence services. Or a narcissist with a strong need to play the victim. Or a semiprofessional mischief maker. Or one of those idealists who don’t care who they hurt as they pursue the greater good. Or just another hack looking to monetize outrage.

Considering that most things are not black nor white my guess is that he’s a little bit all of those. Just like how donny and marie were both a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll.

LDAHL

4-12-19, 6:45pm

Considering that most things are not black nor white my guess is that he’s a little bit all of those. Just like how donny and marie were both a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll.

At the time, nobody believed they were really much of either. Maybe Assange will be doing infomercials in a few years.

iris lilies

4-12-19, 6:48pm

Considering that most things are not black nor white my guess is that he’s a little bit all of those. Just like how donny and marie were both a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll.
I have had only one Scotch this evening, but this comment is Gold.

iris lilies

4-12-19, 7:07pm

At the time, nobody believed they were really much of either. Maybe Assange will be doing infomercials in a few years.
Oh oh oh—even better.

jp1

4-12-19, 8:49pm

At the time, nobody believed they were really much of either. Maybe Assange will be doing infomercials in a few years.

True enough. That song was really more aspirational than it was reality. Perhaps it came out of one of those ‘vision boards’ or whatever people call them where you envision what you hope to become.

Rogar

4-12-19, 9:25pm

I have wondered, how does a person live in an embassy? Did he not go outside and did they feed him without compensation? It seems like an odd arrangement.

jp1

4-12-19, 10:39pm

I have wondered, how does a person live in an embassy? Did he not go outside and did they feed him without compensation? It seems like an odd arrangement.
It sounds dreadful, both for him and his hosts.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/world/europe/julian-assange-ecuador-asylum.amp.html

But apparently they are looking for a new tenant...

https://www.theonion.com/ecuadorian-embassy-runs-ad-seeking-no-drama-tenant-fo-1833979539?_gl=1*9nkbju*_ga*YW1wLXpMTjFTTmhFdF8wa1 9DM3M2cEpUOU1mWHFPNUt2SExtdkltc3A2dEJSZkQzM0dBc3JY RVZtcXg0NGd2VU9sc0s